Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

May Is.
The assessment rolls of Detroit for
l9Ol-l9o2 calls for something over S243,-
371, $50.
Mason's common council has raised
the bonds of saloonkeepers from So,ooo
to So, 900.
The cornerstone Of Menominee's new
federal building was laid on the l7th'
under Masonic auspices.
Freezing weather and heavy fall
of snow was reported at many places
in the state on the 18th,
large grain elevator at Battle
Creek was destroyed by fire on the
18th, entailing loss of $4,000.
1t is said that 2s buyers are chasing
up and down Clare county purchasing
all the eggs they can get hold of.
r. f. Walker, Sanilac county
farmer, has eight head of cattle that
he has refused $50 head for. Their
average weight is /, 200 pounds.
The fishing tackle is being brought
down from its resting place and put IN
readiness Tor its annual outing when
the trout season opens-only lew
! days now.
Work has finally begun on the con-
structiou of Cadillac's new opera house,
after many long months of talking
over the project and repeated disap-
pontments,
Tekonsha has a country school with
| two pupils ia attendance most OF the
time There are times when the at
tendance is bat one. The teacher Is
! paid $50 = month.
st. johns citizens are raising $4,000
by popular subscription for the con-
struction of a building for the Gering-
ton Department college, now located
at St Louis, Mich.
Farmers in Cass county are predict
ing fine wheat crop in their section
this summer. They say it will not be
so large as in some years past, but its
quality will be high.
Deputy Game Warden w. A. McGov-
ern, of Tustin, captured 20 residents
of Interlochen and vicinity while en-
gagged in spearing bass A wagonload
of jacks and spears was confiscated.
Every man in Grand Ledge is en-
ployed, and it is impossible TO get all
the help needed at the new table fac
tory. New buildings are going up all
over the city, and still the cry is more. >
The regularly elected assessor, of
Tekonsha, declined to qualify aud the
council had diffic lily in filling the POI
sition. Two appointments were made
before a candidate could be found to
take the place.
There is-or was-one dog in Hills
dale that had ideas of the eternal fit
ness of things. He dropped dead the
other day and picked out an undertak-
shutting off act.
Rev. A. X BEEN, of the First Uni
versalist church, of Benton Harbor,
announced on the 10th that on the 2Ist
he will leave the passionate of his
church and will establish church OF
his own, independent of any creed
The contract has been let for the
construction of the chicory factory at
Bad Axe, and now the citizens of that
onterprising burg will turn their at
tention to the securing of some other
industry to help in the upbuilding OF
the village.
The Lexington News thinks it has
located the meauest man on earth for
sure. He is resident of Sanilac
county His wife died recently, and
he asked that her false teeth might be
removed, remarking that they could
be used again.
1t is reported that two farmers living
near Bay City, recently, by mutual con-
sent of all parties interested, decided
to trade wives One of the men, to-
gether with his new wife have been
arrested, but the other cannot be found
at this writing.
Col. Russ, of Ypsilanti, who has been
working on the consolidation of the
Touring mills at Lapeer says that the
plan is now being successfully carried
through. The new company, which
will be capitalized at SOS, 900, will take
over all three mills
Two new rural delivery routes
started from Grand Ledge on the 10th,
handling nearly 500 pieces of mail.
There are three rural routes from there
now and none in the city, so for once
the farmers cannot complain that the
cities get all the good things
NJ. A. Knifiin, a well-known citizen
and business man of St Johns, who
owns farm three miles east of that
village, while sinking a well at the
depth of 1l2 feet, found fve-foot vein
of superior coal This find is 12 feet
below table rock. 1t is believed il
will prove very profitable find, not
only for Mr.. Kntlin, but for St Johns
as a community.
The body of partially developed
child was found floating down the river
at Marine City on the 10th in a cigar
box. 1T was clothed in a small mighty
and the limbs were doubled up TO make
it fit in the box. The marshal has
been investigating the case, but up to
the present has not been able TO find
any trace of whom the mother may be,
or who placed it in the river.