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

Gen. Rutherford, department COM
mander of the G. A. X. in 1883, died on
the 9th at Hart.
Edward Keller, of Vicksburg, has
been elected superintendent of schools
at Glendine, Mont.
Hon. w. C. Maybury, of Detroit, is
said to be the choice of Eaton county
Democrats for governor.
The Eaton county Democratic con-
vention has been called to meet at
Charlotte on the July 81.
Col. A. Il. Bliss has appointed Her
his private secretary.
John ID. Mershon, of Saginaw, has
been commissioned assistant paymaster
of the Michigan naval brigade.
Sugar beet wedding in Bay county is
about ended. The crop looks 100 per
cent better than it did last year at this
season.
4The water works at Traverse City is
now run under municipal control, the
plant having passed into the city's
hands
The First Baptist church of owosso
has extended call to Rev. Frank
Lyon, of Cleveland, to become its
pastor.
The registration for the summer
quarter at the Normal college at Ipsi-
lanti has reached 81, and more are
expected.
The taxpayers of Olivet have de-
feated the proposition to bond for $780,
900 for an electric light and water
works plant.
Albert Horner, aged 35 years, COM
mitted suicide by drowning at Milling
ton. Disappointment in love was the
cause of his act.
Joseph Greise, fireman on the tug
Ralph, disappeared on the 9TH. Two
days later his body was found in the
river at Alpena.
All telegraph wires north of Grand
Rapids are down owing to terrific
wind storm that took place on the
night of the 9th
VIM. Henle has been postmaster of
River Raisin for "a years. He was APP
pointed by President Johnson is 1866.
He is rs years old.
The young son of p. IL. Irish, of Mt.
Clemens, while playing on the banks
of the Clinton river, was drowned in
three feet of water.
S. ID. Sny-!er's two-year-old son was
| killed at South Haven on the eth by
being run over by wagon in which
he had been riding.
The first week of the u. of NJ. sum-
mer school shows a registration of BOG,
which is SIS more than the total regis
tration last summer.
Joseph l.. Cox, state commissioner Of
labor, and his brother, Paul I. Cox,
have decided to start new morning
paper in Battle Creek.
RarIvislr Commissioner Maltz has
ca all state banks for a report
of their condition at the close of bust
ness on Friday June 20.
Bishop Foley, assisted by Is priests
from the Detroit diocese, confirmed a
class of 81 at st. Mary's Catholic
church at Royal Oak on the 9th.
In collision in the Michigan Cen
trail railroad yards at Jackson. Engin-
eer Mitchell and Brakeman Lewis f..
Tacey were more or less injured.
Albert Haner, 80, single, committed
suicide by drowning in a lake three
miles west of Fostoria. Dependency.
His parents reside at Otter Lake.
The bodies of Donald Delamarter
drowned in Lake Michigan on June %
off Muskegon, have been recovered.
The Lansing Arbeiter society cele-
brated its Goth anniversary on the 9TH.
Delegates were present from Grand
Rapids, South Haven and other cities.
Rev. Archibald Wheaton, of Mystic,
Mass, has been called TO the pastorate
of the First Baptist church at Jackson.
He will begin his new duties in Sep
TENDER.
Out of SO applicants for certificates
at the June examination of teachers al
Kalamazoo, only % per cent passed the
requirements, % certificates being
granted.
Ann Arbor passenger train No.
was wrecked on the night of the 9th
by fallen tree near Shepherd Nc
one was injured but the loss was
quite heavy.
Wallace Allen, of Hartford, wa:
killed viii driving an omnibus near
Watervliet A dozen passengers wer,
also more or less injured. The 'bu.
was overturned.
G. Freedland was caught in shaft
, in saw mill, at Bad Axe, Will,
changing a belt on the 9th. One arm
was broken and his skull crushed. Hi.
condition is serious.
The residence of John Mutart, o.
Bay City, burned on the 9th, together
with its contents Loss 81, 500. Mr.
Mutart and his two sons saved them
selves with difficulty.
The supervisors of Delta county hav,
voted to build a new Jail at an expens,
| Of SEQ, 900 If the people of the county