Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Alexander L. Parker dropped dead
IN The depot at Mulliken. He was
notary public and retired farmer. He
ieaVes widow In comfortable cir
cumstances.
Jan. 20, 81 and % Battle Creek will
entertain the Michigan Engineering
Society the occasion being the
twenty-fourth annual meeting of that
orga nization.
Workmen excavating for n street
railway bridge I'm Niles have un-
earthed several chunks OF native cop
per probably "foaters" from the up.
per peninsula veins.
The plant OF the Commercial Travel
ers " Farmers National Food Co. OF
Battle Creek. burned 10 the ground
Saturday morning with loss OF $75,-
900; insurance. $4,000.
fellow at ST. Clair forged the
name of A. G.. Gluckendorpff to
check for $l3, and the defense is made
that If he spelled the name correctly
he is entitled TO the money.
\ petition will be circulated by the
Iloughton and Hancock clerks. asking
that the Portage Lake merchants close
their stores at 6 o'clock each evening,
except Saturdays and Mondays.
A rear-end collision occurred on the
Pere Marquette road at McCords, IA
miles south of Grand Rapids. Wednes-
day. by which two passenger trains
were damaged and several persons in
jured.
While he lay critically i'll in tho
house, the residence Of Judge j. G..
Ramsdell, Traverse City, caught fire.
The judge was safely removed to an
other residence. The house was
burned
Frederick A. Platt, of Flint. who
will be tried in the circuit court for
embezzlement. made restitution TO all
stockholders in full. wiping out by the
aid of friends the last of the SAC, 900
defalcation.
j. +. n. Bowen, prosperous farm
er and Justice of the peace. master Of
Tecumseh grange and one OF the most
widely known men in northern Lena
wee, died at Tecumseh of pneumonia,
aged 10 years.
A lot of counterfeit silver dollars
are circulating in Escanaba. IF you
should happen to get one" says the
Iron Port, "bear in mind that it will
pay your subscription to the Iron Port
for six months"
Ann Francis. an Indian woman, now
living in the Northwest territory has
begun suit to test the title to GAO acres
of land in Monitor township, claimed
to have been conveyed to the Indians
by patent in 1927
There Is pinch being felt ut Dur
and for coal. Every car of CONNER
cial coal reaching that junction is con-
tiscated by the railroads for their own
use. At that, the roads, it Is said,'
have not enough fuel.
Mrs. J. W Roberts, of Mt. Pleasant,
has receft1 returned from the Klon-
dixie, brfgJng with her a collection
Of pelts{ which have been fashioned
into rugs and are worth $1,000. She
shot most of the animals.
When a policeman tried to restrain
her from entering her burning house
to get $500 in cash. Mrs. Frank
Zawrdzki of Grand Rapids, scratched
his face. The policeman held on and
the house and money were burned.
Mrs. Eliza Rose. aged 90, lives at
Coldwatcr. She had had no tiding of
an older sister in 40 years and believed
her dead. She has discovered that the
missing sister is living and n nephew
has planned a reunion for the old la
dies.
Rev. w. Il. Coombe, Methodist who
visited saloons i'm disguise. obtaining
evidence by which saloonkeeperS were
recently convicted OF violating the
laws, was assaulted by bartender.
The minister was not seriously in
jured.
4 log train on the G. X. G. T., south
bound from BOync Falls to Cadillac
jumped the track and was wrecked az
Edwards. Five cars were piled up and
the engine thrown across the track.
Firemen Fred Emsley. Of Cadillac, was
internally injured
Last year Hastings man put
penny iuto box every time he gave
away a five~cent cigar. When lie
opened the box at the end Of the year
he found therein 81 -. indicating that
he had given away 745 cigars at
cost OF S37 -. He also smokes six or
seven cigars day himself.
In the case of the First National
bank of Chicago vs.. Joseph w. Shell
den, receiver Of the detunct First Ma
tional hank Of Niles. the United States
circuit court sitting in Chicago. de-
cided in favor OF the defendant. This
means that the Chicago bank loses
about 5000 paid on drafts issued by
the defunct local bank.
At Albion the complaint is rather
OF short weight than scarcity OF coal
though nobody can get large order
filed There has been coal i'm small,
but continuous. lots for all. The deal
ers have been doing some Shylocking
in the matter Of measure, however, il
reports are true
In the semi-fnal debates for the
choice OF University of Michigan
team to meet Wisconsin. the law de-
bate resulted as follows: Edward Son.
nenschein, Chicago. first; Alfred
Henry, Marion. Ind. second; +. ID.
Perry, TT. Dodge. Ia, third. The lit
team follows: G. Il. Parry, Ann Ar
bor. first: j. +. Kohn. Cleveland. o.,
second; c. A. Malcolm, Commerce,