Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-15

mat the bones piuded through inc
flesh.
For concealinge existence OF
case OF smallpox pls house. Anthony
Spitzley. OF Wcsr liza, was lined $2o
and costs,
Michigan ranksyenth In shipbuild-
ing, with "A plai whose capital is
x3.S93.O1S. and pse annual output |
Is "a, 432, 1O1.
A western horss hich he was train
ing. knocked oy :. NJ. Boyle, or
Maple Rapids, q nearly trampled
him to death.
Because Earl oxford. OF Saginaw,
drew his gun tosrd him by it, muz'
gle he will 90 ttugh the rest OF his
life with one an
Mrs. Hattie Ills. aged y, and John
Heatley, aged care under arrest at
Port Huron. II couple claim to be
married, but ha no proof.
Southern Calm county farmers
have already Invested their second
crop OF ginseng eds, which sell from
30 cents 10 30 cts hundred.
John Smith. oSt Joe, the youngest
criminal ever trl by jury in Berrien
! county. was senjO Ionia for five yprs
under the indetminate sentence law.
John Jacobsen Of Carney. owns one
| OF the finest qhards in Menominee
county, consiJcg of four acres or
avily-bcarin9,pple, pear and plum
| trees
An unusual o,urrence I'm farm lore
happened whena Hartford man dug
large ripe pottoes and picked ripe
Strawberries of1adjoinins patches OF
ground.
Reports fromvarious points in the
upper peninsul, are that there is
considerable sbrtage in the potato
crop, and higlr prices are already
ruling.
An examlnafn of second-growth
timber lands ihut Negaunee and
Marquette, with pecial reference to
their value for fuel wood is now in
progress.
A HoXeyville nan has invented
two-horse potato digger. which he has
had constructed q the village black
smith shop and which he is using on
his farm.
Through the shooting accident which
brought 13-year-ol Leslie era wford to
the Mercy HOSPITAL at Bay City, his
parents, for year estranged, met and
were reunited.
Valuable iron discoveries have been
made near Rossiurg. east of Aitkin.
Two leases have been made with the
settlers by prospctors for a 50-year
mining privilege.
Michigan ranks fourteenth among
the states in her number OF distilleries.
There are GA with a combined cap
ital of 1882 and an annual pro-
duct valued at $G,755, $50.
BY the aid of the X-ray It was found
that an Olive Center veteran is carry
ing in his right shoulder piece of
shot lodged there in the battle of Fort
Donelson, Aps,ee, ls3ablL Sfka OF
Mrsg.. 'nth,.Fr friends nor means,
was struck by a Lake ShorC train, by
which one leg was crushed. She was
sent to the county house.
Muskegon's chamber of commerce
bonus fund of 100000 for the secur-
ing Of new factories has been exhaust
ed and now scheme is being devised
for obtaining another 100000.
An awful Lansing paper says: 1t
was thirty years last Friday since the
cornerstone Of the capitol building was
laid, yet there are ladies of 2S in Lans-
ing who can remember the occasion.
Master John Smith. of st. Joseph.
clad in short brooches and aged only
IA years, was sentenced by Judge
Coolidge to five years in the state
house OF correction at Ionia for Ear-
glary.
Gov. Bliss Is in poor health He mar
rowly escaped an attack of pneumonia
few days ago, and has been suffer
ing from n severe cold ever since. He
was at his Office in Lansing Thursday,
however
George Matheson's home at Rock
Lake, near the 500. was wrecked by
stick OF wood containing dynamite.
Mrs. Matheson went out OF the house
before the wood was ignited, thereby
saving her life.
Peter Jacobsen. OF Negaunee was
attacked by bull in his fathers yard
and was nearly gored to death before
assistance came. His right shoulder
and left collarbone were broken, and
he sustained serious internal injuries.
Prof. \. VI. Cobb. instructor in chem
kstry and physics in the Lansing high
school. will make tests Of samples OF
milk and meat in his school work this
year, thus combining good work for
the city with education for his pupils.
Deputy Acknowledgement Chase has
gone 10 Washington to settle the case
Of the United States against the state
Of Michigan over the tolls from St
Mary's canal The question OF interest
on the $6S.O0O. which Ii has already
been decided the state must pay the
general government, remains to be set.
tied.
Private Webb. of Co. Il. Fort Bardy.
Is in the hospital as the result OF an
encounter with an unknown negro
whom he attempted to halt while OF
sentry duty. The negro drew a gun,
which went off in the struggle, and
wounded Webb's hand, which may
have to be amputated. The assailant
escaped.
Menominec farmers who planted
sugar bcetS extensively are lucky, as
beets are the only crop which has sur