Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06

William ;. Higgins, a veteran soldier
aged G., was found dead in the Aclxley
hotel at Grand Rapids. A package
containing morphine was found, in
dieting suicide.
The village council, Maple Rapids,
refused TO approve the bonds of saloon
keepers, and the next morning bits of
of Grape were found attacked TO hitch
ing posts and door knobs.
The weekly weather crop bulletin
says vegetation continues backward,
but drying winds and weather helped
blowing and seeding by taking up con-
siderable surface moisture.
A severe storm did much damage in
Ross and Bedford townships, Calhoun
county, blowing down orchards and
fences. George Browns barn was de-
molished and 16 blooded sheep killed.
The Burr Oak council has refused to
approve the bonds of saloonkeepers
and druggists and as consequence the
| town will remain dry. The fronts of
both saloons were draped in mourning
the next morning.
Charles II. Frisbee, of jackson, pro
poses to build steel dam across the
Kalamazoo river south of Allegan and
furnish what he considers to be the
best water power in the state. He has
secured options on 1000 acres at $40
per acre.
The specific charge on which eX-Con-
troller Waite, of Port Huron, has been
convicted was embezzling $3.50, which
amount Waite drew from the baulS the
day OF his disappearance. Sentence
was deferred and Waite was released
on 81, 600 bonds.
Mrs. Celia Larkins "A colored woman,
who was serving a life sentence at the
Detroit house of correction for aiding
| her husband in the murder of her step
mother, at Monroe, in November, 1894,
died of consumption. Her husband is
| serving a life sentence at jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Richards, of
| Exeter, near Monroe, were surprised
by a visit of nearly so of their descend
ants. who assembled to celebrated
| the fiftieth anniversary of their we'd
| ding, but found they had made a
mistake of a year. They will celebrate
| next year.
Lamberton creek, running through
the Soldiers home grounds, near Grand
Rapids, broke through the upper dam,
| took away the railroad dam and COW
cred the road bridge and deer park
with sand and debris. The water
works and electric light plant were
flooded. Total damage $4,000
William Kane, an old soldier, and
his wife died at st. Clair, from drink
ing wood alcohol. Mrs. Con Burk,
who also drank the stuff with them,
was made very sick, but will probably
recover. 1t is supposed that they had
been drinking and other liquor being
exhausted, they took the wood alcohol
as substitute.
Fred, Hendricks, son of Postmaster
| Hendricks, of Stanton, was found in
an unconscious condition near his home
late at night. He was taken into the
house aud upon examination was found
to be pounded and cut with knife
in frightful manner, one stab of the
knife going into the mouth and com
ing out through the cheek.
Capt. Porter of the L. S. secret SER
vice captured a complete counterfelter's
outfit in the basement of A. Fariey's
house at Benton IIarbor 1t has been
in operation for three years, and the
most dangerous counterfeit dollar of
1881 has been made by Farley. Capt.
Porter says the government has spent
S., 900 in searching FOR the outfit Far
ley has not been captured
Mrs II. NJ. Lewis. wife of az promi-
nent grocer, at Ionia was found dead
on Rich street, about 10 o'clock at
night. She was subject to attacks of
heart disease, and at such times had
to have fresh air. She had evidently
gone out TO walk an attack off, became
bewildered and tainted. She took her
shawl off, made pillow of it, unloos-
ened her dress and corsets, and lay
down on the walk and died.
T he suspicion has arisen at Attica,
that William Hodgson who was found
hanging did not suicide, but was killed
and then strung up TO hide the crime.
lodgson had made grave charges
against a number of married ladies
even making aflidavits, and refused to
retract and it is alleged that certain
persons were looking for him the night
of his death; also that they met and
quarreled. The face Of the dead man
was not the least distorted nor discol-
ored, as is the case of death by hang
ing. These facts have led to demand
for an investigation, which has been
started by the authorities.
Fire broke out at the wharf at New
port News, Va, and destroyed two
coastwise merchandise piers, with
their contents three vessels and one
tug boat, entailing total loss of about
s., SOC, 600. A number of persons were
injured, and il was feared that several
lives were lost.
The gates of the Tennessee centen-
NAL exposition at Nashville are open
and the machinery was set in motion
by President Mckinley touching an
electric button at Washington. The
opening ceremonies at Nashville were