Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-05
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.


Giles Gricc. n wealthy Niles farmer
died from heart disease.
The Standard Vehicle Company has
broken ground for its building at Pom
tiac.
Capt w. :. Logan, the first white
boy born in Kalamazoo county, is dead
at Mitchell, $. ID.
Standish school expenditures for the
pasI year have been S3.643 AZ; re
ceiptS S4..G1 "a.
The state military board has pur-
chased a siN-inch breech-loading rifle
OF modern design.
A hot spring has been discovered at
Macknac Island near the water 'Sorks,
1O4 degrees Fahrenheit.
John O. Beidler. an 1S-year-old De-
troit boy. is under arrest for setting
his fathers house on fire.
A new company has taken charge of
the Adrian gas works and the price Of
gas has been reduced to 81 90.
Lewis Spcrry. of Berville. has just
discovered that five head of cattle
were killed by lightning Monday.
John 7. Vernon. of Marshall. has Il
tomato vine which stands over nine
feet high and is four feet across.
Mrs. Ora Dixon. residing on a small
farm. has just been left fortune of
$4,000 by an uncle in New York.
Paul Wcsitoff and Henry Hahn. Of
the Flats. are under arrest charged
with selling liquor without n license.
Leonard Green. II years old. of
Eaton Rapids. died Of injuries from
beer bottle being thrown ut his head.
The board of state auditors has
caused il to be understood that junk
cts will not be paid for by the state.
Rev. 4. i. Richards. one of the old
est members of the Detroit conference
OF the NJ. +. church, died Saturday at
PetoSkey.
Lloyd Van Wagner, Of Owosso.
aged II. may lose his eyCsight from
a powder explosion. He will be dis
figured FOR life.
A thief stole n 3-ycar-old unbroken
colt from the farm Of John Redmond,
near Durand. and got away safely
with the animal.
1t Is estimated that 10000 people
visited st. Joseph sunday, but the
number of marriages performed fell
below the average.
Mary Stewart and Dan Whitman
fearing arrest for illegal cohabitation.
walked from Lansing to Jackson, and
eluded the officers.
The 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Osborn. of Hamilton town
ship. ate ten medicinal tablets and
died within 20 minutes
There is not house in Tekonsha
for rent. and people are driven to the
necessity Of either buying property or
moving into the country
The hearing of DR. Probert. OF Niles
for whom requisition from Indiana
has been sent TO Gov. Bliss. has been
postponed to September q.
Herbert Musselman. of Branch coun-
ty. struck Benjamin Noble because of
dispute over dollar. and the jus
tlce assessed him SIS for the job.
Mrs. Charles Sherman. Of Benton
Harbor. has fallen heir to n share.
which she estimates ut 100000. in u
million dollar estate in Cleveland.
suddenly Ill az Michigan Center and
died soon afte: being rcmoVed to Lis
home. He lc:iv = an AGED .nntHCr.
The secretary of state has sent to
the county clerks 10000 hunters licen-
seS 10 be issued this fall. Figuring on
past experiences that number viii be
needed.
f. buchanan. one of the well-known
merchants of Gladstone. attempted to
commit suicide 10y hanging. He recent
Iy failed i'm business and became des-
poudent.
The worst hail and wind storm Es-
canada has ever had visited 1t Thurs
| lay. breaking plate glass fronts, over
turning trees, fences and doing much
damage to the farmers.
A big raft of pine logs has reached
| Saginaw from Canada. which finishes
The importation of Indian reserve laad
| timber. as the Canadian governments
has forbidden any more.
Mrs. Ada Rundell has caused the ar
rest OF Conrad Mathematician. the
Owosso saloon man who escaped the
charge of Detroit detectives, for sell
! ing liquor to her minor son.
Twelve loaded ore cars on the South
Shore road got away from the pocket
tenders mt the Cambria mine Thurs
day and ran down n steep incline, col
| liding with other ears and demolish
i ing about % -Four men who We're OF
the cars. jumped for their lives and
two more were seriously injured. TIL,
wrecking train was called and worked
all night TO clear the tracks. The ac
cident will cost the railroad company
about $1,000
Mrs. Manwarring. mother OF Frank
Manwarring. &c treasurer OF the Por
Huron Cigarmakers Union. who IL j.
claimed skipped ont with $40, has
paid the shortage TO the union.