Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-21

linger cannot be found.
The Michigan building at the Pan
! American exposition has been sold by
the commissioners TO a Buffalo con-
tractor for $500. Originally the struc-
| ture cost about $4,000.
About 200 employees in the executive
branch OF the rural free delivery ser
vice OF the postotiice department will
be brought into the civil service by an
order Of President Roosevelt.
The Grand Trunk station at Cass-
opolis was robbed Tuesday night. the
agent being relieved OF $1,700. One
Of the thieves escaped, but the other
was captured with half the money
Powers opera house, in Grand Rap
ids was destroyed by fire Wednesday
morning. The stage carpenter, Ed.
WarTenton. an old man, partially
] paralyzed, died while trying to escape
Miss Annie Rhoda Fry, Of Benton
Harbor, Travelled 1000 miles to Mon
tana home, where she married E. w.
Pond, whom she promised to marry
20 years ago, when he should establish
a home.
NJ. Trass and Charles Kip have
been arrested at Holland for stealing
| furniture from the West Michigan fac
! tory. The robbing is said to have
been going on for years. Both have
! confessed.
Charles Bennett, a young man Of
! Standish, Is under arrest az Eliza
! BEETHOVEN. Ky, on the charge Of kill
ing man. In an alteration Bennett
struck the other with his fist, death
resulting.
The most disastrous fire in the his
tory of West Branch destroyed its
three hotels and several outbuildings.
Loss $4,000, partly covered by in
| surance. The town is now without
any hotel.
A Negaunee paper begins an article
thus: -Four venturesome young la
dies of Negaunee have gone thirty
miles back into the woods to hunt
| beer" He will seek the woods when
they return.
Eugene Packard, OF Traverse City,
has well developed case Of small
pox. Fifteen visitors called Sunday,
before the case became known. They
will also be quarantined till the dan
ger is passed.
There were 2,54S deaths returned
to the state department for the month
of October, corresponding to a death
rate Of 126 per 1000 population. This
is 2G0 less than the number returned
for October, 1900.
Elmer and Sarah Quimby, of It'll
aca, are charged with the murder OF
James and Beatrice Bailey, the chill
dren of Mrs. Quimby, the one eight
and the other nine years OF age, on
Sunday night, May 10 last.
A Lansing lawyer was cajoled into
signing blank Insurance certificate
by an agent Later. he no" >'vod n. hill
lOr $50 from the insurance company.
He has refused to pay it and says he
will take it up to the Supreme Court
| first.
George Richardson, of Stephenson.
shot a deer, the bullet passing through
| It's body. 1t then hit tree and glanc-
ed off. hitting VIM. Everhart. 1t first
! passed through his wrist, hit his gun
stock. glanced up and entered his
mouth, lodging in his neck.
Everett Smith, Of Edgewood, whose
wife was severely injured October 80,
by being run down by team driven
! by Frank Swenkey, has begun suit
against William Kip. druggist at
Wheeler, from whom II is alleged
Swenkey procured his liquor,
The village of Durand has never had
cemetery The nearest burial place
is three miles out in the country, and
many Durandites are buried at Yer
non. A company has been formed to
convert n large tract Of level land east
Of the village into a cemetery.
A team driven by Mrs. Leatherman
and son was killed instantly on the
| Pere Marquette tracks at st. Joseph.
| When fairly on the track at the aD-
proach Of the south bound passenger
the horses refused to move. The
mother and child escaped by jumping.
Sheriff Virgins, Of Montmorencv
| county, has in custody DR.. Wolff. of
Lewiston. on the charge Of perjury.
The case grew out Of the libel suit
brought by DIR. Wolf against Editor
| Fuller Of the Lewiston Journal. which
terminated last week in n disagree
ment OF the jury.
Some years ago b. S. Reuther, of
Calumet, was injured by the ex-
plosion Of a gun while he was second
lieutenant in a Grand Rapids COM
pany. Since then he has endeavored
to secure pension from the state.
The legislature and the senate both
acted favorably on the petition and
the governor has signed 1t. He will
go to Lansing and get a check for
5000.
The bodies Of Con and Florance Sui
Ivan, who were murdered by hold-up
men In the Klondike last August. have
arrived at Grand Rapids for burial
They were brothers and farmers living
i'm Walker township, and they left for
the gold region about n year ago to
seek fortune. They had consider
able money when killed. Their muir.
derers were convicted and hanged last
month.
News I'm Brief.