Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-06


into her dreamy blue eyes
Fifty more men have been laid off by
the Cleveland Cliff Mining Co. at Ish-
peming. Further reductions are ex-
pected. The Champion mine is also
expected to close down this month,
throwing out about 800 men.
James Mckenzie, aged 10, was
drowned in the little rapids near the
Hay lake cut at the 500. Young Nc
Kenzie was in bathing with his brother
and was seized with cramps 100
feet from shore and went down.
Albert Bradley, aged 60, committed
suicide in a horrible manner near Rich
land, by throwing himself head first
into thrcshing machine which was in
operation. His head was completely
chewed off by the cylinder teeth.
A Bay City dispatch says a party of
Lake Shore officials went over the +.
& =. M. lines with a view of purchasing
them so the Lake Shore could control a
through line from Buffalo and the east
to Mackinaw and the upper lakes
Grand Rapids young men have or
ganized the fourth military company in
that city with Harry Il. Bennett as
captain. They will seek admission to
Michigan National Guard in place of
the company recently mustered out at
Three Rivers.
Two wild" freight trains collided
head-on on the Wabash road just out
side of Adrian. One engineer was hurt
by jumping, but the others of the crews
escaped injury. Both engines were
ruined and Is empty gravel trains COM
pletely wrecked.
The thirteenth annual meeting of
the Michigan State Holiness Camp
Meeting association at Eaton Rapids
was big success. Over 5000 people
and 700 teams were present at the
closing sessions, including many from
Ohio and Indiana.
Mrs. Minnie Morse, of Port Huron,
deputy supreme commander of the
Ladies of the Maccabees, who has been
working for the order in Illinois and
Missouri, has not been heard from
SlhSC - oiiN iNi ~ ~ iiNAe ANhA FoOAiN
i'll has befallen her.
That the Detroit Railway has rights
in the streets of Detroit, as against the
claim of exclusive right made by the
Citizens company, was affirmed by the
supreme court, in an opinion written
by Justice Montgomery and unani-
mously concurred in.
Express companies have made ar
engagements to open new markets for
fruit shipped from Benton Harbor and
st. Joseph by placing the fruit in Gin
cinnati, Columbus, Pittsburg, Louis
Vile and indianapolis within IL to IA
hours after it is picked.
Nearly 20 men diguised as whitecaps,
with switches and firearms, called on
f. A. Brown and wife, six miles north
Az tigT,- f,thooda TIL T---slaa - . oe,ssed
: of stafving to death their 3-year-ol
T. crippled daughter. They have left IL
country.
a Niles is in predicament. With SIS
c 900 due as interest on bonds and L
u money to pay 1t or meet other expens'
the citizens defeated a proposition
# issue bonds to the amount of 5000
IS to meet the demands Now the eli
t officials threaten to resign and let Il
city run itself.
: James Glasgow, for many years baI
y gagemaster at the Lake Shore dep
t at Tecumseh, has mysteriously disa
peared. His hat, coat and vest ar
, paris green were found on the bank
+ the Raisin River, in shed. Glasgo
: had been drinking heavily. Later
Griswold's body has been found in IL
4 river.
: The single mill of Stokol e. Ne
h son, at Oak Hill, just east of Manist,
was completely destroyed by fire.
n large quantity of shingles and ban
q were also consumed, while the dock
Y the mill will prove a total loss. II
confagration was caused by the e
posion of an oil lamp. The loss wi
= foot up $1,000, and is only partial
covered by insurance.
John Entwistle, aged.35, Canadial
was found terribly mangled on the An
Arbor railroad, near Owosso. A gas
on his throat, and photograph of Lo
Wright, an inmate of a "bawdy" hou'
near by, being found in his pocket, le
I to suspicious of foul play. A close il
n vestigation is being made. When la
, seen alive by reputable people Entwi
d tie was drunk and had lots of money.
The Michigan G. A. r. transport
e ton committee has issued a circuls
relating to the annual encampment |
l. st. Paul the first week in Septembe
Fares will not exceed one cent mi
each way. The headquarters trai
S will leave Port Huron on the G. & G.. .
n railroad Monday, Aug. ri at a. n
t Michigan headquarters will be opene
S Tuesday, Sept 1, at the Windsor hote
willard L. Sutton, aged 81, of Bri
e ton, was sentenced TO four years /;
!, Ionia for placing three ties on II
$ Wabash track, near Britton. Suite
e stated that he in the hope that his a
sumed discovery of them, and the fal
J, cling of the New York express, woul
i win him the reward of ride to Brittol