Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Marquette counties.
Over 10000 people attended the la S
day of the street far at Paw Paw.
An +. & p. NJ. passenger train killed
and terribly mangled John Hamilton,
aged 60, near Saginaw.
The preliminary work has begun on
the electric railroad from Battle Creek
to Gull lake and Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo's street fair was a big
success, fully 49, 900 visitors attending
on the day of the grand floral parade.
Gov. Pingree has appointed Charles
Kelsey, Of Marquette. probate judge of
Marquette county to succeed Peter
Pascoe, deceased.
st. Clair county farmers first exper-
iment with sugar beets have proven
successful and refinery will probably
be established at Port Huron.
The barns of VIM. Barker, north of
Decllervilie, were destroyed by fire, to-
gether with the years crops. Loss
about So, 200, partly covered by insur-
ance.
William II. Boyns, widely known in
furniture circles, is organizing "A new
company to manufacture furniture at
Grand Rapids, and will employ 100 to
$50 men.
The residents of Schoolcraft are agi-
tatlng the subject of putting in water
works and electric lighting systems.
The question will probably be settled
favorably.
Homer HARDWOOD, of Warren, has a
strawberry patch from which ripe
Strawberries have been picked for the
last two weeks. The bed was moved
down in July.
Grand Rapids common council has
ordered the issue of SIPS, 900 bonds for
a municipal electric lighting plant.
The bonds were authorized by popular
vote last spring.
Ed Hayes, alias Chas. Brown, who
was shot at Kalamazoo while trying to
escape from Deputy Sheriff Clark, will
probably die as the bullet pierced his
intestines in 10 places.
Roy Cowles, of Thetford, Genesee
county, was riding on a load of sand,
but fell off and the wagon wheels ran
over his back, injuring his spine SO
that his recovery is doubtful.
The Toledo & Northwestern Railway
Co. has filtb apticles of association with
the secretary Of state. The company
is organized to build line of rail
road from Albion to Charlotte.
Morton Z. Case has served as super
visor of Pittsfeld township, Washte-
nav county, since 1875, and has been
presented with gold-headed cane by
the other members of the board.
While working in the Tamarack mine
at Calumet, half mile below the sur
face, John III. Johnson, trammer who
was loading cars, was crushed to a
bloody mass by heavy fall of rock.
Martin Solvener, aged 16, ran his BIZ
cycle into horse standing at curb at
Saginaw. AS the boy fell the horse
reared up and planting one hoof on his
head crushed his skull and he will
probably die.
A saloon closing campaign has been
started at Marquette, and saloon men
threaten to enforce the Sunday blue
laws and thus stop the street ears and
close all business places except drug
stores on Sunday.
Guy Boswell and Warren Puterbaugh
are under the care Of physicians at
Benton Harbor having received the
contents of a shotgun fred by Norman
Caruthers. colored man, guarding at
night his employers fruit farm.
C. f. Huntley, Michigan Central
railway section foreman at Tekonsha,
suicided with strychnine. He had been
Respondent since his only son was
drowned last spring. He leaves wife
and one daughter.
Ohio capitalists have leased a large
amount of land around Grass lake, in
jackson county and will erect $780,
900 plant for the manufacture of Port
land cement, tile and brick, the mate
rial for which lies in thick deposits on
the bottom of the lake.
Fred Thomas, who lives near Palo,
and who drives a hucllster's wagon,
was held up and robbed of the proceeds
of a sale of produce. The robbers tied
| Thomas to the wheel OF his wagon and
when he was found the next morning
he was more dead than alive.
A woman was pulled out of the ship
canal at Sault Ste. Marie in half-dead
condition, by Waterman Bernier. At
! ter she had been revived she gave her
name as Mrs. Atchison, of Superior,
| Wis, and said she wanted to commit
suicide-and she very nearly succeeded.
Thirty-two years ago George Davis,
white, was sent to jackson prison foI
criminally assaulting a colored girl in
Saginaw. Davis says he is innocent oil
the crime and as he is now 40 years old
he IS preparing to ask for pardon SO
that he may die outside of the prison
walls.
The general store belonging TO Col.
j. r. Petermann. at the Allouez mine
three miles from Calumet, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss on the stock will
amount TO over $40. 900 and the insur
ance carried was $4,000 The build
ing, which was owned by the Alloues
Mine Co., was not insured.