Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-27

courts and hung up nearly the whole
year. This year there was another tie,
and another performance in the courts
is likely.
A committee of Three Rivers Off
cials and business men visited Jackson
yesterday to investigate the Boland
road, which is seeking IA franchise In
Three Rivers. They were taken over
the line to Grass Lake. Albion and
Marshall.
BY gasoline stove explosion Mrs.
Henry Weber. of Niles, was badly
burned. Mr.. Weber went into the
burning house to recover some papers
and was rescued by Wesley Bourge, at
great risk. The house was burned. No
Insurance.
About fifty young men of Detroit
who served In various military com
panics during the Spanish war met
Wednesday night to organize the Ha-
zen :. Pingree Command of the Span
ish War Veterans, corps of the state
of Michigan.
Charles Woodland. n prominent farm
or OF Leslie, died suddenly at Masonic
hall Tuesday evening, where he was
engaged in comforting the Eastern Star
degree rs one of the officers. He was
about A. years of age, and had been
subject to heart disease.
Charles NJ. Goodale. of Jackson, 90
years old, was found lying in bed un-
conscious Wednesday morning. and
died four hours later. when apparently
on the way TO recovery. coroner
Slenou Is investigating. Goodale leaves
n widow and two daughters.
Cadillac expended over $4,000 last
year for new cement sidewalks, but the
city is just that much further away
from the liability to be sued for dam
ages for injuries sustained on defective
walks than she was before. And $4,000
wouldn't 20 very far in paying judg-
ments obtained i'm law suits.
Mrs. c. ID. Hardy, Of Adrian, claims
the distinction Of being member OF
the Sabbath school class taught years
ago by the original MARY" Of the
lamb episode fame, in Somerville,
Mass. The lamb was reality. The
heroine was Mrs Mary T.. Sawyer,
who married Columbus Tyler.
\ syndicate of Chicago capitalists is
trying TO interest lronwood people In
Il scheme to build theater in that
city. The construction of a 100000
building is guaranteed if the citizens
will agree to purchase 1000 tickets at
SO apiece for the opening production.
NJ. NJ. Spears. whose strange diSap-
pearance Saturday from the Columbia
hotel Of Wyandotte. of which he was
landlord, is causing much anxiety to
creditors there. is said by the Detroit
police to have cashei $1,000 check OF
doubtful character at the Detroit Ma
tional bank.
Henry Dunning and wife, of Perry.
had II close call Wednesday morning
from being asphyXiated by coal gas
They were aroused from their stupor
by an alarm clock. set to ring at !
o'clock, and cropping their way to
door, soon revived in the fresh air The
clock saved their lives.
Philip Little one oe the men arrested
at Toledo for the robbery of the post
Office at Coral, and for time confined
in the city jail. but afterwards taken to
Montcalm county 10 answer for helping
rob and torturing an aged couple. was
convicted at Stanton and sentenced to
state prison for Il years.
A tale comes from Los Angeles OF
an old soldier who cOughed up the
point Of Il bayonet which he had car
ried since the civil war. In St. Joe or
Galesburg. says the Grand Rapids
Press. the same veteran would have
coughed up a Springfield musket and
forty rounds of ammunition.
The first township in Michigan to
vote on the proposition for n township
central high school was Portage. and
the proposition was defeated by an
overwhelming majority. the vote being
90 against and Is for. Petitions have
also been circulated in Wakeshma
township for a similar election.
The rural high school proposition
was defeated in Kalamo township.
Eaton Co. Monday for the reason. ii Is
said, that the farmers thought the plan
was sprung by the citizens of Kalamo
village. where the building was to he
erected. for the villages benefit at the
expense of the entire township.
4 movement has been started by
Miss Fannie Lacey, a prominent Niles
society woman, TO organize the widows
ana unmarried ladies of the state for
the purpose Of applying to the state
legislature for exemption of the per.
sonal tax OH property not to exceed
$1,000 in any particular instance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Boehm. of
Marshall. celebrated the sXty-sixth an
niversary Of their wedding Sunday.
They are the longest married couple i'm
Calhoun county, and also the oldest
Mr.. Boehm is 90 and Mrs. Boehm will
be 81 in June. They were married i'm
New York city on March %. 1896. and
came to Marshall in May of that year.
Ex-senator Patton, member of Re.
publican national committee. believes
that if Michigan hustles to get the next
national convention of the party II can
get it. and believes that Detroit could
take care of the delegates If n suit
able place were found for the conven-
ton sessions. The matter came up In
cidentally before the advisory council
of the State League of Republican
clubs.
More than 200 Grand Rapids school
maams will make the trip to the ma
tional capital, starting next Saturday.
At plymouth the Grand Rapids party
will be joined by 80 teachers from Sag
inaw. This run to Washington will be
made over the Pere Marquette to To-
ledo. the Hooking Valley To Athens.
nbio oU1 tho II e. ~ fbiou0h fI,o