Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-26
raINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

A S4J.0OO creamery is TO he added To
the industries of Buchanan.
Bay City is TO have another sugar
beet factory. Capital. 100000.
A new project for an opera house In
Pontiac has been launched.
The new State Fair grounds nj Pom
tlac were dedicated last Saturday.
Harbor Beach II to have n beet SUI
gar factory. The capital will be
100000.
According to the local board or
| health. there are no smallpox cases
in Saginaw.
The Larum Record a daily paper
was burned out. Loss $4,000, covered
by Insurance.
The school census just completed
shows that Worthwhile has 433 children
of school age.
Strikers caused work on the Chaplin
water power at Buchanan to be sus-
pended Thursday.
John Kohlcr. Of Steire, lost his
creamery ana cider mill by fire. Loss,
$4,000; no insurance.
The annual reunion of the Fifth
Michigan Infantry. "Kearney's Dc
Wis" was held mt Romeo.
Twenty-Five girls employed at the
Schwabach garment factory, mt Bu-
chanan, are ont on strike.
Frank Wsner fell on saw at In
grim's single mill. near Sunrise lake,
OscOda county. and was killed.
iIine & Co.'S West Bay City saw
mil 80 linn 1.AV or
destroyed by fire which started i'll
the engine room. Loss $4,000.
The new school census shows the
children of school age in Bay City 10
be 4,406, Il gain Of 367 over 1900.
Conductor VIM. ID. Mcmillan. Of the
Ann Arbor railroad, fell between two
cars and received serious injuries.
Congressman Corliss. of Detroit, ex-
poets Pacific cable bill to pass the
next session. He is working for it,
Lewis Rider. of Mills township, has
been arrested and taken TO Flint on
charge Of stealing horses from party
ut Flint
Carrie Nation the famous Ratchet
wielder. har offered to appear as an
attraction at the Mason fair for $50
per day.
Frank Campbell and Pat Shafter
were arrested while unlawfully spear
ing fish in Hersey lake, They were
fined S43.
The cucumber season in the vicinity
Of Plainwell is record breaker ON
one day this week S3,74i was paid out
for them.
The st. Joseph excursion business
came TO an end Sunday and the mar
rage license record for the season
foots up LEO.
Alger Strong. a 17-year-old boy, of
Kalamazoo while out hunting acct
dcntally shot himself He is in
critical condition
Manager Ely, OF the Worthwhile
Dowel works poked his finger into n
dowel machine which shredded his
finger to the bone
The plant of the Newport Creamery
Co. al Newport burned: no insurance.
This is the second loss to the com
pany within IL months.
4 meeting of the Prcsbytery of De
troit was held in South Lyons. There
was a large number of well known
ministers in attendance.
The canning factory ut Birming
ham, II miles south of st. Joseph, was
burglarized, and the thieves carried off
about 1000 cans of fruit
Fred Hamilton. who is alleged to
have committed forgery in Durand
over a year ago, has been found in
CrookSt0n. Mimi, and will be brought
back.
+. w. Davis. aged -, one Of the
pioneer farmers of Calhoun county.
and for several years past n resident
of Marshall. is dead. the result of in
iuricS sustained in fall from a straw
stack.
The Odd Fellows OF the village OF
Perry dedicated new lodge hall with
appropriate exercises. The Odd Eel
lows for "A distance Of p miles at
tended.
Chester 4. Record. of Saginaw. was
cleaning Il gun which he knew to be
loaded. The weapon went off and the
bullet struck him in the abdomen. May
recover.
Fred lehman. aged IS. was choked
to death Friday while endeavoring to
swallow piece Of meat during the
supper hour at the American house,
Sebewaing.
A telephone pole fell on Robert
Reyes, of Saginaw, at Flint. probably
breaking his back. He was digging
hole for a catch-basin when the ac-
cident occurred.
Don A. Goodwin ana wife. of the
Fraser house, Bay City, were thrown
from rig by runaway horse and
both severely injured. Mrs. Goodwin's
condition is critical.
\ Battle Creek intcrurban conductor
got into dispute with three passen-
gers over a question Of change and one
Of the men bit the conductors ear off.
The men were arrested.
The course for 1901 -02 of the Stu
dents lecture Association at Ann Ar
Dor will consist of II numbers. The
secretary announces that they expect
WI Ting Fang on the list.
George Blair, son OF the war cover
nor, representing attorney Of Jack
son county, is reported to he IN n crit
teal condition from apopleXy at his
homo in Stewart, Florida.
James Hunter claims he was in
iurp1 several ypnrc aCa nv failing on