Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-22
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Crystal is to have bank in the near
future.
Lansing is to have new Catholic
church.
There is a good opening for a tenn
perance hotel at Worthwhile.
The local hatchery at Alpena has
received 900, 900 lake trout eggs.
Riga will purchase voting machines
in time to use them at the spring cleo
ton.
The state fish commission has planted
1870. 600 trout in streams around Plain
we'll
Flint parties are considering the adj
visibility of starting new bank at
Flushing.
Stall saloons in Detroit must go,
Supt. Martin of the police force having
SO ordered.
Six weeks of revival services in the
NJ. +. church at Allegan resulted in so
conversions.
Free delivery of mail was inaugurated
at Monroe on the 18TH and Monroeites
are, now;happy.
Navigtti&sHIis nowopen between St.
Ignace and Mackinac Island-the earli-
est in many years.
The roads in many localities in south
ern Michigan are so bad these days as
to be almost impossible.
The village of Dayton was almost
entirely wiped out by fire on the 10th.
The loss is about ST., 1000
The Citizens Telephone Co., of Grand
Rapids has increased its capital stock
from $500, 900 to $500, 600.
The Fowlerville Agricultural society
have selected Oct. 25 as the dates for
holding their annual fair.
The old Macon telegraph line is a
thing of the past. It's poles will be
utilized for telephone wires.
Fourteen thousand trout fry were re-
Gently planted in Beaver and River
Road creeks in Lenawee county.
Oil and coal have been discovered
near Battle Creek, and company will
be organized with capital of $500, 600.
The fine brown stone high school
building at Marquette burned on the
18th. Loss $40, 900; insurance. $50, 900.
The 18th annual convention of the
Ingham County Sunday School associa-
ton will be held at Mason, Feb. 21-22.
The wooden buildings which were
destroyed by fire at Shepherd recently
are to be replaced by nice brick blocks.
The West Bay City Sugar Co. on the
18th paid more than $50, 900 to farmers
who have furnish beets for the factory.
A movement is on foot looking to the
consolidation of the cities of st. Joseph
and Benton Harbor. The project is
meeting with favor.
Mrs. Timothy Edwards, who was re-
Gently appointed health officer at Belle
vile, is the first woman to hold that
Office in the history of the township.
Calumet's new theater is about fin
ished and will be ready for the initial
performance on Mar. 10. 1t is said the
place will be a revelation to its patrons.
reward of 81 900 has been offered
by the board of state auditors for the
apprehension of Gen. VIII White, who
has been fugitive from justice for two
months.
Arrangements are being perfected at
Houghton by which a. new city hall
and opera house will be built this sea-
son at an estimated cost of upwards of
500, 600.
The Presbyterian society at Brighton
has purchased large residence in the
village for parsonage and expects to
build SO, 900 church on the adjoining
property.
Farmers around Brighton are being
victimized lately by man who claims
TO have lost his farm buildings, cattle
and crops by fire, and is soliciting con-
tributions TO give him start again.
IL took the ice crusher Algomah Is
hours TO make the trip between Me-
nominee and Sturgeon bay, but that
was not SO slow when one considers
that she was obliged to cut her way
drought ice from l6 TO "a inches thick,
with occasional windows from five to
eight feet thick.