Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

ehouBh eho yaru Is lull nearly al tne
| time.
Two incendiaries, Jacob Van Duzer
and VIM. Landon, were convicted in
the Sanilac circuit court of burning
buildings near Brown City, and were
each sentenced to six years in Jackson
prison.
Pleasant lake, IL miles south OF
Danville, is a favorite resort for Ing
ham and Jackson county people. The
road between the hills has dropped out
and the hole filled with water II
covers five acres.
vented the St Joseph county super
visors from submitting the county seal
removal question to the voters. Three
Rivers and Sturgis each offers $50, O0O
bonds for the prize.
Clarence f. Miller, aged "a, farm
hand employed by Mrs. Hannah Odds,
a widow, near Mason, was working in
the hayloft of the barn when he upset
lighted lantern and was burned to
death in the fire which resulted.
Evan Bowls, near Bancroft, was do
ing his barn chores by the light of a
lantern, when it exploded, setting fire
to the loose hay and destroying two
large barns and all the sheds around
them. The barns were filled with hay
and grain. Loss $1,000; insured for
81 ,000
Lenawee county officers feel certain
that they have located the burglar who
so brutally murdered Lafayette Ladd
in his own home at Adrian last April.
The suspect is John Higgins, alias VIM.
Woodford, at present serving one year
in the Columbus, o., penitentiary for
burglary.
Raymond Goulette, of Calumet, has
gone to Portland, Ore, to join party
of French Canadians, who will tramp
through Canada up the Mackenzie
river and expect to reach the Kloudille
early in the spring. Friends in the
newly-found gold fields have stal1ed
out claims for them.
The Lake Shore iron works, at Mar.
quette, will float $500 worth of
bonds and resume operations at its full
capacity. Five years ago the plant
was working large force. 1t is
backed by some of the wealthlest citi-
zens, and now that it will run again
the public is jubilant.
The annual reunion of the First
Michigan cavalry was held at Lapeer,
and about Is members were in attend
ance. Il. NJ. Stevens, of Caseville. was
chosen president; Wallace Taylor, of
Almont, vice-president; Geo. f. Demon
est, of Lapeer, secretary and treasurer.
The next meeting will be at Caseville.
At Marysville Frank Hanson was
captured in the act of burglarizing the
residence of Harvey Kendall. This led
to search of a houseboat in which
Hanson and his family bad been maxi
ing their home all summer, and over
$500 worth of stuff stolen at various
points along the st. Clair river was re-
covered.
At the close of an unusually fervent
prayer at meeting of the American
Volunteers at Cadillac, Mrs. Mary Nc
Kinnon threw up her hands and ex-
claimed Jesus, save mel" and then
sank to her eternal rest. Consterna-
ton seized the assembly when it be
came known that her prayer had been
answered SO quickly.
Lightning struck Frank Klein S barn,
east of Sturgis, while several men and
boys were husking corn. Frank Klein,
Jr., was instantly killed and Frank
Klein, Sr., George Klein and Fred Hag-
ersdorf seriously and perhaps fatally
injured. The barn and all of its con
tents, including several horses and
large quantities of grain and hay,
were burned.
James Butler, the Negro charged
with breaking into Walter Ways house
at Hudson one day during the street
fair, and who was afterward brought
down by rifle in the hands of Rollin
farmer, whose house he had also en-
tered, was convicted in the Lenawee
circuit court and sentenced to 20 years
at Jackson. Butler is a desperate
character and has escaped from the
Kingston, Ont, penitentiary, from
jackson prison and from several jalls.
Gov. Pingree will begin mandamus
suit to compel the Michigan Central
and the Lake Shore roads to sell mile
age tickets, good for the purchaser and
family for two years, at S20 according
to the terms OF the law recently de-
clared valid by the state supreme court.
To get case against the two railroads,
Gov. Pingree made demands for mile
age tickets in person, accompanied by
witnesses, and when refused he noti-
fed the ticket sellers of the two rail
roads that the intended to bring suit
to compel the roads to live up to the
law.
Bank Commissioner Just has issued
statement showing the condition of
the lis state banks and three trust
companies of Michigan. AS indicating
increased activity in commercial bust
ness since the last report, July %, the
item of loans and discounts shows an
increase of 81, 355,4 Other increases
are as follows: Reserve, S641.015; cash,
81, $50, 1855; numerical certificates of
deposit, SlG0.079 savings deposits,
S96l, 440; surplus and undivided profits,
S245, $50. The showing is one of the
most gratifying ever MADE, there be-
ing a marked increase in ali important