Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-19
AROUND THE STATE.

Menominee is TO have a new public
library.
Caro- is going to have heSlth food
factory.
Cadillac lovers OF rowing are organ
iZing a boat club.
Reese has new postmaster and a
new p0stoffice building.
Stockbrdge decided after a hot con-
test that it would 90 dry another year.
The telephone Ii omen are again at
work on the local exchange in Ban
croft.
Lem Weber and his wife Maud
are behind prison bars in Detroit on
suspicion of making and passing
counterfeit coin.
Because he was nearly so years OF
age. George Petrle. of Lapeer, was
sent to jail for only three months for
illtreating young girl.
The school savings system which
has proven 50 successful in Adrian
and several other cities of the state
will he tried ut Ludington.
The salt production in March was
91.IIl barrels. divided thus: Wayne,
81 .434 ST Clair. 2S.459; Manistee, 10
DOG; Saginaw, 9,5S9; Mason 6,93S; Bay,
4,35J.
Edward Norton. OF Vernon, has been
pronounced insane by DR.. Flechenstein,
Of CoruEna. and will be sent to an
asylum. I've is 20 years of age and
single.
Leslie Geary. IS years cd, of San
through being run over by Pere
Marquette train. His recovery is
doubtful.
August Shultz. section foreman for
the Grand Trunk, ut Drayton Plains.
was accidentally shot at his mothers
house while trading revolvers with his
brother Fred,
Laird Hiukic and Morris Berry are
under arrest for aggravated assault,
the charge being preferred by Ben
jamin Cole. farmer living five miles
southwest of Hilsdale.
chance for recovery is enjoyed
by VIM Nic0.ay, of jackson, whose
skull was crushed in a fight with
fellow employc in the Michigan Cen
trail Slips Friday night.
The tit OF Gov a 7. Bliss lumber
firnt TO f,iieet Judgment OF $500
against l.. Fox nd the furniture
manufacturers, Fox 4 Mason. OF Cur
, unna, hs been discontinued
Lawon has three or four grape
juice fctorieS. and now another one
is 10 J built at Lake Cora. in that
same ection. which will use up the
produc Of 1.200 acres of the fruit.
Commissioner Atwood reports that
the Mici%an earnings OF railroad com
panies pr January this year were So
12G.I23.i. This is an Increase of SCH
42I.2G . per cent over the same
: month st year
The in Saei qv bay is rapidly
, becomi, worn away, yet the daring
; fisFerml still ply their precarious
trade Q the immense ice foe extend.
ing fro Bay Port on the east to Point
: Lookouon the west
John ubciak OF Bay City. aged II,
. ran aiy from school and rather
5 than b,aken in charge by the truant
\ officer. q jumped into the Saginaw
= river a swan among the chunks of
ice To other shore.
A. Buick. the young Paris town
ship finer who confessed having
l. burnedlS barn for the insurance.
n was seouced TO one year i'm Jackson.
= \ lightcntencc was imposed because
t of Blc> wife and child.
> Two lars ago the city OF Jackson
!. issued 1900 bonds to improve the
Il Grand tCr. The other day the coun.
!. Gil pai6SIJ interest on the bonds, but
: rs yethere has been nothing done
$ towarduproving the river.
y Mrs. ia Eerg. whose home Is in
, Sagina Mich, committed suicide by
taking rbolic acid at the home of
her SIR. Mrs. Jennie CresSer. i'm
Chicag Mrs Berg was - years old
y and haheen in III health some time.
. Rev r. Van Stralen. of the Cath
= Ollie pah i'm Sebewaing. has become
violent insane. choking and other
wise aSing his aged housekeeper. I
y Bishopoley has ordered the dement, l
: ed prize 10 be removed TO a retreat (
= , in Detr. where he can receive proper
- treatIn,
Il Genod. the little village to the
l. north Wyandotte. bad fire scare
Fridaynorning. and for time il
looked though good part Of the /
town Wild he destroyed. As IL was,
. dame Of about $1,000 was reed I
= orded fore the flames were finallj Z
~ extngued. "
n. A stlge state Of affairs in the Of !
in ficeholg line exists in Oscoda coufI |
n. ty. Aawyer named Mcmahon
o. prosecug attorney. and has been Il |
r over I years. Notwithstanding u :
ST fact III he lives i'm Sault Ste. Mai il
~ and COS down TO Oscosl county b q
six we every year. u
The est thing TO develop In mad
moniaaines is bachelor 90 ]
ne leagueomprising over thirty yotg +
ee ladies' the vicinity OF Mendon, 20 s
M are IN than 20 years Of age Eh n
a memb has paid n memberships
IT. OF SLID when member gets rr- :
ricd membership fee becomesbr- G
&c feitedAs yet no member has hd v
h to for the dollar. u
'e- Bece they didn't like the rahs.
two yhs deserted from the ma a
weeklo last Thursday They re o
&C. Bennd. Moran. aged Is, and NVter s.
lis A. NJ aged IL, and both clafng