Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-06-15
STATE GOSSIP.

A large crop of fall wheat is promised
in Huron county.
The new Catholic church at Salz-
burg, Bay county, has been dedicated.
Union City business men have organ
lied an improvement association to
boom the town.
Two Huron comfy children picked
and sold over 600 quarts of wintergreen
berries this year.
Wild cats are still being killed by
hunters and trappers in the woods of
northern Michigan.
The Goethe collection in the general
! library of the University of Michigan
contains 9ls volumes.
One of Iron Rivers long-felt wants
is to be filled about July l by the es-
| tablishment of bank.
Bear are still being caught at Alger,
and trappers there are adding one or
two each week to their catch.
Owners of apple trees in Berrien and
Cass counties say that indications are
| favorable to a very large crop.
The Schwartz foundry at Alma has
been destroyed by fire, throwing so
men out of work. Loss 1000.
Chas. r. Mains, of Marshall has com
menced his suit in the circuit court
against Attorney Hubert for SIC, 900
| damages
Thirty-two marriage licenses were
! issued in Calhoun county last month,
and only three divorce cases were
started
Commencement exercises at the Uni
versity of Michigan occur Thursday,
June % A class of about 700 will be
graduated
Five persons have committed suicide
in Detroit in the past few days Three
by eating Rough on Rats" and two
by hanging.
w. Chiesman, of Sherwood, was
stung by a bee and nearly died from
the effects. The doctor had to work
hard to save his life.
The frequent heavy rains through
ont Sanilac county are running all OF
the crops in the low lands The out,
look for wheat is very discouraging. =
The glorious Fourth will be cele-
brated at Standish, Omer, Pinconning,
West Branch and many other northern
! Michigan towns in true old-fashioned
style.
The Lewis art collection of the u. of
| NJ, which was bequeathed by Henry
| C. Lewis, of Coldwater, consists of
about 700 paintings and 35 pieces of
statuary.
| +. b. Mueller the chicory manufac-
turer, is building factory at Port
! Huron and will also establish a plant
for the manufacture of cocoa and
! chocolate.
Contrary to expectations, after the
recent early frosts, there will be d
large crop of huckleberrles on the
plains and swamps of northern Michi-
| gan this summer.
John Finnegan, who resides two
miles south of Stanton, has cut down
his peach orchard of 100 trees. They
were all killed by the severe weather
of the past winter,
ST. Joseph shot and wounded hobo
in the leg on the 10th. The hobo was
one of gang which attacked Anderson
and tried to rob him.
The civil service commission an
nounces that ar examination will be
held on July IL at Holland, for the APP
pointment of clerk and carrier in the
postofiicc at that place.
The Globe factory at Worthwhile,
which was recently destroyed by fire,
will not be rebuilt. However, North
ville's Improvement association thinks
the factory will be replaced two others.
The Detroit, Plymouth & Worthwhile
railway has commenced to lay its
track in Worthwhile Work will be
pushed rapidly toward Plymouth to
connect with the line in operation
there.
The Methodists of Sanilac are going
to have a fine new church, which is
now in course of construction and
which is to cost $1,000 The corner
stone of the new edifce was laid last
week.
The contract for the new Detroit
Rochester, Romeo & Orion Lake cleo.
trio railway power house, to be built
at Rochester and completed ready to
furnish power by Aug. 18th next, has
been let.
A special election was held at Mar.
quette on the proposition TO bond the
city for S., 900 TO aid in equipping the
new normal school. This is in addi
ton to the site of 20 acres which must
be given by private donors. There are
at present three sites available in that
city for the school.
An interesting document was filed
with the probate judge of Isabella
county last week. 1t consisted Of tn,
will of an Indian resident of the county
and was written in the Indian Ian
guage, being the first of the kind evei
presented for probate. The will wa,
admitted and allowed.