Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

sanitary Co., located at french Land
ing were partially destroyed by an ex-
plosion and fire on the Sd. Loss,
1000.
Royal Oak can have a canning fac
tory, provided free site is given, a
cash bonus of 200 raised, and the
company exempted from taxation for
10 years
1t is reported at Houghton that the
Finnish settlers in that vicinity have
been Strengthening deer by the whole
sale. A game warden is looking into
the matter.
Station Agent A. e. Matthews, of
Fairfield, while riding railroad We
locipede on the evening on the Sd was
struck by Big Four train and in
stantly killed.
People and townships are subscribing
literally towards the projected rail
road between Benton Harbor and To-
ledo, and it is said the line will surely
be built this year.
An effort is being made to organize
a baseball circuit in the upper PENN
sula for the coming summer, to include
the cities of Iron Mountain, Norway,
Florence and Crystal Falls.
At meeting of citizens held at Ben
ton Harbor on the eth il was decided
to agree to the uniting of the cities of
st. Joseph and Benton Harbor, provid-
ing st. Joseph people will accept the
name pere Marouptta
The Dowd murder case is now on
trial at Allegan. Chas. Dowd, the ac-
cused man, is charged with numbering
his brother, Earnest Dowd on Nov. 26
last striking him blow on the head
with some blunt instrument.
State Oil Inspector Judson on the LIST
turned into the state treasury So, S32,79
which represents the net earnings of
his department for the last two quar-
tiers of 1899. The entire receipts of the
office are from inspection fees.
II. j. Morrison, township treasurer,
of Butler, Branch county, recently set
tied with the county treasurer, having
collected every cent of the tax spread.
This remarkable record has never been
eclipsed in the history of the county.
Morrice is to have condensed milk
factory, which will be good thing
for the village, furnishing the latter
with a good market for all their milk.
The stock company which will estab-
Dish the faettry will, be capitalized at
S25, 900.
Rural free delivery will be estab-
lished at Homer, Calhoun county, Mar.
10. The length of the route will be %
miles, the area covers 40 square miles,
and the population served will be $50.
Samuel u. Aldrich has been appointed
carrier.
Alger county is one of the best lum-
Der sections left in the upper peninsula
and this winter is producing the big
gest log crop in its history. There are
II camps in the county, which together
will get out nearly 40,Ooo,OO feet of
pine logs.
Some chump at Millersburg shipped
valuable horse to Alpena in a box car
during the recent severe cold snap,
without even putting blanket on the
animal. When taken out at Alpena
eight hours later the poor beast was
frozen stiff.
John Palmer, while hel ping clean the
drug store of l.. NJ. Hines. at Jersey,
accidentally drank an ounce of carbolic
acid, mixed with brandy, thinking it
to be syrup After drinking it he
walked to a doctors Office and back be-
fore expiring.
The Holland Sugar company is hav-
ing considerable difficulty with farm
ers in the vicinity of Holland over the
price of sugar beets. The company
has commenced making contracts with
farmers in adjacent counties, both
north and south.
The state military board held its
monthly business meeting at Lansing
on the 2Sth. The state encampment
matter was not considered, and it can
not be decided for at least one month
whether it can be held. None of the
board members would say that the en-
campment is an impossibility
Miss Georgia Peck, of Minneapolis
who, while visiting her sister in De-
troit, was run down by bicycle mes
senger on Feb. 10, died at the hospital
on the morning of the I'd. In the &c
days that interviewed between the time
of the accident and the death, Miss
Peck was conscious only few minutes.
Reports of the state board of health
for the week ending February "a, show
that the diseases which caused the most
sickness in Michigan during that time
were, in order of prevalence: Influenza
rheumatism, neuralgia, bronchitis and
tonsilitis. Measles was reported at 50
places, scarlet fever at Ga, diphtheria
at 16, and smallpox at 3.
Milford is having an interesting cam.
paign with the saloon question as the
issue to be decided at the charter cleo
ton Mar. 10. The anti-saloon people
have been holding meetings and con
fidently expect to win The result
will be close and both sides express
confidence. Neither of the old parties
are I'm the field their places being
taken by the Labor Reform (anti-sa.
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