Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-11-10

fees. For the four months OF uly,
August, September and October the
fees received amount to 1l,176.45.
Gov Pingree has received from the
u. S. government SLABS for the ship
port of inmates of the Soldiers bme
for the quarter ending Oct. /. The
government contributes 500 pc in
mate per year.
Lightning struck the house atthe
Arcadian mine, at Houghton, seridsly
three carpenters. The bolt traeled
down a water pipe and knocked snse-
less Finn miner who was wor ing
800 feet underground.
The Mohawk Mining Co., of Hogh.
ton, has ordered the steel for an exen-
sion of the Traverse Bay railway ind
will complete the line before winer.
The new stamp mill, costing $4,000,
will be built on Lake Superior.
The evaporator owned and operaed
at Pinckney by Rowley & Rowley, of
New York, burned to the ground with
all its contents. 1t was running DIV
and night. Loss 81, 200, with no insr-
ance, and 80 hands are thrown out #
employment.
Harry Lenheim, a two-year convit
from Saginaw, who scaled the Iona
and given himself up. He said he wa
tired of lodging the officers and cor
cluded to come back until he could b
discharged free man.
While repairing a car in the C. e W
M. yards at Muskegon Edward ID
LANCE was instantly killed by a trail
of cars humping into the one on whicl
he was working. His head was con
pletely severed from his body. lie
leaves a widow and five children.
Prof. l.. r. Taft, profes sor of hort
culture at the Agricultural college
reports that curl-leaf, disease whicl
played havoc with the peach crop il
many parts of the state the past sea
son, can be cured by spraying yer,
early in the spring with fungicides.
Thus far this year there have beer
35 new mining companies organized il
Michigan, while five older companis
have renewed their corporate existene
for terms of 80 years and increased
their capital stock. This record wa
never approached in previous years.
E. c. Lyke, who has been working
the Phoebe Wheelock farm in Superio
township, Washtenaw county, for tn,
past IL years, has been nicely re
warded. Miss Wheeloclx died abou,
two months ago and in her will be.
queaths him the bulk of her property
valued at about $1,000.
Gov Pingree's case against the Mich.
igan Central railroad to sell family
mileage may not end with the adverse
decision of the Michigan supreme
court. An effort is being made by the
attorney-gener to reopen the case,
and it will be carried to the U. S. SUI
preme court if necessary.
New Michigan postmasters: Clinton,
Darwin NJ. cambridge; Grand Marias,
John f. Chisholm; Lake Linden, John
Amesse; Milan. Chas. w. Pullen, Sara
nae, VIM. Fitzgibbons; Sparta, Charles
II. Loomis; Weston, John Il. Smith;
Cooper, Kalamazoo county, Edward
Hoar; Mckinley, Oscoda county, John
Fox.
Thomas O'Leary, lumberman OF
DAWSON, was driving to Flint when he
picked up stranger who wanted a
ride. The stranger offered O'Leary a
drink from a bottle. He accepted and
shortly afterward became unconscious.
When he recovered the stranger was
missing with O'Leary's overcoat and
$3.50
VIM. n. Rowe, manager of the Valley
City Milling Co., Grand Rapids, has
complained to Railroad Commissioner
rying -four by all eastern roads have
been reduced to % cents barrel for
Chicago shippers, yet Grand Rapids is
compelled to pay the regular rate OF
80 cents.
The state board of pharmacy held a
two days session at Lansing, and a
total of 81 candidates were examined
10 being granted certificates as phar,
macists and six as assistants. The
board will meet in Detroit in January
Grand Rapids in March, Star Island in
June, Houghton in August and Ian
sing in November.
Capt. Leonard Ames was on trial al
Vassar for bigamy when a third com.
plainant appeared from Alpena. She
said she was Ames' first wife and that
they were married in 1850 at Port
Huron. They had not seen each other
in years and both broke down and EN-
braced and kissed each other when
they met in the courtroom.
While the 25 members of the 10Th
L. S. infantry who had been left as a
guard at FIT. Wayne, Detroit, were
packing up the remainder of the regi
ments effects for shipment to Porte
Rico, careless handling of box of am
munition caused it to explode The
windows were blown out of the base
ment of the building and five soldiers
were severely injured.
James Henry Banks, colored, an old
soldier, was found on pile of rags in
a house kept by Georgia Burton, a
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