Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-06

ity as they are this year.
Joseph Kay and Mrs. Nora Keyser.
who eloped from Lansing last fall,
| have been arrested at Jackson on n
charge of adultery preferred by Mrs.
Kay. Both left large families in
Lansing.
The coroner and number of citizens
of Marshall rushed to piece Of woods
on the report that n dead body had
been found, but discovered that it was
that of a sheep. Their remarks will
not bear publication.
The coroner's jury in the matter of
the death of Alex. Mari, of near Flint.
rendered a verdict of cause unknown.
| Thus the evidence against VIM. Spears
is mostly circumstantial, but he will
probably be held for trial.
Marine City thieves have queer ways
about them. One of them broke open
the door of building the other night,
and unscrewing the lock, worth about
81, carried it away, without disturbing
anything else in the place.
Mrs. A. A. Mccoy, wife of a promi-
nent fruit commission merchant, of
Traverse City, suddenly went totally
blind in one eye while attending to
her household duties. The muscles of
the eye are completely paralyzed.
Since the passage Of the homestead
law in '93 the state land office has
granted 2,3s0 certificates to homestead
ers who have made homes for them
selves in the northern part Of the state.
The state still has 276, 17G acres subject
to homestead entry
1t is expected that Senator Sayre's
bill placing tax of 81 barrel on
beer will be passed by the senate be-
fore long. The money derived from
the taxes will go into the primary
school fund, and it is expected to
amount to $4,000 annually.
Anna Riggs, aged l6, of Jackson,
who was unable to secure her parents
consent to her marriage, petitioned
the probate judge to appoint guar
dian for her so she could marry Fred
Bishop This the judge did and Anna
is now Bishop in spite of her parents.
The construction of Oxford's buggy
factory is being pushed, and before
long it will be in full operation, Civ
ing employment to about % men at
the start. No bonus was necessary to
secure the plant, which in an impor-
tant addition to Oxford's industrial in
tercsts.
Noble Burke, of Marietta, has a
| young porker that was born minus its
front feet. The legs look as though
they had been cut off just above the
feet and the wound healed up. The
little porker seems to be enjoying as
good health as his brothers, and is as
happy as a whole pig.
DR.. A. w. Crane, of Kalamazoo, who
attended a smallpox patient three
weeks ago in consultation, is now sick
with the disease, and is under strict
quarantine. His wife, Rev CaroiiTt
Bartlett Crane, is in southern Califor-
MIA for her health. There are now
two new cases in the city.
While attempting to play an April
fool joke, Floyd Miller, aged Is, of near
Dryden, lost his life He put rope
around his neck, preparatory to scar
! ing the hired man, but the staging
gave way and the boy strangled to
death before assistance reached him.
He was a son of James Miller, a we'll
TODD farmer.
Michigan Methodists must raise
S750,000 as their quota of the amount
to be raised in the United States by
Jan. /, 1901, for benevolent purposes.
The presiding elders of Michigan and
the trustees of Albion college were in
session at Lansing recently, discussing
how it could be done. The amount is
about 81 per Methodist.
A prominent young man of Birch
Run, who enlisted with the 35th Mich
igan volunteers when it was recuited
at Island Lake and followed the regi.
ment during its later maneuvers, got a
furlough about month ago on ac-
count of sickness and came home His
illness has developed into insanity
He is very vicious and imagines he is
in the hands of Spaniards.
During one of the squally afternoons
recently two tramps-a man and wo.
| nan-campeu on the rOdQSlue near
Camden A dilapidated shawl sup
ported by crotched sticks served as
wind-breab and on the leeward side
small fire sputtered. Seated on chunks
of woods, as near the fire as smoke and
heat would allow, the pair were found
perusing well worn copy of the Bible.
John Anda, representing Earl Bros,
wholesale produce dealers, of Chicago,
has procured lease from Chicago &
West Michigan officials for site Oh
which to build a branch house at Trav-
erse City. The firm is to be known as
John Anda e Co., and will buy all
kinds of fruits, potatoes and apples.
The firm expects to have their build
ings completed and be ready for bust.
ness by June.l.
Several villages in the state are dis
covering that, in their zeal to reward
sufficient village officers by electing
them for another term, they have vio-
lated the terms OF their charters. The
law provides that no one shall serve as
village treasurer more than two terms
in succession, but in many places this