Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

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out even.
Ranch owners from Guatemala. Cen
trail America, visited the large farm of
w. s. Carpenter at Menominee and
purchased nine head of tin finest Hol-
stein cattle to be taken tdsthat country
for breeding purposes.
DIR. T. A. Felch, one of the proprie-
tors of the Ishpeming hospital, has ac-
cepted the nomination for lieutenant-
governor on the Democratic gold ticket
in place of A. b. Eldredge, of Mar
quette, who declined.
Mrs. Geo. Young discovered FIVE big
blacksnakes coiled up under little
hay in their barn near Berville. She
did not scream, but pounded them to
death with pitchfork. The smallest
snake measured nearly three feet in
length.
Herman Lukanen, aged 10 years,
was killed at the Osceola mine, at Cal
umet, by a piece of hanging rock
which fell, hitting him on the head
and breaking the skull. The boy was
employed in carrying water to the
miners.
The Union and Consolidated street
railway companies of Saginaw have
posted notice that wages of all en-
ployes will be reduced 10 per cent.
Hard times and lack of business are
the reasons given. The men will ac-
cept the cut.
Two thieves were caught in the act
of loading a wagon with corn in field
on McGraw's farm, near Bay City,
about midnight. When molested they
showed fight, and fearing arrest they
made their escape, leaving the horse
and wagon.
Mayor Rose, of Petoskey, ordered
the-slot machines, which have done a
flourishing business in the saloons and
hotels all summer. All gambling de-
vices will be prohibited hereafter. The
resort season is over.
Walter S. Phillips, an old and re-
suicide by cutting his throat with
butcher knife. He has been suffering
for some years with asthma and heart
troubles, and for few weeks has been
in a precarious condition.
The two large farm barns on the
Judge Grant place, three miles east of
Brighton, were burned. The contents
consisted of 500 bushels of beans and
400 bushels of oats. The buildings
were insured for 81, 300. The her
farm buildings were saved.
d. NJ. Ferry & Co., the seed dealers
of Detroit, have applied to the courts
of the District of Columbia for an in
junction to restrain the secretary of
agriculture from executing the law of
congress directing free seed distribu
ton. The bill claims that the business
of Ferry & Co. will be damaged $50, 900
and the sale of 100000 packages of
seed taken from the firm.
The wife of Jos. Pettinger, near Cass
City, left her babe sleeping in a cradle,
to run an errand to a family about a
quarter of a mile away. She had
reached the neighbours house when,
looking back, she saw her own dwell
ing burning. The husband also saw
his house was on fire and made des-
perate effort to rescue the baby but it
was roasted to death in the burning
building. Mrs. Pettinger is in pre-
carious condition.
Several months ago an expert ac-
countant from Chicago reported a
shortage of nearly $1,000 in the fund
set aside by the retiring council at
Niles for new water works. The MEM
bers of the water works committee, in
charge of the funds, demanded more
thorough investigation, and the COM
mittee now reports that they found the
accountant mistaken, there was no
shortage, and the men under suspicion
were completely exonerated.
Chief Deputy Collector of Customs
William Springer and Deputy Collector
John Terney, in charge of the tunnel
Office at Port Huron, have been dis
missed as the result of an investigation
made by the civil service commission
some time ago into charges that politi-
cal assessments were levied in the
Port Huron custom house. The
charges, it is understood, were pre-
ferred by VIM. A. Stewart, who some
time ago was dismissed from the service.
A. w. Webster is a wealthy Rochester
farmer, aged so. He was recently
married TO Eta Gales, a girl of %.
The old mans friends say that Eta
made love to him, it being leap year,
but this is denied by the young woman
and her family. After the marriage
Eta took her family to live with them
and quarrels arose. Webster took steps
to get divorce and Mrs. Webster pre-
pared to fight. The parties came to-
gether, however, and she signed separ-
alton papers, after Webster had paid
her 81, 500.
Edward Allour, % years of age, was
arrested at Bay City, for an assault on
Andrew Pashak which will probably
prove fatal. Allour got into an alter
cation with Pashak's l4-year-old son,
whereupon the father rushed out of
the house, and grabbing a stick, chased
Allour across the +. & +. NJ. tracks.
Allour slip ID and fell and Pashak
Spranp upon him. whereupon he