Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-11-12


Mscreants broke into lonla's high
school the other night and piled all the
books In every room In heap Several
hours were spent the next day In sort
ing them.
unique character In Ironwood Is
Julius Patek Il Hungarian lawyer. lie
speaks eight languages and has be.
come the judge. friend and leader Of
his people there.
A unique convention Will be held at
Battle Creek Dee. 20. 81. %. The dele
gates will average from II 10 Is years
OF age and will represent the junior Y.
NJ. G. A. of Michigan.
After being granted 10 minutes alb
sence from work. a Mt. Pleasant man
met his fiancee, took her 10 n clergy.
mans, was married. and Was back to
work In the given time.
While unloading wagon carrying
30 bales of hay a Mt Morris farmer
was caught beneath a part OF the load
through the breaking of the rack. lie
escaped with n broken leg.
That Omer youth who went hunting
ana tried To manage gun and Il cig
arctic At the same time, thereby los
ing an arm, has decided To stick to
cigarettes, exclusively, hereafter.
Probably the largest individual
grower OF cranberrcs in Michigan Is
John Clark. OF Whitefish Point. wheri
his marshes are located. His crop
this year amounted 10 300 bushels.
That Lansing girl who celebrated
Halloween by throwing n cabbage at
"A DOR and smashing a l0-foot plate
glass window instead, should have
aimed at the window to have missed
il.
While burning brush on his land at
Portage Lake. farmer found the
skeleton and decayed clothing of an
unknown man, believed 10 be a lunatic
who frequented that place three years
ago.
On the Zimmerman farm at Union.
q field Of corn grew to such n height
that man OF medium size had TO
stand on stool 10 bind the shocks.
The average length OF the stalks was
II feet.
A Pctoskey man demented by relig-
ious excitement wandered for several
days In the Aanson swamps, clad in
scanty attire With Bible as his com
panion. He was taken TO the Traverse
asylum.
Copper country sportsmen are
aroused over he expelling from the
Calumet Sport,men club Of the prcsi-
dent and organizer. Or Henry JOY,
because OF his arrest for violating the
game laws,
The state grange will ask the board
OF agriculture to change the name Of
the women's building at the AGricui-
mral college u MARY Mayo Hail." in
! honor of lac prominent worker in
| the grange.
Some Kind of poison had been ap-
/ piled to q lot IL thistles on +. ID. Bath
| erly's farm n Worthwhile. and two out
! of six valuable "BraeSide" short horn
cattle which broke into the field dlei
from the p4<rve
1rkrc ,snk a Tick OF cordwood no
be had In Ciluniet, and people In the
habit OF using wood for fuel are up
against IT," The famine will not be
relieved until there is enough snow to
make good hauling for heavy loads.
Says hungry Niles editor: "Coun-
try editors learn 10 live and still be
happy on noihing week. When they
nicely get the hang of the art. they
die and go to heaven and hunt In
vain for the fellows who owed them
here.
Clint DockStader. Villa mston
farmer. is OF the opinion that female
help In agricultural pursuits Is the real
thing BEING unable Ia get men this
fall he employed four women 10 husk
corn and In seven day, they husked
LEO bushels.
Judge" Napderberc. justice Of TIN
peace az Mcnomlnce. has otficiated In
that capacity for the past thirty-three
years. lie was one of the first JUS.
tees eieced in that city and Is book
cd 10 continue W office as long, evi'
IDENTITY. ~ he desires.
According To the Lexington News's
estimate not lc'S than S100,0o0 is tod
mp that ought 10 be in circulation IN
the thumb. Immense quantities of hay
are lying M various points lin that sec
tior. the railroads being unable to fur
nish ears 20 take IL To market.
\ Reading farmer planted a lot ~
broom corn seed for sorghum. Last
~ have his Svrup made. and there
learned that II was broom corn in
stead OF SORGHUM. II was spoiled for
broom making and no good for syrup
They are taking timber today
which v" would not look at when !
first started in TIE woods" said lum
Tor igck 10 n" Cadillac Democrat tho
other dav. why. I've seen the scller
como along and mark half ~ the To-
on Il skidw0y 30 be drawn OFF into ~
woods end let And those logs were
better than the best they are getting
nowadays"
\ jury In tho circuit court mt Ian
sing has rendered verdict OF 500
damages against the city Of Lansing
in favor Of Wheeler Mumford. n mo
tornan on the Lansing stree railway
who was arrested by city officials for
attempting to run the company's cars
when the stree, railway system was
deemed TO he In a dangerous condi
ton. The court held that while The
railway company was maintaining n
nuisance. the arrest OF the motorman
was without authority.
The Man Who Sleeps In Church.