Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-02


last succeeded in organizing Grand
Army post there. The work has been
slow on account of the small number
of old soldiers in the vicinity.
Grasshoppers are making great havoc
in Branch county. Fields of clover,
the second crop, now in blossom, are
devastated in few hours. Cat fields
are also attacked ond the grain ruined.
by the explosion of steam tube con-
Meeting with the boiler in the steam
yacht Trilby, three children lost their
lives, one more was frightfully scalded
and three other persons were more or
less burned on the cath.
ON the third attempt at self-destruc-
ton, Nettie Dalton, an inmate of
house of questionable repute in De
troit, succeeded in ending her life on
the cath. She swallowed n large dose
of caroolic acid.
H. +. Slussar, editor of the Nance
Iona Herald, created a sensation there
recently by making a balloon ascent,
the occasion being the harvest jubilee.
He went up about 300 feet and then
made the parachute drop successfully.
Galesburg is already reaping the re.
suits accruing from increased facilities
for ingress and egress. Within a week
a Battle Creek lumber firm has made
arrangements and viii establish
thoroughly equipped branch in the viii
lage.
a proposition TO enact "A curfew or
dinance by the council of Union City
was voted down. The ordinance was
a little too strong for the city fathers.
The age limit was IL years and the
curfew hour . o'clock in summer and 5
o'clock in winter.
The breaking down Of bridge on
the Albion road near Homer, under
the weight Of a traction engine and
separator, will cost the township not
only a new bridge, but also a couple Of
hundred dollars for repairs and dam
ages to the engine.
The dreaded worm pest that is afilict-
ing the maple trees in various parts of
the country has made its appearance
in Calhoun county. The worm pene-
trates the smaller branches of trees,
eats its way to the heart and absorbs
the sap, at the same time cutting the
branch off.
The Benton Harbor Palladium says
a farmer in that vicinity raised crop
of early turnips and forwarded, %
bushels of the crop, duly labeled. TO a
Chicago commission house. He waited
long for the letter that finally came,
and which inclosed "A check for Sl.49,
with the usual explanations.
Calhoun Tent No "a. Knights of
Maccabees, of Battle Creek, which has
held the champion broom for having
the largest membership of any tent in
Michigan. has lost it. the broom going
back to Central City Tent, of Jackson,
who held it the year before. A COM
mittee took the broom to Jackson on
the 3Oth
The schooner ii w Sage, in tow of
the Queen of the West, collided with
the steamer Chicago off Algonac on the
night of the 29th, and sunk. One deck
hand went down with her. being un-
able to get out of the forecastle before
she went down. The wheelman on the
Chicago claims that the chain of the
steering gear parted.
Rev. J. J. Axtell, Of Royal Oak, seems
a shining mark for misfortunes. He
left the ministry and went to work as
a barber Now Secretary Reigar, of
the state board of examiners of bar
bers, has sworn out warrant before
Royal Oak justice charging him with
running barber shop without a GER
tificate of registration.
The odd Fellows hall at Ludington
is completed. The first floor has been
converted into an ideal ball room and
dining hall with kitchen at the rear
and ticket Office and dressing room
in front. The second story will be
used for lodge rooms exclusively in the
future. With the additions just made,
the odd Fellows have one of the finest
halls in the state.
Orolo Van Alstine, of Grant town
ship, Osceola county, had a quarrel
with his son Fred, aged 90. The son
hit him in the head with hammer
fracturing his skull so that his brains
! protruded through the opening. There
is no hopes of his recovery. The father
is quarrelsome man and very cross
with his children, and public sympa-
thy is with the young man.
The citizens of Tekonsha are noted
for their generosity No case of want,
sorrow or restitution is overlooked
The churches are not always the first
to bestow charity. The toughest peo-
pie in town are as liberal as those who
make higher professions. If citizen
suffers from a fire, loses horse or "A
COW the citizens straightway make up
purse for him if he is in poor circum-
stances.
small black bug in large numbers
has made his appearance in Vernon
and is called the carpet bug and by
others a Buffalo bug. He is demand.
ing as much attention if not more than
ever did the kissing bug as he seems
to delight in eating up carpets ire
spective of house or home. His devil
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