Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-08
STATE GOSSIP.

The Maccabees at Pinconning have
just completed a $4,000 temple and
opera house.
Prof r. S. Avann, for Is years head
of the Latin department of Albion col
lege, is dead, aged so.
Detroit is talking of having big
exposition in 1901 to celebrate the
foundation of the city.
DIR. NJ. f. Wadsworth had resigned
the presidency of the Michigan College
of Mines, at Houghton.
The 35th Michigan participated in a
practice march of IL miles from Camp
Mckenzie to Bel Air, Ga.
Life imprisonment is VIM. Senusky IS
penalty for the murder of his young
wife, Georgiana, at Detroit.
Twelve Centerville girls have formed
an Old Maids club, and style them
selves the deserted dozen"
Ed Gilman, of Detroit, was arrested
at Alpena charged with hunting deer
with dogs and out of season.
The 7-year-old son of T. O'Leary,
near Millington, was accidentally
fatally shot by his older brother.
New Michigan postmasters: Drake,
Lapeer county, Josiah McGuigan; Pop
pie, Huron county. Donald Mcleod.
Gov. Pingree visited Lieut.. Gov
elect. Robinson at Marquette, and
talked over the senatorial situation.
VIM. Warner, of Ludington shot a
buck deer weighing 500 pounds, near
Charming, the largest seen in years.
The Students Christian association
of the u. of NJ. has chosen as president
w. 5. Gilbert, of Spokane, Wash, a
senior law
Col. Frank j. Hecker, of Detroit, has
left Havana for bis home to attend the
wedding of his daughter. He returns
to Havana in January.
Returns from all counties except
Saginaw and Monroe give Pingree
majority of 70, $40. The constitutional
revision has 80, 1856 majority.
John Gilbert, of Ovid, veteran of
the civil war was telling a tree when
he was struck by one of the branches,
and he died from his injuries.
Israel Daniels. aged 6S, once prom
inent Detroit politician, committed
suicide by jumping from the steamer
City of Cleveland into Lake Erie.
Adelbert Pylle, a wealthy Lapeer
farmer was fined S95 or 30 days for
horsewhipping Libbie Pearsall, aged
1, 4 ;,,4
Of adopting
A committee of prominent Detroiters
visited Washington to urge upon the
war department the advisability of
making TT. Wayne, Detroit, regi-
mental post.
Rudolph Hawke, sailor on the
schooner West Side, was drowned at
Bay City. He was in an intoxicated
condition when he attempt to climb on
board the boat
Christian Harmon, aged 70, an old
farmer rasidi,ac 800 Hi-~-i--ts, ----'s
struck by Michigan Central engine
while driving across the tracks, and he
cannot recover.
Fire at Ionia destroyed the store
occupied by Caine & Reusch, milliners,
and several other places were damaged.
The total loss is over $4,000, with
81, 900 insurance.
Frank Debore, aged 30, Co. G, 32d
Michigan died at Grand Rapids from
consumption. He was in excellent
health when he enlisted and the disease
was caused by exposure.
J. V. Barry, of Lansing, will not
succeed w. X. Bush as private secre-
tary to Gov. Pingree. He has notified
the governor that he would be obliged
to decline the secretaryship.
Col John L. Tyrrel, of Jackson, has
been appointed brigadier-general of
the Michigan National Guard for two
years, to succeed Gen. Lyon, of Calu-
met, whose term has expired.
Elder f. L. Meade, wife and two chill
dren, DIR. Hiram Green and wife, Miss
Niva Starr and Albert CLANCY left Bat
tie Creek for Matabele, South Africa,
as missionaries of the Seventh Day Adj
ventists.
More new Michigan postmasters:
Daley, Cass county, James O'Hain;
Greenleaf, Sanilac county, Duncan A.
Mclean; Hale, Iosco county; John j.
Love; billiards, Allegan county, How
ard Parnelle.
Fred Egan, a 13-year-old boy of st.
Louis, was drowned in the millpond.
He broke through the ice while slxat-
ing and could not be rescued by his
companions, who made several at
tempts to do so.
The Detroit society Sons of the Rev
olution have presented President Nc
Kinley a handsomely embossed, leath
er-bound invitation to attend the ma
tional gathering of the society at De-
troit next May.
Bertha Gould, aged 90, daughter of
farmer of North Holly, accidentally
shot herself while removing cartridges
from a revolver. The shot entered
above the heart and doctors say her
recovery is doubtful.
The hearing of young Mrs Rudolf
phus Sanderson, of Battle Creek, on a
charge of killing her aged and wealthy
husband by putting powdered glass in