Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-21

old, fell asleep and was killed b
passing train on the d., G.. III. e
railroad near Spring Lake.
Peter Russell, farmer near Att
committed suicide as the result q
quarrel because his. wife had bougl
pair of spectacles from an agent.
| The Muskegon Y. NJ. C. A. banque
$50 business and professional men
the city, in recognition of their gen
GUS assistance TO the association.
Albert Western, an Adrian You
man, who was married a month a
attempted suicide at Grand Rapids
taking paris green. No one can Civ
reason.
Six companies of the Detroit Natio,
Guardsmen will encamp at Lexingt,
beginning July 4. Capt. Vernon,
the Nineteenth L. S. infantry, will ;
as Inspector
William Lasl1ey, of West Bay Cit
aged 81, has been arrested on I
charge of criminally assaulting his
year-old granddaughter, who is in
critical condition.
A movement is on foot amonp +
silver Democrats of Michigan to hold
convention at Lansing to elect de-
gates to the national free silver co
vention at st. Louis, July %.
Supt. Larsen, of the Aragon min
Norway, after thoroughly examinir
the working of the eight-hour syste
at the Lake Angeline mine, has decid,
to Introduce the system in the Arago
,. l.. Robinson, grain merchant
Chicago, has purchased for resort pu
poses large tract of land on the shol
northwest of Harbor Springs. II
Will connect the resort with othe
points by an electric railroad.
Cameron & Van Wormers feed stor
and Miss brakes millinery shop, wer
partly consumed by fire at Hart. A
sheldon, who was standing on the roc
OF an adjoining building fell to tn
ground and his injuries are serious.
While Mrs. Arthur Pickett, OF Saul
Ste. Marie, was cooking breakfast owe
/ small oil stove, she fell forward in
1t, and her clothes caught on fire. BE
ore help could reach her she persisted
She was literally cooked from head I,
DOT.
Gov. Rich has paroled Ralph Miller
ent for Lenawee county, Feb. &c, 1894
o state prison for four years for bur
larry; also Charles Allen, sent from Var
'uren county, Jan. %, 1887, to state
rison for Is years for murder in the
econd degree.
Supervisor VIM. Coad, leader of the
strike last summer, who was
gently discharged, will begin suit
gainst the Pittsburg & Lake Angelina
o. for heavy damages, alleging that
e was discharged because of promin-
nee in the Miners union.
DIR. Eliza NJ. Mosher, of Brooklyn, a
primer Vassar professor, has accepted
ne position of associate dean of the
Of Michigan. She will, Be
ide her other duties, teach physiology
nd have an oversight of the health OF
he girl students.
Ex.Coroners Butler and Bettinger
ogether with their two clerks, BirC
nd Benzing, of Detroit, were eacl
entenced to Is months in the house o
direction on conviction of conspirinG
o defraud the county by submitting
ills of inquests, etc, which never tool
,lace and other like crooked acts.
1t took Detroit jury, before which
larry Dale. aged 40, was tried on tn,
harge of criminal assault on Maggi,
leonard, aged Is, only 10 min
ties to decide that the defendan
vas guilty. Judge Chaplin immediatel,
sentenced Dale to the Jackson peni
entiary for the remainder of his life
The room in Ann Arbor which wa
It one time occupied by the multi-mur
lerer, III. III. Holmes, while in college
vas more recently occupied by Bur
Holmes, the Grand Rapids murderer
The room has also occupied by stu
lent sent to the penitentiary for steaI
ng and by coed convicted of tn
same offense,
1t looked as IL Saginaw was going t
nave another big conflagration whe
IRE started in John Geiger's barn an
burned his store and dwelling an
spread TO surrounding property. bu
after Chas. Bonhiffs and VIM. Kern
homes and Gandar's shoe shop ha
burned the flames were controlled
Total loss, $4,000; insurance, So,
The State Eclectic Medical associ'
ton met at Jackson and elected of
GERS: President, DR.. +. Brunsor
Gauges; vice presidents. DR.. w. ,
Couch, Detroit; DR.. G. w. Lamphan
Hastings; DR.. +. NJ. Conkling, Maj
chester; secretary, DIR. John Lam,
reaux, Lansing; treasurer, DIR. l.. !
Howard. Litchfeld. The next annu;
NEE ting will be held at Lansing.
The Kanouse building and OFT,
Lake house burned at otter Lake.
high wind was blowing, and there w;
much difficulty in saving surroundin
buildings. Mrs. James Aurand ar
Miss Alice Beckett, who were sleepin
in the Kanouse building, escaped |
jumping to the ground. Mrs. Aurar
seized her two-year-old babe when 81
Jumped. She is in a precarious cond
ton. The fire is supposed to ha,