Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-23
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BElDING, = MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN.
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AROUND TsiE STATE.

Bangor is arranging for electric
lights and water works.
over six hundred new residences
have been or will he erected III Bat
tie Greek this season.
The value of real estate along the
new railroad line in Leelenau county
has increased heavily.
Joe Bedore on Tuesday paid fine
OF $50 for violating the liquor law
at Ills resort on the Flats.
Port Huron's last experience with a
street fair was enough The use Of the
streets for another has been refused.
Detroit stovemounters at the Indian
apOliS convention are seeking TO bring
the international headquarters to their
city.
The farmhouse Of Jack Laforge
three miles north of Reese, burned to
the ground with its contents Monday
afternoon.
Two coaches filled with children.
ranging from II to Is. have arrived in
Prescott from Alpena to weed in sugar
beet fields.
A 4-year-old son of George Weed.
OF Sauga tuck township. was cremated
in a fire which destroyed his fathers
barn Sunday.
Alfred y. Harris, a Chicago man.
aged "A, was drowned in Paw Paw
lake Tuesday afternoon when he fell
from a rowbOat.
The huckleberry crop on both sides
OF the Rife river is the largest on
record. The woods are filled with pick.
ers, whites and Indians.
The board Of control of the sta to
prison at Ionia has awarded the pris-
on labor contract TO the Ypsilantl Reed
Chair Go. at 30 cents per day.
Durand aldermen abolished the
board Of water and electric light com
mission in the council Monday night
aud will run the municipal plant
themselves.
Henry Lauer. of Coldwater, viii
serve 20 days in the county jail for
biting chunk out of the arm of Fred
Viedharper. a bartender in the Blue
Goose saloon.
Seven years for boodling was the
sentence of the St. Louis court upon
Julius Lehman. former member Of
the house Of delegates, charged with
bribery in the passage of the city
lighting bill.
Through the arrest of Charles Wynn
Saturday, for cutting John Cullen in
d row Capt. Wyman found gold
watch for which he had been looking
for three weeks
Loyal Hinckley. a farmer living
near Jerome hitched a balky horse 10
"A reaper and then used whip. The
horse kicked Hinckley in the arm,
fracturing it SO that he will be Grip.
pied for life.
The date for the annual state con.
vention of the Kings Daughters are
October 30, % and n, and active prep.
arations are now being made at North.
vile. where the event will occur to en-.
terrain the delegates.
Beet and wheat raising farmers
around Durand are growing diScour-
aged because of the lack of help. One
farmer sold eight acres of beets for
ST. because the weeds were high and
he could get no help.
The authorities of Benton Harbor
aud st. Joseph are considering the ad.
visibility of taxing the street railways
S25 per car per year. The roads have
been using the streets gratis for the
past 20 years.
John Coffee. of Grand Rapids, com.
menced suit Saturday against the Pere
Marquette railway company for 500.
900 damages, which he alleges he sus-
taIned through the roads negligence
about one year ago.
The saloontsts and the law and or.
der people are having tilt in Jackson,
and while the first guns fired moved
down the saloonists by scores, there
are signs of weakening on the part Of
the law and order people.
A storm of unusual violence,
heavy fall of rain accompanied by n
gale. swept over the southern tiers
OF counties i'm Michigan Friday night,
doing an immense amount of damage
% growing crops and unharvested hay
and grain.
Mrs. Cochran. residing northwest
OF Jackson, was mixing an insect ex.
Termination when the compound ex-
ploded Her clothing caught fire, and
she was burned so badly that she
died after several hours of intense
agony.
Asa Kelsey. well-known farmer
living eight miles northwest of Niles.
became intoxicated Saturday night
aud, 1t is charged. attempted to kill
his family. Officers from Buchanan
OverpOwered him and landed him in
the jail.
Three men were arrested by Con.
stable &. J. Buck at Millington on
suspicion of being engaged in the OF
ter Lake burglary. They gave the
names of Charles Fisher, Joseph
Brady and Fred Hanley. They look
like hOboes.
The circumstances surrounding the
death Of Mrs Louis j. Meyers, Of Bay
City, were unusually sad The young
woman was suffering from smallpox,
and owing TO her condition an opera
ton became necessary TO save two
lives. She did not rally from the
shock.
Fast living has ruined young Harry
Gilbert. of Battle Creek. and he is now
facing charge of uttering forged pa
per 10 the amount of 1920 as the re-
suit. lie Is the son of n well-known
contractor. For years he has caused
the police much trouble by his actions
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