Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-02
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.
Five cases of smallpox are reported
at Marshall.
Bay City is to have the largest ce-
ment factory in America.
Houghton now has a daily paper
The Daily Copper Journal.
Houghton's council has rejected the
bonds of six saloonkeepers
A new postoflice has been esta blished
at Huber, Newaygo county.
Frankfort has new bank known as
the Benzie County state bank.
The molasses output of the two sugar
companies at Bay City will be con
verified into alcohol and chemicals
1t is now expected that the Ropes
gold mine, in the vicinity of Ishpem-
ing, will resume operations by the
first of September, when large force
of men will be put to work.
The contract for furnishing all of
the steel mail boxes to be placed in use
by the government for four years after
July has been awarded TO the Michi-
gan Steel Box Co. of Adrian.
As there was no testimony strong
enough to hold Drs Bailey and
McLaren, charged with manslaughter
in the Mahan case at Detroit, Justice
Sellers on the 22d exonerated them.
The state military board met at Lam
sing on the Esd and discussed at length
the advantages of the several sites of
I,a mt
ment No site was selected, however.
The half hundred saloonkeepers of
Kalamazoo got together on the Goth
a-d e;ss.,ad ;---,.- - - echio-'s ."
cut off all extras in the free lunch line
and in the future serve only crackers
and cheese.
Prosecutor futile says that the work
of preparing "A full and complete state
ment of the French, Pratt and Adams
cases for submission to Judge West, is
going rapidly forward, and the report
will probably be made some time this
week.
The contract for Port Hurons canal
was finally let on the evening of the
cath. The Standard Contracting COM
pany, of Cleveland, were awarded the
contract at 500, 400, which price is to
include all bridges and the necessary
right of way.
Pearl Marvin of Cadillac was roughly
handled on the night of the Goth on a
farm near Walton by a gang of men
who gave him a thorough horse whip
ping and then treated him to coat of
tar and feathers lie was charged
with undue intimacy with a family
while the husband was in the hospital
at Ann Arbor.
The supreme court has made the or.
der in the habeas corpus proceedings
brought in the interest of James H.
Brumm returnable May :, when the al
legged insane man will be brought into
court by the sheriff Of Eaton county
The authorities of that county will
have to show cause why Brumm is de
tanned in custody.
Thirty-one head Of cattle, 600 bush.
els of grain, Il tons of hay and several
hundred dollars worth of machinery
belonging to Stephen ID. Foreman.
farmer of near the Michigan. Ohio line.
was destroyed by fire on the
Goth. tramp, who was thrown
out of the house by Foreman's son, is
supposed to have set fire to the barn
The returns from the various coun.
ties on the recent state election are al
most all in, but the few still out must
come before the official canvass can be
made. From such figures as are in
however, il appears that the majority
of Montgomery over Adsit for supreme
justice will be nearly 95, about
twice as much as was figured Just after
election day.
Mrs. Ruth Ayers, aged so, of SPRING.
vile, near Adrian, widow residing
alone, was gagged, blindfolded and
bound hand and foot on the Goth and
robbed. How much the robbers Sc. |
cured is not made known, but on the !
floor was found $50 and a SEQ bill
which the thieves had evidently drop
ped. The woman thinks she could /
identity the two miscreants.
During one of the performances al
Wonderland, Detroit's popular PLAY. |
house, on the eth, a small boy pitched |
over the railing in the gallery and |
landed in the lap of woman in the |
parquet. The lad made complete !
summersault in making the descent /
lie was quite seriously injured but il is /
thought he will live. The woman was
badly frightened, but not hurt.
The Detroit and Chicago Traction
Co. has purchased site for its power
house at jackson. IL will be located
near the prison. twill have capacity
of 5000 horse power and will cost
$3.50, 900.