Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-31
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.


idas. is to be damned by n stock COM
lpany
A Coldwator woman has been fined
s. because her chickens annoyed
lucighbors.
Charles Seeley. of Muskegon. aged
10 wears, Is under arrest, on charge
Of forgery
.Allcgan Is to have an Autumn Fcs-
tival, which Will take place October
80 and Il.
Lansing Masons will lay the corner
stone of the new Masonic temple on
November l..
4 mail pouch was stolen from the
Washington street depot. Saginaw,
Wednesday night.
| South Haven people are tired of liv-
| Ing IN village, and want the place IL
corporatcd as n city.
4 bank has been established at Flat
Rock ny Messrs. Powers, OF Pontiac,
and Loose. OF Trenton.
Engineers are surveying a new route
for the electric line which is 10 con-
meet Detroit and Lansing.
Henry Albach, n brakeman on the
Ann ArbOr road. fell under his train
near Marion and was killed.
Saginaw is agitated over the Qucs-
tion OF Frank l.. Fuller's death. Did
he suicide or was he poisoned?
One hundred acres OF timber near
Plainwel was ablaze Friday. Nearby
farms were threatened Ivy the fire.
Wayne county state and county
taxes this year will be S1.159,05S 81.
which is 1914 $50 larger than last year.
D. b. Froeman's dry goods store.
Saginaw. was Quilted by fire Friday
night. Loss. S25,000 insurance. S16,-
600.
The movement for the revival of the
old West Michigan Fair Association
has been inauguratod ut Grand Rap
ids.
Ralph Blakely. of Detroit. was in
to board a moving freight train at
Worthwhile.
Herman Fclston, OF Detroit. makes
affidavit that on Tuesday noon ne
completed Il fast OF forty-two and one
half days
Isabel Vreclaud. aged CT years. is
under arrest charged with setting fire
TO the residence OF John w. Arnold of
East Gilcad.
Hollands new willowware factory
will this winter work up the produce
Of sixteen acres of willows OF this
years growth.
Some one broke into the Owosso jail
Sunday and stole two fine new blank
cts just purchased for the use of pros
pective prisoners.
Among the items paid by the Kent
county supervisors are: Cleaning out
rats. S2J;' "Barkceper's friends, ST."
"ENtermlnator. $50
Miss Nellie Brown. aged 1G. and &C.
year-old John G. Brown. veteran,
Will big pension, were married
Wednesday Mt Prescott.
Capt Walter c. Short. Thirteenth
Cavalry, has been detailed for general
recruiting service for a period Of two
years ut Grand Rapids.
Dependency over domestic trouble
caused Rcrt Wilbur. or Algonscc town
ship. Branch county, To commit suicide
Monday by taking poison.
John Jardin. OF Lapeer. who was
wounded While serying in the Philip
pines. has received $40 back pay and
a pension of So per month.
Len w. FeiEhner postmaster Of
Nashville. who has been seriously iii
since oct II, is yet In a critical condi-
ton and is gradually failing
Farmers around Mancelona are Of
fering 81 per day, with board thrown
in. for mea 20 dig potatoes. and can't
Get them even AT that price.
Frank Mallcw. OF Grass Lake. who
has been in the employ Of the NIichi-
gan Central railroad for "a years. is
taking his first vacation this week
Judge Cahill has accepted the cut
made by the Ingham county super
visors in his bill for services in the
state military cases. under protest.
The corn crop in Van Buren, county
is much better than expected Late
potatoes are also of very fine quail
ity, as well rs generous in quantity.
John Mcdonald has found two large
copper axes in the river bed n shor.
distance from Marquette. They are
probably relics of prehistoric race.
Allie Bedford. OF Coldwater, though
hardly mere than n mere boy. gets two
years and nine months at Jackson for
enticng Il girl under age away from
homc.
Gov. Bliss has received the resgna-
ton of John -. Il. Goodrich as judge
Of probate for Ottawa county and has
appointed Edward +. Kirby to FL the
vacancy.
The American Can Co. capital S.
100000. has offered It's articles OF in
corporation to the secretary Of state
for filing. 1t has $4,000 invested in
Michigan.
Officers have arrested Alfred Duclo.
Olin Clark and Edward Laboc three
Monroe boys. charged with assaulting
Edward Donnelly and robbing him
Monday night.
AlonZo Young, q young farmer OF
Fargo is in Jail and charge Of Grim
inal assault is registered against linn.
Maude Thomas. aged Is, Is the com
planning witness.
Burglars worked hard at Greenville
Sunday night. entering six business
places in the city. but got only n few
stamps and a small amount of money
for their trouble
John Norton. hailnC from New Mex