Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-10

supplying light and water for some
time past has been renewed.
The Michigan earnings of railroads
for February were $2,9S5,91o, an IN
crease of $l79,7O7 over February.
1901. Aggregate earnings for January |
and February this year, $6,34l ,2i3 an
increase of $572,74i. or 9.92 per cent
over the same period of 1901.
Judge Newman, of the Grand Rap
ids Superior Court. as anticipated
Tuesday, denied the request OF L. r.
McGarry, charged with conspiracy
and bribery, for Il change OF venue,
and unless the Supreme Court decides
differently, he will have to stand trlal.
Henry Cunning and wife, of Perry.
had a close call Wednesday morning
from being asphyXiated by coal gas.
They were aroused from their stupor
by an alarm clock, set to ring ut
o'clock, and cropping their way to
door. soon revived in the fresh air. The
clock saved their lives.
The Blissfield opera house was gut
ted by fire Wednesday morning. The
chief losers will he Mr.. Lamley, the
owner of the building, which was val
ued at $4,000. the White Clothing Co.
and the Metz Dry Goods Co, both or
which firms occupied the store build
incs on the first floor Of the building.
The stocks were completely destroyed.
lanes Chansley and ]. Kline were
taken off Il Detroit train III Jackso'
and conveyed TO the hospital, their
mouths being badly burned from
drinking whisky supposed to have been
drugred The men claim TO have pur-
chased the whisky near the Michigan
Central depot ut Detroit. The burns
annear to be the effects of carbolic
! acid.
4 westbound freight train on the Air
rina division of the Michigan Central
u.os wrecked near Vandalia Wednes-
dav morning. A car in the middle Of
tho train. loaded with engine iron, col
Ionsed. and seven cars loaded with
merchandise and grain were hurled in
IN n ditch. The road is tied up and
the loss will amount to thousands of
dollars. No one was hurt.
Fov Wiles. an alleged member OF
the notorious Kibby Hollow gang and
| an associate of James Hazard, recent.
! Nv convicted for burglary, was arrested
I'm Sumner Wednesday. The warrant
|
| issued i'm 1900 at which time Wiles left
the county secretly. Thinking that the
affair had blown over he recently re-
| turned.
The Cleveland Cliffs Mining Co. has
secured n lease Of the Negaunee mine
property and will operate it after the
expiration of the option held by the
United States steel Corporation. Oct
Ia. 1903. Consideration was $1,000 600
fsonstorr:: ytrw!euKee, 50 cents q
ton royalty.
a Kent county man was subpenaed
MS n witness on n trial for assault
When asked by Il lawyer what dis
lance he was from the parties when
the assault happened. he replied
"Just thirteen feet eleven inches and
n half How came you to be so eX.
actY' inquired the lawyer Because
| expected some fool to ask me and
measured it."
Articles of incorporation Of the Ma
tional Rawhide & Betting Co.. OF Niles,
capital $4,000, have been filed with
the secretary of state. The Edwards
| & Chamberlain Hardware Co, of
Kalamazoo. has Increased its capital
from $4,000 to $4,000. and the Lake
Superior Journal Printing & Publish
ing Co, of the 500, has increased
from $4,000 to $4,000
Otsego folks do not seem to take
much interest in the public schools.
and what little they do take is pointed
i'm the wrong direction. Two meetings
have been held to vote money to re-
build the school which was destroyed
| by fire some months ago, and both
times tho proposition has been turned
down by the small number of voters
who turned out TO vote.
More sales of farm property in Oak
| land county have occurred this spring
| than for many years past, and the
prices paid are high. A large portion
OF the sales are TO persons who are
| not farmers, but who have made the
| purchases as an investment, believing
! this more profitable way of using
! their money than loaning it at the
| present low rates of interest.
The Battle Creek school board has
donated good site for the public
school library for the erection of
which the late Charles Willard he.
queathed $4,000. and as n result the
entire amount can be used i'm the con.
struction Of the building. which will
begin at once. Mr.. Willard also be
queathed $4,000 for Y. VI. c.. 4.
building. which is nearing completion.
The National Salt Co. operated at
great loss in Michigan last year while
making q good profit in other sections
Of the country. This was caused by
the independent concerns Of this state.
who refused TO sell their output To
the trust at Is cents per barrel. while
the trust was selling for 80 cents. They
found good demand for all they could
produce at or near the latter figure
and disposed OF their entire output.
When the trust cut prices below cost
OF production. the independents ceased
production. The trust price Is now IS
cents per barrel.
Shelby officers OF the law must be
n brave lot. An unknown woman who
has evidently been reading Of the ex-
ploits of certain female down I'm
Kansas. Went into local drug store
and began smashing all the bottles i'm
sight, without regard 10 their con.
tents. Officers stood around and
watched the proceedings. but were
afraid TO interfere TO stop the de
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