Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
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domestic troubles.
Sebastian Mutzgar. farmer, near
Dlggett, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in smokehouse.
New Michigan postmosters; Carleton,
Monroe county, Samuel L. Wallace.
vice Alfred McCollum. removed; Full
ton, Kalamazoo county, David /. Fertz,
vice III. c. Weaver, removed.
Three petitions are in circulation
among the Michigan travelling men ask
ing Gov. Pingree to call special session
of the legislature to take action on the
two cent railroad fare question.
Mort Strong, South Haven local
option law violator who had already
paid one fine of sllo during the present
term of court, has been fined $50 more.
He says his tiger is dead now.
John w. Ulm, of Chicago, has com
menced foreclosure proceedings against
the Ohio Paper Co. TO recover Sl53, 900,
and against the Niles Paper Mill Co.
to recover S44, $50. Both mills are at
Niles.
The Corunna Coal Co. claims to pay
| the highest wages of any coal mine in
the United States. Rates are from so
TO % cents ton and experts make
from So so to 81 a day, and none fall
! below Sl.50.
The strike at the Atlantic mine at
! Houghton is still on and 1870 men are
! idle. The company says that they can
not raise the wages and if the men do
not return at once others will be hired
in their places
Over 1000 feet of drifts in the Frank
| lin, Jr., mine near Hancock, have been
opened up, showing continuously rich
veins The company is about to build
stamp mill and LAnse and Baraga
have offered sites
Michael Kennedy's house at Owosso,
was discovered to be on fire at a. M
He was found on the floor dressed and
dead. There are many suspicious cir
cumstances that point to murder. He
was a quiet, inoffensive old man.
Dell c. Slaght, secretary of the Com
mercial Travellers union of Michigan,
took three grains of morphine and
turned on eight gas jets in the Elks'
club room at Flint. He never regained
consciousness, and died soon after be-
ing discovered
Robt. NJ. Steel, the former million
| aire banker and manufacturer of St
Johns, whose failure last year created
big senation, died Of paralysis. The
failure had much to do with undermin-
ing Mr.. Steel's health, and he left most
of his business in the hands of his son,
Geo. A. Steel, state treasurer.
Mrs. Anna Bentley Lewis, who cele-
brated her one hundredth anniversary
at Saginaw, had remarkable dream
which came true. Ga the Sunday
night before Lincoln's assassination
she dreamed that the president was
dead, and awoke to find herself weep
| ing and wringing her hands.
Alexander PhilhapslSy was found
hanging from small window in the
rear of Anderjewski's hall, at Bay
City, where dance had taken place.
The body was still warm. An inquest
will be held. He was intoxicated and
probably stood up in his buggy, stuck
his head through the window and the
horses walked Off
Edgar and Herbert VIM, of Blacks
Corners, near INLAY City. boarded
train at Llpeer. bound for Flint They
did not get OF at the station. but
waited until the train had reached the
+. & p. NJ. junction, and then jumped
while the train was in motion. Edgar
struck the bridge and was thrown back
under the wheels, both legs being so
badly crushed that amputation at the
knee was necessary. Herbert is unin-
jured.
George Hart, young farmer living
near Meridian station, lngham county,
was shot and killed by John Burgess,
aged 10, through mistake. Hart,
who was engaged to Burgess sister,
thought he would play joke on him.
So he dressed himself up as a cowboy,
with pistols and knives and a SLOUGH
hat, and polled his head in at the door,
asking for something to eat 1t was
refused and Burgess grabbed gun
when Hart pushed into the room and
shot him in the head.