Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-06-01

dearth OF potato bugs this spring. 1t
is thought that the intense cold of last
winter was too much for even these
hardy pests.
George Smith, employed by the Hall
& Munson company at Bay Mills, was
killed while unloading saw logs from
car. He was struck on the head by
falling log and instantly killed.
Never since Van Buren, county was
settled, has the outlook for a crop of
wheat been as discouraging as at pres
ent The Hessian fly having practically
completed the destruction of the crop
Hon. Peter White of Marquette, has
been selected to make collection of
copper specimens for the Paris exposi-
ton in conjunction with Senators VOL
colt, of Colorado, and Clark of Montana
Fire and water badly damaged Peter
night. Mr.. Nappa was sleeping above
the store and was badly burned about
the head and body in making his es-
cape.
KalkaslIa is suffering from an cpl
demic of measles, which has reduced
the school attendance about so per
cent. Many who are supposed to have
bad them before are having a second
dose.
While Mrs. Silas Squires, of Albion,
was smoking her pipe the other day
her clothes caught fire, and before the
flames could be eXtinguished she re-
ceived burns, which, owing to her adj
vauced age of 81, will probably prove
fatal.
Sheriff c. j. Phelps struck large
flowing well in front of his livery
stable in West Branch at depth of
1872 feet. II flows 60 barrels of water
an hour. A small vein of coal was
also struck
Many of Kalkaska county farmers
who hung on to anywhere from 100 to
1000 bushels of potatoes when the
price was 40 cents aud better are now
sadly watching the price slip down to-
wards nothing.
VIM. Davis colored, aged so, is dead.
The old man was formerly a slave, but
since the war has resided in Niles and,
until few years ago was an express
man. He was widely known among
travelling men.
The route of the proposed electric
railroad between Lansing and Cold
water will be from Coldwater through
Union City, Burlington, Tekonsha,
Marshall, Bellevue, Olivet and Char
lotte to Lansing.
2The Worlds Fair Columbia organ
at the University of Michigan has
1901 pipes and 1l6 stops. The largest
pipe is 80 feet long. II is said to be
one of the most complete concert or
gans in the world
Frank Nichols, farmer living one
mile north of Camden, committed sui.
eide by the opium route on the 2sth.
Nichols was 3s years of age and was
regarded as rather eccentric. 1t is al
legged that the rash deed is the sequel
of an unfortunate love affair.
Peter Craig, alias John A. Smith,
bought 50 worth of goods on the in
stallment plan at Ann Arbor. An hour
later he sold them at secondhand
store for 81, and inside of three hours
he was serving 60 days sentence.
The spring in northern Michigan is
very backward and discouraging For
the past week or so cold northwest
winds and frosty nights have prevailed,
and wheat and grass have been held
Ian r1 In, t,,1i1a fr,,i+ hac
mostly killed.
Workmen are engaged in tearing
down the old Calhoun mills at Homer,
on the site of which an electric light
plant will be built. This mill was one
of the first built in southern Michigan.
1t was erected in the wilderness in
1880 by stock company at a cost of
s35, 900.
The universalists of Bay City, have
decided to sell its church property,
pay its debts and disband. The church
society was organized in 1864. Twice
their edifice has been burned, the last
time about five years ago. Inability
to raise money to complete the new
building is the cause of the disband-
ment.
A former resident of Three Oaks re-
turned to that village the other day
after an absence of Is years He
hunted up the widow of a man from
whom he had borrowed some money,
but she refused to take the cash be-
cause she knew nothing of the debt
She thought the death of her husband
cancelled the obligation.
Lem :. Washburn, of New Buffalo,
baggage agent on the Michigan Cen
trail road. was arrested at Chicago
charged with riding J, I 5 on that
road between Chicago and points in
western Michigan. During the last Is
months from 200 to 500 letters per
week have disappeared, containing in
the aggregate large sum of money.
The house labor committee reported
a bill to allow old soldiers to peddle
without license.
Cuban soldiers in Havana Pinar del
Rio military province refuse to ex-
change their guns for SIS per capita,
and have gone home.