Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-05


ship, Wayne county, where they settled
A years ago.
Senator Burrows is said TO be work
ing to secure the appointment OF Col.
Irish, of the 35th Michigan, as brig
adier-general upon the reorganization
of the army.
Officers of the 33d and oath Michigan
regiments will probably send someone
to Santiago to locate the graves OF
Michigan boys who died there and TO
identity their remains
DIR. Bell, superndent Of the northern
Michigan asylum for the insane at
Newberry, has rendered his resignation
and it has been accepted. He Will DE
succeeded by DIR. Chamberlain.
Chas. w. Whited, aged, so, chief
electrician for the Chicago 81 Grand
Trunk, died at Battle Creek from in
iuries received by running into hand
car with his railroad velocipede.
Frank Z. Ball, Benton IIarbor bar
Der, struck the fancy of Miss Mildred
Vaughan, Kentucky heiress who is
being treated at the Benton Iarbor
sanitarium, and they were married.
The Soldiers home board will not
erect any more buildings, but will limit
the admission to the home to veterans
who get less than Sl9 month pension,
and hope thus to keep the number OF
inmates within the facilities.
Ionia capitalists are pushing
4 al \ e, II los
ings railroad from Lowell to Ionia and
connect with the d., g. r. 81 W., Civ
! inn much better connections with De-
troit, Saginaw and the north.
BY carrying a lighted lantern too
close to an open acetylene gas tank /.
Nj. Stone caused an explosion which
came very near destroying his dry
goods store and badly injured himself
and Don Ashley, at Dimondrle.
President Head, of the Chicago &
West Michigan and Detroit, Grand
Rapids q Western railroads, has or
dered 100 refrigerator cars and $50 or
binary freight cars to handle the large
fruit and produce traffic on those lines
The members of the $50 and oath
Michigan regiments. upon the recon-
mendation OF Cen Shafter. have been
given the privilege OF wearing the
badge of the Fifth army corps, the
only corps which saw active service in
Cuba.
The Michigan knights Of the Grip
met at Saginaw IN their tenth annual
convention with an unusually large
attendance Officers elected: President,
Charles Stevens, Ypsilanti; secretary,
j. c. Saunders, Lansing; treasurer,
O. c. Gould, Saginaw.
NJ. j. Wood, OF Athens, a famous
hunter and an extensive purchaser OF
furs. declares that wolves are becom
ing so plentiful in the north woods
that they threaten to exterminate the
deer. He strongly advocates gooC
bounty for wolf scalps.
The farm house Of Tilman Milks, II
of the farmer and his wife and fheiil
two children, Alice, aged s. and Bruce
aged 2, who had been locked in the
house, persisted in the flames.
Leroy i. Church, son of Gen Nathan
Church, of Ithaca, was arrested al
Alma on a charge of embezzlement
preferred S. w. Tinker, as the result
of business deal two years ago involv-
ing $3.50. Young Church served with
Roosevelt's Rough Riders at Santiago
and had just returned home.
Robert l.. Hewitt, who has been con-
| 80 70 r.
~ years, and who has been in charge
OF the agricultural bureau of the secre-
tary of states Office ever since it was
created, with the exception of a few
months during the Winans admins
tration, has been advised by Secretary
Stearns that his services were no
longer needed
The high court of western Michigan.
/. o. f., organized at Grand Rapids with
the principal officers as follows: Past
high chief ranger, Mr.. Lindbloom.
Manistee: chief ranger, Il. j. Macdon-
aid, Musllegon; high secretary, Miles
Callaghan, Reed City; high treasurer.
Mr.. Sharp, Battle Creek. Hon. e. G..
! Stevenson. of Detroit, was appointed
hA6 ~ NhACi VI LlC nl2H court OIL
Michigan, to succeed Miles Callaghan.
Mrs. Alonzo n Hodges, of Grand
Rapids, is missing. Her husband is
manager, secretary and treasurer of
the Valley City Desk Co., and she has
long been the company's bookkeeper
She has been so active in the conduct
of the business that she was looked
upon as It's head. Mr.. Hodges says he
does not know where his wife is and
admits that she took large amount
of money The amount is varioasly
reported at from Si0,0 to S25, 900.
The number of mining companies or
ganized in Michigan in 1898 exceeds
any previous year since 1864. The in
crease has been in copper, iron and
coal in the order named, the first being
strongly in the lead. The aggregate
capital of the new companies is SAL
s01,50 while the old companies in
creased their capital S5,025, 600, and
companies with $1,000. 600 reincorpo-
rated. a total of $40, 900 was invested
in the new coal industry Tho state