Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05

:" INV h'lHOdlSt clurcn.
An 11-year-old Green Oak boy,
named Allie Leitz. was bitten In three
places on his leg by Il rattlesnake, but
will recover.
The Michigan Oil & Refining Co Of
Maybee, Monroe county, capitalized at
! S2o,oo, filed articles Of association
with the secretary of state.
Trout fishing in Big Creek and the
IN Sable Is much better than last sea-
son. Parties from Battle Creek last
week took out several hundred.
The value of real estate and per-
sonal property in Flint has been equal
ized az So, 12S. SOS. This Is an Increase
III round numbers of $TS1 900 over last
| year.
Milo Reach OF Milford, has horned
owl measuring four feet seven inches
from one wing tip to the Sther. which
he caught by the pole-steel-trap
| method
W. Il. Parnell. Jr.. or Houghton, has
| been appointed by Gov. Bliss to sue
ceed the late Thomas II. Dunstan as a
member of the board of control OF the
Michigan Mining college.
The Farmers Exchange Bank of
Dryden, operated by John Heenan, has
sold It's exchange business TO the Bank
of Dryden. which recently commenced
business with $4,000 capital.
While OrSon Cady and wife. of Lar
Kin township. were at Midland attend
ing memorial exercises. a peddler
called at their house. where an adopt
ed girl rs years old was alone. He
assaulted her and fled.
The Sault common council has
passed resolution submitting propo-
stion to bond that city for 100000 for
public improvements. The ordinary III
come OF the city is inadequate to keep
step with the rapid growth of the city.
The Flint and Battle Greek ball
teams are TO he tried in the former
city on June o for Sunday ball play
ing. Each OF the players asked for a
separate trial by jury. The men
gave bail in the sum of 5000 for the
lot.
The first hearing of the cases against
III. \. Picaud. Robert :. Pratt, Joseph
LaCroiX and Roger Cain, of Bay City,
charged with improper treatment of
young girls. occurred i'm Police Court
Saturday and the men were bound over
for trial.
Charles Triber. of Manistee, - years
old. committed suicide Saturday morn
ing by hanging himself to rafters i'm
his shed. He also shot himself pre-
vious 10 the hanging. The cause was
dependency. He leaves family of
five children
The Michigan National Guard Is
hereafter 10 give their attention 70
small arm practice. Provision has been
made to supply each company with
regulation iron gallery targets and I'M
muntion with properly reduced
charges Of powder
The Lewis Manufacturing Co.'S
planning mill. Bay City, burned Satur-
day morning. Loss on mill and lum-
Der. about 100000; insurance. $4,000.
Six freight cars and the Lafayette ave-
nue. statioiao Of the Pere Marquette rail
way burned NJ the same time.
Lansing manufacturers have lately
been agitatifig lower fire insurance
rates, and had this as one of the oh
jects Of a club they formed. 1t was
claimed that the rates in Lansing
which had not had a disastrous fire in
many years, We're altogether too high.
The first bell RATHER ever seen in the
upper peninsula was captured alive by
Eugene Nalcncourt, near Iron Noun
tain The snake is over four feet long.
Its color is the same as a rattleSnake,
tut il makes clear ringing sound like
the ringing of bell instead Of the rat
lie.
Alexander Nicdzielski, Of Bay City,
has taken olfcnSc at something which
appeared in the prawda. the local Poi
ish weekly newspaper. and has caused
the arrest Of William V. Prybeshi. the
publisher. on a capias. i'm a suit for
5000 damages The defendant fur
nished bonds and was released.
The citizens Of Kalamazoo at spe-
cial election Monday decided to bond
the city for 100000 for permanent i'm
provcments. The election was the most
bitter and exciting in the history Of
the city. the opposition using every
possible means to defeat the project
Majority favoring $40
Fred Eichlcr living near the Willis
school house in Cambria. committed
suicide 10y drowning in Bear lake Fri
day evening He carried three plow
points two aud 0ne-half miles from his
home 10 the lake tied them around his
body and waded ont into the lake be-
yond his depth. The body was recov-
cred.
The annual reunion OF the Seventh
Michigan Volunteer Infantry Will be
held ina Leslie June II. The exercises
comprise dinner. business meeting
i'm the afternoon. and banquet
in the evening. 1t is expected that
Gen. Shaftcr. the old commander of
the regiment in the war, will be pres
emit
Fred Slndo aged 20, Of Twning. at
tempted To light a fire with a quart
can full Of gasoline thinking it was
kerosene An explosion followed and
Sindo was badly burned He will re-
cover. but his face will he terribly
disfgurcd. Ills escape from death was
little short of a miracle as he was
alone mt the time.
County Judge Bullock assessed fines
aggrcgatlng S10.l26 against blind
tiger" operators. users Of profane Ian
guage and carriers of concealed
weapons i'm the little town of Athens.
Nv. one offender was fined $500. A
mass meeting of citizens has been
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