Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-24

utive Office.
Forty years ago Anton Grandjean, OF
| Saginaw, lost deed TO his property
which not recorded. He recently found
il and has sent il To the register OF
deeds Office.
Peter White, of Marquette, while on
visit at Washington urged the gov
eminent to take control of the Mack
mac island reservation and locate a
garrison there.
Mabel Fowler, pretty ls-year-old
girl who has lived at the Kalamazoo
poorhouse 10 years, has been adopted
by wealthy farmer, Chauncey Wise,
and will be made his heir.
Wheeler & Co., of Bay City, have con-
scented to arbitrate their troubles with
the riveters, and will allow the men to
go to work pending the decision, with
out signing any agreement.
The livery barn of Thos. Cheetam
was almost destroyed by fire at Flint.
The horses We're rescued, but quantity
of feed and personal property was de-
stroyed. The loss is over So ,000
Bert Hellenthal, aged As, of iceland,
died as result of taking carbolic acid,
said to have been administered by d
Fillmore doctor by mistake. Sheriff
Vanry has papers TO serve on the doctor.
The Belt Toltic, Ridge and Knolton
mines in Ontonagon county have been
purchased by copper capitalists and
will be reopened in the spring. The
Ridge was secured on tax title claims.
Mrs John Gregg, of Sanford, stopped
down to pick up some wood and
knocked down loaded musket. The
charge shattered her leg SO that it had
to be amputated, and she died from
the shock.
The body of Mrs. Catherine LEM, an
aged widow who lived alone in Ham
tramck township a short distance from
Detroit, was found under the rails of a
fence in a field near her home. Murder
is suspected.
The snowplow of the Detroit e
Mackinaw railroad was ditched at Pin
coming. Jas. Bolen, Geo. Vaughn, Ed
Ruell and James Teer of East Tawas
and Edward Musolf from Tawas City,
are badly injured.
The two largest vacuum salt pans in
the world are being made at Manistee
for the II. q. Peters company. They
are 30 feet in diameter and GO feet high,
with total weight of 500 tons. Each
pan has over 5000 fues three feet long,
making about three miles of piping in
each pan.
George Voice, of Northport, has pro-
cured government patents to portions
of Traverse City and several farms in
the vicinity. The owners acquired
title from Indians, who gave quit
claims, but it is now claimed the In
dams gave no valid ownership. Ex-
pensive litigation is expected.
In the matter of separating the
gl.des of the railyoad crossings at De-
troit, Railroad Commissioner Wessellius
announces that he will make personal
examination of the crossings, but will
not assume to exercise any function of
the state crossing board unless the
law clearly gives him power to do so.
The large Touring mill of f. Rutan
& Co. at Bedding burned to the ground.
1t was one of the best equipped
mills in western Michigan, with a ca
pacity of 500 barrels per day. The loss
will reach S25 900, as the mill was full
of stored grain. Two cars of -four
on the track ready for shipment were
also consumed.
There was rear-end collision on the
c.. NJ. e st. l.. tracks at Carneys spur,
six miles south of Iron Mountain. A
way freight crashed into a logging
train which was switching. Twenty
cars and an engine were wrecked, and
Conductor Anderson, of Iron Mountain,
and Brakeman John Tews, of Green
Bay, Wis, were killed.
Joseph Lapeer, aged 16, who lived
with his parents near Cumber, was fla
tally wounded while sitting by stove.
A double barreled shotgun fell from
the wall in an adjoining room and both
barrels were discharged through the
partition, one charge entering the boys
DdCh. JOStpli liic StNohu wy aSSi
dentally shot in this family.
Rev. Kendall Brooks, ID. d., who has
been dean of Alma college for several
years is dead. He was appointed presi'
dent of Kalamazoo college in 1868
which Office he held 10 years. In 1855
he went to- Alma as professor of mathe
matics One son survives him, an
alumnus of Alma college class of g,
and now principal of Alma high school
New Michigan postmasters: Hough
ton, X. b. Lang; Manistique, Elmer n
Orr; st. Clair, II. A. Hopkins; Char
lotte, VIM. M. Beel<man; Fremont
George +. Hilton; Hart, Charles A
Quincy; White Pigeon, Fred c
Hotchin; Penn, Cass county, John f
Squires; Rogers City, Pressure Isl,
county, Fred ID. Larke; Waspel, st
Joseph county, Mrs. Juliet Knox.
DIR. George Fox. of Grand Rapids, re
ceived letter from his son George
who was on board the Maine when sh,
blew up, and was injured in the ex
| plosion. The letter is in feminin,
hand and postscript signed by Mrs
Sylvester Scovel indicates that the wifi,
| of the famous newspaper correspond
ent wrote IL for him. 1t is dated Tampa
| Fla and saws he is recovering NIGEL,