Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-06-29

The First Baptist church of Allegan.
was damaged 81, 900 by fire on the 25th.
The blaze was caused by defective
wiring. 1t was discovered by the pas
tor just after he had dismissed the
congregation. Fully insured.
Farmers in the vicinity of Jackson
report grasshoppers are doing much
harm to the grass crop and will GER
tainly raise the price of hay this win
ter. Some of the farmers are already
cutting to prevent further injury.
Saline is booming this summer. The
electric road is about completed
through the corporation, fine new
church is being constructed, several
dwellings are in process of construc-
tion and others will soon be started.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Ontonagon County Ma
tional bank of Rockland, to begin
business with capital of $50, 600
Thomas b. Dunstan is president and
Charles +. Smith cashier of the new
bank.
Secretary Hanshue, of the Michigan
State Millers' association, says that
farmers cannot spend their time to bet
ter advantage during the next fort
night than by going through their
wheat fields and cutting out the rye
thoroughly.
Miss Lulu Perry, formerly of Grand
Rapids, who has recently been living
at st. Joseph, took a dose of morphine
it is alleged with suicidal intent. Ply
sicians saved her life. Disappoint-
ment in love affair is said to have
caused her to take poison.
The people of Armada have long
wanted to secure manufactures for
their village, but now that they have
got one they kick because it blows its
whistle at 5 a. M. which is several
hours earlier than the easy-going resi-
dents are in the habit of rising.
BY request, Rev. Geo. Il. Simons,
pastor of the First Baptist church at
Benton Harbor, preached the same
funeral sermon that will be delivered
at the death of an eccentric individ-
ual of that city Thus it may be said
that this curious man had the pleasure
of listening to his own funeral sermon.
One square mile of land in Covert
township, Van Buren, county, will, it
is estimated, produce 5000 bushels of
peaches this season, which is fully
half the entire crop expected from the
whole township. In some of the or
chards on this tract the fruit has had
to be thinned out to allow it to ma
turc.
The rainfall in the copper country
denied and so heavy that it has been
anything but benefit to farmers or
anybody else. Surface explorations
and general out-of- door work has been
seriously hampered, while farm lands
are soaked so badly that crops have
been all but ruined.
On June 8, young man called at
the house of II. =. Hale, of near Lake
view, and told him that his mother
wished to hire his daughter The old
man consented and his daughter Jen-
ME, aged %, accompanied the fellow
back. They did not go to MillbroolS
as intended and the father is heart
broken, believing that the young fell
low is scamp.
The biggest time" ever seen in
Washtenaw county will be at Ypsi-
lanti on the Fourth, for, besides the
nations birthday will be celebrated
the 18th anniversary of the founding
of the city. There will be present on
the occasion Mrs Morse, of Leslie, who
was one of the 12 white residents of
the city at the time of the first cele-
bration rs years ago.
A farmer named Pierce, living in At
tica township, near Lapeer, was curry
ing his horse in the barn while a boy
held lantern. A thunder shower
was in progress and bolt of lightning
struck and killed the horse, burning
the hair from a portion of its body,
but the man and boy tremendously es-
capped with their lives, though both
were knocked senseless and Pierces
arm is badly swollen.
Saranac merchants have been suffer
ing somewhat from the amount of bus
mess done by residents of the town
with mail order houses in Chicago.
They finally got together and now
they offer to duplicate for their custo-
mers any prices to be found in the cat
alogues of any of the Chicago houses
If that doesn't keep the business at
home it will be because the people
haven't much pride in their own viii
lage.
A party of young men went to the
home of Fred Perry, located in Brady
township, near Chesaning, to charivari
the young man and his bride. The
party had marched around the house
twice when an upper window was
opened and two shots were fred at
the party. viii Click received
charge of No. shot in his face and
chest, while John Holmes received the
second charge in his right leg and
ankle.
2The Havana customs receipts from
Jan. to June %, inclusive, amounted
to 1898, O15. 43.
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