Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-19

( The schooner Julia Il. Merrill. viii
load OF lumber. stranded on a reei
near Manistiquc.
Samuel Kirk. car repairer on Tho
Grand Trunk. found purse on &
| train containing 1907. He returned 4
10 the owner. who is an~Owosso bus
ness man. The latter wrote out re
ccipt for the money. but gave the find
er neither reward nor single word.oi
thanks.
! Franklin Kent. of Ortonville has
trained n great many horses IN hk
many years experience. but his star
performance is 10 take n Wild western
horse from the corral and have him
| thoroughly subdued in twenty minutes
SO that il will follow him around like
Il lamb.
For the third time this year mar.
riaee license for white girl 10 wed
| negro was issued ut ST. Joe. John
Pochelu. colored. of Chicago, was mar
| ried To Miss Rebecca Johnson. Pooh.
| elu had TO have il inserted in the r.
| cenSe that the woman was black he
! fore he could get justice TO MARRY
! them.
Philip Russell. of Benton Harhor. a
/ mute. made Il murdcrouS assault on
his mother-in-law in his own house
and would probably have cho5ed her
to death had not nelghbors come to
her rescue Russell was not drunk
but has been angered mt his mother
in-law. forbiddng her to come To his
house.
w. ID. lIOlliSter. aged II. OF oxford,
was killed Wednesday night by VI.
&. railroad train. The body was cut
in two and n cash on the head seems
To Indicate foul play He was agent
for the American Express Co, and
went To the junction to meet the south
bound passenger train. which passed
at $50 p. m. He had package Of
$3.50. which was delivered.
Judge Shepard. OF the Cheboygan
Circuit Court. has made a ruling that
Il truant officer Is not policeman
This is important TO truants. as by the
| courts decision a truant officer. to have
the power 10 arrest must he Il member
Of the police force. The decision was
the result of the arrest Of Il young
girl by ~ j. Finn. duly appointed
truant officer, for not attending school
begun suit against his stepmother.
Mary c. Tabor, and his stepsister.
Mayme A. Tabor, to get possession Of
land in Bloomfield township. which he
claims as Il part of his fathers eStnte
The property is valued at $1,000 It
is claimed that the wife decided the
land to her husband. Moses X. Tabor.
but that at his death the deed disap-
peared.
The shortage due to the failure of
the Reynolds Grain Co.. of Port Huron.
has increased to $19,6I6.41. and Judge
Law has granted the request of the
minority stockholders Of the company
that the elevator company he restrain
ed from paying that amount TO the
First National. Exchange and Com.
mercial banks. The minority claim
that the elevator company was not H.
able for the shortage.
On the farm of Jerome Austin. near
Holly, there is said TO be buried treas
ure. Austin died some time ago and
on his dcathbed told his wife that
there was treasure on the farm. lie
did not reveal the hiding place. Mrs.
Austin began bordering over her hus-
bands words. She consulted Il clair.
voyant at Flint aud the clairvoyant
decided TO search for the treasure. The
supposed treasure is not yet located.
Because William Christopher is al
legged 10 have said that President Nc
kinley ought 10 have been shot. he
was set upon by indignant citizens OF
Negaunee, and but for the interference
of police would have been seriously
injured He was ordered to leave town
inside OF "a ours or suffer the con
sequences. christopher was employed
as fireman at the city waterworkS He
was discharged for making the alleged
remark.
Detractors Of the late President Ne
Kinley are still bobbing up i'm Michigan
and are receiving the usual treatment
Ben Hermance. an employee i'm the Ann
Arbor railroad shops at OwOSSo. was
severely handled for an alleged anar-
chStic remark. and his fellow EN-
ployes say they will not allow him TO
return to work At Albion Fred Coop.
or was discharged 10y the Albion Male
able Iron Co. for alleged scurrilouS re-
marks concerning Mckinley.
Reports TO the state board OF
| ntulln. DN I'uA SlClillS
in active general practice, in different
parts OF the state. indicate that diar-
| rhea. neuralgia, rheumatism, bron-
chitis and tonsiitis. in the order
named. caused the most sickness I'm
| Michigan during the past week. Cere-
/ brospinal meningitis was reported
present ut two places. whooping cough
mt Z. measles at IL. diphtheria at -.
/ smallpox nj 26. scarlet fever at "a. ty-
! phoid fever at LOG and consumption at
| 1S3
Attorney Odell Chapman. OF OwoSSo
believes anarchists should De- con
fined on reservation as Indians are.
ana left TO work out their own saliva
| ton under tho direction of government
agents. Whenever citizen OF an
archistc tendencies is discovered he
| should he hustled off TO the reServa-
ton. When n man shows improve.
| ment in his mental attitude towards
the established order of government.
parole him ana allow him To leave the
reservation.
Secretary Buttorfield. OF the Pontiac
State Fair Association. states that this
years fair will Ice brilliant In the line
of specialties Sept - has been fxel
MS manufacturers day, All of the