Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-02-16
STATE GOSSIP.

Fifteen T. of NJ men have gone to
the Philippines since the outbreak of
the Spanish war.
Andrew NJ, ALA Frank M. White is
under arrest at Baldwin on charge
Of grave robbing.
Frank Debiel, of Detroit, who was
doing life sentence at the jackson
prison for murder, is dead.
The shoe establishment of Il. G.
Farrand at Port Huron has been dam
aged to the extent of $40, 900 by fire.
The West Bay City Sugar company,
capitalized at $500, 900, has filed articles
Of incorporation with the secretary OF
state
Abram Augustine, aged so, was
struck by a coal car at Kalamazoo and
mad his shoulder and several ribs
broken.
VIM. O. Kodatz, of Menominee, who
went to Klondike in search of for
tune, was recently frozen to death in
MS tent.
"Billy" Burns, the nortious criminal,
has been convicted at Pontiac of burg
larry and sentenced TO Is years in Jack
son state prison.
Alma's village council has passed
resolution to free the sugar company
from all taxes Except water taxi for
period of five years.
The right of way for an electric road
from Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo has
been secured, and the road will be
built the coming summer
During the past year IA steam boil
ers exploded in the state of Michigan.
according to statistics gathered by
Labor Commissioner Cox.
The d. & =. f. r. Il. Co. has in
creased its capital stock from $4,000
to $500, coo for the purpose of construct
ing double track from Highland Park
to Pontiac.
A red wolf was shot near Bangor re-
Gently while feeding on a sheep 1t
had collar on and is supposed to be
the one that escaped from a show a
few years ago
dered off Muskegon and the vessel and
her cargo of package freight was a
total loss. The crew of % men all
reached shore safely.
st. Joseph Qnd.) county commission
ers have granted franchise to the
South Bend Street Railway company
to build line to Niles, thus connect
ing five important cities.
The Universalists have decided on
Lapeer as the place of holding their
congress of religions. 1t will begin
Feb. %, and last three days 1t is in
tended for all Liberal" thinkers.
Carleton & Cole of Port Huron, have
organized a stock company to manu-
faeture fah1ins implements. The cap
italized amount is $40 900 and all of
the stock has been subscribed for.
Bancroft has been visited by S., $50
fire, and but for the timely work of a
strong bucket brigade the loss would
have been much heavier. The dam
aged stores will be rebuilt in the near
future
Eleven of the representatives in the
55th congress have been students of
the University of Michigan, 10 are
Harvard men, Yale, II University of
Virginia, II Columbia and Washing
ton and Lee University.
BY the faithfulness of their dog,
Garvin Fellows and family, of near
Mason, saved their lives, but the house
and contents, valued at 81 900, was a
total loss. The dog awoke his master
by keeping up a continuous barking.
A baby girl born at Sault Ste. Marie
is the first of the fifth living genera.
ton. Her great-grandfathe is now &C.
and she is descendant Of Thos Parr
the Englishman, who lived to be 102
years old Her name is Grace Fuller
1t isn't necessary to go to the Pilip-
pines or the South Sea islands to find
barbariaus. There's some right here in
Michigan. and one lives in Alpena
He poured kerosene oil over dog The
other day and then touched q match
to it.
A company known as the Peoples
Telephone company has been formed
at Albion to take charge of the CAL
houn County Telephone company's in
terests in that city. 1t is expected
that phones will be ringing in the near
future.
One of the latest curosities received
at the University Of Michigan museum
of pharmacognosy is a monkey skin
filled with aloes This is the original
package as it was sent from Africa,
and illustrates the method of shipping
that drug.
The jerks Shipbuilding Co of Port
Huron, vile excavating for the founda-
ton for their new plant along the St.
Clair river, found clay near the sur
face which is suitable for making
bricks They will now run brick
yard in connection with a shipbuilding
plant.
Edward Eisbrenner a Polish farmer,
aged about 90 years, residing in the
township Of Metz, in Presque Isle
county, quarreled with his wife it is
alleged and beat her so badly about
the head and body with a heavy club
that She died. Eisbrenner has been
arrested
Theo. Camp, Of Jackson. who three
years ago began in a small way to han