Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-09-08


Wednesday. Nothing was found by
which il could be identified.
Prof VI. w. Honsel, suporintende IT
OF schools FOR Lenawee county. Will
not issue certificates to teachers who
do not attend the teachers institute.
One Of the largest barns In south.
ern Michigan IS being erected near,
Leonldas. the dimensions being GSX40S
feet. The estimated cost il $4,000.
ST. Joseph is to have a new industry
In the shape OF plant in which con-
crete posts. curhing, stepping stones
and similar articles are manufacturer.
The total number of deaths reported
in Michigan for July was 2.5lO. or 60
more than the number registered for
June. The number was 1l3 less than
for July. 1908.
The street fair craze in Michigan is
evidently on the wane This summer
Il number Of towns have held carni-
walls. and when the expenses were paid
up nothing was left.
Two men were killed and another
Knocked down Il shaft in Calumet
mine Thursday, the third man mira
culously escaping death Falling
ground caused the accident.
]. J. Forcier. of Bay City. is dredging
out and constructing dixie around
1000 acres Of sugar beet land in Sha.
wassee county. The property will he
the finest beet farm in Michigan.
Herman Looman. while assisting
with thrashing machine near Hol-
land. slid down the side of 4 straw
stack and landed squarely on a pitch
fork. the tines penetrating his thigh.
Prof. J.. 4. McDiarmid. principal of
the OwOsSo high school for several
years, has accepted the position Of sci
oncc teacher IN the Albion high school.
He is one Of the best teachers in his
line in Michigan.
Preparations are complete for lay
ing the corner stone Of the Maccabee
temple and headquarters of the Great
Camp. and it is expected that there
Will he 100000 visitors in Port Huron
on the date set, September s.
During an auction in his store John
q. Anderson. Of Petoskey. assaulted
Edward j. GOwdy. travelling sales
man. of Detroit. and was himself bad
ly beaten. 4 jury convicted Anderson
of assault lie has appealed TO the
circuit court.
Col1watCrs school census shows
decrease in the number of school chill
drcn from last year. This year the rolls
give the loss MS 133. and since 1900 the
number has sunk $40. The state census
shows an increase Of only nine people
in four years.
Mrs C. Dillon. Hartford rcstaur.
ant keeper went into an alley 10 empty
garbage when Il man seized her. he,G
his hand over her mouth and relieved
her of her money. which she carried
in Il chatelaine. She had about SO.
The tdef escaped.
Josecs v SSsif'sslanfhi e @w''iGs,d at Pontiac.
ngea "a came 10 this Cd porn II EN-
..s&Ss lie t.Squred cons lnnlry when =
erty ia Waterford township ana Eokl
several township offices. He is sur
vived by Il widow.
While cooking meal Miss Carrie
TisdaIe. OF Traverse City. was hit in
the face by scattering of hot grease.
She threw mp her hands. forgetting
the cup of boiling wafer she held ana
both eyes arc closed.
\ serious fire started in Lamarre'S
barber shop. Alpena. and spread rap
idly. destroying John Blanchards res
idcncc. the store owned by Charles
Cook. and the drug store of +. j. La
londe which had just been completed
The total loss was $1,000.
There is liable to he shortage In
the canned salmon" market. Fifty !
tons Of German carp being kept I'm |
drrancc near Monroe escaped through |
4 hole in the wall of the pond and |
are now at liberty in Lake Erie The
loss to the carp farming concern is
about $1,000.
IL. Keepers, aged -. Of Iron Noun.
tain. 4 section foreman on the North
western road was found dead i'm the
woods with Il strap around Ills neck,
one Cnd being tied To tree. lhc
theory Of suicide is advanced. hrt RE
motive Is unknown. lie disappeared
Friday noon
Alittle daughter Of Wesley Lowe.
in Standsh factory
here was hitten by Il rattlesnake nj
The bay while at Il picnic. By prompt
Use Of whisky and sucking the poison
rom the wound her life will probably
DC saved. She was brought TO town in
I hurry To see doctor.
Eta Farmer. the 3-year-old daugh-
or Of Detective Farmer. OF Menomi.
ice. took IL Strychnine tablets which
Ter father used rs tonic. and had
eft in drawer within reach OF the
hid. There is hope of saving her life.
This is the second case Of child poison
NJ in the town during a week.
Another link uniting Michigan and
Wisconsin has been added to the chain.
[ is steel bridge spanning the Me-
lominee river at n point south of
Norway and erected by the counties OF
dickinson. Mich. and Marinette Wis
The span itself is 10 feet in length
nd weighs approximately 100 tons.
OtSego merchants have new iden