Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-14
MINOR MicH,oAN MATTERS.

of n steel mill to employ 500 men.
Oxford will have special mail
route from the Flint Office over the
| electric road
Owosso is expecting the establish
ment OF n screen cloth factory 10 en-
| ploy 100 men.
The crop Of the ST. Joseph grape dis
trict amounted this year to about r.
100000 pounds.
1t is claimed that oil has been
struck in the Saginaw valley. The To-
cation is kept secret.
Judge Bullock of Sterling has been
adjudged insane. and taken TO the
Traverse City asylum.
William Darby fell a victim in the
corn shredder near Sanilac Monday,
losing his arm below the elbow.
Carl Warsow, OF Bay City, la
borer, aged 40, asks protection from
the "witchcraft' Of his neighbors.
Elmer L. Curtis, a FentoD druggist,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy with
liabilities at $1,000. and assets at $500.
The postal receipts at Detroit ag-
gregated SS3.293 in October. against
$I3.541 for the corresponding period
last year.
The Methodist ministers at the Kali
amazco district have passed resolu-
ton in condemnation OF the st. 10
marriages.
The Botsford elevators. Port Huron,
destroyed by fire will not be rebuilt.
The insurance on the grain they held
| amounts TO $4,000.
Wesley c. Miller, of Mendon, fell IL
feet through trap door in barn.
He struck on his head and shoulders
and is seriously injured.
1t is believed mt Kalamazoo that the
| tunnel projected ut Benton Harbor
will be built and will be used to bring
the Three |. road TO Kalamazoo.
One OF the landmarks Of the city of
Grand Rapids. the plant and business
Of the Michigan Iron Works. Is to be
closed and its affairs wound up.
Doubled up like a jackknife, the
body of Christian Hazenbaugh, an old
pioneer. was discovered hanging in
his barn. one mile west of Sherwood.
The stockholders OF the Citizens
National Bank of Niles have been as
sessed 100 per cent on their stock TO
pay creditors. The bank failed two
years ago.
Officials OF the banks OF Benton Har-
Dor and ST. Joseph report that the
farmers of southwestern Michigan are
in better circumstances than tLey
were five years ago.
Bear are so thick around Prescott
and at other points north of Standisn
that they can be seen any time of day
or night in the woods and around
camps and new farms.
Pontiac boasts that it has four fac
tories, hose house and water works
in Process of erection. and that two
more factories are under consdera-
ton, and mechanics are working full
time.
Work of double tracking the Grand
Trunk west of Lansing was begun at
Potterville The roadmastcr~i'gays
that they could put thousand more
men at work at once If it was possible
to get them.
jamie Thompson Of Hillsdale prom
inent society girl. came TO Detroit
Monday, met Clarence Prentice and
married him. jamie was supposed to
be in school till telegram announced
the marriage.
Walter Bowerman, of Fostoria, 16-
year-old boy, accidentally shot a toe
off and the joints below it. were so
severely splintered that 90 pieces Of
bone were removed. An artery burst
ed and he is in a critical condition.
Alger county is said to be literally
a bunting paradise this fall. Part
ridges are so numerous that bags Of 20
and 80 are common. Deer are every
where reported as very plentiful.
Bears. too are unusually numerous.
Martin v Edison. of Lansing. has
received n letter from Mrs. Annie
Edison Taylor. Of Niagara Falls fame.
confirming his idea that they are
brother and sister. He says that her
age has been given wrong and that
she is at least 81.
Emma Sanger and a friend named
Duncan signed an agreement several
years ago TO commit suicide. The
Duncan girl drank carbolic acid imme-
diately and Monday Miss Sanger
hanged herself in Chicago. Both the
girls lived in ST. Joseph.
A serious wreck was averted on the
Pere Marquette Tuesday night by
| ti'iii SiNNih- VII w penn IL lbllc pas
senger to get aboard at Meridian. The
brake rod of the engine broke. throw
ing the switch after the engine and
tender had passed over. The baggage
car. smoker parlor and day car were
derailed. and the passengers severely
shaken up
Arthur Brookins. the man who was
found in his room in the burned Phoe-
nix hotel. Charlotte, after the fire was
put out. is in a critical condition.
When discovered he was on the floor
unconscious The mirror was broken.
the crazed man having taken it for
n window. y. W. Foster. of Oneida.
y. Y, who was taken out OF the
building, may lose his sight. as both
eyes were badly burned.
Secretary Wilson, of the department
Of agriculture, proposes to make a de.
rermined effort to develop silk culture
in the United States If congress gives
him the $4,000 he has asked for ex.
perimental work. Secretary Wilson in.
tends TO begin his tests in several
! states including Michipan md o.bo,