Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-02-16

IL. waiter Will DE nelu at the Cnlver-
sity of Michigan, February 20.
ii. C. Parke, president of the we'll
known firm of Parke, Davis & Co.,
chemists, of Detroit, is dead. He died
from heart failure following chills at
San Diego, Cal, where he had went
short time ago to look after his large
ranch interests.
BY supreme court decision Elijah
Calkins, of Flint, was given 1000
judgment against the Ann Arbor rail
road for injuries. There are now
nearly 81, 900 garnishments against the
railroad company to satisfy Calkins'
Flint creditors.
Miss Octavia Roberts, of Erie, aged
AZ, got judgment of $4,000 against
Ed. j. Druillard, aged 81, of the same
place, in breach of promise suit.
Druillard was married to Miss Ellen
pointed time set to marry Miss Roberts.
The present indications are very
bright for a large building boom at
Owosso the coming season. Ten bust
ness blocks, nearly all of them three
stories high and of brick, have already
been arranged for, and the Woodland
furniture factory will also be rebuilt.
According to the reports of the state
board of health, influenza, neuralgia,
rheumatism, bronchitis and tonsilitis,
in the order named, have been most
prevalent. Consumption was reported
IN Il IL,
typhoid fever in % and diptheria in 25
The council at Standish has voted to
accept the proposition of paying new
furniture company, seeking location
there. 81 900 per year for pumping the
water for the village by the addition
of one pump to what they have now
The company will employ 100 to 200
men.
With the thermometer at 30 below
zero Sherm Clark of Fife Lake, wan
dered out on the lake and lay down on
the ice to take a snooze. When he
awol1e he made his way to the shore,
where il was discovered that his feet,
hands and ears were frozen. Too much
booze.
George kintZ, a farmer of Dryden
township, Lapeer county, was knocked
down and severely punched by steer
In its fury the animal picked Kintz up
on his horns and tossed him into the
air. He came down on his feet and
kicked the brute on the nose until he
drove him off. Kintz weighs 100
pounds,
Plans are being laid TO continue the
work early in the spring on the new
railroad running east from Hart
through Hesperia to Fremont. Sew
eral more Chicago capitalists have in
terested themselves in the enterprise
and it is to receive boom by the local
men who have been promoting the
scheme
Lumber operators along the Menom-
inee river are compelled to import
large numbers of men from Chicagol
and Milwaukee to fill out their crews
to the desired size, the unusual de-
mand having completely exhausted the
supply nearer home. Wages are better
this year than they have been for 10
years past.
Frank Clemens, young German
farmer of near Vassar, while the Their
mometer was at 20 below zero was car
rying pail of water in each hand to
the barn. Instead of setting down
one pail to open the door he took the
old fashioned iron latch in his tongue
One-half inch of the tongue was left
on the latch
Geo. n Cady. of Ypsilanti, has com
menced suit for S. 900 damages against
the D., Y. & A. A. Ry. He rendered
a conductor 20 cents for ride from
Wayne to Ypsilanti. stated that he
could not buy ticket ut Wayne. lie
was put off because he would not pay
% cents although the ticket costs but
20. Hence the suit.
The jury in the famous Journal
boiler explosion case has held Engineer
Thos. Nj. Thompson, of Detroit, re.
sponsible for the accident Guilty as
charged" was the verdict of the jury
after two hours elaboration, but they
recommended him - the mercy of the
court. The case will probably be car
ried to the supreme court
Vernon has lost its only school house
by fire. 1t was valued at So, 900, also a
fine public library valued at S700. The
fire broke out in the janitors room
during noon recess when only five
children were present. The fire de-
dartment turned out but with no pro-
lection except buckets, their efforts
were futile. brick building will be
erected
Atty. Gen. Oren has joined with
Prosecutor Totten, of Kaliaslla county,
in petition for mandamus 10 com.
pei Kalkaska and Antrim counties to
repair and maintain bridge over
Torch river The two counties united
in building the bridge, but it has been
out of repair, and not used for several
years, and Antrim is disinclined to as.
sist in repairing it.
The truth of the old saying about
those who marry in haste repenting at
leisure is being exemplifed at Menom-
inee. in the suit for divorce brought
by Mrs Belle Aiken Willard. Some
months ago Miss Aiken, who is niece
Of ex-Congressman Stephenson, of Me-
nominee, eloped with an actor named
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