Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-22

The circuit court of SCHOOLGIRL
county holds that in tax title sales 4
is not necessary to make personal ser
vice upon persons who are to be de
prived Of their PROPERTY.
The Twenty-ninth Michigan infantry
reunion was held at Owosso. Chas. III
Peters, of Saginaw, was elected presi
dent; L. N. Galley, of North Bradley
secretary, and A. t. Dlckey, of Durand
treasurer.
Sheriff Smith attempted To arrest
Geo. III. Mccoy, desperate burglar
and Jail breaker at Muslxegon, when
the fellow fred two shots at the officer
and escaped. None of the bullets hit
the sheriff.
Rev. Olivia j. Carpenter, of Lansing
pastor of the Plymouth and Farming
ton Universalist churches, will shortly
be married to j. J. Woodman of Paw
Paw, who represented Michigan at the
Worlds Fair.
Fred Il. Phetteplace, of Kalamazoo
is charged with being an embezzler, by
the G. X. & /. railroad. He says he
never took a cent. The company
claims the shortage dates back over q
period of five years and that 10 will ap
proximate 1900.
Work has been commenced on the
Benton Harbor & Southeastern railway
from Benton Harbor TO Nappanee
Ind, where connections will be made
with line to Cincinnati, thus opening
direct communication between Cincin'
natl and Lake Michigan.
BY Dec. Grand Haven will be run.
ming its own electric light plant
The $4,000 bonds have been
sold to the Hackley National bank,
of Muskegon, at par value, and the
contract for the plant has been let Ia
the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation
of Fort Wayne, Ind.
But three of the eight candidates be-
fore the Michigan board of examiners
for admission TO the bar were recon-
mended-Mrs. Caroline Il. Kelleher, OF
Gladstone; Harry c. Howard, of Kala-
mazoo, and Lewis b. Macarthur, OF
Lansing. Mrs. Kelleher is the first
woman to be examined by the board.
The Presbyter'"n synod of Michigan
met in the sixty cond annual session
at Detroit, attended by over 100 dele
gates of the various presbyteries of the
state. Rev. James G.. Lowrie, ID. ID.
Of Niles, the retiring moderator, gave
way to Rev. George w. Barlow, OF
Caro-, who was elected after spirited
contest.
Albert Fuller and Fred Ran hall,
charged with robbing Mrs Jane Ran
dali of 81, 500 at Elsie, acknowledge the
crime, but each accuses the other OF
taking the money. Randall refuses to
tell where he secreted his share and
Fuller has spent all-of his share but
$3.50, which amount has been returned
to the old lady.
James Patton, aged co, was taken TO
the central police station at Saginaw
by Deputy Sheriff Barter, of Alpena,
while cnroute to the insane asylum at
Traverse City. Patton was fearfully
emaciated, having refused to eat, and
the only way of keeping him alive was
by forcing food through tube placed
between his teeth. AS consequence
of his starving himself Patton was
found dead in his cell.
The board of supervisors of Mason
county have decided to invest $500 in a
stone crusher and commence the con-
struction of macadamized highways.
The county's experience with clay and
gravel roads during 10 years has con-
WINGED it that such roads are expensive
and it is more economical to build
stone highways, even though the first
cost of the macadamized road in about
double that of clay or gravel.
Levi J. Shaw, who has been separated
from his wife for some time, called to
her house at Alpena, and made muir
derous attack upon her with a Ratchet,
striking her six or eight times on the
head and cutting the scalp in a terrible
manner. She put her hands on her
head, which undoubtedly saved her
life, but her hands were cut almost
through, the bones smashed and an
artery severed. She can scarcely re-
cover. Shaw skipped.