Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-06
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

Mlorrice has secured canning fac.
tory. which will be ready for opera
| tlons this summer
4 plant for the manufacture OF peat
! from the nearby swamps into fuel
form is To be established at Capac.
| Their experience with one has con
| WINGED Monroe people that canning
| factories are good things, and they are
organizing stock company to start
another such institution.
O. L. Morton post. G.. A. r., OF Man
ton. has purchased from the Harger
estate II three story building and lots
which it proposes to convert into an
opera house the coming spring.
Kenneth McRae tried to help his
! brother out of jail at the 500. lie
brought him pair OF shoes. in the
heels OF which were found steel saws.
Kenneth is now locked up. too.
John Wooster. n German. aged 30,
working on the farm of John Wede-
meyer. near Chelsea, was found dead
with the top of his head blown off. He
walked Il mile to get a gun and shot
himself through the mouth.
Judge Davis finds thar he has dis
posed of 229 cases In Ionia and $50 in
Montcalm. total OF IA I'm the past
year. nearly as many. by the way as
in Kent county, where two judges are
required To do the business.
Fenton's village council recently re-
fused to allow Il liveryman's bill FIR
drawing the engine To fire because 1t
was Il false alarm. Last week when
the alarm wasn't false there was no
team OH hand to make the run.
The exploitation OF cement as a
building material has brought two Elk
Rapids men TO the front with ma
chine for the building of hollow cement
walls. \ company has been formed In
that village for its manufacture.
The cheese factory of Salem was to-
tally destroyed by lire. also part OF
the adjoining house. Cause Of fire un-
known. The f,.tOry was owned and
run by G. u. Leach. Loss about ST.,
600; partially covered by insurance.
Amelia Johnson. a 20-year-old domes.
tic attempted suicide at Marinette by
cutting the arteries of her wrists with
pair OF scissors. after some trouble
over love affair. She was taken to
hospital and is expected to recover
DR.. Gubbins. of Ceresco. has COM
menced suit I'm the Circuit Court to re.
cover smallpox bill of $50 against
the Fred0nia township health board
DR. Houston has instituted similar pro-
ceedings against Marshall to recover
$105
There was another instance OF pro.
craStination getting man in trouble
at Onaway last week 4 man put Off
beating his wife until after she hal
gotten divorce from him. and now
he is in Jail awaiting trial for assault
and battery.
The 10-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
/, Ed Sheldon. of Nashville. swallowed
n carpet tack a few days ago and while
formerly n robust little lad. he is now
mere skeleton. 1t is thought the tack
lodged in one Of his lungs. and his re-
covCry is very doubtful
James White. aged 80 employed in
the Wenona mine. Bay City. was
caught under n mass of falling slate
Saturday morning. His back was
broken and he died before fellow-work-
men could remove the debris. He
leaves n wife and three children.
The Uni>ed States Supreme Court. in
an opinion read by Justice Peckham.
affirmed the decision OF the Circuit
Court denying the constitutional right
of the Detroit common council to com
pei the Detroit Street Railway Com
pany to reduce fare to three cents.
The people who subscribed for stock
in the canning factory company at
Berrien Springs two years ago and af.
forward refused to accept 1t or pay for
IL. will probably have to cash I'D after
all. unless they take the matter to the
supreme Court. The Circuit Court has
said that they must stand by their
subscriptions.
VIM. Wierenga. Grand Rapids
dairyman. was milking his COW and
smoking clay pipe last evening. The
cow kicked, broke his pipe and drove
the stem down Wierengas throat.
whore it lodged. He was brought to n
local hospital to be operated on. Fears
are entertained that blood poisoning
will cause complications.
Health Officer Nelson found two chill.
dren afflicted with smallpox I'm the rear
vi u nNNlc 'dHNl SlOIc kept DIV their
mother. Mrs. G. Meyers. on the main
street of Escanaba. One Of the chill
dren has had the disease three weeks
but the case was kept from the author
tiles. ms Mrs. Meyers said she hated TO
lose any trade. Several people have
Ecen exposed.
The merchants OF I.apeer county
are UP against it. The farmers have
| adopted the plan OF cooperative buy.
ing through the grange. staple articles
being ordered In wholesale lots mt reg
ular intervals and shipped to Lapeer.
where the farmers go with their way
! ons and haul the stuff home. Business
amounting TO thousands of dollars is
said TO be done in this way every
month.
Because Judge Bennett. of Mt. Yer.
non. ~ Y, refused to pay gas bill of
$1.65, which, he contended, he had
never contracted. the gas company
turned off his supply three years ago.
He brought suit, and the gas company
carried the case to the appellate diyi.
sion of the Sup enc Court. which has
lust handed down a decision affirming
Judgment for $4,000 in favor of Judge
| Bennett.