Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-10-13

Mrs. Nelson and j. II. Sweeney were
seriously injured in bicycle collision
at Benton Harbor.
or the five members of the American
peace commission, two are alumni OF
the University of Michigan-Ex-Secre-
tary VIM. r. Day and Senator Cushman
X. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs Warren q. Morehouse,
celebrated the 50th anniversary of
their marriage, at Battle Creek. They
are among the oldest pioneers of Bat
tie Creek.
Dorr Hucklebone and companion
wrestled in cornfield, near Tekonsha,
and Dorr fell upon sharp corn stub
which penetrated his body several
inches. He may die.
An unique wedding occurred at AL
bion. The bride was Mrs. N. Bidwell,
widow, aged 20. The groom was r.
Marsh, frislSy youngster of 90 win
tiers. Mr.. Marsh is wealthy.
While Miss Stacia Connors was using
gasoline stove polish on hot stove,
at Iron Mountain, the polish ignited
and set fire to her dress. Before help
arrived she was burned to death.
The University of Michigan Rifles, a
company of students organized last
spring shortly after the declaration of
war, are reorganizing and recruiting
the company up to its full limits.
Three Rivers is trying to raise $685.
600 bonus to secure the location of a
large steel plant soon to leave Chicago.
Everything now points towards the ac-
complishment of the undertaking.
State salt inspectors report, septem-
Der: Manistee, 203. D24 barrels: st. Clair.
90, 59i; Mason, 67,511; Bay. 1888;
Wayne, 47,643; Saginaw. 45,937; Iosco,
1926; Midland, 2,3l6: total, 505,2l6
The unknown man who was killed
on the G. II. & l. railroad at Tustin on
Sept 16, has been identified as George
Masters, of Bangor. He was searching
for work at the time of the accident.
Judge Vance, of ST. Clair county, has
decided that the titles of the lands at
the st. Clair Flats belong to the state
and that the occupants are squatters
and do not gain title by adverse pos
session.
A pension of Sl2 months from May
IA, 1898, has been allowed Mrs. Mary
A. Hawkins, of Bay City, mother of
Howard Hawkins, who persisted in the
wreck of the battleship Maine in Ha-
vana harbor.
Capt. Lloyd Clark, of st. Joseph,
through his brother, Capt. Clark, of
the battleship Oregon, has received
one of the two Spanish pet cats taken
from the wrecked Spanish warship
Cristobal Colon.
The official registration of the U. of
M. shows the total number of students
to be 2.ss4, as follows: Literary depart
ment, 1910: law, 6S2; medical, 500; en-
236; dental, 227; homeopathic,
50; pharmacy, II.
Mrs. E. E. Bagley, an Owosso milli-
ner, was lighting gasoline stove
Yah Mhen in bsr Gothatq9ggt ca%ght ss S55ss
the flames She was terri
bly, burned, but will recover.
A dastardly attempt was made to
murder Mrs. A. f. Powers, of Traverse
City, while she was sick in bed. A man
broke into the house through window
and plunged a knife at her neck, but
failed to inflict fatal wounds.
Mai. Bandholtz, 35th Michigan, has
been released from muster-out duty at
Island Lake and returned to his regi-
ment. Lieut.-Col. w. l.. White and
Lieuts. Wren and Ryther have been
ordered to do mastering out at Camp
Eaton.
Eddy Bros e. Co., of Bay City, have
closed deal by which they secure a
tract of timber on the Hauptman
branch of The Michigan Central rail
road estimated to cut 20, 900, 900 feet of
pine. The logs will be carried to Bay
City by rail.
Richardson & Knights wholesale
millinery establishment, at Jackson,
was destroyed by fire just after a new
$40, 900 fall stock had arrived. Insur-
ance Sic, 900. Loss on building $1,000
Duffany Bros. bazaar, adjoining, was
damaged 81, 600.
Union City's leading industry, the
Peerless Portland Cement Works, was
badly crippled by fire entailing loss
of about $4,000, with no insurance.
The mining room, frame structure
125x6O feet in size, and the drying kilns,
l5Ox9O, were totally destroyed.
Joe III. S. Pingree, Jr., son of Gov.
Pingree, who has been looking after
the sick soldiers of the Michigan regi-
ments at Montauk Point and in New
York hospitals, has returned to Detroit
and is confined to his fathers home
with fever. He is threatened with
typhoid fever.
At the meeting of the u. of NJ. senate
memorial resolutions were passed on
the deaths of Judge Thomas NJ. Cooley,
Prof. L. l.. Walter, who was drowned,
in the Bourgogne disaster, and Hon.
JAS l.. High, nonresident law teacher
who died of fever contracted while Wis
iting his sick son at Camp Wilxoff.
Burglars broke into the grist mill
and the two elevators at Grand
IIan. ond r;nad tho rnonay dra,,o..