Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-17
STATE GOSSIP.

The Calhoun county fair will be held
at Marshall, Oct. 3-6. The premium
list is unusually generous.
Schrader, the divine healer, took
about SIS out of Muskegon as result
of his two days healing there.
Mrs. John Schotten, of Fillmore,
killed herself with paris green. She
leaves 10 children and husband.
Sheep thieves are making raids in
Gcnessee county. Amos Olmstead of
Mt. Morris township lost 10 recently.
Police officer Bob Humes, of Mar
quette, who was shot by thugs, may
recover. His assailants are yet at
liberty.
Ionia has sold it's $500 of az per
cent 20-year water bonds to Dennison,
Prior & Co., of Cleveland, at par and
$50 premium.
The Lake Superior mines are now
employing 10000 men against IA, 900 at
the same time last year. About 1000
more could be used. Labor is very
scarce.
Nathan Tinker Draper, of Grand
Rapids, claims to be the oldest man in
Michigan. He shows documents which
prove that on Sept. 6 next he will be
log years old.
W. b. Harmon's grocery at Charlotte
was burglarized recently and stock
and coin amounting to $50 was taken.
An entrance was effected through a
rear window.
Five women while berry-picking
near Standish were nearly scared to
death by the sudden appearance of
bear. They screamed so fearfully that
bruin turned and fled.
N. w. Harris e Co., of Chicago, is
suing st. Joseph for 1000 damages
because that city rescinded its action
after accepting the firms offer for an
issue of $50, 600 worth of bonds.
Oceana county farmers have made
good money out of their pea crop this
year, the canning factory at Hart hav-
ing taken all they raised. The total
output of the cannery was 1900, 900
cans.
The village council at Armada will
call special election on the question
of water works A committee is now
looking up estimates. The council has
also passed resolution placing liquor
bonds at Sc, 600.
l.. A. Tomkins, of Alpena, who took
a dose of morphine to induce sleep,
died Aug sth. He was unconscious for
as hours. He had been in business
there for 23 years. He leaves widow
and two children.
A thief recently stole pair of socks
from clothesline at Musl1egon and
later took the hammock. He became
conscience stricken and returned the
hammock, keeping the socks, saying
that he needed them.
Walter Bastedo, aged 10 years, and
Myrtle Domain, aged 13 years, were
married at Pontiac last week. Bastedo
gave his age as 20 and that of the girl
as 49, Bastedo's father, who lives at
Seymour Lake, has had the couple ar
rested.
A young son of John Brusselbach, of
Lansing, ran the point of a pair of
shears into one of its eyes, totally
destroying the sight of that eye. The
child was playing with the shears
when he was seized with paroxysm
of coughing due to whoopingcough.
A Maccabee picnic will be held in
ST. Joseph August "a, and the day of
the picnic marriages will be entirely
free. The weddings will occur on the
local hotel verandas and licenses, min
listers, and all otEer necessaries will be
free of charge. This will no doubt
draw a large crowd.
The plant for the manufacture of
starch from potatoes at East Tawas is
nearly completed and active operations
will begin about October 1. Forty
hands will be given employment in the
factory, while 100 or more farmers in
the vicinity will be directly benefited
by being furnished a good home mar
ket for their crops.
While leading two cows to pasture
Rev. S. A. Bauer, living a mile north
of Monroe, became entangled in the
rope and was dragged by the fright
ened animals against barbed wire
fence. His right eye was nearly
gouged out and his left ear nearly
severed He is 20 years of age, but his
recovery is hoped for.
Workmen in Bancroft lumber yard
while moving pile of lumber on the
10th made remarkable discovery.
Between two piles of lumber lay sack
and on Investigating they found
newly-born dead babe. The men went
to the Office to report the same and
while absent the same was taken away
by some unknown party.
Branch county is having an epidemic
of wife and family desertion on the
part of worthless husbands. In the
past month four men have been jailed
on this charge, the last case being that
of Chas. Smead He is one of the
brothers, who, in the winter of 1898,
deserted their young wives leaving
them each with a young babe and en-
tirely destitute.
Workmen on the new sewerage sys-
tenn Mt Marshall struck a heavy vein