Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-30

Baird was hustled around and forced
to leave her daughter.
II. j. White, proprietor of the stave
and heading works, at Shepard, was
dangerously injured in a runaway ac-
cident. His coachman was also quite
badly hurt. Mr.. White is about 20
years of age. Fears are entertained for
his recovery.
Fred Smith, of Muskegon, aged 90,
while bathing at Mona lake, stepped
into hole and was drowned. A com
panion made heroic effort to save him
and was dragged under twice before
he succeeded in freeing himself from
! the death grip.
Mrs. Jacob Hitler, aged 104, who
| lived near Elbton, was taken seriously
i'll not long ago, but strange to say,
has completely recovered, and is doing
her own housework again. Her hus-
band is LOG years old, and they have
been married so years.
Marshall Robinson, supposed to be
of Whitehall, accidentally fell from
| the tug Ciscoe, near Muskegon, while
on duty as lineman. He was in the
act of handing lantern to the engi-
neer when he slipped and fell over
board and was drowned.
Miss Edith Burgess was perhaps IA
tally injured in runaway accident at
Muskegon. Miss Lizzie Nichols, whom
Miss Burgess was visiting, suffered
fracture of the right shoulder-blade
and was considerably bruised. Miss
Burgess was just recovering from
similar accident which occurred in Big
Rapids.
Little Felix Mailhot, aged 4, became
lost in huckleberry patch near St
Ignace. Bears are very numerous and
it was feared that he would be killed by
them. Hundreds of men searched for
the lost child for AS hours before he
was found, but little the worse for his
experience. The whole town then had
a jollification.
A new railroad from Lawrence burg,
Ind, to Benton lIarbor is projected by
eastern capitalists. 1t will connect
with Milwaukee by means of transports
across the lake, and will control
heavy traffic in freight from the north
west by way of Milwaukee, through
the connections it will make with lead
ing trunk lines running east and west.
Secretary of the state board of
health, Henry Il. Baker, has received
telegram from the encouragement of
Illinois, that the supreme court had
~iven Judgment of custer against the
Illinois Health university and its char
ter has been dissolved. No person is
now entitled TO register in Michigan
by reason of a diploma from this con-
Germ.
John Covert caused the arrest of
Slower Bishop at Holly, alleging Grim
inal intimacy with his wife. A war
rant was issued for the woman, and
Bishop hired horse and carriage with
which Mrs. Covert was to get out of
town. The hard drive was too much
for the horse, which fell dead. "Whisk-
ersr Green, the driver, was arrested.
charged with causing the death of the
animal.
The action of the Port Huron Engine
and Thresher Co. in laying off a large
portion of their force because of the
silver agitation interfering with
finances has caused the silver men to
retaliate They have taken photo
graphs of anti-silver placards posted in
the works and will send them to west
ern papers to produce rejudice
among western farmers against the
thresher manufactured by this concern.
State Treasurer Wilkinson's report
for the year ending June 30, shows
that at the close of the year there was
a balance on hand of S912, 422.43. The
general fund, which now has a balance
of $3.50, 537.21, was overdrawn in the
sum of SIPS, 900 at this time last year.
The bonded indebtedness of the state
is SIC. 922 so, and the trust fund indebt-
edness IS, 700, 702.72. The total receipts
of all funds were S., $50, 05937, and the
total of disbursements 81, 634, 054. %.
Elk Rapids officials chased Sam
Bemus, a young man who skipped out
with a horse and buggy belonging to
Elrey Bum, saloonkeeper of that
place. Bemus took the rig after being
refused the use of it by the owner, and
threatened the lives of any who might
pursue, strengthening his threat by
the display of two revolvers and
Winchester rifle. Bemus started for
Kalkaska but was intercepted at Will
iamsburg by Deputy Sheriff Thaclxer,
upon whom he fired, but missed his
aim. In the commotion which followed
he made good his escape with the rig
He was captured later at KallSasla.
On the charge of sending an obscene
letter to young lady Geo Drennon,
ex-mayor of Plymouth, o., was ruthless
ly arrested at the bedside of sick
wife by a government official. The ar
rest is highly sensational, as Drennon
is well known and universally re-
spected. He says it is case of mis-
taken identity.
The extremely heavy shipments of
ore from upper peninsula mines pre-
vious to July are being followed by
reductions in the working forces at the
mines which almost amount to closing
the mines. At the Norrie and Pabst
mines at Ironyyood . 600 mon are ont Of