Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-08

/ hOuoC anu iuIHi-
ture, burned at Benton Harbor, from a
gasoline stove explosion. Loss $1,000
After quarrel with her husband
Mrs Bert Croy, of Grand Rapids, took
dose of laudanum, and her life was
saved with difficulty.
One OF the large warehouses of Bous-
field & Co., at Bay City, was destroyed
| by fire. The loss will be about $780,
600, covered by insurance.
Simon Becker was found at his home
at Lake Odessa hanging to beam.
| He leaves widow and several children.
No cause is given for the act.
State Banking Commissioner Just
has entered upon his new duties and
announces that hereafter the state
banks will be examined at least twice
each year.
The body of a new born baby boy
was discovered in the lake at Mosher-
ville 1t had evidently been thrown
in the water alive for the purpose of
drowning.
Michigan has captured another good
| Office under the Mckinley administra-
tion-Gen. o. l.. Spaulding having
been appointed assistant secretary of
| the treasury.
| The dwelling of Warren Brooks,
north of St Louis, burned to the
ground with all its contents, without
| insurance. The family only saved the
clothes on their backs. Loss 81, 900.
| IL
| Weadock, died at Grand Rapids, from
| the effects of burns received at the
| kitchen stove while the mother was
away. His body was terribly burned.
A sneak thief entered W. III. Halls
| residence at Ypsilanti and secured a
vest containing over 500 in cash, a
check for a small amount and gold
watch and chain worth $50 No clue.
George West, of Alpine township,
Kent county, drove upon an embank-
ment near the Alpine church, tipped
over, and in the fall broke his neck.
| He leaves widow and five children in
Germany.
Hope college at Holland will cele-
brate it's semi-centennial by the cree
ton of costly monument in the shape
of large brick laboratory. The eX-
pense will be covered by subscriptions
and endowments.
Earl, the 12.year-old son of Byron
Kells, of Howell, went to Cohoctah, II
miles away, to visit his grandfather.
He went hunting and his body was
found later in the woods with bullet
drought the heart.
The supreme court granted a per-
| emptory mandamus directing the cleo
ton commissioners of Gratiot, st. Jo-
seph and Calhoun counties to assign
the middle-of-the-road Populist ticket
place on the official ballot.
Fred Mosher, aged 81, was killed by
the cars on the Air line at Homer He
| jumped from train going 20 miles an
hour. He was evidently struck on the
head nv the cars. as his skull was
or ~ AiEeay the. base OF the brain.
VIZ Casimer Skory, the Gaylord
priest, whom both factions of the dis
rupted Bay City Polish church say
would be satisfactory, was born in
| lCOts III IuSSldn Oltlltl. llC idlllt w
Bay City when about IL years old, with
his parents.
A well-dressed stranger worked off
about 40 counterfeit silver dollars on
street railway conductors at Saginaw
in one evening. The fraud was not
detected for several hours. Frank
Alexander. of Bay City, was arrested
on suspicion.
Richard NJ. Hoar, of Houghton. who
| failed last week has rendered his resig-
nation to the common council as
mayor. His liabilities continue to
grow and have now reached S111,0O0.
Creditors do not expect to realize much
more than so cents on the dollar.
The Langley mansion, on the bank
of the st. Joseph river, at st. Joseph,
burned with all its valuable contents
| of curiosities secured from all parts
of the world. 1t was built in 1868 by
Capt Samuel Langley, who sailed the
first steam brig ON Lake Michigan.
The loss is $50, 900.
The Michigan Academy of Science the
| third annual meeting at Ann Arbor.
A large number of prominent scientists
attended, including about 80 members
of the academy from outside the city.
Prof. Volney NJ. Spalding, of Ann AR
Dor, was elected president; Prof. w. Il.
| Barrows, of Agricultural college, sec
rotary: and Prof. W. II. Munson, of
| Hillsdale, treasurer.
The Metropolitan Iron IL Land Co.
announce an increase of 10 per cent in
the wage scale in their mines at Iron
wood. This increase affects about
1000 men working in the Norrie, East
Norrie and Pabst mines. The company
also announces that they will increase
their forces by the addition of 300 men.
While the wages are still very low
there will be plenty of work this
summer.
Herbert feathers and Edward Saw
age, who reside about 10 miles south
of Saginaw, left their homes week
ago for days work down the Shiawas-
see river. They embarked in a boat
and took basket containing lunch.
Not returning, friends began search
for them, but could find no trace of
| them except their basket which was