Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-09

Application has been made in f"e
Berrien circuit court for a receivey- %
close up the affairs of the Benton Ha-
Dor & Eastern Electric Railway Co.
Three Rivers has voted to bond f.
$4,000 for new county buildings i
case the ST. Joseph supervisors can b
induced To remove the county sea
from Centerville.
The house occupied by John Tolal
at Saginaw was destroyed by fire
Mrs. Tolan was alone with her youn,
son and they had to crawl through
window to escape.
Albert Graves barns, near Ypsilapti
with the contents, including three
years crops of wheat, valuable Ire
stock, farming implements, etc, wee
totally destroyed by fire.
The Soldiers and Sailors associatin
of st. Clair, Macomb and Sanilac coSl-
ties held two-days' encampment I
Yale with 500 veterans and severl
thousand visitors in attendance.
Leroy Larue, aged IS, was fou'd
dead in bed at Jackson He was 4
good health at midnight when awa@
ened by a violent storm, and wes.
about the house closing the windoNS
The strike at Pingree & Smiths she
| factory in Detroit, has ended and tie
employees went to work again just tvo
weeks after they walked out. Tie
terms of settlement were not mae
known.
1t is reported that a little chile,
near Deep River, Arenac county, his
been torn to pieces Dy a bear, in tin
berry patches in that vicinity, nothin'
being found out few shreds of it
clothes.
George Dewars, employed on job
Manning's farm in Blumfield township
Saginaw county, was instantly kille
by being caught in steam hay press
His head and neck were frightfull.
crushed.
Allison Alvey, who eloped with Mrs
c. w. England from Westerville, g,
and was caught at Howell, pleadet
guilty TO charge of adultery and wa,
county Jail.
Mrs. Charles f. Lockwoo suicidet
at Holly with carbolic acid. She ha,
been in very poor health for severs.
years and had no hopes of ever becom
ing well. She leaves a husband AMI
five small children.
Rosa Coins, young colored womat
near Benton Harbor, was shot twice il
the leg while out walking alone. Tn,
wouldbe murderer fred seven shots a
her from behind Ilump of bushes anc
then escaped in the darkness.
Farmer Black, living on the Film
river near Saginaw, fired in the air t.
brighten a potato thief. The fellow
returned the compliment, hitting
Black in the leg, and then carried
away all the potatoes he wanted.
The board of state auditors have al
lowed $4,000 to Mrs. Margaret pa'neS
fee t1hle aSefw ff55 wy Rrf1er ~ t,f o.
ing tree while on duty during the min
ers' strike at Ishpeming two years ago.
The mining companies about Han
cock have not received their usual sup
ply OF coal owing to the coal miners
strike, and have been buying up all the
hardwood in sight and are employing
several hundred men 90 get it out and
haul it.
Minnie Frederick, aged ~, a pretty
and accomplished girl of Niles, made
an attempt at suicide 10y taking car
bolic acid, because her parents refused
to allow her to have gen tlemen com
pany. Her life was saved after sew
eral hours hard work.
The State Teachers association viii
hold the annual meeting at Lansing,
Dec. -. The county school commits
sioners' section will meet Dec. 81. A
new departure will be the substitution
of banquet and social session for one
of the evening lectures
Wayne county's Sunday school Rally
day has increased tinually in inter.
ested and in the size OF the turn out.
This years Rally day at Detroit was a
huge success and Belle Isle was crowded
almost TO its limit by the children and
their parents and friends
Anna Teets, 12-vear-old girl OF
Manton. was wayiaid while in the
woods after cows and horribly out
ragged, by man who made his escape.
while the girl was left in an uncon-
scious condition. Judd Huff, farmer,
was arrested on suspicion.
John Snyder, aged 20, while bathing
in Corey lake, near Jones, were
drowned. An effort was made by Del
bert Siclxles to save him, but just as
the drowning man was raised to the
surface the boat capsized and Sicllles
also came near being drowned.
The annual picnic of the farmers
clubs of Washtepaw, Livingston and
Oakland counties. at Whitmore lake,
was attended by 10000 people. The
state legislature was censured for the
failure to tax corporations, and the
senate for opposing measures advo.
Gated by Gov. Pingree.
Commander W;llis. of the Michigan
naval brigade; +. W. Wheeler, the Bay
City shipbuilder, and other Michigan
men interested. made a trip to the
Charlestown navy yard To arrange for
bring the u. 5. cruiser Yantic TO De-
troit TO be used as a training ship for