Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

of a great scarcity of animals for sale,
even though the prices offered are
high.
VIM. Gordon and David Moody, Of
Saline, now know when the hunting
season opens, but it cost them nice
stiff fine for hunting out of season on
the 18th.
One day recently poultry dealer ut
Breckenridge paid the farmers in that
vicinity nearly $4,000 for one and
half carloads of poultry, which he
shipped to Chicago
Farmers in Ingham county in the
vicinity of Bell Oak, are all agog over
the reported discovery of oil in that
township. Several options on farms
have been secured by a prospector.
Oct 2od was the first Sunday since
the season of quail and partridge
opened, and it is dollars to doughnuts
there were more men out hunting for
the birds than there was in church.
The supervisors of Jackson county
have adopted resolution that the
"Beulah Home" farm in Leoni move
out of the county before Jan. 1. The
home was esta blished to reclaim street
arabs
The supervisors of Delta county evil
dently believe that an annual fair is a
good thing for the county, for they
have appropriated $500 toward the
maintenance of the county agricultural
society.
Bay county supervisors have agreed
to submit to the electors of that county
at the April. 1900, election, the propo-
sition to bond the county for 500, 900
for the purpose of extending the stone
roads system.
An old Indian woman hunting for
ginseng, found the body of a middle
aged man in the woods between Boyne
City and East Jordan. There were a
lot of bones in some clothing. A bot
tie half full of laudanum indicates
suicide.
The remains of Samuel Horner, of
Niles, was found in the st. Joseph
river, near that village, on the 18TH
When the body was recovered the pock-
cts were found to contain large stones,
y
Horner disappeared Oct o.
Berrien Springs has almost landed
that canning factory she has been
after. The villagers subscribe for
$1,000 worth of stock and provide a
site, and in return get an industry
which will be a good thing for the viii
lage and the farmers in the neigh bor-
hood.
From all over the state come COM
plants of shortage of freight cars to
transport crops to market Hay ship
pers have no chance whatever, all
available cars being used for grain and
apples, and even those commodities
shape.
A dastardly crime was committed
naar the village of Cascade, Kent
county, on the evening of the 18TH,
when the 9-year-old daughter of J. w.
Russ was seized on her way from
school and assaulted. The child man
aged to reach home but was in petit
able condition.
Attorney General Oren has been
asked to assist in the investigation OF
several apparently fragrant cases OF
fraudulent assessm ents in Roscommon
county, where it is claimed certain
supervisors have been ignoring the law
and favoring the numbering interests
to an unusual degree.
Potato digging has been in progress
in northern Michigan about two weeks,
and the result is very disappointing to
the farmers. The crop is not averag-
ing more than one-third of the yield of
former years, and in many instances
not more than 20 or % bushels to the
acre is being obtained.
John III. Adams, OF Homer, dropped
about two spoonsfuls of gasoline into
the bunghole of cider barrel, with a
view of burning out the interior. He
then touched a match to the vent, and
has been unable to locate the barrel
since. Mr. Adams is thankful that his
life is spared to tell the story.
The state board of auditors vigor
ously deny that the state pledged it
self to pay a bounty of 81. so per month
to men born in Michigan, who served
in Cuba or the Philippines para
graph to that effect is going the rounds
and many ex-soldiers have applied for
blanks so as to obtain the bounty.
Black bear are very numerous at
present in the neighborhood of Oliver
Hill, about six miles from Frankfort.
They have become so tame of late that
it is not an uncommon sight TO see one
or more stumbling down the highway
taking morning constitutional or in
search of breakfast or late supper.
Frankfort has one fruit grower who
will make a success of his business If
he keeps up his present pace In every
barrel of apples packed for shipment
on his place, he drops in his name and
address written on card. Upon the
reverse side of the pasteboard is this
Legend: II consider this an honest
barrel of apples.
The new wall being laid at jackson
prison will prohibit tunneling to free
dom on the part of convicts. The wall
is five feet in thickness and is being
made with boulders. At the north