Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-01


breath smells Of limburger cheese ID
| dead.
Michigan ranks fifth among tht
states in the manufacture OF agricul
! tural implements. There are % fac
tories with a combined capital Of SIS,
932,344
Cadillac voted almost unanimously
| in favor OF the establishment OF a
| county normal school In accordance
with the law passed by the last lcgls
| laturc.
Rev. Mr.. Tanner announced to his
flock in Grand Haven that farming
was more profitable than preaching
| and that henceforth he Intended
farming H."
Arenac county has the distinction OF
being the first in the state to secure
the establishment OF state normal
training school under an act passed at
the last legislature.
When Sarah Grimes, OF Muskegon.
wanted TO get married she secured her
own consent and straightaway issued
| the coveted document. Sarah was as
| sistant county clerk.
Lightning struck the house OF Mar
tin Willoughby. three miles south OF
Henderson. Saturday, and burned the
house and barn before there could b.
anything saved; insured.
At Battle Greek ihe other day a
woman tried to commit suicide by
drowning, but she was so fat that
she couldn't sink and finally had TO
| give II up as bad job.
While blowing an Albion farmer
turned up an old copper medal bearing
| on one side the likeness of Lewis Cass,
dated 1910. and on he other side the
| names OF Cass and Butler.
''Skunks must not he taken during
| the months OF September and Octo.
ber." according to recent legislation.
Most people wouldn't take 'em as a
gift any time Of the year.
Sventy-five Michigan Indians will
attend Chicagos birthday celebration
November % Ancient Chief Black
bird, OF Harbor Springs. will address
his people twice each day.
Van Buren, county Democrats are to
have an organ. 4 new daily paper *
| 10 be established ar South Haven
which, the projectors say. is TO be
Democratic. pure and simple"
A raft coutaip'Hg l.jO0.OOO feet Of
| cedar worth 5000, w.is abandoned by
! the tug paukrantz in thr storm north
| Of Menominpe and the timber is seat
| tered along the shore for miles.
Chas. Skeels. of Lakevlew. r. the
| father % three children. !. = and IL
H.. Ia HI al
/ on the same day at the month and all
were boru about o'clock in the morn
| ing.
\ Charlotte school teacher was In.
| duccd by Il h3wcry advertisement FOR
| a music teacher for a Chicago firm to
! throw mp her position and 20 there
! They wanted her money aud she came
| home
When Rqf. Ravnnr. OF Battle Creek.
iSS caiied W. Bah.s ,hc Was some.
what huffed until the man convinced
| him he was brother who had been
away IL years.
Unknown thieves ransackcd the Of
! fees of the Vernon depot They got
only package OF Vernon village bonds
| been sent here for collection. and that
WAS found a,er.
Many villages and cities OF the
state are being affected Ivy the news
| paper crusade ~ liliSt The Fourth OF
| July toy pistol 80 HAT they are pass
! ing ordinances prohibiting The sale of
the deadly toys
Thursday night two valuable horses
belonging To Thomas Mckay. OF Al
| pena county. ON The lresuue Isle
| county line were horribly tortured
| during the r~ht. their death resuliin.
| n few hours later
Hears are getting numerous In the
vicinity Of Cedar River One attacked
a bull belonging Ia n farmer along the
| river Al the end Of the contest the
bull was found with hcerated shout.
der. hut hrnin was cored To death.
At Menomincc. u :;-ycar-old babe was
waving her hands M II fast approach
ing train when The engine struck her
and threw h"r ~ feet into ditch.
When the engineer went To pick up a
! lifeess body he found the babe much
scared. hut mlnrt
Nv IAN UffliliE w WV R'hli a.
Michigan Dental association will he
held in Bedding on Wednesday. NO
vember IL. Eminent men in tho dental
profession from Chicago and Detroit
Will be in attendance and n swell ban
mot will bc given nj the Hotel Beld-
ing.
The hogs Of Sanilac county-the
four-legged oucs--havc this year feast
ed on an unlimited supply Of plums
| and pears. The crop of these two fruits
was probably never before so large.
and feeding them to the hogs was the
only way the surplus could he dis
posed of.
Although thousands Of dollars worth
OF potatoes have rottcd throughout the
| thumb. il is believed that If the finr
weather of The past week continues
two or three weeks more the bulk OF
the crop will he saved. Beans, too,
| are In the main in good shape, except
on very low lands.
The heavy rains of the past two
weeks have injured the bean crop e.
such an extent around East Dayton
that many fields will not be harvested.
Potatoes are rotting badly In heavy
soils and cloyerseed is entirely ruined,
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