Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-11

Rochester and vicinity will give a
$40. 900 bonus and exemption from tax
alton for Is years To the Western Knit
ting Co., of Detroit, which will move
| its entire plant there.
ike Snow pleaded guilty at La
peer TO raising one Marathon drain
order from 81 TO $40 and another from
SIS TO $50. lie was captured at Elmore,
O.. after long hunt.
The Muskegon chamber of commerce,
which has been fighting the Bell tele-
phone monopoly, has obtained over
200 subscribers for new exchange.
The rates are TO be S24 and SIS.
While fishing in Maple river Sherman
Kerby, aged 81, and his daughter,
aged rs, of Eureka, were struck by
lightning. Kerby was instantly killed
and his daughter may not recover.
After counting Miss Edna White, of
Monroe, for 20 years, c. l.. Comfort, of
Syracuse, N. Y, has finally made her
his wife. The couple are both midgets,
neither being more than 4 feet inches
tall.
Genesee county citizens complain be-
cause relief committees have forgotten
that farmers in Vienna. Thetford and
Forest townships. lost much property
in the recent and are in need of assist
ance
Robert brewery has mysteriously
disappeared from Utica and ii is feared
he has committed suicide. Last winter
4 L ,.I H.. laft t.yithn M
a living relative. Since then he has
been quite disconsolate.
At the the third anniversary of the
Altenheim, or the old folks home, at
Monroe the ceremonies were imposing
and elaborate, and over 1900 were
present Excursion trains were run
from Jackson, Adrian and Detroit.
All the Benton Harbor saloons are
closed tight on Sundays. The proprie-
tors are trying to get evidence against
druggists, who, hey say, must quit
selling soda water and cigars on Sun
day and confine themselves strictly to
medicines.
A small blaze was discovered in the
First National bank at Charlotte caused
by spontaneous combustion from rags
which had been used to oil the floor.
The fire was extinguished without
damage.
While engaged in a quarrel at De-
catur Geo Quarters was struck on the
head with hoe in the hands of Frank
Conrad. which laid open his face from
forehead to chin, and the victim nearly
bled to death.
Lay and clerical delegates are having
a warm contest at the United States
synod of the Finnish Evangelical Lu
theran church at Calumet, the laymen
insisting on further representation and
greater powers.
At Bay City Mrs. Alexander Simpson
was carrying a lighted lamp when she
stepped upon needle. The lamp wa:
dropped and it exploded, setting fire
to the building. The loss amounted t.
several hundred dollars.
A. ]. Bovine, president of the Con
, A-olidated Street Railway Co., of Crane
my.ssrancial rhen In Of. the, esest know
the state, was victim of the inten
htdI duu ulru very SuQItHIy.
A. o. Abbott, inventor of the famo-
Abbott voting machine, wants to bui
- a big factory in Hudson. He offers
take 20 per cent of 500, 900 capt.
if citizens will take the rest A cor
a. mittee has been appointed to raise Il
&c cash.
W A cloudburSt caused such flood thu
the mill race at Battle Creek washt
S out the foundation of Adams & Smith
m wagon shop and storeroom causin
5, them TO collapse with a loss of $500
Wheelocb S Touring mill was also dan
n aged 81 900.
5, Louis Peppler, of ST. Louis. Mo
4. writes to his parents in Monroe tn;
eight of twelve persons at the hous
q where he lives were killed by the r.
# cent cyclone. He escaped with sligl
s injuries, but lost everything he po
I sessed except his clothes.
Adrian and vicinity suffered from
= storm. The largest elk in the Pag
g Wire Co. S herd was killed by lightning
n j. J. Walters, of Fairfield, was struc
o by lightning which passed through h
hat clothing and shoes, melting hi
watch. but scarcely injuring the mar
The bronze bust of Thomas ID. Gil
:, bert was unveiled at Grand Rapid
= with interesting ceremonies The bus
is of heroic size, executed by Lorad
Taft, of Chicago. and is erected by tn
friends of Mr.. Gilbert, in remembrance
/ of his efforts in behalf of his city. TIL
= bust rests on massive granite pedesta
Il in Fulton street park.
The manager of the Ferry Seed CO
this spring distributed II, 600 bushel
of pea seeds in the vicinity of Charlie
|, voiX. The prospects for the crop nov
warrant the prediction of 40 900 bushel
These will all go to the Charlevoi
5 warehouse. and will cause the disburse
ment of at least S75, 900 there next fal
for the pea crop alone.
= stephen Il. Grummond. Jr., a son O
the late Capt. 5. Il. Grummond, of De
troit. and manager and owner of Grum
monds Mackinac line of steamers. at
, tempted to board an open trolley ca