Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-22

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Briggs Is a travelling salesman and
married.
Thomas Shillaire. who caused the
arrest OF his wife and a Detroit man
named Briggs. Mt Saginaw. took pity
or her and saved her from Jail by Sc
curing bail for her appearance at her
examination.
| There were 2,4T0 deaths in Michigan
| during July, and OF these ~ were.
drOwnings and IL were from lightning.
The death rate was 12.2 per 1000 The
total number OF deaths from violence
numbered 234.
\. l.. Fox, aged IL, Of Grand Rapids.
has committed suicide. When his
mother heard he had stolen $50 from
an uncle she said she would rather he
would die than he branded a thie.-
hence the suicide.
Naval officials at Washington say
Americans in Venezuela are not men.
aced. Had a situation existed which
was dangerous to American interests.
the MGyfower would not have left
Venezuelan waters.
The latest sensation in Benton Har-
Dor is the alleged sale of 4 girl by her
parents 10 an aged man. The girl is
Mrs. Bessie Leyrcr, aged IA. and she
openly charges her parents with selling
her to her present husband.
This report comes from Constantine:
Early potatoes are rs scarce as hens
teeth, ana farmers get their own price
for thenl-S1 and upwards per bushel.
he bean helds are drying up and the
crop viii be almost failure.
1T is believed that Howard Hopkins.
aged ~. OF Mendon. is the oldest man
In st. Joseph county. His first vote he
east FOR Lewis Cass. ana the deed OF
the farm he now occupies was secured
by him from Gen. Lewis Cass.
III. X. McLaren. of the Canadian
500, has agreed TO cut 300 cords OF
hardwood daily for year for the
Clergue syndicate. to be used I'm the
carbonization plant Of the big steel
making industry now being built.
Rev. Nathan Root has lived I'm Ash
ley about twenty-five years He has
preached 40 funeral sermons for per-
sons of all ages from one day 10 LOG
years. He also preached the first SER
mon in the town after its founding.
entire number of persons in Michigan
Of voting age only 80 per cent are il
literate: while OF the total number Of
foreign-born people of voting age in
tho state 153,GG2, or jSG per cent. are
raturalZod.
People In the vicinity OF Gagetown
are aroused over an act of brutality
committed by Judd Stewart. In fit
OF what he calls anger he stabbed
horse in the eye, tearing the eye from
the socket and causing the horse ter
rible suffering.
Chief OF Police johnson. Of Benton
Harbor, has received word from New
York that ne will be paid Il reward of
about $500 for his services in aiding
the New York authorities in running
down Reuben Feinberg, Il notorious
confidence man.
Martin Howard. lad living in
Mortified. was the victim Of bullet
from his younger brothers revolver.
Before the doctors arrived to probe the
wound a hearty snccze dislodged the
ball. which had found Il resting place
in the roof Of the boys mouth.
Selig Solomon. Charles Cornett and
Charles Schriber. OF Alpena. charged
with trespassing on United States
lands, were held To the federal grand
jury. John McNIullen and John Scar
les. implicated with the others. have
already been indicted. al gave bail.
VIM. j. Lambrecht. of Detroit. son of
the pastor OF the Evangelical Christ
church. Is in the hands Of the police.
charged with arson. Lambrecht is ac-
cused OF setting fire to Mt. Hope
church on Twenty-ffth street. near
Michigan avenue. He was arrested ut
the scene of the fire.
\ religious crank in Bcrrien county
declares that the "ycllowS." the dread
disease which Is ravaging the peach
orchards OF the fruit belt. is simply n
form Of punishment visited upon the
fruit growers because they work on
Sunday. He SAYS that if they cease
the latter practice the disease will
disappear without further effort TO
stamp 1t out.
Fruit buyers from Chicago are can
vaSsng Branch and Calhoun counties
for fruit They claim the prospect for
apples Is much poorer than last sea
son. The quality of the fruit IS much
inferior. owing TO lack OF spraying.
one farmer near Tekonsha sprayed his
orchard OF ten acres carefully and
sold the apples from the same. on the
trees. for $50.
Mrs. Sam Boyd. aged about 30. was
found dead at her home in Jackson
Wednesday. Her body was burned
almost 10 crisp. 1t Is supposed that
she came down stairs In the night with
a lamp and tripped OH the stairs and
fell. breaking the lamp and setting her
clothes on fire. She had gone into an
other room and fallen on her face.
where she expired.
The horrible burns and bruises
which Louis Wolf received in n bak-
cry fire in Detroit Monday morning
proved fatal. the unfortunate man dy-
ing at the hospital that afternoon. Fire
department officials say that had he
made direct attempt TO escape in.
stead Of trying 20 save some money
he had stored away. lie would not have
been fatally injured.
Sebewaing has 4 lad II years old.
named Sommcrs. who has developed n
genius for destruction. Stealing some
black machine oil from mill no
poured ii over an S1.S00 monument be-