Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-11-19

fence around the .ail at Iron Mountain
nigh enough TO keep prisoners from
climbing over and 10 keep notes and
weapons from the inmates.
Hog cholera is decimating the droycs
OF farmers IN several townships, OF
Clinton county. In Bengal alone ia
head have already died and 200 more
are afflicted with the disease
Van Buren, rural letter carriers re-
Gently met and organized for mutual
benefit. After officers were elected.
better roads. better salaries and a more
uniform service were discussed.
Galcsburg claims the champion pota-
10 digger. Joseph Smith has dug 1900
bushels during the present season,
i,ip being FOR one man. Mr. Smith is
considerably over 90 years Of age.
Through permission OF Gov. Bliss,
Geo. Hardy, ''lifer.7 at Jackson pris-
on. who was sentenced - years ago
for murder, attended the burial Of his
aged father AT Duck Lake recently.
In some old papers which had re-
manned undisturbed for 80 years, n $50
coupon on war loan bond dated 1863
was found. 1t was presented TO the
Kent county treasurer for payment.
After losing his watch last spring
while blowing field, Yankee
Springs man kept his weather eye cp-
en- while blowing the same field this
fall and turned up the lost timepiece.
Although for the last 10 years Mrs.
katherine KoOl OF Kala maZoJ has re-
ceived aid from the county and city
poor officers, she was discovered to be
the sole heir TO an estate valued at ST.
GOO.
Hazel Wallace. the li-year-old
OwC%sO girl abducted by Mrs. Mullins.
a Chicago sprituliistic medium. is
back at her nome. Mrs. Mullins said
Hazel was too homesick to become a
medium.
Though Harhor Reach has A good
system Of water works. fire insurance
rates are higher than they were tf-
teen years ago. when the village had
no fire prOte rtiOn whatever The lIople
are Kicking
Editor Newell. OF Coldwater, Is vsg-
ing war against the chewing gum
girl" Says he: ~ girl will place sew
eral sticks of gum IN her mouth lapse
into n state of unconccrn, and Hiss
fully chew"
After the Lansing police commission
had ordered the patrolmcn 10 enforce
the law requiring the use Of lights on
bicycles AT night. one Of the first Of
tenders gathered in was member or
the commission
A young woman carrying a babe
jumped off "A train near Emmett. She
was badly bruised but the babe
escaped without scratch. The woman
said she thought the train would not
stop ut the station.
Calamity item from he Lexington
News: An empty whisky bottle was
found at the watsr's edge. In il was
this message eDts prdennie. went to
tbes6ni Tor, ibe bottle.
When n Menomtnee man had a fin.
ger cut OF I'm wood-sawlng machine
he calmly picked it up. put II in his
pocket. went TO n surgeons and had
the remainder OF the member taken
on without an anaesthCtic.
When Turnkey Belts OF Adrian
went 10 arrest Peter Pieh. nea- Deer |
held. he found that the man had !
thwarted him by ending his life bv the !
suicide route Pieh was heavy drink.
err and probably Respondent.
While Mrs. Albert Reese. ~ Ford
River. was carrying pan Of hot water
10 her husband. who was scalding hogs
IN IN" yard. her little girl bumped into
her. The water drenched the child
ana she died from her burns. (
Bcleyille man SHOT and killed q
"A y a
ny on dead COW on his farm II
measured seven feet six inches from
Up TO tip OF wings. The gold eagle
$ rarely seen In this vicinity.
Maybe You wouldn't believe II. bri
here IS one editor in Michigan who
'ifers To- reward anyone who will sep :
r'te HIN rom his job He Is the pen ,
md scissors wieider on Progress. .
he worthy paper issued in the branch 4
tate prison at Marquette, and Is n 4
lirer." "
The village Of Buchanan has IN, @
roSt unique fire engine IN the world v
having ba"n built over n ceuturr IA
20. fought fires In and around Rn. n
hGnan FOR so years and was throro, v
he big Chicago fire In 1877. The New e
ORR Historical society has made n y
Id for IT, purchase.
\ handsome booklet is being jssucd
v tn" Roard OF Trade Of Traverse
ity with a view 10 advertising that 4,
uS'iing town. its beauties. resources b
nd Industrial opportunities. The In. NJ
= So forth in concise and 7,
Fl comprehensive manner and from +,
ie rrlNter's standpoint. the brochure q
n typographical Gem. GO
Cadillac merchants stand 10 lose n az
BOD many thousand dollars I'm the OF
AIDE of farmers this year 4 CON. p,
nation OF potato buyers exists there y
Is said. which Is Keeping the price
tubers ten or fifteen cents below IN
hat Is paid ~ other places In the II. ge
nifty. ami growers are not taking a
cir crops to Cadillac on this account. ST
South Haven citizens summoned be 81
re the grand jury M Paw Paw to
vestigate alleged violations of local
tlon laws by drug stores have de. en-
led TO boycott Paw Paw and no. h
re a dollar 81 their money there. ~
'e. have chartered a train 10 carry OF
cir meals Ia them. also a barber A TO-
otbiacS. minister and the daily i
pers. m,
In "A lumber On ~ 49, -r,,.,.. -,