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


Free rural mail delivery was estab-
lished at Coldwater, Sept. l.
Sheep killing dogs are operating
in the vicinity of Springport.
Seventy-seven couples were married
at Michigan's Gretna Green on the 26th.
A portion of Mason county was swept
by a severe electrical storm on the Goth
A four-foot section of a Vicksburg
pear tree contains 1872 full grown pears.
The resorters at Macl1inac Island
suffered a S25, 600 fire loss on the night
af the 10th.
A young chap, aged about 25, is
working Flat Rock and vicinity with
counterfeit money
A young deer was lassoed while
swimming in the lake near Mackinac
Island on the Goth.
Ferdinand Holtz, of Macomb county,
was struck by lightning on the Goth
and instantly killed.
Many of the beautiful shade trees in
Lapeer aresdyiggS They present the
appearance of having been scorched.
Burglars broke into the postofiice at
Lake Odessa, blew open the safe and
escaped with a small amount of booty.
Munith is experiencing boom. Sew
eral brick blocks are in the process of
construction and the erection of others
will soon be begun.
Dowagiac's city fathers are slow.
They have just gotten around to APP
pointing dog warden, although the
law went into effect the first of May
last.
The frequent rains are seriously in
juring the bean crop in the vicinity of
Brighton, one farmer having turned
his crop over IL times to dry and it is
still wet.
John G. Hawley, of Detroit, a prom
inent member of the Michigan bar, and
well-known authority on criminal
law and extradition, died on the night
of the 18th,
Wooden sidewalks don't Ego" at
Sault Ste. Marie any more, the city
fathers having decided that it is cheaper
to build good walks than to defend
damage suits.
An idea of the magnitude of the
tramp nuisance at st. Joseph may be
had from the fact that 60 of the hoboes
were rounded up there in single
night recently.
Out of 900 peach trees examined
this season by the yellows commission
ers of Van Buren, county, 1000 were
found TO have that dreaded disease and
were destroyed.
A new departure in blowing is to be
tried on a Cass county farm this fall.
Six plows have been rugged together,
side by side, and traction engine will
he used to pull the outfit.
Threshing is in operation in the vi
entity of Springport. Wheat averages
from 20 bushels to the acre and
oats from so to 60. Barley is reported
as being an excellent crop.
The boards of control of the various
state institutions are preparing their
lists for appropriations to be submit
W. " viz AANNA II i'ANN'iN'
$500 will be asked for new buildings
This was the wettest August ever
experienced in many parts of Michi-
gan. Corn, late potatoes, beans and all
late vegetables are hourishing; but
oats are rotting in the fields and wheat
stacks are green.
Eleven divorce suits have been com
menced in the Kalamazoo county cir
cult court since Aug /. Only one or
two have been made public Officials
say the present record is only sample
of what is going on all the time in this
county.
VIM. Hogan, the famous balloonist,
has probably taken his last trip. While
making an ascension at Niles on the
29d the balloon turned over when at a
height of 100 feet, letting Hogan drop
into the st. Joseph river lie was res
eucd from the river in an unconscious
condition, in which state he still re-
NAMED at last accounts.