Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

Burglars broke into Walsh's general
store Mt Downington and dynamited
the safe, securing $500, of which ST.
600 was in cash and $500 in certih-
Gates Of deposit. They escaped before
any clue to them could be secured.
Herman Lundin. surface man at the
Aragon mine, Norway. while going to
the shaft house, walked into a barrel
of boiling water that was sunk in the
ground, the top being on n level with
! the ground. He was badly scalded, and
Ii is thought, cannot live
Adam =. Piesa, living at Vulcan. was
! found dead in the woods. He had been
hunting and was shot in the stomach.
His gun was found thirty feet from his
body. where it is supposed he dropped
| Ii when it was discharged. He leaves
widow and three children.
Mrs. Il. A. Hunt. IN old lady aged
! about II years, committed suicide at
| Webberville by cutting her throat
with a razor She was found some
! hours after in the garden dead, the
razor lying by her side. She lived
| with her nephew. ii. w. Silsby.
The recent rains have practically
I
/ :. Wood of Howell. makes an off
/ hand estimate of the loss TO Michigan
! farmers at S10000O0 TO S2.O00.0O0
I The price of beans has risen from
/ $l.50 to S2.25 or more a bushel
| The farmers who have beans OF
last years crop on hand arc in luck,
in view on the price TO which the
| product has Soared OH account of the
! failure of the crop this year. William
! Rolston. of Argentine. sold 1900 BUSH
els of his 1901 beans at 50 bushel
Thomas A. Steward. accused of
manslaughter. was released from Gus
tody Saturday. George J. Barringer.
while drunk. forced his way into
Stewards house and insulted the lat
ter's wife. Steward threw him out
Of the house so violently that death
resulted.
During the trial of Aid II. X. Haah.
of Battle Creek, for alleged fraud
against the city. the defense brought
! out the fact that city officials had a
banquet at Goguac Lake. at which
cigars and liquid refreshments were
served, the bills for the same being
paid by the council
The plant OF the Schonberg Lumber
Co. mt Good IIarEOr was destroyed by
fire Wednesday night. The loss OH the
mill will reach $1,000. on lumber 500
600 shingles $4,000. slabs $500, and
Schonberg's residence 5000. One-third
of the loss is covered by insurance.
The fire caught after the men had re-
tired. 1t Is thought, from sparks from
barge.
The National Get-Coal Convention,
called by Detroit's mayor and com
mon council. adopted strong resolu-
tions demanding immediate action by
tho federal government and the gov
ernor of Pennsylvania. Present laws
are considered fully adequate. The
300 representatives of dozen states
and dozens of great cities made fine
deliberative body
John. the 11-year-old son Of Ira
IIuntley of Caledonia township, died
Of lockiaw Thursday. The boy
stepped on Il broken board about three
weeks ago, and silver which was
not removed. penetrated his foot for
depth OF several inches. Blood
poisoning set in. A few days ago.
lockiaw followed. and no relief could
be given the sufferer
David Chassee. a farmer living on
the banks of the Menominee river.
has discovered large bed OF clam
shells In front OF his place. and tests
made i'm Chicago show that they are
very valuable. They are used for the
manufacture OF buttons. A number
of valuable pearls have also been
found. and Chassee will proceed TO
mine his wealth at once.
John y Hargraves, Of Traverse
City. convicted of manslaughter. was
sentenced TO IL years at hard labor at
Jackson In giving sentence. Judge
Mayne said that from evidence given
i'm the ease liargravcs deserved the
full limit. When asked by the Judge
ii he had anything To say. Hargraves
declared his innocence OF the crime.
and said that not an angry word had
passed between himself and his wife
OH the morning Of her death.
The oil portrait of the late Justice
Charles ID. Long was presented to the
Supreme Court Tuesday. The por-
trait. draped with black and embe-
lished with wreaths of roses and a
sheaf Of ripened wheat tied with
white satin ribbon. occupied n place
on Nh easel near the bench. The por-
trait was presented on behalf OF the
donors. who are members of the Mich-
gan bar by John J Carton. of Flint.
Grand Rapids is out In earnest TO
secure the state Odd Fellows home,
and at the meeting at Port Huron Oc-
tobcr II TO decide upon location for
the institution will make an offer OF
forty acres Of land free MS a site.