Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

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about SO in money.
Tommy Cooper, of Detroit, estab-
lished new worlds record for mile,
flying start, at Detroit. He made the
mile in the remarkable time of l:44 IL,
chipping As seconds off his record
made at Racine, Wis, July 3.
Reports from several sections say
that with the hot weather and the
lack of rain fruit prospects are very
slim. Raspberries and goose
were baked on the vines. Green peas
are dried up, and potatoes dying in the
hill
Ambrose Heating, poultry breeder
at Adrian, lost 1000 fowls by some
mysterious disease. They died so rap
idly that it was with difficulty he
could care for the carcasses. Similar
reports come from others who raise
poultry.
Nicholas Spang, travelling agent
for the l.. Wolff Co., of Chicago, COM
mitted suicide in his room at Gies'
hotel, Detroit, by shooting himself.
He had evidently entirely undressed
and stood before a mirror to fire the
fatal shot.
DIR. +. A. Grange has resigned the
professorship of veterinary science at
the Michigan Agricultural college,
which he held for Is years, and will
become dean of the veterinary depart
ment of the Detroit College of Medi-
cine.
Prof. McEwen, of Jackson, made
balloon ascension at Benton Harbor
and when 500 feet in the air his balloon
burst The ropes became entangled
and his parachute failed to work. He
fatally injured.
Mrs. Rose Selleck, divorced wife Of
James Il. Selleck, one of the proprie-
tors of the Selleck grist mill at Clay
ton, was lodged in jail at Adrian,
charged with setting the fire that de-
stroyed the mill about April l. She
says it spite work.
Moses Tracy has commenced suit at
Ithaca for S140, 600 damages against IA
people who, he alleges, took part in a
tar and feathering bee in which Tracy
was the guest of honor. Later Tracy
was arrested charged with taking inn
proper liberties with children.
Geo. Hill, aged 60, wealthy farmer,
three miles northeast of Worthwhile,
put horse in the wrong stall and in
trying to get it out kicked it. The
horse then kicked Hill in the chest and
injured him so severely as to cause his
death before the next morning.
Mai Evans, notorious tough from
Cassopolis, recently released from
Jackson prison, was arrested at Niles
for drawing a revolver on an American
Express messenger on the Michigan
Central. When searched, Evans pocket is
were found to be full of stolen goods.
At its next meeting, the state board
of agriculture viii appoint an inspec-
tor, as provided for In a new law to
prevent the spread of San Jose scale
among fruit trees. The disease has
been reported from 20 counties. The
inspector will have the power to prose
cute negligent growers and to destroy
afflicted trees.
American business men who have been
making a tour of invc tigation through
the United States were well enter
tanned at Detroit for three days, visit
ting the leading manufactures and
places of interest, and also took a trip
to Grand Rapids to see the great fur
niture factories.
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Greenville was entirely destroyed with
the exec ption of the barns. The 81
inmates escaped uninjured and were
safely quartered in the barns. Mana
ger Wood rescued three women from
an upper room and had scarcely reached
the ground when the walls fell. The
loss is about $40, 200.
Il. c. Wright, a farmer eight miles
north of Coleman, was awakened by
his dog and heard someone in the
chicken coop. His wife held a lamp
while he started to investigate, but
several shots were fred and Wright
and his wife went back into the house.
| Mr.. Wright then went out alone and
set the dog on the intruders, when sud
denly several more shots were fred
and Wright and the dog both fell dead.
Some of the prominent dailies of the
state tried to create a sensation by de-
claring that the question of providing
for a general revision of the state con-
stitution would not be submitted 70
the people in 1898 as the recent legis
lature took no action upon the matter.
The constitution, however, provides
that the subject shall be submitted
every IL years and as it was last
voted on In 1882 it will come before
the people in 1898 without legislative
action.
A double wedding, the sequel of a
double elope ment, occurred at the M.
T. church at Ea.i Claire, near Niles.
Just as the two couples emerged from
the church two angry men dashed up
the place. They proved to be the faith
ers of the brides, but as they arrived
too late they gracefully accepted the
situation and added their blessings.
The contracting parties in the affair
Oliver Machana and Miss Ellie Swope.
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