Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-26
AROUND THE STATE.

An independent telephone company
has been organized at Capac.
The telephone linemen are again at
work OH the local exchange in Ban
croft.
Beaverton IS now n city. The first
election of city officers will Ice held
on April q.
MatIawan will have grape Juice
factory with a capacity of 1000 tons
of grapes.
Alpcna's streets are lined with fine
maple shade trees. and this spring the
trees are being tapped for the sap. 4,
The Pacific Express Co. offers $1,000
reward for recovery of the bar OF gold
stolen from the depot in Detroit.
c. J. Whitney the veteran theatrical
and business man of Detroit. died iii
New York Thursday of pneumonia.
\ company has been organized at
Dawson 10 raise sugar beets on the
cooperative plan for the Rochester
factory.
Seven citizens OF Monroe were
caught using 4 seine in the River
Raisin. About mile of nets were
seized and destroyed.
Senator Doherty claims he has pc
tition from 800 prohibitionist voters in
Arenac county who are opposed 10 the
adoption of primary election law.
Alva H. Buck. the Paris township
farmer who pleaded guilty to burning
his barn. was sentenced at Grand
Rapids TO one years Imprisonment at
Jackson
Matthew Apo. Of Hancock. who was
about TO return TO Finland with $4O0
he had saved has disappeared mys-
teriously. and it is feared lie has been
murdered.
Mrs. Lucy j. Myrich, who lives with
her daughter, Mrs VIM. Shortell, two
miles south Of Shelby. celebrated her
one. hundredth birthday Friday. She
is IN good health.
A Chicago man who pastured large
number of his cattle on the pine bar
rens in Lake county last summer
cleaned up $4,000 on the deal after
paying all expenses.
The thermometer reg stored 40 in
Detroit Wednesday afternoon. and
succeeded in spreading the hallucina-
ton that spring would hold undisput-
ed sway from now on.
a heavy rain flooded the tracks of
the Grand Rapids x Indiana railway
between Conway and Mackinac City
Wednesday night. and derailed the
northbound train at Conway.
Many washouts, resulting from n
heavy storm. have damaged the tracks
and delayed trains on the Pere Mar
quette and the ManStee x Northea st
ern i'm Traverse City aud vicinity.
Gov. Bliss is threatening TO cut Off
the printing of the annual report of
the state labor bureau, and some other
similar reports, because the work of
producing than has not been begun by
the state primer
Ernest Olncy. of Olney. was perhaps
fatally injured Saturday by the explo-
sion of a dynamite cartridge which he
was using i'm eXcavating for IA well. 1t
did not at first go off. and he leaned
over it just before it exploded.
The Detroit representatives of the
Pacific X Dominion Express Co. are
shy n bar Of gold, valued at $23,5 800
which disappeared under extraordinary
circumstances Wednesday night from
;he office of the company in the Union
station.
The dead body discovered in an I'M
occupied house just outside of Reed
City, ana at first supposed to be that
of negro has been positively identi-
fed as that of Ephraim johnson. a
foundryman. unmarried. who dsap-
peared several months ago.
Heretofore owners Of barrooms at
the Flats have paid only a portion of
the liquor tax. owing 10 the shortness
Of the season during which they can
do business. Prosecuting Attorney
Cady mas notified them that they must
pay the full tax or get out of business.
William Brown shot Richard Jack
son and woman named Mrs. Jessie
Hood in Detroit OH Tuesday. The two
men, who are colored, had fight over
the woman. who is white. She will
die. but it is thought Jackson will
live. Brown fled to Pontiac, where he
was arrested.
Edward Stocking. of Galesburg.
aged 30, retired farmer. put the muZ-
Zle OF his shotgun under his chin,
pressed the trigger with his foot and
blew the top of his head off His
widow and three children survive him.
Two other members OF his family
killed themselves.
To enforce recognition OF their
union. the officials of the Chicago
Amalgamated Association of Sheet
Metal Workers have ordered strike
on all work being done by Chicago
contractors in Grand Rapids and Bat
tie Creek. Mich. Jackson, Miss. Mem
phis and Cincinnati
Joseph Mcdonald. freight conductor
on the Michigan Central. lost an arm
switching last summer. and the Glad
win Circuit Court allowed him $4,000
damages. The judgment was confirmed
by the supreme Court. but Friday pro-
ceedings were started by the NJ c. Il.
X. to reopen the case.
John HelhOrst. charged with the
murder of John Wilmerink. will be
held for tria! despite long petition
for his release. signed by many promi-
nent citizens. At his preliminary ex-
animation in the Grand Rapids Police
Court. he told the story of the shoot.
ing. and attempted to justify his plea
OF self defense.
Guy Thurston. 10 years OF age. was