Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-29

u y
in the world. Eight tubs are used and
the distilery will have capacity of
500 pounds of oil per day.
Edwin, aged Is, the only son of
Wells Smith, a prosperous farmer near
Albion. has disappeared taking his
clothes and his pet pony. His mother
is nearly crazed with grief.
Boyce Speicher, living near Glendale,
was taken from bed by masked men
and treated to coat of tar and feath-
ers and ordered to leave the commu-
nifty. He had been slandering several
women of that section.
General White, of the
M. N. g.. moved upon Island Lake and
established permanent headquarters,
which will be maintained until camp
closes on Aug. 10. He will prepare
the grounds for the encampment
David Munger, aged 20, a veteran, of
the Mexican and civil wars, while sit
ting in front of a clothing store at
Schoolcraft was accidentally hit in the
temple by large rock thrown by a
clerk, and is in critical condition.
Morency Cornelius, aged SO, Polish
women, has been an inmate of the AL
Logan county poor house since 1865,
and was a county charge before then.
She is now insane. Who she is or
where she originally come from is a
mystery.
Arnold Verhulst, of HollanA ,was
taken to the asylum at Kal aazoo.
John Verhulst, brother, wss ggreatly
affected by his brothers /cond. Jon,
and is missing. He had threatened to
drown himself, fearing that he, too,
might become insane.
Merritt M. Goodspeed, Muskegon's
messiah says his divine gifts are yet
in their infancy. He says that now he
ployed by the Holy Ghost with the
strength of prophecy, and declares
that he will live to be 200 years old.
L. r. Taft, professor of horticulture
at the Michigan Agricultural college,
has received specimens of the pear
tree psylia from Kent county. So far
as known, this dangerous pest has
never been seen in Michigan. Taft
recommends that trees affected should
be sprayed with kerosene emulsion.
The corners jury returned a verdict
of suicide by drowning in the case of
Elizabeth Hamilton who was found in
the river at Saginaw with her illegit-
innate babe in her arms The girls
sisters testified that Stuart Gordon
was the acknowledged father of the
child and had ruined the girl under
promise of marriage.
Bertha Cunningham, of Dundee, and
Selma Kranzuh, of Blissfeld, have
been arrested at Dundee on n charge
of rifiing letters belonging to a travel
ing man named Cunningham. The
girls admitted that they called for the
letters at the postoffice and tore them
up. The pieces were found in the
street, with fragments of $50 draft.
Such enormous quantities of black
berries are being gathered in south
western Michigan this season that the
prices received for them in the Chicago
market fail to net the shipper the cost
of the packages alone. Many growers
have devised inexpensive evaporating
plants to dispose of the surplus berries
and il is estimated that over one-half
of the crop will find market as dried
fruits.
In anticipation of the raise of the
price Of beer stamps to an even dollar
on the barrel by the new tariff law
Michigan brewers were heavy purchas-
ers at the internal revenue Office at
Detroit, over $50, 900 worth being sold
in one day. This will save the brew
ers nearly $4,000. The Detroit dis
trict includes "a counties, in which
there are SO breweries that produce be-
tween 100000 and 10000 barrels
year OF these breweries 2s are in
Detroit.
The interchangeable system of mile
age books goes into effect on Michigan
railroads early in August. The buyer
of a 1000 mile book will deposit $50
and will receive $40 rebate when the
book is used up if ii is used according
to rules. The books will be good on
all roads in the Central Traffic associa-
ton and outside of Michigan, but can
be used by the person TO whom it is
issued only. In Michigan, the law
permits the members of mans family
to use his mileage book.