Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-11-27

ticipate, and was the star of the occa.
sion.
The return OF the canvassing board
shows that Gov. Bliss carried st. Clair
county, the Avery stronghold. by only
300 majority. while secretary of state
received lisp. Congressman McMor-
ran received 1913.
In an effort to keep Sylvester Ste
vens away from a cider barrel, ii is al
legged. Calvin Leonard beat Stevens
over the head with stick OF wood, in
filcting injuries from which Stevens
Gied Tuesday. at Owosso.
Two more families in Chelsea. those
of Albert Taylor and Mr.. Muller. were
made very Ill from cheese poisoning. II
was purchased from different dealers
here. The dealers have discontinued
selling that kind OF cheese.
Thos. ii. Scott. the Sylvester school
teacher accused of wholesale debauch-
cry of teachers and pupils, was Thurs
day morning convicted in the circuit
court OF administering drugs to two OF
his victims for criminal purposes.
State Oil Inspector Judson reports
collections for the quarter ending Sept.
30, of SS,630.5S. Out of this the salaries
and expenses of the inspector and his
deputies were paid and a balance OF
S924 turned into the state treasury.
East Saginaw lodge. No. "a. Saginaw
lodge No. % and South Saginaw lodge,
No. 26. \. .. l.. W., are preparing to
celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the order. The lodges received their
charters within three days of each
other In 1877.
Alexander Mcdonald. the man who
broke Jail here five years ago and af-
terward fell heir TO fortune, was SEN
fenced Monday to one year at Jack
son. Alexander was brought in last
week from Pittsburg, where he gave
himself up to the officers.
Michigan pensions were granted
Wednesday as follows: Original-War
with Spain-Frank A. Lewis. North
vile, $50 Increase-Beniamin +.
Yaw. Galien. SO; Leander Il. Pryor,
Hastings, so. Widows-Lydia NJ.
Lewis, Caledonia, SIS; Nancy Bunker,
Leslie, $12.
Commencing Dec. ., and running
through the next two days, with two
evening sessions. the annual meeting of
the Michigan State Horticultural So
ciety will he held at Hart. The at
tendance OF horticulturists from Mich
igan and neighboring states promises
TO he very large.
An Indignation meeting was held by
about hundred football enthusiasts a
Oxford, after reading that the big game
had been transferred from Detroit to
Ann Arbor. This party had chartered
two special cars TO attend the game
in Detroit. but are now so sore that
they voted not TO go at all.
Fifty head of imported short horns
belonging to Maurice Douglass. form
erly keeper of the w. A. Boland stock
farm, were auctioned Mt Grey Town
farm, in Grass Lake Some Of them
have been exhibited at fairs in the
United States and Canada, and the sale
has attracted much attention.
Jackson police have arrested John
Welch and Mrs jeanette Miller on a
charge Of adultery. Mrs. Miller lives
in losco, is A. years old, the mother of
eight children. and is grandmother.
She eloped with Welch. who was work
ing for her husband, a farmer.
The body OF George Myers, of Che
shire township, was brought to Ale
gan Thursday morning. A party of
four were hunting eight miles north of
Newberry when one of the party, Gal
braith. of Lacota. took him for deer
and shot him through the heart.
Edna l.. Ford. young and pretty.
married Robert Briggs. aged SO, on
the agreement that he would deed her
30 acres of his farm at the city limits.
Grand Rapids. This he did. A deed
executed by Briggs 20 years ago, Civ
ing the property to his first wife. now
dead. has now turned up, and a law
suit is the result.
Garman is still being cross-examined
I'm the Nichols case at Grand Haven.
The records of the Boston court were
produced as evidence Thursday. show
ing Garman's arrest some years ago for
fraud. This matter was. however. sat
isfactorily settled. Garman's cross-ex-
animation has not yet weakened the
main points of his testimony.
Judge Carpenter. of Detroit. received
his commission from Gov. Bliss this
morning as a justice of the Supreme
Court. He was Immediately sworn i'm
and took his place on the bench when
the session opened. sitting on the left
Of Chief Justice Hooker. There were
no ceremonies incident to the occasion.
but ii happened that several Detroit
lawyers had cases on call. and they
took occasion to congratulate him.
The counterfeiting outfit of the IA
nous Johnson gang Of Detroit. which
has been stored i'm the vaults of the
treasury department three years, and
which was one of three most inter-
esting collections that have been cap
tured I'm many years ny secret service
agents. has been taken by the treasury
officials under the protection of armed
guards to one Of the iron works Mt
Washington and reduced to ingots in
the retOrt.
John Watson. Of Standish. is the Ia
test addition TO the list Of dead hunters
for the season Of 1902. and 1t looks rs
if he was deliberately murdered. lie
was standing on n stump about three