Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-30

sheep In the vicinity OF Royal OAK
One farmer recently had 25 lambs
killed and wounded
A motion for a new trial in the IA
nous DR.. Reed win case at Port Huron,
has been denied The case will now
60 to the supreme court.
Ithaca's new Touring mill is COM
pleted and in operation and the towns
people proudly claim il is the finest of
its size in central Michigan.
Frank NJ Davis, of Detroit, bicy-
clist, tried TO cross the street in front
of car on the afternoon of the Goth,
but was thrown under the wheels and
died soon after the accident at the
hospital.
Marquette is fast filing up with suf-
ferers from hay fever. This is the Sd
year that the sufferers of this malady
have sought relief there, and the place
can now appropriately be termed the
''sneeZers' mecca.
Alfred Schoonover, OF near Utica,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed on the afternoon of the Goth.
He was milking at the time, and the
cow was also killed and the barn and
contents destroyed by fire.
About $500 worth of knives and other
goods were stolen from Zimmerman
Bros. hardware store at Marine City
on the night of the 25th. This is the
first burglary that has been committed
in that place in four years.
During the continued hot weather
the farmers of Sanilac county cut a
great deal of grain, and the uneX-
pected downpour of rain on the Goth
caused any amount of damage, the
grain growing in the sheaves.
An Owosso young man played good
joke on his barber by working off on
the latter 35 old-fashioned pennies.
The barber worked them off, on a
dealer in rare coins for S35 and the
joker felt sick when he heard of it,
Frank Ching, aged So, miller of
near jackson, committed suicide on
the Goth by the rope route. His bust
ness was poor, and rather than give
light weight in order to enable him to
live and pay rent, he preferred death.
The Gull Lake sea serpent has again
made its appearance. The last time
it terrified the inhabitants was in 1898.
Resorters are purchasing dynamite to
explode in the lake in the hope of
bringing the monster" to the surface.
A Paw Paw merchant who had a
head for business advertised free lem
onade to all customers during the re-
cent hot spell, and his competitors
customers were exceedingly few and
far between while the torpidity lasted.
Kalamazoo is passing through pest
of grasshoppers and crickets, such as
it has never before known, and even
the oldest inhabitant is at loss to ac-
count for it. The pest began about a
week ago, and has been getting worse
every day.
The recent rains have been a great
help to beans and corn in Ingham
county and the farmers now hope to
do well from these products. The
heavy wind blew down considerable
corn. but the rains value easily offset
the damage.
The state tax commission are having
| stormy sailing at Port Huron, the city
! attorney refusing to allow them the
use of the tax rolls. The commission
will fight it out and have entered on a
review of the township rolls in order
! to recover their wind.
Cattle thieves are getting in their
work with great regularity and fire.
quency in Sanilac county these days,
and the farmers are becoming exas-
perated and threaten some vigilance
committee" doings in case they lay
hands on the miscreants
About three weeks ago the Griffith
family of near Springfield, held a fam
lily reunion and all ate ice cream made
with ice which was taken from a small
mud lake AS result 16 members of
the family are dangerously sick with
typhoid fever, and one of the number
has already died.
The experiment of using an electric
locomotive to replace the ordinary
steam one in railroad traffic is to be
! tried in Michigan. The Grand Rapids
& Indiana railroad has secured heavy
electric motor from the east and will
use it to pull the trains on its line be-
tween Petoskey and Harbor Syringe.
During the last few weeks duels have
caused perfect slaughter in Italy.
As many as four duellists were killed
in different towns on the 18th. During
the last year 2,400 duels have been
fought in Italy and $50 deaths have
resulted. Most of these combats were
between army officers and based on the
most trivial pretexts.
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