Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-18
AROUND THE STATE.


Cheboygan's new canning factory Il
about ready TO do business.
A baby born at Bronson the other
day has nine living grandparents.
Hastings voters decided against pay.
Ing aldermen $50 per year salary.
Up in the northern portion OF the
state they are complaining OF drought
Kalamazoo witnessed a snow furry
Saturday afternoon. No damage is re-
ported by farmers.
Strawberry raisers in the vicinity of
Galien are having great difficulty in
securing pickers enough.
Farmers in Southfeld township,
Oakland Co, report the loss of valu-
able cows from brain fever.
Frank Durham. of Adrian. drew 90
days i'm the Detroit house of correction
Tor brutally beating his wife.
Michigans share of the militia APP
preparation awarded by the United
States government is $24,924.
John Johnson, living near Onaway.
used carbolic acid by mistake for eye
water and loses the sis Int Of one eye.
Duncan Frazer. "a years old, was
drowned by falling into Black river
while in the throes Of an epileptic fit
The business men Of Gaines village
are making a strong effort to have Il
banking house established in that will
age.
The annual reunion of the Muskegon
Valley Soldiers and Sailors associa-
ton will be held nj Newlygo Septem-
Der to II, inclusive.
Mrs. sarah Howell was given a YER
dict of $4192 against the Lansing
Street Railway Co, for injuries re-
ceived in runaway car last Novem-
Der.
Frank Goodnow. of Bay City, had a
foot caught in some machinery at the
Hecla Cement Co.'S plant Saturday
night, and the member was so badly
crushed that amputation was neces-
sary.
The Adventist Review and Herald,
of Battle Greek. hints thar the western
floods southern cyclone and other dis
a.sters are only Gods voice of warn
ing, to prepare people for the end of
the world
Willis punstan captured a 200-pound
turtle while fishing i'm Goose Lake 1t
is the largest ever seen in the neigh
borhood. and bears two men on its
shell with apparent ease. Dunstan
will keep it.
What is said to have been the larg-
est stack Of hay on record in Michi-
gan has just been disposed of ut
Gaines. Genesee Co. 1t was sixty feer
high and forty feet in diameter, and
contained 105 tons.
Just because his wife refused to
chop some wood. Claude Haigler. OF
White Oak, attacked her savagely,
knocking her down and kicking her
several times. Later on he was sent
up for thirty days on her complaint
John c. Hartsman. of Scotia. who
has been confined in the county jail
since May without a warrant. has
been released on a writ Of habeas cor
pus. There is no evidence that he had
anything 10 90 with his mothers
death.
Lucinda Ochse. daughter of Henry
Ochse OF Benton Harhor. has found
her father after separation of 20
yer. The family separated when the
girl was years old. ana she has
since lived wiUA her mother I'm Ne
vada @.
Continued investigation into the af-
fairs Of John II. Carey the missing ex.
treasurer Of Breitung township. tends
TO show his shortage exceeds by
great deal the fears of his bondsmen.
1t Is now claimed that $4,000 Will not
cover it.
Eddie Daley, a Bay City lad. took
matches TO bed with him Saturday
night, and his screams brought his
mother 10 the room 10 find him in the
midst of a flaming couch. She res.
cued the boy. and the department say.
ed the house.
1t Is probable that the farmers who
refused 30 cents for their potatoes last
fall. holding ont for 81 Il bushel. may
make good after all The new crop
in the south he's been damaged by
storms and the old tubers have jumped
upward in price.
\ pot hunter at Mi1 has been ar
rested charged with killing two beav-
ers in the beaver colony on the An
Sable 1t does seem that these ruth
less despoilers escape easily. and that
an example should be made of some
Of them that would stop the slaughter.
The city may get on. an Injunction
to restrain the Jackson & Battle Creek
Traction Go. from running its cars un-
less 1t fultillS at once the Ii of the 81
sections in the franchise which IL has
violated The Marengo highway COM
missioner. also, is likely to sue the
company to compel ii to live up TO its
franchise.
Frank Kinney. a wealthy Prairie
Ronde family. on trial in probate
court touay for alleged INCOMPETENCE
in regard TO the management Of his
property IL is claimed that he had sold
his wife for 10 cents. declaring she
was no good. 1t is said he has spent
$4,000 i'm three weeks. A guardian
was appointed.
A second case of incendiarism in
Traverse City was discovered Satur-
day night in time to prevent the de.
struction Of Stephen Grains residence.
Grain was away, but the noise awoke
his wife who found on investigation
that somebody Aad thrown a Pile Oh