Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-22
STATE NEWS IN DnIEF.

Battle Creek Socialists have opened
q cooperative grocery store.
a company has been formed at Mt
Pleasant 10 manufacture gas.
A new roof costing over $4,000 is
being placed on the state capitol.
This season will practically close the
numbering operations on Dead river.
The Chippewa county jail IL too
small. A new one IL In be erected.
Washtenaw farmers pronounce their
corn crop the biggest they ever raised.
Two tramps crawled into box car
at Elmira TO sleep and set the car on
fire.
Grant illagc fathers have decreed
that 40 more board sidewalks be laid
there.
Fer stealing radiators from a church
two men are under arrest at Port
Huron.
Grapes are selling at the highest
prices known in Benton Harbor for
20 years.
Tons Of squash are being delivered
to the canning factory by Bay City
farmers.
Flint has bonded itself for $685.
to purchase the plant of the Flint Wa
ter Works ca.
Bovne City is promised two new
factories--a chemical plant and tar
ming concern.
1t is stated that this season will
clean up the timber operations In
Gogebic county.
During the past year 81 persons
were sent to rae Newberry asylum
from Marquette.
SO far as prices sc concerned
Pressure Isle fishermen are having Il
harvest just now.
There are nine rural schools in OF
sego county closed because of inability
TO secure teachers.
Charlotte has decided to give no
more bonuses 10 factories inducing
them to locate there.
Thieves looted the poStofficc and
general store at Eagle of 500 worth
of stamps and goods.
Michigan's barley crop averages 904.-
SOC bushels. OH 37,S5S acres. Its an
nual value is $I25. 259.
An Allegan farmer sold 10000
bushels OF peaches from his orchard.
averaging over 81 bushel.
Clark Baker. the veteran thrasher OF
Hillsdale. reports his daily average OF
grain has been 100 bushels.
An Ovid five-year-old nearly died
from swallowing six belladonna pills
given him ny small classmate.
L., IL
for lack Of teachers. are reported by
the county school commissioner.
A. ]. Bryant. of Benton Harbor. il
the first colored attorney to practice
law In the Berricn county circuit.
Michigau's annual product of rye Is
worth $500, IH}; the acreage is II 1906.
the average crop 310,2i0 bushels.
While hunting in the woods ~ miles
from town. a Manistique man killed
big bear which weighed l67 pounds.
Since Roy McKcSson OF Manstiuue
killed Ia pound bear few miles
from there. he is the hero Of the town.
1t is said that never i'm the history OF
the copper country was cash so hard
to get hold of ms ii is in Calumet Mt
present.
On washing day. n WILLIAMSON wo-
man put gasoline in the boiler In the
resultant explosion she was burned
severely.
Several groccrs in copper country
are in trouble for selling black bcrry
brandy without the necessary federal
licenses.
Cassopolls has ghost which walks
when the negroes 20 serenading, for
which the white residents are duly
thankful.
On the average. 81 freight carloads
Of merchandise. materials and sup
plies are unloadcd every week at Jack
son prison.
500 veterinarieS report an epidemic
of horse fever In Chippewa county
Many valuable horses are dead from
the disease.
Mackinac county farmers who raised
peas for Detroit seed house found
the crop the best paying thing they
ever handled.
\ herd of cattle belonging to Prof.
G. ii. Alvorde, formerly of the Agr-
cultural College, were found mystcr-
iously poisoned
The buildings recently destroyed Ivy
fire in Quincy's business section will
he replaced nj once with handsome
new brick block
George Kelly. of Archie. reports that
he found a puff ball that was - inches
In circumference, II i'm diameter and
weighed pounds.
4 valuable Jersey heifcr owned b.
Delta county farmer was shot by
some nearsighted sportsman eager 10
secure some vcnisOn.
To raise funds for identifying their
high school. Mcnominee teachers and
students are arranging series or so
Gals for the winter
A special election will be held az
Eaton Rapids November % TO vote on
the question Of spending $1,000 for
a municipal lighting plant.
A deer ran ahead " pere Mar
qucttc train near White Cloud for near
~ two miles. then bounded off the
track into barbed wire fen:e, break
Ing two legs
The state agricultural college lands
In Oscoda county. consisting of $1,000
acres Of hardwood timber are To bc
sold in Lansing Nov. -.
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