Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-12
NEWS FOR MICHIGANDERS.

L. u. of the Fourth district was held
at Decatur
Black diphtheria is raging in Wright
township, Hillsdale county, and several
persons have died.
Two girls who escaped from the
| state industrial school at Adrian, were
recaptured at Manchester.
Rev. DIR. and Mrs. John McEldowney,
of st. Clair, celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of their marriage.
Judge Maxwell threatens to call an
other grand jury, to investigate al
legged Irregularities in the government
of Bay City
The Lenawee circuit court has or
dered the sale of the Adrian street
railway Nov. 80. The line may be
abandoned.
AS an alleged result of the election
the Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. S drill
works has begun operations. They en-
ploy $50 men.
John Kuffahl, aged 70, committed
suicide by hanging himself in his wood
shed at Saginaw. He had been an III
valid for % years.
Charles Shields, D., G.. T.. & M.
brakeman, while making a<oupling at
Pewamo, slipped and fell under the
tender, and was killed.
Bert Collins, farm hand, aged 10,
committed suieide by hanging at Men
don. Dependency over Bryan's defeat
is assigned as the cause.
The Whittemore foundry, at Bay
City, which has been idle almost a
year, will resume operations Nov. Is
with so men, full force.
The four large barns owned by An
drew Brown, living west of Brown
City, were destroyed with their con-
tents. Loss So, 500, partly insured.
J. NJ. Il. Sill, formerly principal of
the state normal school at Ypsilanti,
now minister to Corea, has sent col
lection of valuable natural history
specimens to the school.
The semi-annual apportionment of
primary school money is made by Supt.
Pattingill. The total sum to be dis
tributed is s547 ,637.s7, or n cents for
every child of school age in the state.
The football teams of the University
of Michigan and the University of Min
nesota fought hard battle at Mime
apolis for the championship of the
west. Michigan won by score of
6 to 4.
The apple growers of Kent county
have surplus of more than 10000
barrels of apples on hand that they
cannot dispose of. The local price is
40 cents per BARREL and this will not
pay the expense of shipping them.
Diphtheria is now prevalent in
number of towns in the copper mining
district of the upper peninsula, and
despite the vigilance of health officers
and physicians for the past six weeks
new cases are constantly appearing.
Negotiations have been closed for
the bringing to Muskegon from Chi
cago the Princess knitting works, a
large institution employing between
800 and 400 hands, when an annual pay
roll OF S75, 600 It's manufacture is rib
bed underwear.
George Tieboth, an aged inmate of
the Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids, is
in a very dangerous condition as re-
suit of his demented action. lie filled
bath tub with scalding water and
then jumped into it, receiving such
severe burns that he will probably die.
Robert Porteous, auditor of the Man
istee q Northeastern railroad paid a
novel election bet at Manistee, in the
presence of large number of specta-
tors, eating dish of genuine crow at
table which was garnished by pictures
of the Republican candidates, Republi-
can notices, etc.
Three banks of Greenville which
refused TO negotiate loans before cleo
ton are celebrating by loosening up,
and loans can be obtained in any kind
of money. The Ranney Refrigerator
CO., which has been running on short
time, has also started up again.
The whole crew of steambarge
loaded at Bay City, were arrested for
alleged illegal voting. Six officers
went out on the fire tug and made the
arrests. The prisoners were released
on bail. Their names are William
Quinn, captain; Fred Evans, Thomas
McGraw, Edwin Kean, John Qualey
and David Maxwell.