Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-04-09
AROUND THE STATE.

Labor IS very scarce at Niles. and
tie factories are unable to get as many
men as they want.
Nlne-tenths of the peppermint oil all
nually consumed is p,oluced within 80
miles of Battle Creek
The Pacific Express Co. offers $1,000
reward for recovery Of the bar of gold
stolen from the depot IN Detroit.
Tekonsha has experienced the great
est number of business changes during
the past year OF any period in its his
tory
Thomas ]. Nayn, OF the prison
board. and his family are quarantined.
owing To one of the children having
smallpox.
\ national convention of the cereal
food companies OF the nited States
and Canada will be held at Battle
Creek May II.
\. f. Hunt, cashier of the Byron
Exchange bank. has smallpox. No
body is refusing 10 take money from
the bank. however
a Port Sanilac man has for two
years past been buying and using hair
restorer recommended TO him by IA
baldheaded barber.
Last summer at one time - families
We're living in tents around Battle
Greek, being unable 10 secure houses.
so great was the demand.
John Kubic Pole. was probably IA
tally stabbed in piinSky's saloon. near
Carrollton. by Joseph Yeska. Ieska
says he did ii in seit-defense.
The present schoohouse at Shep-
herd which was built twenty-five
years ago. will be replaced this sum
mer by n $4,000 brick structure.
A government official who is In a
position to know, says that one drug
gist in Van Buren, county sells TWEEN
ty-tive barrels of whisky every year.
Jefferson :. Conover. the distinguish
ed Mason. passed away at the Univer-
sity hospital, Ann Arbor, Sunday
morning after a brave fight against
death.
Petitions are being circulated In
Emmett county asking the legislature
to pass the bill protecting deer in that
and ncighboring counties for term
OF tive years.
Receiver A. +. Lang has been dis
charged from the management OF the
Lake Shore electric road. and the con-
troll placed in the hands of the new
board of directors.
The outlook COR a strike of the Bay
City coal miners on April LIST does not
/ improve. There are about 5000 min
ers involved. No step has yet been
taken TO resume arbitration.
Il. Chevalie:, 60 years old. of Che
i boygan, after three years of work, has
JUST completed WOODEN quilt contain
ing II. 40 pieces. Of which the largest
piece is only 1 y inches in size
Lightning struck the CharlevoiX Cen
trail school building during thunder
storm. frightening the children ant
SCATTERING the windows. \ little gir
was stunned 10y the shock for a time
Joel Walker fell OF a Grand Trunl
passenger train near Lnpeer HIS nos,
WAS spit its entire length his tao,
was badly disiiGured, cinders@ bcn.
driven clear through his check ana int
his mouth.
such WAS the havoc made by dog
among sheep in Tekonsha last Yea
that the annual dog tax collected j.
sufficient only 70 pay Is per cent OF th'
claims presented Claims TO Ia
amount Of 500 We're presented.
c. Il. Prescott & sons. of lava
City have sold tp#a syndicate hetde
hy ex-Socrctgry Bird. of the Michigan
Agricultural College. G.oo#acrcS @
land ia OgrmaW. and Iosco counties
.on tnc. Detroit * Mackinaw railroad.
The stool holders Of the Galeshur
Canning 60 have formed an assoc.a
ton indcp uagnt OF the Management
to supply the company with tomatoe
during the coming season. Farmer
will not supply them under cohtrac
1t is said that the Saginaw Soutl
crn electric rairoad. which has bee
talked of for two years. will be bui
10 OwoSSO. connecting with the OWo'
so & Corunna road, and running neal
: IN parallel with the Michigan Contra
, The 900 Lansing housewives VIII
, protested so vigorously against the O
: dinance to establish market places an
: prohibit the sale Of vegetables an
[ meats except from them. were success
) ful in their effort to down the mea
, ure.
The wife OF Luther w. Shear. I'll
notorious furycr who was convicted ;
Muskegon some months ago and SCI
10 Jackson prison fer twelve year
has secured an absolute divorce an
E been given the custody of their chi
dren.
Rev. Fr Van Stralen, of the Cat
: Ole parish in Sebewaing, has becou
; Violently insane, choking and otnr
+ wise abusing his ageI housekeepe
< Bishop Foley has ordered the demen
u cd priest 10 be removed to Il retre
= I'm Detroit. where he can receive prop
treatmeut
The Michigan Antl-Saloon Leagl
would like 10 send petitions containil
u the natnes of 1,UuC.000 voters To Il
e legislature 10 urge the passage OF Il
{. Holmes bill against straw liquor bon
z and the defeat OF the Paddock bill 4
y owing saloOnkcepCrS TO give bon,
$ furnished by surety companies.
y The largest log jam ever seen on {
Il Menomiuee river is at point IL
: miles from this city. Five million fc
of logs are piled 40 feet high. T