Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-17

burlington township paid 1910
bounty on ground mole and wood
chuck scalps during the year closing
April l.
The Michigan Buggy Co. whose
plant at kalalAazoo was destroyed by
IRE short time ago, is looking
around for site. Benton Harbor and
Niles are trying to land the concern
with tempting bonuses.
Fred Youngs was arrested in Battle
Creek Saturday. charged with polyg-
amy The warrant was sworn out by
MIS-. Rose foungs. lie waived exam
nation and was taken TO the Marshall
jail In defaudt Of bonds.
Officers throughout the upper PENN
sula are OH the lookout for Armour
Arnold, son Of G.. A. Arnold, OF Cal
inner. The boy is Is years old and
left home, presumably for Chicago,
March =. Since that time no trace
OIL the young fellow has been found.
George A. Soule, one Of the old resi-
dents of Grand Rapids, is dead at the
age OF 10. He had lived in the city
for more than 10 years and at one time
was one of its prominent business
men. He Is survived by a son and II
daughter, both residents of Montana.
Thomas Coombs, employed at the
Osceola mines, was killed by the pre-
mature discharge OF blast in No.
smart. Coombs became impatient as
the dynamite stuck in the hole, and
seizlng stick started to ram in the
charge, which exploded. He was 30
years old.
On the deposition of Sarah j. Smith.
OF Saginaw, who alleges that she was
married to DIR. Norton Smith, of la.
porte, Ind. ut Wawawash. Ont, in
1878, the doctor and woman with
whom lie Is living at Laporte. have
been arrested and given short jail
sentence.
Auditor-General Powers report
shows that $2S4S, 407. 81 were received
by the state from direct taxes. Specific
taxes amounting to $1.52S ,012.2S were
turned over TO the educational fund.
The amount Of taxes paid by whole
sale and retail liquor dealers was ST.
192,0i101.
The fishermen along the Michigan
shore of Green bay are making great
preparations for Il large and profitable
catch this spring. The price which
they get. 81 % per package is the
highest for many years. and more nets,
stakes, etc, will be put into the water
than for many seasons.
w. III. Reyes. a druggist, of West
Bay City, had been missing from his
boarding house since the 10th inst. His
store had also been closed. Sunday
night Patroman Hamilton forced the
door of the store and found Reyes
dead In bed in the rear room. He had
been 2rieving over his mothers death
about two months.
The death, by accident. of Yard
master George Phillips. of the Cincin-
natl. Saginaw a. Mackinaw railroad.
has brought TO light Il New York wo-
man who claims to be his widow. He
left n widow and one child in Bay
City. The Bay City woman believes
there was a legal divorce. The insur-
ance money is at stake.
Many of the miners in the vicinity
Of tie OwossC spal mines own patches
Of land on which they till during the
usually idle months of summer As
fare will have il. however. the Owosso
mine is the only one to sign the scale
of wages for the coming year and its
men are so busy they won't have any
time to hoe potatoes this summer.
"Soapy" Mcdonald, alias Robinson,
was arrested at Kalamazoo and lodged
In Jail on the charge of completely in
the attempted robbery of the South
Grand Rapids postotfice nearly a year
ago. James Allen. who was captured
by Postmaster Elkins at the time of
the attempted robbery. Is now serving
a sentence in the county Jail for lar
ceny.
Lansing officers are looking for
50-year-Old man with smooth face, n
gray coat. black hat and about ; feet
g inches tall, who passed two forged
checks in that city Saturday. The
checks purported to have been given
by Fred Thoman, Il miller OF the city,
to James Rose, for S15 each. In both
cases small purchase was made by
the sharper.