Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-05-14
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The wooden bowl factory destroyed
by fire recently will be rebuilt at Cope
mish.
er inducement, To build Il Hour mill
in Manistique.
| Owners of Ontonagon county prop
erty are beginning the payment of de-
linquent taxes.
When Cadillac's new park is dedica-
ted, on May II. the day will be made
general holiday.
The cooperage plant at Codwater
will be removed TO some other city
before next winter
The project to convert the starch
FACTORY at Hart into canning fac
tory has fallen through.
The Pere Marquette will spend $780,
900 this summer for freight depOts and
other improvements in Bay City.
Benton Harbor has secured the Auto
matte Piano Stool Co, of Lansing. and
pants factory employing 40 men.
Hoboes or local talent, broke into
the depot at HerSey Monday night.
Ihey secured only 40 cents i'm stamps.
The Caille- Richards Co.. manufactur-
ers of coin vending machines, will re-
move from Union City to Battle Creek.
Peach growers around East Dayton
are feeling jubilant because the recent
hard freeze did not destroy the peach
buds
\ new branch will be built running
northwest from the Grand Rapids a.
Indiana ut Boyne Falls for numbering
purposes
The old line life insurance com
panies paid claims aggregating S73. go
in Michigan for the two weeks ending
April IL, according 10 the Insurance
Press.
The old board OF the Tamarack Min
ing Co. has been reelected. President
Bigeiow says dividends will be post
poned until we can see how we are
coming out"
The contract for eXcavating and
grading the new Michigan Central cut
off TO eliminate the seven-mile grade
between Kalamazoo and Oshtemo, has
been let to a Pittsburg firm.
William Jones pleaded guilty in the
Circuit Court of Flint to the charge
that he had burned Irving Morrish's
barns in Thetford. Judge Wisner sent
him TO IOnia for two years.
Five cases Of smallpox were report,
ed in the home of George Mckenzie.
IN Bay City. Wednesday Every mem,
Der of the family is coming down with
the disease excepting Mrs Mckenzie.
Peter White will be the principal
speaker at the Lake Superior Iron Co. 4
semi-centennial celebration at IshpemI
ing June "a. The programme includes
barbecue. Cornish drilling match and
a grand bali $1,000,
To- -sca,td jury In Berrfen county
has presented II new indictments fou
violations of the liquor law or the rum
ming Of gambling houses. Seven con-
Germ Niles men and one a Benton Har-
Dor saloonkeeDer
Justice Grant. of the Supreme Court.
and several of his neighbors have COM
planned to the chief of police that
parrot owned by a neighbor is pub
lie nuisance. and the chief has been
warned 10 abate H.
Surveyors for the Toledo e. Michigan
electric railroad have reached Quincy
and are working westward. The pro
moters claim that the road will be
completed and in operation as far rs
Coldwater by November /.
Miss Frances Russell. a teacher in
one OF the Lansing schools. was taken
i'll with smallpox Friday. 1t is not be-
lieved. however. that the disease was
developed sufficiently while she was
in the school To cause infection.
A committee was appointed at a pub
lie meeting Thursday night i'm Port
Huron 10 look into Gil K. Lovejoy's
project for steam railroad between
Port Huron and Bay City. with a
branch connecting with the Toledo G.
Ann Arbor.
Albert Bisbee. a section man on the
Grand Trunk Western. who had a
wife and family near Millington. was
struck from behind by an engine at
Dawson Saturday morning and died
without regal ming consciousness. He
was 60 years old.
For the first sunday in several years.
every saloon i'm 81 Joseph was shut
tight. No wine room or gambling
houses were open One saloon ut Ben.
ton Harhor was found 10 have wooden
screens mp and he proprietor was
waited upon for the immediate re-
moval or suffer the consequences.
The first boat excursion OF the sea-
son was run to st. Joseph. Sunday, the
500 City brought I'm from Chicago 400
passengers. 100 OF whom were invit-
ed guests The two-sidewheel steam
ers, City OF Chicago and City Of Mil.
waukee exchanged runs for the day
on the Holland and ST. Joseph divi.
SonS.
The village Of Laidlawvile Is exper.
fencing an epidemic that is pronounced
chickenpoX. A popularity OF the dis
ease is that 1t attacks old and young
alike. while those who have been vac.
cinated or have had smallpox are i'm
munc. The disease has not yet proven
fatal In any case There are those
who claim il is smallpox in very
mild form.
Bert Rogers. the youngest OF the trio
OF safe-crackers tried. admitted com.
hitting the job at Lesh & Young's in
Adrian. and will spend FIVE years In
lonia. Ed Ryan and Thomas Burke.
the latter known rs "Old Pointer"
pleaded guilty OF the burglary at the
Hayden mill i'm Tecumseh, and were
Al Ia. a