Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-02

Miss Viola Bliss, formerly of Ann
Arbor, committed suicide at Chicago
recently because she had become deaf.
George Newberry, of Inlay City, re-
ceived the contents of gun which he
was handling at Omer. He will prob
ably die.
Mt. Clemens is trying to secure free
mail delivery, the receipts of the of.
fee being sufficient to entitle the city
to such service.
John Campbell, an employee of the
Wagner Lake Ice Co., Baw Besse lake,
fell 80 feet from an icehouse, and was
fatally injured.
The Michigan Gas association, which
met at Lansing this year, choose De-
troit as the place for holding their
meeting in 1900.
Deposits of lead of superior quality
have been discovered on a farm in
Grant township, Huron Co., while
drilling a well.
Jacob S. NJ. Roger, aged 70, of Alma,
who was recently married to Mrs.
Harriet r. Wilson, of Lansing, is said
to be bigamist
There is talk of another cement fac
| tory being located at Bronson. The
one there is now turning out 500 bar
rels of cement a day
During the extreme cold weather of
a few weeks ago a hen belonging to
citizen of Pinckney stole her nest and
has now 10 fine chickens.
The first carload of furniture for the
new possessions of the United States
has been started on its journey to
Manila from Grand Rapids.
During 1898 Dowagiac suffered but
four fires, with total loss of 500,
less $500 insurance. One fatality re-
suited, child being burned to death.
While John Corey, of Chelsea, was
stealing a ride from Jackson to his
home he accidently slipped and fell
under the wheels of the ear and was
killed.
At post norton examination over
the remains of Aug. Linger, jr., aged
Is, of st. Joseph, it was discovered
that his death was due to cigarette
smoking.
A tramp who had been refused shelter
by Gus Karkaw, farmer living near
OlIemos, set fire to the straw in the
farmers barn and three horses were
suffocated.
1t is but short time since the two
daily papers at Mepominee suspended
for lack of patronage, but already ar
engagements are being made for start
ing another.
The Quincy mine in the copper coun-
try has followed the lead of Calumet
& Hecla and announced a 10 per cent
raise in the wages of al its employees
from March /.
Corunna young ladies have organized
an old maids club, and one of the rules
is that any member seen in the COM
pany of young man at any time is
liable to fine.
The high school building at Sand
Beach, which was destroyed by fire
several weeks ago, will be replaced by
a fine new building with all the mod
ern improvements.
A Gratiot county farmer sold his
farm at an advance of $500 over the
outside figure at which he had held it
before the sugar factory at Alma be-
came sure thing.
John McCollum, a Bad Axe livery
man, was found dead in buggy four
miles west of that village the other
day. Heart disease or foul play is sup
posed to be the cause.
Battle Creek is to have a new SAC, 900
public library building, which was be-
queathed to the school district by the
late Chas. Willard. The building will
be erected this summer.
1t is said that pearl mussels in pay
| ing quantities have been found in
creeks in Calhoun county. The story
goes that some valuable specimens of
pearls have been found.
Instead of the usual robin stories
this year the papers are telling of
snakes that are rushing the season.
A fourfoot blue racer was killed at
Pinckney the other day.
! Beet sugar Will now take IL Udck ScdJ
for short time in the interest of
Michigan farmers while they gather a
sugar crop of another kind, for the
maple sugar season is on.
A small settlement of miners cot
tages have been moved over the ice on
Saginaw bay from Sebewaing to the
stone quarries at Bay Port. About %
have been moved already.
On July the postoffice at Houghton
will be raised from third class to a
second class Office, the business of the
Office, exclusive of money orders, now
exceeding $4,000 per year.
While workmen were engaged in
driving a well at the home of Christ
Remington in Grayling, they struck a
flowing well at the depth of 20 feet,
which has showing of oil.
Jules +. Jeanneret, manager of
Wright, Kay e Co. IS jewelry repair de-
partment, of Detroit, ended his life by
stabbing himself through the heart.
He was disappointed in love.
Pontiac people evidently believe in
savings banks and do not keep their