Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

The deadlock in the 80 judicial con-
vention at PetoslSey " as broken on the
307th ballot by the nomination of Rep.
Frank Sheppard, of Cheboygan, for
circuit judge.
VIM. Trubey, Of near Colon, was re-
Gently smothered under a straw stack.
His 6-year-old son was caught under
the falling stack with him, but was
alive when removed.
Negotiations are in progress for the
erection of a new opera house at Ann
Arbor. Manager Whitney, of the De-
troit opera house, is said to be the
leader of the scheme.
The farmers in the vicinity of Ches-
aning, who have had to open their
potato pits, find fully so per cent of
the crop frozen and potatoes are selling
at SIS and 60 cents bushel.
Miss Theodore Van Houghton, aged
rs, employed at the Kalamazoo semin-
airy as elevator girl, was crushed to
death between the top beam of the
elevator and the joist of the roof
what is said to be the largest bear ever
killed in Chippewa county. 1t weighed
500 pounds, and five bullets were nee
essary TO put an end to its existence.
Word has been received at Niles that
George Taylor, alias Hultz, the brutal
murderer of Mary Comley, in that city,
Dec. Z, 1892, is going insane in Jackson
prison. Taylor is serving life sentence.
Miss Nellie Ryan, a 14-year-old run
away girl, of Sparta, was caught in
Kalamazoo and returned home. She
alleged that she could care for herself
better than her parents could, hence
Runaway.
In the suit of Edward Pahlan, of
Ionia, against the d., G.. III. & NJ. X. II.
Co. the plaintiff got "a Judgment for
$1,000 damages for injuries received
while in their employ. The case will
be appealed.
All insurance companies doing bust
ness in the state have filed their an
nual reports and paid their taxes to
Commissioner Campbell. The aggre-
gate amount paid was S235, S12.40.
The state military authorities do not
fancy the bill of Rep. Howell, of Len
awee, which provides for the creation
of medical department in the Ma
tional Guard. They say it proposes to
create car.
The jury found George Lewis, of
Ann Arbor, guilty of assault with in
N al nd
Judge Kline imposed sentence of 10
years at Jackson, the full penalty,
upon the defendant.
The snow storm of the 18th inst in
the upper peninsula was the worse of
the season. At many places along the
railroads snow plows encountered
| drifts from 10 to 20 feet high, and in
| many instances had to be shoveled out.
The construction of an electric rail
road between Lansing and Grand
Ledge is contemplated, and the old
mill and water power at Delta Cepter
have been purchased for the purpose
of furnishing power for the new road
Arthur Brazzleton, colored, Is years
old, is in Jail at Jackson suffering from
| insanity. He is uncomfortable if not
| given narcotics. The cause of his in
sanity is said to be the grip. He
will be sent to the asylum at Kali
amaZoo.
Two hundred fishermen in their
shanties on Saginaw bay were recently
carried out on the ice, where they were
obliged to remain for several hours.
Had it not been that the wind Gained
down and finally shifted all would have
persisted.
w. II. Kirby, of Quincy, has COM
menced shipping cucumbers from his
spring crop. On account of the freeze
up in the south cucumbers command a
fancy price. Mr.. Kirby has also raised
and shipped a good many radishes this
winter. He has an extensive dollhouse
Calhoun county has 2s,6Os acres of
swamp covered with small timber and
brush. Clarendon township is the
most swampy, having 6,75i acres,
while Marengo has none whatever
There is but one acre of pine in the
county, that being in Freonia town
ship.
According to estimates by a reliable
authority the number of men employed
in the copper mines of Houghton
county at the present time is 1000,
against 10000 last year and 1900 in
$780, The same authority places the
total of men employed in the mines of
the whole of the copper country, which
includes Keweenaw and Ontonagon
counties as well as Houghton, at Is, 900.
The three prisons in the state con-
tain III less prisoners than one year
ago. The cost of maintaining now is
about 800 per capita per year to the
state, which is SO per cent less than
the figures few years ago. The pris-
ons of the state are populated as fol-
lows: Ionia, 457; Jackson, $685. Mar
quette, 20s. The aggregate capacity
of the prisons is 1,779, hence there is
still room for 296 more convicts.
Up near Ludington is an old man
who has one of the queerest habita-
tions to be found anywhere in the
state. His house consists of an old
hollow tree, which has been cut off