Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-17
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

on the 13th.
The little town of Fisher, Presque
Isle county, suffered a fire loss of $780,.
600 on the l4th.
The Automatic Carpet Sweeper Co.
which was established at Marine City
a little over year ago, will remove to
| Detroit.
Fruit in Altoona county, IL indications
do not disappoint, will be the best crop
in years. Wheat looks fair; much bet
ter than last spring at this time.
At special election in Capac it was
decided to purchase chemical engine
and accessories, at an expense of So
300. At present the town has no fire
protection
Wheat and clover fields are looking
very poorly in Jackson county. Wheat
has mostly been killed by insects and
clover was badly heaved by the early
thawing and freezing.
Quartermaster-Gener Atkinson on
the 10th stated it as his opinion that
no state encampment would be held
this year owing to the refusal of troops
to waive their per diem pay.
prisoner recently lodged in the
county Jail at Mason was taken sick,
and an examination showed he had
well developed case of smallpox. He
was removed to the pest house.
John Ryland, of Benton Harbor, on
the 9TH was hod carrier, but the day
following he was capitalist. An uu-
Gle in Chicago had died and left him
half of an estate valued at $40, 900.
A vote was recently taken in the
churches at Chesaning to decide
whether or not the postoffice should
close Sundays, and now Chesaning peo-
pie will get no more Sunday mail
A new pest house for women is being
hurriedly erected at Marshall, indicat-
ing that its use is Immediately de-
manded. The scare arises from the
case of smallpox which broke out in
the Jail.
A new law recently passed at MuslSe-
gon will not allow boys under 81 to go
in saloon. The saloons are to be
closely watched, and any saloonkeeper
violating the law will be arrested and
prosecuted
The Marine City Sugar Beet Co. laid
the corner stone of its factory building
on the 18th. All business houses were
closed and citizens generally took part
in the ceremony, which means much
for the future of the town.
Heavy winds on the l4th brought
forest fires dangerously close TO lumber
camps and cut lumber in the vicinity
of Boyne Falls. The only thing that
saved Wolverine from destruction was
the timely change of the wind
Hon. j. ). Stearns, of Ludington, has
made another liberal donation to edu-
cational work this time presenting
Olivet college with his check for 81 900.
Mr.. Stearns has always been free
giver to religious and educational work.
Public baths under the control of the
city government will soon be in opera
ton at Hudson. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that baths can be established at
little expense at the waterworks, a
system having been carried on for sew
eral summers as private enterprise.
There were 3,O4O deaths reported TO I
The secretary of state as having occur |
red in Michigan during the month of |
April, 1900, corresponding to death |
'ate of 1916 per 1000 estimated popula- I
ion. This number was slightly less
han the number returned for March. |
The Michigan Telephone Co. filed a
mortgage for S., 900, 600
n favor of the Old Colony Trust Co., of
in the office of the reg
ster of deeds Office at Marshall on the
4th. The loan was for the purpose of
securing the payment of its bonded in
lebtedness.
1t is reported from careful observa-
ion that the entire wheat crop in
springfield township. Oakland county,
will prove failure Many of the fields
re already turred under and the con-
Iition of the seeding, timothy and
lover, will determine the fate of the
ther fields. Fruit, however. was
lever more promising.
insuTdnce commissioner stevens has
equired all Wisconsin fire insurance
doing business in Michigan
o pay retaliatory tax of 9 per cent
n Michigan premiums to offset the .
er cent fire department tax charged
lichigan companies in that state.
Jnder this the Wisconsin companies
n the 14th paid $4,000
The banks at Cedar Springs and
rockford. which were both owned bv
rank l.. Fuller, of the former place.
ave been closed up to satisfy a sac. 900
Mortgage. Manager Peck, who con-
ucted the Rockford bank, is blamed
or the misfortune. The whole farm
ng community of Kent county and
nanciers generally are affected by the
udden closing of the banks.
Six hundred miners at the Arcadian
ear Houghton, struck on the 18th for
n advance of Is per cent in wages.
urface employees of the Quincy mine
Dined in the strike, demanding a 10
err cent increase. the same as prom
'ed the miners. The miners were pre
ented from Uoin ar ,indaroround H.. a.