Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-26

STATE In the number or farms. Ii has
doo4. Allegan has 6,0S9. and Ottawa
4,522.
William NJ. Jones. sent to Marquette
prison for life for numbering George
Ii. Haywood in Detroit last April, is
now No. 1890.
Ground has been broken Mt Union
City for the erection OF $4,000 factory
buildings for the recently organized
Yeast company.
AT the civil service examination held
In Marshall last week for the positions
OF clerk and carrier in the postottice
service, only one applicant appeared.
a deaf Finander by the name OF
! Paul Kakaskia. while walking on the
track two miles from Assinins. was
killed instantly by passenger train.
Edwin Il. Bennett. Of Bay City, con-
victed of manslaughtcr in connection
| with the death Of agnes Eberstetn, Of
Battle Creek, has been sentenced t.
seven years at Jackson.
| Spaldng is TO have a $4,000 church.
! This will be one of the finest buildings
| between Menomnee and Escanaba. II
is TO be built Of trick and the style OF
| architecture will he Ionic.
Michigan postmasters were appoint.
cd Thursday as follows: Naubinway,
Mackinac county, Agnes White, vice
Josephine lie Blanc resigned: Scofield,
Monroe county. Charles Angerer, vice
W. l.. Nevins. resigned.
Vic Lewis. Of Metamora, years old,
was Ulrten by rattlesnake Thursday
night The child stepped on the snake
with her bare foot. Her foot and limb
are badly swollen. but the attending
physician thinks she may pull through.
The Eighth Michigan infantry at
their reunion in Flint elected "A daugh
ter of the regiment in the person of
Miss Louise Fenton, granddaughter of
the late Col. Fenton, the Eighth's first
! colonel. She was also elected secre-
tary and treasurer.
Battle Creek has been trying i'm vain
to secure a new source of water sup
ply so as to permit bathing In Lake
GoSuac. Now two new wells have
been driven. each with a capacity Of
100 gallons a minute. But the water
Is too sulphurous To drink.
Stephen Corvan, secretary OF the
Michigan district, United Niue Work
ers, has evidently given up hope o. an
immediate settlement Of the strike. lie
has purchased ten acres of garden land
in Bangor township and is now devot-
ing himself to tiling the soil.
Gen. w. r. Shafter visited his old
home in Galesburg Monday, and left
that night for Leslie TO attend the re-
union of his old regiment, the Seventh
Michigan Infantry. The general IS
putting in his time as a stock raiser
in California and is prospecting.
The machinists' union has refused
to accept the Michigan Central COM
panys proposition relative to the in
PRODUCTION Of the piece work system in
TO the Jackson junction shops and the
matter was referred back to the com
mittee. 1t is said the men will strike
If an attempt is made TO install the
system.
News has reached Coldwater that
Fred Day, a son of John Day, of Cali
fornia township, shot himself Sunday
night. He was still living. but with
no hopes of recovery. Dependency
WAS the probable cause of the rash
deed. a sad feature of the affair is
that .ls mother is very i'll. and they
fear to tell her the news.
For several days there has been an
army OF hobcs encamped around and
about the village of Bridgeman, the
center Of the berry district. on the
Pere Marquette railroad. The tramps
did not want to work. and became so
aggressive that the inhabitants of the
town became alarmed. The sport of
the hobos was gambling.
The coroncr's jury in the case az the
death, of James Smith. Of Burlington,
had no trouble in deciding that he
came to death from pistol shot. fired
by his wife. but they were divided
when II came TO saying whether she
was justified or not in the shooting.
The prosecutor will investigate fur
ther before taking any criminal action.
The moders employed at the various
Ray CITY foundries here have asked for
an increase of wages from $500 to
1913 per day. So far the employers
have not replied to the request and at
meeting this week the men decided
10 refer the case TO the national Of
ficers of the union. with view of
striking unless their demands are com
piled with.
Trainmen on Northwestern train
Thursday night discovered in the berth
of sleeping car the dead body Of Miss
Bessie Mathcwson, of Sault Ste.
Marie. She was en- route from the
500" TO Chicago. She died Of con
sumption while being transferred from
500 train. and the man who was as
sisting her nut the body in the berth
without notifying the trainmen.
Twelvc-year-old Lyle Dixson was
crossing the G. r. e. I. tracks in the
Grand Rapids railroad yard and was
ground To pulp by switch engine. af-
ter getting his foot caught in a frog.
The lad lived near lonia. The lads
father struggled desperately but in
vain TO free his son before the engine
bore down upon him. and was com
PEELED to witness the unfortunate boys
awful death.
At the examination Of Carl Wood
ard. charged with having caused the
death of little Helen Stever. Of Owos-
SO. several weeks ago, Drs. II. l..
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