Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-25

S"hey ior good physician In that Will.
age.
The Consolidated Lake Superior Co.
mas received rush order from the
4 Canadian Pacific for 800 freight ears.
Rich ore has also been struck in the
new shaft of the Helen iron mine.
Whlch may double the output
\ theatrical troupe claiming Eaton
RAPIDS as their. home, got stranded mt
| StockDrldge and for the past week
nave been working as farm hands to
! raise money enough to get home, the
hotel-keeper sending them adrift.
| Thieves entered Frank Parkor's fur
store In Battle Creek and stole furs
from the stock amounting 10 over 5000.
Ihey also secured four seal jackets be-
longing to women III the city that were
III for repairs. Total loss, over $500
Large numbers of dogs are being
poisoned in Saginaw. \ little Polish
giil was bitten in the leg Friday by
vicious brute. and several children
were attacked by snarling. Swapping
cur but escaped by running on
porch.
The interests Of James A. Randall
ana III. G. Walters in the proposed Pom
tiac, Lapeer, Caro- x Bay City railroad.
have been assigned to Marshall III
Godfrey and c. c. Randall, of Detroit.
An extension of franchise was recently
granted.
Gov Bliss has appointed J. X. Camp
oel, or Ypsilanti; ID. ID. Buell.. of
Union City; Il. y. Minckler, of Iron
River, and CasSius r. Benton. of
Worthwhile, delegates to the national
1--we stock convention at Kansas City |
Jan. IL TO Is.
Robert Thorp. young son Of Annie
~ Ihorp Battle Creek widow, left |
ms home July | last and nothing was
heard of him. He walked into the
house last week and wished his mother
a Merry Christmas" He had been
out west, working.
one of the most important matters to
De considered at the annual meeting
OF the Circuit Judges Association of
michigan, which will be held i'm Ian
sing during the last week of the pres
eht month, probably will be that of
prison for women
The remains of John Best the insane
man who killed Jasper Clegg. an aged
boarder, attacked his mother and sis
ter, and then killed himself. were taken
TO the cemetery north of Lapeer and
inferred. No funeral services OF any
Kind were Observed.
General Manager Maher of the Mil
waukee, Benton Harbor & Columbus
railway ana the South Haven * East
ern railway. has issued letter deny
ing that the ilichigan Central has
gained control of these properties by
paS'ig off $2500O0 mortgage.
BY next fan good many Lansing &
will probably be get 5
ing their power from the power plant ]
'hich Is to be established at Delta. 4
lam is TO be built across the Grand '
liver at that point and power house s
'rected where the electricity generated
~ the river will be put on the wires q
md transmitted to Lansing. f
buchanan, Alicn.. mas engaged Attor. I
icy Conely, of Detroit. TO fight Million ,
IRE Chaplin. who is going right ahead !
Erecting poles and wires on which TO =
transmit electricity from Buchanan to :
south Bend contrary to an agreement /
~ which the village gave bonus OF =
10000. The villagers threaten to tear =
Town the poles If they can't get salts 3
action any other way.
The Litchfeld common council has
ranted a franchise to a local COM q
any TO establish telephone ex- "
hange in the village. and refuses TO n
How any IF the farmers independent N
telephone lines in that vicinity en- Il
rance TO the village. Did they not n
now that telephone company
oesn't need a local franchise to oper-
tie in municipality?
A slick young man swindled the
iethodist rummage sale i'm Owosso by \,
licking up pair Of trousers which had y
cen contributed. and saying that he
al bought them but wanted his =.
loney back. He got the amount four =.
mes from different lady clerks before
q was suspected and ran He had =,
Nindled a number Of local merchants. -.
Gov. Bliss has granted a pardon to
lbert \. Lapp sent from Mecosta o.
,unty, November II, 1900. TO Jackson u
'r seven years for perjury. Lapp .,
ade false affidavit in order TO pro-
Ire a marriage license. There was :,
ally no reason for his lying, for he ~
as entitled TO n license i'm his own =,
'unty for the asking. Ignorance was ~
the bottom Of the crime.
The shipments Of lumber from the nj
mills for 1902 were , q
5.23O.000 feet. as compared with
9.410,000 feet I'm 1901. the rail ship -,
ents for water shipments Two Har- no
ms included. will bring the total up g.
550.00O,000 feet for 1902 The ship
ents of grain from the head of the
kes for 1902 amounted TO G454. g54 ~
lshels, OF this ~ ,409,S31 bushels ~
ere wheat and 3,1S0,551 bushels of II ~ ~
ere I'm bond i''
That the transfer of the Lake Erie n
Detroit River railroad to the Pere of
arquette Is sure TO be brought about to
rs shown by the appointment of Pere en-
nrquette officials to take charge of
@ business Of the little Canadian 49,
nd. Arthur +. Patriarche. traffic ~
lnager of the Pere Marquette. will -.
ok after the same department. FOR rrI
Q l.. +. & u. r.. and II. +. MoeI,er 49,,
il have charge of the passenger bus. ",
ass. I. Marshall will be the assist. ~
[ general freight agent. ~
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