Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-11
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Over 1000 carloads of beans have
been shipped from Jackson this season.
About SEQ worth of packages were
stolen from the U. S. express Office at
Otsego.
Hilda Olson, aged years, was run
down and killed by a heavy truck at
Manistee.
An American eagle, measuring seven
feet from tip to tip, was captured at
Big Clam lake.
The farm residence of John w. Smith,
northeast of Romeo, has burned. Loss
81 900; no insurance.
Michael Fenlon, while repairing the
Franklin stamp mill at Houghton, fell
so feet and was killed.
George Wris hit, tailor, took dose of
strychnlne Grief for his deceased
wife caused dependency.
Lewis Miller was shot and killed
while trying to escape from Sheriff
Clifford. near Thompsonville.
The Polish Catholic parochial school
at Manistee was destroyed by fire.
Loss Sic, 900, insurance $1,000.
The Office of deputy collector of Gus
toms at Saginaw will probably be con-
solidated with that at Bay City.
1t is said the Big Four railway will
survey an extension TO Grand Rapids,
by way of Three Rivers and Kalamazoo.
The state board of pharmacy held
four days session at Lansing. Out of
IS candidates II were granted certifi-
Gates.
George Wright, living on a farm,
near Armada, was found dead in his
bed. He had taken strychnine because
of dependency.
w. ID. Gordon, of Midland who is
supposed to be scheduled for United
States district attorney at Detroit, Wis
tied Washington.
Schools and churches are closed, and
all public gatherings have been pro-
hibited in Galien until the diphtheria
epidemic subsidies.
Much excitement was stirred up at
Omer by the finding of rock, dirt, etc,
which experts pronounced gold. The
exact loca ton of the find is a secret.
On little island in the old channel
of Stay near the 500, owned
-by p,'r--' 49, ODD IL II. I.eia-d,
promising gold quartz has been found.
Charles X. Eddy, of c. X. Eddy &
Sons, of Saginaw, was married in Chi
cago to Mrs. Caroline L. Chapman, of
Penobscot, Me. The groom is rs and
the bride 6s.
George +. Massey, well-known De-
troit business man, who had been an
inmate at Oak Grove sanitarium, near
Flint, for some time, drowned himself
in Flint river.
During the funeral of Mrs Rather
inc Finn, aged 80, at Manchester, her
son, Barney German, aged so, died
while sitting in carriage in front of
the church.
NJ. Blumenthal's large general store
at Standish, was Quilted by fire and
water The SIS, 900 stock of goods
was nearly a complete loss. 1t was
well insured.
Mrs. David Roysden, living near
Three Oaks, was fatally injured in a
runaway accident. An infant child
was seriously injured and two other
children were frightfully bruised.
Collector of Customs John Q. Adams,
of Negaunee, has appointed deputies:
Nels Chrstopherson, OF Menominee; c.
c. Oliver, of Escanaba; = M. Beattie,
of Gladstone; George Tucker, of Ish-
peming.
A move was made to induce the state
board of auditors to increase the capt.
toll ianitors' salaries from $50 to $50 per
month Gov. Pingree, Chief Justice
Long, and other state officers signed
the petition.
The four records of the tax sales of
Muskegon county for 1901 have been
stolen from the courthouse. Their
disappearance will seriously hamper
tax litigation that has been in progress
several years.
As the result of a feud, Peter Graef
saloonkeeper at Ellis Junction, killed
Louis Klaus. The latter entered the
saloon and began to abuse Graef,
whereupon Graef pulled revolver and
shot him through the heart
The local option election held in Van
Buren, county gave majority of 1,5OO
in favor of remaining dry. The cam-
paign was fierce one, the local option
people using every means to push their
cause. The prohibitionists are jubilant
The board of managers of the Sol
dier's home at Grand Rapids have de-
| cided to furnish band to make it
| pleasant for the veterans on Sunday
evenings. selection of current peri
odicals will also be placed in the
library.
The Exchange bank at Grayling has
closed its doors, with liabilities of S30,-
/ 900 and practically no assets. Cashier
Staley has disappeared, evidently TAX
ing about $50, 900 with him. The loss
falls heavily upon working people who
were the principal depositors.
In his blanks for annual reports TO
! be made in January and February
next by all manufacturing and mer-
camille corporations in Michigan. Sec
rotary Gardner will include questions
designed to do away with the endless
chain system of indorsing, which has
played havoc in Michigan the past few
l years.