Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-08

| Two hundred ana fOrty acres OF low
land near Montgomery were sold last
week to man from Dayton, o., who
will use the entire acreage for celery
farm. 1t Will be the largest In the
Menomlnee county claims to be the
healthiest county in the upper penln-
sula and has the lowest death rate.
There were Il deaths there during
last month.
After 30 years separation, through
family trouble, John WEIGH. of Cold
water, found his sister, Mrs Kittie
Roberts living at Lake Linden,
Houghton county.
Murder Is scented in the mysterious
/ burning of the barn and body Of l.
II, Bradley. prominent farmer and
Justice OF the peace Of Wales town
ship Tuesday night.
The question of adopting the county
road system in place Of the present
antlquated township system Will prob
ably he submitted 10 the voters Of Al
ger county in the spring.
The first killing frost In Oscoda
county did little damage, as all crops
\ are ripe. Corn and buckwheat are
showing fine yield. The apple crop
here Is of superb quality.
Perhaps the smallest estate ever pro-
hated in Washtenaw county Is that OF
Mrs. Charlotte Watson, of Ypsilanti.
/ 1t consists OF pension voucher for $24
ana there are seven heirs.
| Gardeners In the vicinity OF Cold
water are daily delivering In the city
crates OF Strawberries equal In quality
TO those Of June. They sell readily at
from IL TO 20 cents quart
Grand Rapids milkmen are getting
| up combination. and Ii is easy to
see that the weekly appropriation for
milk In second city households will
| have to be increased somewhat.
An automobile factory is projected in
Pontiac with a capitalization of $780,
900 OF this amount $4,000 has al
ready been subscribed and those be-
hind the project state that the rest will
he forthcoming.
! Rumors are rife OF big food
trust, 10 include the Force Food Co.
! of Buffalo; the Malta-Vita Co, OF
Battle Greek. and Toronto; the Mapl-
| Flake Co. Of Battle Greek and Buff
| falo. and the Cero-Fruto Co., of Bat.
tie Creek.
The rotting OF thousands of bushels
| of fruit for want OF market has re-
vived the talk Of a canning factory
at Petoskey, and the local board of
/ trade will take hold Of the matter and
endeavor to get such plant before
another year.
| Walter Nettle. of the Pontiac ball
club, was terribly, perhaps fatally, in
| jured In game at Royal Oak Satur-
day. Nettle was at bat and was struck
in the head by ball pitched by Chas.
Brent. of the Royal Oak team. His
| skull was crushed in.
| August QNnt. a German living
north of HHlynd, pleaded guilty 10, the
charge Of cruelty heating his mother.
| aged -. in fit of drunken anger He
/ paid so and costs. lie says his mother
deserved the beating. and that he will
! send her TO the poorhouse.
While Mrs. Elmer Irish. of Hills
| dale. lay critically i'll. the Old family
clock. whose striking side had long
| been in disuse. struck one and fol-
! lowed il with nine successive strokes
! Nine after, ut the hour of one, Mrs
/ Irish died.
Because the girl refused to again M.
! pear at the trial Of David Harris in
| Lansing. the colorcd man once con.
victed OF assault and afterward grant.
ed Il new trial. the prosecutor nolIe
| pressed the ease and Harris goes free
after being in Jail go days.
Sidney |. Miller Of Springfield town
ship. has just finished digging field
| Of twenty-five acres of potatoes. The
! yield was from 125 to loo BUSHES to
the acre and the potatoes were all of
good quality. apparently being unin-
jured 10y wet weather or the blight.
More than was promised has come
to the depositors in the Montague
bank of III. III. Terwilliger. which
closed last November, when Terwilli-
ger cleared out All creditors have
not only been paid in full, but have
just received per cent OH the money
While 1t was tied up.
Bernard Cook and Amos Kies, prom
trent Camden farmers. engaged In Il
| quarrel and finally came TO blows.
! Cook carried long corn knife with
/ which, II is alleged. he struck Kies a
| heavy blow, which nearly killed him,
cutting a deep cash on his breast and
arm. Kes is In critical condition.
Guy Leayn. the ex-conyict to whom
| the finger of suspicion was pointed III
the supposed murder of l.. III. Brad
| ley at Wales. whose charred body
was found In his burning barn, was
arrested by Sheriff Davidson at his
home at G., odells. He protests hi,
innocence and says he has been about
his home all the time.
When Frank Bardwell. charged with
] killing Mrs. Ethel Hodge. his sister-in-
law. at n dance in Arbelter hall. BAY
| City. April 10, was acquitted, the $50
miners i'm the court room cheered until
the Judge was obliged to order their
dispersal by the deputy sheriffs. Bard
wells wife tainted, his lawyers wept
and his friends showered money on
him.
Louis Stadicl, a farmer from Bath.
lies at the Lansing hospital with five
knife wounds on his body, one In his
back being quite deep. and Patrick
4 Dillmore. n sugar factory employe, Is