Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-10
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.


ern Railway system OH Monday paid
the State Treasurer taxes aggregating
$7S.1S -.
Hesperia will have bank, which
VIII NIL a long felt want In the village.
The new institution will open for busi-
ness this week.
Glen DatSon, of North Baltimore, L.
Years OF age. was arrested for burg
larlzing the house of Charles Gillespie.
lie was caught in the act.
The postOtices at Siddons. Mason
Co., ana Slayton, Kent Co, will be dis
continued July -. Both will be sup
ported by rural free delivery.
A good roads convention and cele-
bration will he held at Greenville July
~, 30 and 81, under the auspices Of
the national and state good roads
leagues.
An unsuccessful attempt to rob the
safe in the Elkton bank was made
Monday night. The burglar entered by
rear window which had been pried
open with lather's Ratchet.
y company is being organized at
Grand Rapids with 100000 capital to
purchase Il 20,0O0-acre tract of hard
wood timber in Antrim and Charlevoix
counties ana lumber the same.
As the result of collision between
her carriage and wagon, Mrs. Urban
Rogers, of Leoni. sustained n fracture
OF the hip which will probably prove
serious Oh account of her advanced
age.
While playing I'm the yard Saturday
Agatha Jones was stolen by her faith
er. Her mother and father had sep
arated and Mrs. Jones was living in
Harbor Beach. The girl is six years
old.
Branch county's four cement facto-
ries are turning out $500 barrels of
high grade Portland cement per day
and the recent raise in price of this
commodity makes the manufacturers
happy.
The continued heavy rains for the
past six weeks have caused serious
condition of affairs in Branch and Cal
houn counties. and the farmers of that
section have not in years felt so blue as
at present
Smallpox has broken out In the fam
lily Of Hall kirkbride. north of Cros-
well, and the attending physician, DR..
Mclean. Of Apologize, having contract
ed the disease, is at the Kirkbride
home also.
Lawton Command. Spanish War
Veterans, of Bay City, the first corps
of that order to be organized in Michi-
gan, Is actively preparing for the com
ing national encampment at Detroit in
September.
The people of Tuscola have raised
nearly the whole of the $1,000 bonus
demanded Of the village by the pro-
motors OF the contemplated electric
railroad between Saginaw and Vassar
via Frankenmuth.
The farmers of Greenbush township,
Clinton Co, look upon the recent or
ganization of thrashers in the nature OF
n trust and are forming a stock COM
pany of their own to buy and operate
n thrashing machine at the old prices
The NJ. w. A. of Wayne county will
have their annual excursion and will
picnic at Bots Blanc island on August
3. The county associations excursions.
of which this is the third, are very
popular.
+. ii. Clergue announced Thursday
afternoon the immediate building at
the American 500 Of an immense paper
mill to cost not less than $2,50OOOO.
The plant will be devoted to the manu-
facture Of news and wrapping paper
exclusively.
The attorneys OF Senator George
Nichols asked Judge Newman to let
him he tried i'm his home county, Ionia.
but the Judge refused. and said he
would select the county on his return
from Europe in time for the September
term. A change of venue, however,
was granted.
Chas. Winter aged G7, prosperous
farmer living In the vicinity of
Stevensvile. committed suicide early
Wednesday. He went to the barn. stood
on the hay. tied Il rope around his
neck, around rafter and jumped. His
neck was broken. No cause for the
deed is given.
George Magic meat cutter, of Cold
water, went home from his work late
Saturday night. and just as he got in
side of his house someone struck him.
rendering him unconscious for several
hours. When he regained conscious
ness he found a bad bruise OH his head.
and S26 missing.
\ supply Of medals for Michigan sol
dicrs i'm the Spanish war. for which
the last legislature made an appropri.
alton, have been received ut military
headquarters in Lansing. Identified
ton blanks will be sent to Michigan
soldiers. and upon their return properly
executed the medals will he forwarded
Mrs. May Perry, of Bay City, come
ly woman of 81. win have to answer
the charge of shopifting. The police
claim to have found nearly $i00 worth
of goods at her home. which they al
lege were stolen from Bay City stores.
A number of merchants have identified
some of the articles
\ couple Of Alma boys took the con
tract for wedding patch of sugar
( bects for farmer of that vicinity.
and performed the work as stipulated.
Then the man. doubtless thinking that
because they were boys he could blun
them out Of their pay, refused TO set
tie. The boys didn't do n thing but sue
the fellow. and he had TO pay them the
contract price as we'll as the costs of
the suit.