Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-07-12


Adamsville, has received message
stating that j. j. Reed, his son, has
son, has been murdered at Seattle
The remains will be shipped to Adams
vile.
The board of control of the state
house of correction has appointed
Prof. C. A. Cover, of Lansing, and ID.
C. Crookshank, of Ionia, as appraisers
of the annual inventory of that insti-
tuition.
Word has been received of the death
in the Philippines of Private Frank f.
Spears, Co. A, 18th United States vol
unteers. He died at the hospital at
Lucena on May %. His parents live in
Edmore.
The total increased valuation in
Washtenaw county this year amounts
to So, 800, 24O, which places the county's
valuation at S34, ,013. OF the in
crease the city of Ann Arbor furnishes
S9,747,14s.
A cigar box containing S56s in notes
and bills has been found on the estate
of the late Swan Munson, farmer
who lived two miles north of Mon
tague. The box was found in a barrel
filed with corn.
Stockbridge has joined the list of
places whose people thing good and
permanent sidewalks are better than
the damage suit-causipg kind, and
large amount of cement walk is being
laid there this summer
While trying TO catch log train at
Woodville Crossing, John Mcdonald,
aged eight years, was thrown under
the cars. One leg was cut off below
the knee and the other foot badly
smashed. His condition is critical
The Coldwater Courier suggests that
if the determination of the English
sparrows is desired, it would be surer
and cheaper than paying a bounty on
them to prevail upon Dame Fashion to
make them the fashionable bird for
trimming hats
The east bound fast express on the
c. & G. r. left the tracks just as it en-
tered Lansing on the night of the sth.
Three sieepers and three day coaches
were derailed. No one was killed and
no one seriously injured. A broken
switch was the cause.
VIM. +. Berney, editor of the Huron
County Republican. is missing and a
warrant has been issued for his arrest
on complaint of his wife. Creditors
took possession of his plant and issued
last weeks edition. A girl formerly
employed in the Re publican office is
also missing.
Philip NJ. Osburn and W. $. Osburn,
of Ionia county. were arraigned before
U. s. Commissioner Chaplin, at Lansing
on charge of counterfeiting. 1t is
charged that Philip Osburn manufac-
tured spurious nickels at the house of
his cousin, the other prisoner. The
uickels were used in slot machines.
In former years it has been the GUS
tom among the furniture factories in
Grand Rapids to shut down for three
or four weeks during the midsummer
season, but this year they are all so
busy that work will go right on with
out break except one or two or three
days to make needed repairs to the
machinery.
Grand Rapids may get another bicy-
Gle factory after all to take the place
of the big one which is to be closed by
the trust as soon as the stock on hand
is worked up. A big Chicago firm has
been looking over the gound with the
idea of securing possession of the trusts
I,,, thnty x,ana4aH
and moving their Chicago plant to the
Michigan city.
Pleasant Lake, near Hillsdale, is a
remarkable body of water in one re-
| spect. The st. Joseph river has its
rise there, and flows westward and
finally reaches Lake Michigan, while
| from the other side of the little lake
flows a small stream which forms the
Maumee river and runs eastward until
it empties into Lake Erie
Marvin Benjamin, of Fowlerville, has
curiosity in his orchard that is at
tracing considerable attention. 1t is
an apple tree of the Northern Spy va
riety and until recently was supposed
to be dead, having put out no leaves
and large portion of the bark having
fallen off. A few days since il became
covered with blossoms and presents a
peculiar appearance, without leaf OF
other sign of life.
The international Good Roads con
gress wound up it's first annual meet
ing at Port Huron, on the 4th. Hon.
Martin Dodge, director of the United
States good roads inquiry department
Andrew Patrula, president; Ontaria
! Moore, of st. Louis, Mo-, were APP
pointed a committee to confer with the
executive committee of the Interstate
Good Roads association, with view to
forming a permanent organization
Mrs, Mary c. Spencer, state librar
ian, has prepared a report covering the
work in connection with the Michigan
travelling library system for the perioC
ending with the close of the fiscal yea,
June 80 The report indicates larg,
increase in the circulation of soliC
reading matter, ethics, biography
travel and history having more thar
held their own with fiction. The re
port shows a circulation of 50. 3O6 will