Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-10
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

on the 9th.
Wheat throughout oscoda county is
in very good condition.
The Metropolitan Lumber Co. will
rebuild its burned mill at Atkinson.
Rural free delivery service has been
ordered at Durand The length of the
route is % miles.
The cash balance in the state treas
ury at the close of business April 30,
was 81, 494, 1868. 20.
The little village of Fruitfort was al
most wholly destroyed by fire on the
morning of the ith.
A postoffice has been established at
Trimountain, IIoughton county, Chas.
). McLachlan, postmaster.
2The Maccahcrs of Franklin, have
commenced the erection of new tenn
pie 20 be 25x44 feet in size.
A class of 60 was confirmed in the
Sacred Heart church, Bad Axe, on the
9th by Bishop Foley, of Detroit.
All saloons in Tawas City are closed
owing to Mayor Nesbitt's refusal to ac-
cept the bonds of the proprietors.
Rebecca Wilkins, of Flint, has been
given verdict of $4,000 against that
city for injuries received by falling on
defective sidewalk.
mare belonging to Ed Davis, the
Tallahassee circus man, foaled colt that
has two bodies and one head The an
imal is almost perfect otherwise.
Marquette will replace her woman
superintendent of schools with man.
This is done in response to sentiment
which has grown in the past few years.
Hereafter saloons in Manistique must
be located at least 500 feet away from
any school building, the city council
having recently passed an ordinance to
that effect
The difference between the coal min
ers and operators in the Bay district
are all settled and the men have gone
to work, The compromise rate is 03
cents a ton.
Timber thieves are said to be respon-
sible for some of the fires near East
Tawas. They were burning the tops
to conceal their thefts and the fires
spread, doing great damage.
Two hundred miners at the Osceola
mine struck for 10 cent raise to $50
month and three hours work less on
Saturdays. Both requests were at once
granted by the management.
The state game warden's department
investigated 1S4 cases in April and Sc
cured GA convictions; fines collected.
S734SS With seasonable weather a
good increase in the game and game
birds is expected
A coop of English ring-neck phesants
has been purchased by the Tuscola
county fish and game protective league
These birds will be bred and the young
stock liberated for private shooting of
members of the club.
DIR. Edward f. Vincent, of Detroit.
was run down by an electric car on the
4th and instantly killed. His body
was mapgled in horrible manner.
Deceased was the surgeon of the i'll
fated Peary Arctic exposition in 1895.
Two thousand acres of delinquent
tax lands were sold at the annual sale
at Menominee on the 1st and about
5000 realized therefrom The sale
will be continued for several days or
until the full list of $500 descriptions
has been bid in.
1t looks as if another Mains Hurlbert
case will be on call for the May term OF
the circuit court of Calhoun county, as
defendants in the $500, 900 damage suit
commenced by Charles r. Mains against
s. Hurlbert ct al, have filed their pleas
and notice for trial
George Knaggs owns farm near
Maybee, and most of it is under cult
walton. The remarkable part of it is
that the work on the farm is all done
by Mr.. Knaggs himself, who is % years
old, lie is remarkably well preserved,
and is the father of 10 children.
Col. N NJ. Richardson, who was
several weeks ago relieved from duty
in the adjutant-general's office, al
though permitted to retain his commits
sion, resigned as assistant adiutant-
general, and was given an honorable
discharge, on the 5th. John Atkinson
is his successor.
A free rural mail delivery will be es-
tablished at Huron, Huron county, and
Cedar Springs, Kent county, on the 18th.
The length of the former route is 20
miles; area covered, 33 square miles;
population served, 900; and the latter,
length, % miles,. area, "a square les;
population served, 637.
The town of Gerondale. % miles
west of Menomiuee, was destroyed by
fire on the I'd, and 200 families are
homeless. The aggregate amount of
losses is estimated at Sl9s.00O. In the
vicinity Of Menominee forest fires are
abating. a crew of 100 men employed
by the railroad and lumber companies
have succeeded in getting the flames
under control and preventing IA spread.
The wheat crop in Oakland county
this year will undoubtedly prove the
greatest failure in years. Careful es-
Inmates show that at best the crop will
not yield over % per cent of an aver
age crop, and that the best fields to be