Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-07


port.
Eugene Camburn, the Upton man,
shot by Henry Luce, a crazed lover
who afterward suicided is steadily in
proving, and il is thought he will re-
cover.
elThe Baptist society of Owosso dedi-
Gated a new SIC, 900 church, assisted by
! the pastors and congregations of all
other churches, and S14 900 debt was
wiped out.
Levi p. Oldfield, justice of the peace
of Bay City, was killed on the Michigan
Central road near Vassar by falling
from train while passing from one car
to another.
| Asa Crandall, aged IA, took a
dose of rough on rats at Battle Creek
because he was chided for some short
coming by his father, and he died in
great agony.
The body of Alexander A. Knopfel
the Bay City broker who disappeared
December "a last from the Burnett
House in Cincinnati has been found in
the Ohio river.
| There is an epidemic of the measles
at st. Joseph and the schools will be
closed. The teachers and seven pupils
from one room all came down in one
day, besides many other cases.
Norman Hoffman, aged II, accident
ally shot himself with a target gun at
| Homer and died i'm a few minutes. He
was lifting the gun out of a buggy by
the muzzle and the hammer caught.
st. Joseph is wrought up over "A cru
SADIE begun by Rev. Broadly. the NJ. +.
minister. against Sunday saloons and
houses of i'll fame. The city officials
are scored for not enforcing the laws.
Our Lady of Mecarmel Roman Catho-
lie church, near Emmett was burned
1t probably ignited for an altar candle
Loss. $4,000; insured for $1,000. A
new church is in course of erection in
the village.
| Dennis Cotter. an aged farmer near
Lake City, made two attempts at sui
eide First he threw himself into the
| Clam river. but was rescued. Then he
drank concoction of paris green and
water, but was pumped out
Hon. Allen b. Morse, L. 5. consul at
| Glasgow. Scotland, has returned to his
home at Ionia where he will spend a
few weeks visiting relatives. He is in
excellent health and says that he has
enjoyed his stay among the Scots.
George Hoffman and August Erick-
son. miners were blown to pieces by
premature blast of giant powder in
| No. shaft of the Pabst mine at Iron
Mountain. Both were married men
and leave families of. yeang children.
WaFRle-s. council has raised saloon
Keepers bonds from $4,000 to S., 900 a
year and there will be derth of liquid
ating points in that town. The tax
payers are kicking as they think it will
raise the taxes if the saloon revenue is
| csst off sd
-Four masked robbers entered the
house of Thomas Robinson, near Niles
and bound and gagged Robinson and
his wife. They then ransacked the
house TO find the large sum of money
which was supposed to be hidden there.
They got 81 and some jewelry.
Chief Clerk c. V. r. Pond, of the
Office of the secretary of state, has re.
signed in order to devote his entire
time TO the duties of the Office of as
sistant adjutant general of the Michi
gan department G.. A. II. His success
sor has been selected but not yet an.
nounced.
Emmett Hagadorn's lumber mill and
handle factory, the chief industry OF
Fife Lake, has been burned. The
same firm lost similar plant last Sep
TENDER in the same manner. -Four ear
loads of broom handles burned in the
dry kiln. Loss over $4,000. No in
surancc.
The j. l.. Hudson Co., the huge mer
camille house of Detroit, with interest,
in several other cities has appealed to
creditors for an extension on credits
| Their assets are given as S1.271. sac
with liabilities of only S5ls. 1874, but
owing to close times an extension is alb
solutely necessary to prevent disaster
Inc Mlcnlgan ASSOCIATION OF Goa
dealers met at Grand Rapids to consider
matters of interest to the trade. They
disclaim any intent upon prices. Off
GERS were elected: President, ID. NJ
Baker, of Adrian; vice presidents, NJ. C.
Bayley, of Battle Creek, and n. NJ
Perry. of Jackson; secretary and treas
urer, George I. Culvert, of Detroit.
The large dry goods firm of Docksey
Bean & Watson at Battle Creek, wa
mysteriously robbed of all the silks il
stock to the value of 81 900 or SO. 900
The robbers tried to burn the store by
setting fires in the basement with cot
ton batting The stock is badly dam
aged by smoke and water, probably T.
the amount of $4,000 The loss is FULL
covered by insurance.
Burglars and tramps are overrunnins
Battle Creek. They stole $40 from tn,
residence of Elder Uriah Smith, edito
of the Adventist Review and Heralc
and a gold watch from w. X Kellogg
A little boy was stopped on the stree
and compelled to disgorge 81. Fiv
drunken tramps broke into Garrett
Deckers barn and proceeded to have
high old time with keg of beer.