Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-04-23

| ". was killed and his body manGled
10y trains on the Grand Rapids & In
dihlla railway at Kalkaska tuesday
night.
Mrs Johnson Hackney. Of Mt Nor
rls, Is suffering from third break In
the same leg. Some time ago she
broke the fmb; later she fell, breaking
IL again; this time, she was still on
crutches, owing TO the last fracture
The Grand river is higher than Mt
any other time in several years. Ii
entered the boiler room Of the Auto
Body Co., and all the water-propelled
mills at North Lansing are shut down.
Some houses along the banks are sur
rounded.
James O'Neill. OF Owosso. attempted
! suicide with paris green on Tuesday
night and physicians fear he cannot
recover. The cause was remorSe on
account OF turning from his home his
wife and the children OF her former
marriage.
j. III. Wordsworth. "a. Of Chicago,
fired three shots ar the mother of his
sweetheart, in Saginaw, whom he ac-
cused of alternating the young woman's
affections. Then he took one shot at
himself, and there will be funeral
The mother will he able to attend
4 second burlaps sack, this one COW
cred with Il substance which looks like
blood. has been found in Il shed in
the yard i'm Grand Rapids, in which
Charlie POnlman. the lad who was
shot ana placed on the railroad track,
was last seen alive.
! The Menominee breweries want
Marinette and Menominee farmers to
raise more barley. They are willing
TO pay Chicago prices. and even bet
ter, for the grain, and each brewery
could take care OF 10 times rs much
as is now raised.
William Armstrong, of Plainwell,
has applied for a divorce Mr.. Arm
strong's first wife G.ed in May, 1901.
! He advertised for q housekeeper and
Mrs. Ella Butchie responded. and after
a few weeks acquaintance they were
married publicly at G. \. X. and w.
II. c. social function.
John Higgins, a resident of Albion.
who, during the past few years has
made a small fortune in horseradish.
! has purchased five acres of land north
of that city and will plant the whole of
ii in horseradish. Heretofore he has
obtained his supply wherever he could
! find il.
Herman Hedges, who is n coal min
er, and his wife. who married him six
weeks ago. attended dance Saturday
night in ,Axnelith Hodges got ugly
for some reason and used revolver,
shooting his wife dead. IA constable
through the foot and wounding two
other men.
Joseph w Stockwell. of Flint, serv-
! ing eight years i'm Jackson for black
mail. was disbarred Monday.
According To Il semi-ofiicial state
ment from the board of assessors. the
assessed valuation OF Battle Creek will
| be raised this year from ST., 500, 900 to
over $lj.000,OO0.
Lewis T.. Morehouse. of Detroit. was
found guilty of jumping board bill
Il the New Williams hotel i'm Jackson.
and sentenced by Justice Bidwell to 30
days i'm jail. At the eXpira ton of his
term other warrants already sworn out
against him, charging him with swind-
ling. will be served,
| 1t has just been discovered that the
election at which the issue of ST.. 800
| in bonds for waterworks was author
lied was illegal because of faulty no
tice and other technical Irregularities.
Two thousand dollars of the appropria-
ton has already been spent. a special
election will be held to reauthorize the
bond issue.
The Benton IIarbor News editorially
considers the question whether the
game of finch should be considered
sinful. and its conclusion is this Any
gal me played with the church pack"
can he easily played with the regula
tion cards II il is wrong TO play with
the latter it Is worse TO play finch.
70" TO the card playing sin the other
sin OF hypocrisy is added.
Some months ago general exodus
Of people from Bay City to the state
| OF Washington ~egan. Now every
mail brings letters discouraging others
! from going 10 that country Men en-
route for Alaska are stranded there by
| the hundreds. and there are many
more idle persons i'm the cities on Pu-
! get Sound than anywhere in Michigan
Ii has Just leaked out that Isabel.
daughter OF superintendent of the
Poor Alex. McAra. of Flint. and VIII
Evans recently made visit to Ian
sing and were united in marriage by
Rev. Mr.. Lake. At that time the
young lady was attending school and
the marriage Was kept secret. The Sc
cret leaked out and as result the
bride LETT school and went to house
keeping with her husband.
Vessel spars. formerly secured In
! Michigan. must now be brought from
the Pacific coast. At the Davidson
shipyard in West Bay City fir tree
has just been worked up. the timber
In which, delivered at the yard, cost
S216. Six of the sticks just received
cost over 81 300 of which $500 was for
freight. This Is more than double
what similar timber brought when 1t
was to he had in Michigaa. The fin
ishng adds In the neighborhood OF 30
per cent to- this.
John Goddard. timber boss nj the
! Tri-Mountain mine, was found dead on
the highway between the Baltic and
! Tri-Nountain locations Monday. He
had left home Sunday morning. and
was last seen in Baltic. when he left
to 20 TO his home In the evening.
Last December Thomas Anderson dis
1..s.. Hos