Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

John Mack, of Pine Grove, was found
dead back of barn on the farm ol
Del Dav Trowbridge near Otsego
Poor whisky and cold weather caused
his death.
The headquarters OF the Michigan
q. A. II. have been formally tablished
at the state capitol by the arrival OF
Deputy Adit.-Gen. Hamilton, who will
remain in charge.
The through merchandise freight ON
the NJ. G. broke in two at Vassar june.
ton. The engine and several cars
were stopped, and the rear end of the
train collided with two box cars which
were entirely demolished.
The Grand hotel at Lansing was
badly damaged by fire, the loss on the
, building being 50, 500 and on furniture
! about SO. 600. The hotel was owned
by Mrs Laura Burr and conducted by
| Elmer n. Bennett, who owned the fur
niture.
DIR. Camp, one of the oldest practic.
ing physicians in southwestern Michi'
gan, was married 80 years ago in Mill
Creek, Erie county, Pa, to Sarah Mar
tin, of Girard, and they have just cele.
gor, their home.
Isaac Il. Shatto, of Flint, committed
| suicide at the Walsh hotel, Port HUI
ron. by firing bullet into his right
temple. Mr.. Shatto was about 55 or
| go years of age, and an old soldier. A
pension of S5l he had drawn only two
weeks ago was missing.
Charles w. Garfield, of the state
board OF agriculture, attended the
roundup farmers institute of Wiscon-
sin. He says a national institute, en-
bracing the states of Michigan, Wis
consin, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska
and Manitoba, was organized.
Elmer i. Halsey, recently appointed
receiver of the United States land office
at Marquette, has assumed his position,
vice Rush Culver. who resigned a year
ago, because of dissatisfaction with the
ruling of Secretary Hoke Smith, in a
case involving upper peninsula land
grants.
c. n. Rapp has returned from New
York, where he went representing the
fruit growers of western Michigan to
procure more favorable rates for
peaches in baskets east of Buffalo and
Pittsburg. This would admit Michi-
gan peaches TO the eastern markets at
substantial profit.
Mrs. John Keifer. the Fish Lake
woman who grabbed her husband by
the whiskers and tried to cut his
throat while he lay in bed, escaped
from her attendants at Decatur and
tried to cut her own throat. She al
most severed her windpipe and will
die. Her husbands condition is inn
proving.
While skating on the mill pond at
Dexter, Pearl Walker, IL years old,
broke through the ice and would have
drowned but for the heroic effort of
Miss Myrtle Bostw ick, teacher in the
high school, who stood part of the
time in foot of water, the ice sinking
with her, holding the child until with
help she was rescued.
Although John Bradley has been
dead more than three years, the widow
has just had his divorce decree set
aside at Grand Rapids The divorce
was granted in 1890, through alleged
misre presentation and fraud. The
widow will now get considerable prop
erty, from which as grass widow
she would be debarred.
Elton Andres, aged 10, was bitten
by small terrier last August, near
Pierson. Neither boy nor dog showed
any symptoms of disease until recently,
when the boys nose began to bleed.
Since then he has gone into frequent
violent commissions, whining, barking
and swapping at all around him. The
dog showed no signs of hydrophobia
but was killed.
Chas w. Eustis, of Springfield, Mass
en- route home from san Diego, Cal,
got off train at Battle Creek while
temporarily demented. He was locked
up and twice attempted suicide; first
by hanging himself to his cell door
with his handkerchief, and being un-
successful tried 1T again with straps
from his bunk. He was cut down and
placed under guard.
The Michigan Salt Co. has completed
the work of reorganization. The idea
at first was to include manufacturers
OF 90 per cent of all the salt produced
in Michigan, but this proved impossi-
BILE 1t was decided to omit the vac
uum salt and include only the grained
salt producers. The capital is 81 80, 900.
Vacuum salt is made mostly at Manis-
tee and Ludington.
The fine building of the Pope Manu-
featuring Co. at Boston was destroyed
by fire, together with LOO new Col
umbia bicycles, 30, 900 pieces of bicycle
repairs and thousands of tires. Loss
$3.50. 600 The Youths Companion
Office adjoining was soaked and burned
TO the extent of $50 900, and the Hoff-
man apartment house across the street
was damaged $4,000.
The reception given by the ladies of
the st. Cecilia club. of Grand Rapids,
To Mrs. Edwin +. Uhl and Miss Uhl
was one of the most conspicuously
charming events in which local society
ever participated. A leader in all
social enterprises and one of the most
beloved and esteemed ladies, Mrs. Uhl
was practically the founder of the
handsome new home of the st. Cecilia
society. Mrs. Uhl and Miss Uhl were
more than pleased at the warmth of
the greetings as they leave for Ger
many.
There are mutterings of strike on
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