Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-03
STALE GOSSIP.


tie around Lapeer for their pelts.
New Buffalo is To have telephone ex-
change, which is now in course OF con-
struction.
With population of 10000, Pontiac
has 81 boozeries. Not much chance to
get dry there
The Michigan Telephone Co. will
place all its wires underground in the
business section of Flint.
What is said TO be the last drive of
logs which will ever go down the Cass
river has been completed.
The seasons matrimonial run opened
at st. Joseph on April 20, with eight
candidates, all from Chicago.
The National Salt association will
build 81 900 storehouse at st. Joseph,
which will be the distributing station
for Michigan. Indiana and Ohio.
Almont's schools have been re-opened
after short closed season on account
of scarlet fever in the village.
Civil service examination, to fill the
positions of postotiice clerk and carrier,
will be held at Ypsilanti, lonia and
Jackson, Mich, June 6.
Mayville has a chance to embark in
municipal ownership. the proprietor of
the local electric lighting plant having
offered to sell out to the village for
S., 800.
Several business places at Brighton
were visited by burglars on the night
of the 25th, but the latter were evil
IDENTIFY amateurs, as they did not secure
any booty.
Oscar L. Curtis, the l0-year-old son
of Grin Curtiss of Coloma, committed
suicide by drowning himself in the
Paw Paw river at Watervliet on the
23d. He was out of work and discour-
aged.
Hereafter saloons in Manistique must
be located at least 800 feet away from
any school building, the city council
having recently passed an ordinance to
that effect
The Michigan Central contemplates
about $50, 900 worth of improvements
at Jackson in the way of new boiler
shop and an electric light and steam
heating plant.
The First State Savings bank, of
breckenridge, was visited by burglars
on the night of the cath, who blew up
the vault, but could not blow open the
burglar-proof safe.
Marcellus is becoming center for
the marketing and shipping of water
cress to the big cities, and the result is
quite an increase in the per capita cir
culation of the coin of the realm in the
little village.
Romeo is without police protection,
the Office of village marshal being
vacant, owing to the fact that a suitable
person cannot be found for the place,
the meager salary of 500 year being
no indacement for good man.
1 Railroad Commissioner Osborne won
an important case in the supreme court
| on the cath against the Wabash rail
way, which compels that company to
reduce its passenger fares from three
cents to two and one-half cents per
mile in the this state.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Lyons, of Hudson, was attacked
| by vic ous bulldog, belonging to her
father, on the cath and was frightfully
lacerated about the arm before the
brute was killed. 1t is feared the arm
will have to be amputated.
The Judgment of 81, 900 given to Miss
Mary l.. Shaw, of Milietts, against the
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad Co.
by an Eaton county jury has been af-
firmed by the supreme court. Miss
Shaw was struck by pieces of glass
broken by mail sack being thrown
the station window and her eyesight
destroyed.
! 6Lowell thieves are not troubled by
any great amount of modesty One of
them walked into the kitchen of local
hotel the other day and carried away
IA dozen of eggs and a pair of trousers,
right in broad daylight, and then went
to grocery store and sold the eggs.
And the local officers haven't been able
to get any trace of them since.
A Reading boy chased rabbit into q
hole while out hun ting and after dig
cling while he tried to reach it will
his hand lie got hold of what he sup
posed was root and pulled it out. The
root proved to be blue racer, and the
haste with which the boy dropped il
was caution. After killing the snake
he measured it and found it was fv,
feet and seven inches long.
There is so much patriotism at Kal
l1aslxa that the residents are not abb,
to vent it sufficiently on the Fourth o
July, so they are going to make thei
celebration of the nations birthday
this year cover two days, the same a
they did last year Another thing
too, is that by having two days ccle
bration the saloons are able to assis
on one day without violating the law
Charles Il. Mains, of Marshall, VIII,
gained notoriety throughout the stat
"a year ago by reason of his connection
with the famous Mains Hubert ease
/ has filed his bonds for security for cost
| in the 100000 damage suit recent,
commenced by him against Stephen $
! Hubert ct al The bond is in the sun
) of s4OO, and Benjamin +. Morgan, VIII
, -, bia bOu1e in fba thor coco /;