Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-23
Rural free delivery will shortly De
esta blished at Stockhridge.

Rural free delivery VIII shV''y
established at Stockhridge.
The floor In Hale Bros grist mill IN
LYONS. gave way, dumping Jp parreis
Of shelled corn into the river. Farmers
and poultrvmen worked with palS' mp
ping II up.
Richard Gilpin, pioneer FARMER
living three miles north OF MI IieaS-
ant. dropped dead while doing chores
about his farm last night. lie was
about so years old.
Officers met Willard Ritzenthaier
and Leon Thrall two fotterNhie
youngsters. who left their homes Ut
Battle Creek, and turned them over 10
their irate parents.
Three weeks have passed since the
terms of Office of Bay county $ deputy
fish and game wardens expired, ana
no appointments have been mace 10
fill the three vacancies.
The Holly authorities are looking
for the person who cut several ever
green trees from the lots In Lakesiue
cemetery. A number OF large maple
shade trees were also hacked.
George Lewis, "sanctitied saint.
came down with smallpox at Barry
town and is being treated while IN
quarantine according TO the methods OF
his sect, which bars physicians.
samuel +. Hawley, who committed
suicide in St Louis was n university
graduate. class OF So. He was for
three years instructor In Latin AT Ut
chard Lake, Illness made him des-
pondent
Rebecca L. Yates alias Rebecca
Eddy, a seance CRATER. was arrested
Thursday night at ParkersDurg, W.
Va, for fraudulent use of the mails
and turned over TO the Michigan au-
thorities.
Judge Davis. OF the Stanton circuit
court has sentenced Charles Esterllng
TO Jackson prison for seven years, ana
Dick Case To Ionia for ID months TOT
burglariZing II store and postoiiice Ut
Westyillc.
Thos. Il. .McGarry, whose trial Tor
bribery in connection with LIANT II.
Salisbury and others In the Lake Mich
i~an water scandal was 10 begin on
the 10th is sick man and unable TO
leave his bed.
Robert Boulton of Sault Ste. Marie
was inspecting his sawmill at Wei
lers. Chippewa county. Monday when
his overcoat became entangled In q
shaft and he was wound round and
round and killed.
Judge Davis finds that he has dis
posed of 90 cases in lonia and 40 IN
: Montcalm. Il total Of IA in the past
wear nearly aS many, by the way, a
i'm Kent county, where two judges arr
required to do the business.
. Passenger train No. s on the Per-
j. Marquette road was nearly thrown
= into the ditch Saturday evening 70.
I colnding with n light engine nea
: Bridgeport which was backing to Sag
: NAV. Engineer Reckwith Of the pas
@ senger was badly injured.
u The trial OF Thomas f. McGarry
under Indictment charged with briber
I'm connection with the Lake Michiga
pure water scandal, will not proceed
:, McGarry Is confined to his bed by IL
', ness and physicians say he must nc
:. 90 out for several days.
II Many citizens Of Lapepr county pu
d In CRATES the past year for the purpos
of burning soft coal. as good hardwoo
i n scarce article in that part of tn
state these days. The CRATES were n
&c riuht until the soft coal famine cam
s. AT the annual meeting of the dire
" tors OF the Hillsdale County Agricu
h. tural Society II was shown by the +
u. ports OF the secretary and treasure
RS that the profits from the fair of ID,
I'll were sufficient to pay of all the i
i'll debtedness of the society and leave
IN balance OF $3.50.
NJ, The settlement of the estate OF Il
o. late Samuel Carson. of Galesburg,
n an amicable agreement by which Il
an widow accepts stated sum In lieu
rs her statutory allowance. has hasten'
ar the final distribution of one Of the la
gest estates ever probated in the cou
" of Kalamazoo
- Reed Cty Methodists, Congrcgatio
~ alists and Baptists have just closed
-, union revival OF two weeks duratlo
-. led by Rev T. j. Baskerville. evang,
o., list. which resulted in about seven
vi new members for the Methodists, TIN
~ ty-two for the C1ngregationalists al
twenty.siX for the Baptists.
All the way from one TO twenty-f
trau,ps strike Durand every nigl
They have lost I'll horror of the il
nv for a nights lodging. All Of the &C
at the electric light and water wor
,e- plant Is wheeled into the sheds
ramps at night III return for viii
20 they occupy the hunks In the jail.
oI The Wynkoop Hallenbeck Ora
ford Co. claims that its bid on
state printing submitted TO the bog
on Of state auditors iS $1.o07.44 low
zen than that of it's competitor, the r.
ert Smith Printing Co, but the lat
at company is not willing to concede
are contract. There is little doubt Il
the Smith company will again III
ISL the binding contract.
the More than 800 men are thrown
of employment for an indefinite per
ing bv the burning Of the Michigan Bus
nit Co.'S plaut i'm Kalamazoo. The pr
on. dent Of the company. NJ. Henry la
oh. saws it will require several months
1te least before the plant can he put
1nv shane FOR business. The loss
reach S200uU0. The firm carried
-. surance amounting to $4,000.