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

Co. A, Coldwater, 3ed Michigan, has
been mustered out.
Mrs John Noble died at Mayville at
the age Of LOG years.
The house of John T. Smith burned
at Warren with its contents.
A big bear measuring eight feet from
tip to tip was shot at West Branch.
Bessie Root has been appointed post
master at Geer, Washtenaw county.
While practicing football Ned Hop
kins broke his eollarbone, at Lansing
Surveyors are engaged on the new
railroad between Calumet and Waters
meet.
Charles Gleason, farmer near Niles,
was fatally injured in a runaway ac-
cident.
The ventilation of Representative
hall, in the state capitol, is being i'm
proved.
The discovery of 10 foot vein of
soft coal is reported from Saganing, 25
miles north of Bay City.
Elias Giesering, sewer contractor
was caught by cave-in at Marquette
and almost instantly killed.
III. Pursell, of Flushing, was relieved
of S24O by a female he met on the street
soon after arriving in Chicago.
Edward Morgan is under arrest at
Lansing, charged with stealing horse
at Grand Ledge and selling it for 81.
Ladies of the Maccabees have init
ated 1000 new members within
month, and now number 40, 900 in the
state.
2The Paragon Oil Co., of Toledo, has
erected two large buildings at Bay
City, and proposes to buck the
Standard.
Reports from Berrien county show
that acre after acre of fall wheat is
ruined by new pest known as the
wheat fly.
Ward Murray, formerly of Mason,
was struck by a falling tree and in
stantly killed while prospecting in the
Klondike.
2Harry Holden, a boy, was found in
the Michigan Central yards at Jackson
with both legs cut off below the knee
by train.
Maj. Victor c. Vaughan, of the U. of
NJ, has been made a member of the
board to examine the contract surgeons
of the army.
Antoine Gautier, farmer, aged so,
fell from his wagon while his horses
were running away near CHASED, and
broke his neck.
The oldest hunters to take out deer
licenses are undoubtedly Maj Pearl,
SO, and George Elston, aged rs, both of
Berrien county.
Mrs. j. l.. Person, of Eaton Rapids,
found two-months' old babe on her
porch. She will keep him and name
him VIM. Mckinley.
A portion OF the Home Canning fac
tory burned al Blissfeld. 1t is one of
the largest lnthe country. Loss about
$4,000, Hounsarance
Miss Della Burdick, Mt. Pleasant
schoolteacher, took morphine to allay
the pain caused by an aching tooth,
and died from an overdose.
The first installment of semi annual
interest on Michigan's war loan bonds
came due Nov. /. The first coupons
were received from New York bank,
for $3.50.
The funeral of Elihu II. Boynton, ST.
Clair's soldier boy of the 31st Michigan,
whose death occurred at Knoxville,
was held at st. Clair and was largely
attended.
The body of Allan Dolph, aged 35,
was found beside the Lake Shore track
near Albion, with bullet hole in the
right temple. A revolver by his side
suggested case of suicide.
The Wenona Copper Co., which has
just placed its So, 500, 900 stock on the
market, has filed articles of incorpora-
ton with the secretary of state, and
paid franchise fee of 81, $50.
Peter Kramer, truck farmer, living
near the Center Line school, near War
rem, shot and killed chicken thief,
who was identified as worthless
character known as Schrader.
While hunting near Marquette Al
fred Larochelle, aged 81, in pulling
his gun from the buggy accidentally
discharged it, The full charge entered
his right lung, causing almost instant
death.
Lightning destroyed the barns and
sheds, together with / 300 bushels of
grain and other contents, belonging to
James Anderson, in Troy township,
Oakland county. Loss $4,000; partly
insured.
VIM. Eames, prosperous farmer of
Fairfield township, Shiawassee county,
took off his coat and laid it on the
fence, and his cows ate it up, and along
with it went s3o5 which was in one of
the pockets
John Brown, of Birch Run, Co. A,
32d Michigan, was sick three weeks at
Santiago with diphtheria. He has
since had yellow fever and is now suf-
fering from typhoid. lie has been i'll
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