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

Grand Ledge.
The six hydrophobia victims sent to
Chicago from Saginaw are recovering.
. new bank with a capital OF $780,
900 Is being organized at Battle Greek.
The Il. Jossman State bank has filed
articles OF organization at Charleston,
with capital Of $4,000.
Parma VIII get a pickle factory if
the farmers of the vicinity will guar
antee to plant 30 acres to cucumbers
The state military board will report
in favor OF supplying the national
guard with the new regulation uni
forms.
G. w. Hcnning, OF Saginaw. has
gone TO Palestine. Tex. where he pur-
chased a peach orchard OF 100 acres,
with 1900 trees.
Frederick ID. French. of Chicago, has
purchased a tract of 800 acres of land
in Dickinson county for the establish
ment Of cattle ranch.
Asa McIntoss, the largest peach
grower and one of the most prosper
GUS farmers of Bear Lake. is dead. He
leaves widow and six children.
Frank Lyle Is about to erect a build
Ing in OwossO for the manufacture Of
tile and brick. He owns a coal mine,
so there Will be no shortage of fuel.
Hillsdale county. too, is being can
vassed by the anti-saloon people for
signatures 10 petitions asking for sub
mission of the local option proposition.
Louise. the 5-year-old daughter of
III. N
man of Plymouth. is dead from brain
fever She was an unusually bright
child.
The Pontiac common council has
agreed TO accept $1,000 from the De-
troit United Railway In settlement OF
claim for $4,000 taxes and $500 dam
ages
a mass meeting of Saginaw citizens
voted unanimously TO accept w. X.
BurtS proposition to endow the city |
with $4,000 for manual training |
school.
The two-story brick building recent |
ly erected by the odd Fellows OF |
Stockbrdge for lodge purposes was
dedicated Tuesday night with appro-
pirate ceremonies
Clarence j. Hamilton. head OF the
Hamilton Rifle Co.. of Plymouth. and
one of the most prominent citizens of
Plymouth, is dead from paralysis. He
was 81 years old.
Louis DanielSon, an employee at the
Pere Marquette repair shops in Mus
ggkon. has been missing since - JII-
day night and it is feared he has been
drowned In the lake.
The town marshal of Luther opened
the Jail door when Burt Jury. a pris-
oner, lodged out and ran The mar
sinai opened fire. but failed to hit the
Fugitive, who escaped.
The Blissfeld, Riga and Ogden Beet
Growers Association has been organ.
led with byron l.. Niles. Of Blssfeld,
rs president md Caspar Mohr, of Riga,
secretary and treasurer.
There Is no foundation for the report
that an attempt was made on the life
Of King Leopold. of Belgium, Saturday
while he was leaving the Brussels rail
'oad station for the palace.
Farmers going home from Battle
Greek late at night have been stealing
anterLs placed on the piles of dirt
where sewer excavations have been
made. One arrest has been made.
The Citizens independent company
low has a monopoly OF the telephone ]
business at Cadillac. but the Michigan {
BelD company is preparing to open a Z
Deal exchange with 100 subscribers.
Effort is being made TO get 1000 ,
miners additional TO help 1000 now I
Employed I'm the soft coal mines of st.
'harles. The companies want men
Who will buy land and establish homes /
Robinson x Co., Menominee plumb {
ng firm. have secured a $40, 900 con- b
ract for the plumbing work and the S
of the heating plant In
welve-story building In New Orleans. 4
Il. ]. Alverson. who superintendent Z
he building OF the new court house at
ithaca, and County Clerk A. Il. Lane,
whose term expires Jan. l. have be-
ONE partners In the hardware bust
ess.
Henry Oldfield. n veteran who had =
ONE TO Battle Greek to draw his pen. :"
ion, was held up Monday night by
wo young men who got $40 I'm gold.
lie was struck over the head with Il y
lunt instrument. i
Jim Mcclure, a business man of =
lear Lake. and who is big potato :,
uyer in that vicinity, lost car COR ;,
inning 1.039 bushels of potatoes by J.,
re this morning. lie had fire in the a.
ar TO keep out the frost. "
The oldest Episcopal minister in the W
PIPER peninsula died last week. 1t
as Rev. Robert Wood. OF Negaunee. G.
nd he had been resident Of Michi- NJ
an fifty years. He once owned the "
nd on which now stands the city of NJ
)nia. 81
Frank Sharland, who lived alone I'm re
Londy township. seven miles from m
lint. was found dead on the floor of 10
Is bedroom by neighbors Saturday III
corning. He was about 30 years old. w
nd is supposed to have died Thursday I'm
ght. M
ON Monday. January 10. the people
Holland will declare whether they ps
ant a franchise granted to a private 70
'mpany 10 establish n local gas plant. co
municipal ownership proposition al