Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05

| "A big dam-3OO feet long ana ~ 1eet
| highs about To be built in Trow-
bridge township, Allegan county, to
furnish power for a large electric plant
which will generate power for facto-
ries and lighting at surrounding points.
The wife of Wallace j. Scobv
dropped lighted lamp at Grand Rap
ids. The oil caught fire and Mrs.
Scoby was probably fatally burned.
| A young son was suffocated, while
two other children escaped. Scoby is
in New Orleans.
| Martha Minor who was shot at the
home of Charles Gadd. near Clinton.
last week. has died from the effects of
her injuries. She never really regained
consciousness, so that the reason for
the double tragedy will probably al
ways remain a mystery.
secretary of War Alger and Mrs.
Alger visited their Detroit friends on
their return trip to Washington from
Chicago. Gen. Alger said that nothing
would be left undone to secure the u.
5. cruiser Yantic for the use of the
Michigan Naval Reserves.
Mrs. L. b. Bailey hid her gloves be-
hind pile of plates in her husbands
grocery and croclery store at Allegan,
but when she went TO get them she
picked up instead snake 30 inches
long. She called help and his snake
ship was captured and chloroformed.
The Michigan Building and Loan
Association league meet in Detroit and
after merely formal reports elected
the following officers: President, C.
d. Hanchette, of Hancock; vice-presi-
dent, w. C. Sheppard, of Grand Rapids;
secretary, L. Il. Goulden; treasurer, Ii.
l.. Houseman, of Grand Rapids.
Ex-County Treasurer b. w. Wright,
of lshpeming, has been appointed re-
ceiver for the Ropes gold mine in Mar
quette county, whose liabilities are es-
timated at 100000. The machinery,
buildings, etc, are valued at $40, 900,
but won't bring half that at receivers
sale. An attempt will be made to re-
organize.
The fifth annual meeting of the
United States League of Building and
Loan associations was held at Detroit,
and the sessions were full of interest.
Lake w. Sanborn, of Illinois, was
elected president; ii. f. Cellarius, of
Cincinnati, secretary, and w. G. Shep-
pard, of Grand Rapids, treasurer.
They will meet at Omaha In 1898.
The fourth annual convention of the
| Michigan association of sheriffs and
chiefs of police was held at Port Huron.
Many matters of interest were dis
cussed and officers were elected: Pres
ident ex-Sheriff c. p. Collins, of De-
troit vice-president, Sheriff George K.
Mallory, of Port Huron; secretary
treaurer, John z. Sanborn, of Lansing
Photographer McSherry, of Hub
bardston, recently took family
group. There was only one child in it
and she stood beside her mother
When the plate was developed sec
ond child was revealed standing with
HAND on the living child's sbealder.
1t can be explained in only one way,
that it was spirit of sister of the
living child.
The Jennison Park hotel at Holland
was destroyed by fire which made such
quick Roadway that the guests were
compelled to hustle out scautily clad.
Several were injured, but not seri-
ously. The loss of the guests in cloth
ing and iewelry will reach SIC. 900.
Mrs. Frank Dean, of Cincinnati, lost a
full set of diamonds, valued at several
thousand dollars.
The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
railway will be extended to Calumet,
the largest town of the copper district,
at once. The narrow gauge tracks of
the Mineral Range Il. r., will be wild
ened and passenger and freight trains
run through to Calumet. A new passen-
ger station and new wharves of large
capacity will be built at Hancock, and
number of other improvements made.
Miss Pearl Morrison, aged 90, very
pretty and highly respected girl of
Crystal Falls, mysteriously disappeared
and two days later her body was
found "A mile from town. 1t was found
that there were several bruises on her
person and ugly looking finger prints
on her neck, which indicates that
death was caused by strangulation.
Several persons are suspected and two
have been placed under arrest.
Chief Simon Pokagon, of the Potta-
watomie tribe in Allegan county, is
very ill and says he expects to shortly
leave for the happy hunting grounds.
He is almost 80 years old and has done
great deal for his people in obtaining
justice from the government. During
} 1898 he was prominent figure at the
Worlds Fair where he delivered sew
eral lectures of historical interest. He
has since written book bringing out
the white man selfshness and rapacity
in dealing with Indian tribes.
Ex-Sen. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, is dead
The Amoskeag cotton mills at Man
chester, n. H., have closed down
throwing 5000 persons out of work
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