Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-11-24

The law students of the u. of nj.
defeated the Its in the debate which
was to determine who should represent
the u. of NJ. in the northwestern debate.
A. +. Curry, of Owosso, will be pros
ecuted for not reporting diphtheria
cases in his family To the authorities.
They were treated by Christian scien-
fists.
There is much speculation as to who
will succeed w. X. Bush, Gov. Pin
grees private secretary, when he as
sumes the duties of deputy secretary
of state.
The movement of the 31st Michigan
from Knoxville to Atlanta, Ga, has
been definitely abandoned and they
will move directly to Cuba when they
break camp.
Richard Williams, aged AS, was ar
rested at Kalamazoo on complaint of
Nellie Tompkins and Bessie Stone,
aged 10 and 16 years, charged with
criminal assault.
Experiments made by Supt Frank n.
Clark, of the u. $. fish hatchery at
Worthwhile, have demonstrated that lake
inland lakes of Michigan.
Through her own carelessness Miss
Lizzie Irwin, aged IS, fell down the
freight elevator shaft in Keenan, Il
Jahn's furniture store, Detroit, and
died from injuries received.
President j. Z. Snyder, of Michigan
Agriculture college was chosen third
vice president of the American Asso-
citation of Agricultural colleges at that
body's session in Washington.
The Grand Rapids, Bedding & Sagi-
nav railroad is new project and the
articles of association have just been
filed with the secretary of state by
Congressman VIM. Alden Smith.
NJ. V. Witter, aged 20, fell from a
tree while picking apples on his farm
near Decatur, breaking his leg near
the hip and causing other injuries,
which because of his age may result
in his death.
The visit to Detroit of Archbishop
Martinelli o. S. A., apostolic delegate
to the u. S., to dedicate st. Francis
Italian church, was one of the most
suspicious events in the history of
Catholicism in the city.
Gov. Pingree has appointed Lieut.. o.
c. Fountain, Co. X, 35th Michigan,
captain of that company to succeed the
late Richard $. Lockton, of Marshall.
Capt. Fountain is resident of Mar
shall township, Calhoun county.
As VIM Johns, miner in the Bay
Coal mine, Bay City, was about to
make a blast piece of slate fell and
struck him on the head, rendering him
unconscious. In this condition he suf-
located from the smoke following the
blast.
At recent sale at the Marquette
! land office VIM. st. James, of st. Ig-
mace bought in several islands in Mack
mac straits at S1.25 per acre. None of
them contain an acre and as Rock is
land is but one-twenty-fift of an acre
in size it cost him but cents.
f. V. Chilson, for eight years city
editor of the State Republican, Ian
sing, has resigned, having been Sc
| lected as under-sheriff and chief dep
uty to Sheriff-elect w. II. Porter. Mr..
Chilson will probably act as assistant
secretary of the senate during the leg
! islative session.
Dispatches from Toledo and Toronto
state that the Wabash railway intends
| to buy from the Grand Trunk railway
the Air Line division between Windsor
and Buffalo; the Detroit, Grand Haven
e Milwaukee,; the Toledo, Saginaw &
Muskegon, and the Cincinnati Sagi-
nav & Mackinaw.
Rev. FIR. Gallager, who administered
to the residents of Beaver island for 80
years, is dead, at the age of 81 years.
He was virtually the ruler of the island
and was veritable autocrat and arbi-
trated all disputes, even those of low
ers. Everyone attended the funeral
and the manifestations of grief were
universal.
A memorial session of the Michigan
supreme court was held in honor OF
the late Judge Cooley. Hon. A. J.
| pltoChbcu Vic pre-
pared by the State Bar association,
Hon. Thos. +. Barkworth and Judge
Champlin eulogized the dead jurist,
and Chief Justice Grant responded on
behalf of the court.
The barns and sheds on the Eli
Dixon farm, near Belleville, burned
with contents-6 horses, $50 bushels OF
wheat, 80 tons of hay and all the farm
implements. Walter Dixon had both
feet badly burned while trying to res
cue some calves. The buildings were
owned by DIR. Il. +. Holmes who re
Gently bought the farm. The loss i:
about 81, 500.
Nearly 100000 were added to the
market price of copper stocks in the
upper peninsula within a week. Tn,
boom is without precedent and score
of respectable fortunes have been mad,
by local spectators. The boom is II
shares and is accompanied by an equa
boom in reopening old mines and de
veloping new ones. Some 5000 extra
miners will be set at work next season
The convention of the Michipa.