Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-06-08
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

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Coal has been found at Mt. Pleasant
1t depth of "A feet.
Two Huron comfy children picked
md sold over 600 quarts of wintergreen
berries this year.
The contract for the Dulcinea home,
Tor old and INDECENT women, at Mar
shall has been let
A postoffice has been established at
Meyers, Monroe county, Charles }.
Meyer, postmaster.
The powers of Howell have pur-
chased new stone crusher to further
improve the city streets.
A cloudburst at Kalamazoo on the Sd
IS estimated to have caused $4,000
iamage to the celery crop.
The daily receipts for May IL at the
Z. of NJ. hospital were the largest on
record, over 5000 being taken in.
An Evart man lost valuable horse
recently by tying it too close to his bee
yard. The bees stung it to death.
The canker worm is reported to be
especially active in Eaton, Washte-
nav, Calhoun and Isabella counties.
Roscommon is to have box factory
which will employ about so men. 1t
Is expected operations will be started
soon.
2The small cyclone that swept over
Ottawa county recently did $4,000
! worth of 10, IN, fha 70 NJ lis
tricts.
Thirty-two marriage licenses were
issued in Calhoun county last month,
and only three divorce cases were
started.
An Oxford washerwoman found 500
in the undergarment of one of her pa
irons where it had been placed for safe
keeping.
Saranac was visited by fire on the
LIST which destroyed SIS, 900 worth of
property, but is nearly all covered by
insurance.
Jas. j. Cox of Sheperdsville, and
Clyde +. Smith, of Chesaning, have
been appointed clerks in the railway
mail service.
Farmers around Benton Harbor who
planted sugar beet seed the early part
of last month report that It is rotting
in the ground.
Gaylord is putting on metropolitan
airs; has defective sidewalk damage
suit on hand. Ten thousand dollars is
the amount asked.
Tho n eto1
county, which mas been idle ever since
it was built, has finally been opened
as cheese factory.
The Crawford Manufacturing CO.
planning mill and sash and door plant,
at Menominee. has been burned. Loss,
$50, 900; no insurance.
Tekonsha has a lawyer for the first
time in its history. He is a photo
grapher and takes pictures OF his GUS
toners while they wait.
The second annual commencement
of the Mt Clemens business university
was held oS-5Tse End. There being II,
in the graduating class.
Elkton isn't very big place, but
during the past year one buyer has
purchased $4,000 bushels of wheat
there and has paid SIS, 900 for oats be-
sides
The assessed personal property in
Tekonsha this year is SIS, 900 more
than ever before. Some holders of
mortgages and cash will pay taxes for
the first time in their history.
The civil service commission an
nounces an examination to be held at
Manistee for postoffice clerk and car
riers. Applications must be filed at
the Manistee postofiice before July /.
The business men of Portland seem
to believe that a local band is good
thing for small town, for they have
contributed $3.50 toward the purchase
of new instruments for the organiza-
ton.
The heaviest sale of hardwood tim
Der in Emmett county in many years
was made few days ago, when a tract
of $4,000 acres of fine hardwood
changed hands, the consideration be-
ing $4,000.
A plague of caterpillars has de-
scended upon Bellaire, and the shade
trees and orchards Of the village are
being rapidly denuded of their foliage,
as well as the forests Of the surround
ing country.
A turret lathe valued at S1,20) has
just been built in the engineering
shops of the University of Michigan by
the shopmen and students. 1t is to
become part of the permanent equip
ment of the plant.
During the month of May 25 build
ings insured in the Berrien Co. Mutual
Insurance company, were struck by
lightning. This is larger number
than has been struck in any full year
in the previous history of this company.
The village of Turner is enjoying a
boom owing TO the good prospects of
becoming a coal center. Drillings are
being made and one at depth of no
feet struck vein of coal, besides pass
ing through beds of excellent gyp-
sum.
Frank Il. Andrews, deaf mute. who
recently went to Detroit from North
Vile to work at his trade as cabinet
maker, was killed by an electric car on