Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-21
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Ira Muir's big barn near Birch Run
was struck by lightning and burned.
Loss 81 900; no insurance.
Allen Walker, an old Atlas township,
Genesee county, resident, fell from a
wagon and was fatally injured.
Twclye-year-old Mabel Young was
shot In the knee by a gun set for bur-
glars at Standish. She will lose her leg.
&C. Whitaker, of Detroit, graduate
of Orchard Lake academy, has been APP
pointed sergeant-major of the 35th
Michigan.
Adelbert d. Grimes, Co. F. whose
father is wealthy farmer near
Mason, Mich, died at Letter hospital
Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, with
fever.
O'Brien Atkinson, who went to
Island Lake as captain of the Port
Huron Wyandotte company has been
promoted to major of the 35th Mich
igan regiment.
New Michigan postmasters: Big
Prairie, Newaygo, Laura Il. Runnels,
vice Mrs. A. Forwood, removed; Hun
gerford, Newaygo, Andrew C. Peck,
vice John W. Rutherford, resigned.
f. C. Barber is under arrest at
Lansing at the request of Clinton
county officials. 1t is alleged that he
had been raising the wind" by imper-
sonating a regular army recruiting
officer.
Horace Haines' little girl was play
ing around bonfire at Kalamazoo,
when her clothing caught fire and she
was burned to a crisp. Mrs Haines
was badly burned attempting to save
her child.
The farm residence of John Klinlx,
six miles east of Eaton Rapids, burned
to the ground, together with all its
contents. The family were away and
there had been no fire in the house
since morning. Loss, $1,000.
Frank G. Putnam, sergeant of Co. II,
Twelfth IT, S. infantry, was killed at
Santiago. He was Saginaw boy, %
years of age, and was on his second en-
listment. He was visiting his home
when the war began and was ordered
to join his command.
Thomas Walker and half a dozen
other Port Huron men drove to Ferd.
Hoffman's roadhouse, five miles out,
and got into a melee with Hoffman
and his hired man Steve Allen.
Several shots were fired and Walker
was fatally wounded in the stomach.
Frank II. Idema, of Grand Rapids,
regiment. He had been acting as SER
geant-major and adjutant since the
regiment went to Camp Eaton. He is
very popular young officer and is pc
culiarly fitted to the position. Mr..
Idema served in the National Guard
seven years, part of that time as lieu
tenant in Co. |, Second regiment.
Frank Phiscator, the Baroda gold
king, of st. Joseph county, has just ar
rived from the Klondilxe with 100000
in gold nuggets. Last year about this
time Phiscator came out of the Klon-
dixie with 100000 in gold. He sold
four of his best claims to an English
syndicate for S1,00O,OO0. Early this
spring he made trip to Dawson City
and has taken 100000 from his re-
naming claim.
Loud and long complaint is being
made by the boys of the 32d Michigan
regiment at Tampa that their camp is
veritable pest-hole on account of
continuous rains, even the tents being
filled with water and the men having
TO sleep in hammocks The camp
has been condemned by the surgeons.
There are many cases of malarial and
some of typhoid fever. The protest at
last bore fruit and the 32d regiment
was ordered to Fernandina, Fla, $50
miles northeast of Tampa, where there
is an excellent beach and good sanitary
conditions. Five other regiments and
the l4th artillery corps were ordered
to move at the same time.