Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

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tor which will be operated by electric
! ity. 1t is estimated that the cost Of
running the machines by that power
will be from S. to $40 per day less than
/ by hand
| Burglaries have been SO frequent of
late al MuslSegon that the residents
| are becoming afraid to keep much
money in the house, and the savings
banks report a large increase in their
deposits.
The Automobile Rapid Delivery Co.,
of Detroit, with capital of SIS, 900
has been Incorporated, to conduct a
1 general package delivery business in
4 that city. Six automobiles have been
/ purchased.
The electric lighting plant and -four
/ ing mill. burned at Morrice few weeks
ago, will be rebuilt at once, the viii
| layers having voted in favor of issuing
/ bonds for s., 900 to assist the proprie-
| tors to do so.
/ The Prohibitions of Calhoun county
were unable to make any nominations
| for prosecuting attorney on their
] county llthtl DCCduHt llltIt 10 DOJ a.
| lawyer of that political faith anywhere
in the county.
/ A man near Albion has 10-acre
mellon patch, and the small boys of
! the vicinity-and some that are not SO
( small-are licking their chops in an
/ ticipation of the time when the juicy
1 globes will be ripe.
Rev. FIR. c. j. Roche, pastor of st.
/ Johns Catholic church at Essexville,
and dean of the Saginaw Valley, was
drowned at West Bay City on the sth.
/ lie was alone and il is not known how
the accident happened
Rural free delivery will be ordered
established at Saginaw. August IS.
/ The length of the route is So miles and
the area covered is 1914 square miles.
1 The population served is 3,5O5; number
! of houses on route, 10.
Ralph Davis, of Port Huron, disap-
I peared seven years ago and no trace
/ has been found OF him. He was in
sured for 81, 900 in the X. 0. Il. NJ, and
/ that organization has just decided to
| pay this sum TO his widow.
/ Forty-three dollars per acre in three
months is the result OF the experiment
at the Agricultural college for pastur-
I ing lambs on sand lucerne by means
( Of a pen moved slowly over the pas
! turage by an electric motor.
Aliens cannot be licensed by the
state board of veterinary examiners.
Consequently Canadians who are prac-
ticing in this state win be obliged to
1 become citizens or go back home if
they wish TO continue practicing.
Three Rivers is all torn up over an
attempt to get the city council to pass
a curfew ordinance. Many of the resi-
dents say il viii lead to nothing but
trouble and litigation if enforced, and
if not enforced, then what use to
pass it?
! An old bear and her cub have taken
charge of a blackberry patch near
! Standish and refuse to be disturbed
/ by pickers, although hundreds would
/ like to go and pick the ripening fruit.
I They make it interesting for all who
go in sight.
II is estimated that Is, 900 excursion
/ lists visited ST. Joseph on the 18TH.
/ County Clerk Needham admits he never
! had better day for his business. Two
Justices and one minister OBLIGATED at
I 20 weddings at the clerks residence
during the day.
Commissioner Evans annual report
shows that Michigan had a., POS citi-
zens on the pension rolls on June 80
! last as against -, no on the same date
/ one year ago The total amount paid
I 70 Michigan pensioners during the past
year aggregated S6,G42.s7s
John Groulix. an aerouaut, aged 70,
OF Grand Rapids was killed at ottawa
/ Beach on the eth. where he was giving
an ascension. The balloon went up
4 about . 900 feet. He cut loose the
parachute and was performing on the
/ bar as he descended, when he lost his
1 hold and fell about 1, 200 feet into the
water. He was instantly killed.
According to the August crop bulle-
tin, issued by Secretary of State Stearns
on the 9Th, the estimated yield of
wheat for the present year in Michi
[ gan is placed at 10, 600, 900 bushels. He
also says the crop is not such a uni
versal failure as it was last year, as
I there is some good crops in certain
sections Of the state, but that the 1900
/ crop is said to be Of poorer quality
! than that of last year.
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