Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-04


ground To pieces
When Fred Bowersox, OF Rattle
Creek, went home TO dinner he founn
his wife lying dead on the floor or hes
room. II Is believed her death was tha
resul, Of an operation.
Two children OF John Roberts,
farmer near Mikado, aged respectively
| % years and months. were Durheu
! 10 death while the parents were away
the home catching fire.
! DR.. Albertus Inland Of Grand Rap
/ lbs. has been appointed member Oh
I the state board OF registration In meui,
cine. to represent the physic meuica'
branch of the profession.
Thirty-fve cars an entire train, car,
rying $4,000 bushels of potatoes, lelt
Cadillac Saturday night consigned ID
Florida. Virginia and Washington. The
price paid farmers was " cents
bushel
Thomas McGlynn. one of Detroits
most notorious crooks. has been sent
enced TO serve not less than four year
and not more than five at iona lo'
robbing the store Of Mrs Marsarct
Meade.
Frederick Wclch was convicted 10
the circuit court. L lllll, WI "
of furnishing liquor 10 Charles Dye
an habltual drunkard. and was sen
fenced TO 80 days in the Detroit llouse
of Correction.
This week practically all the shingle
mills in the upper peninsula VIII re,
sumo operations. after being shu'
down three months. Hundreds OF men
who struck for higher wages VIII 20
back 10 work.
A lumber company In Delta count!
manufactures I500oOO feet OF lulh
her annually. 30 600 900 cedar shingles
10000. 600 hath. 2000000O feet oi maple
flooring. 10000 telephone poles ana
1900 railroad ties.
Nine mere coal mines were WORKED
I'm Michigan I'm 1903 than In loo2; l''5'
more men were employed. the average
wage was 1921 day. 10 cents NOR"
than last year and the increase In
tonnage was 1121lS.
Gov. Bliss has designated Jndgt
: Guy VI. Chester. OF llillsdale. 10 hoia
court i'm Jackson county untll suca
= time as the vacancy caused by the
= death of Judge E}hstus Peck shall be
q filled by appointment.
!. Fire originating in the coal room dc
r I Prck co., the lust pa sttof the city limits
u Monday morning. Thirty men hre
: thrown ont of employment. Inc loss
l. * $4,000; no insurance.
O The request of the state tax commits
sion fer an increase in the salary OF
Chief Clerk Twiss from $1,000 to 81
500 was turned down by the board oil
{ state auditors. The statute fixes the
'e SALARY at the present figure
IN The nelghbors of George llossler
l. who killed andrew Payne in Gibson
township, ,goL ~, lin n hearty w ,,,, l,,
: signed the appeal fer Holsters release
= Lake Michigan is frozen over from
:. shore 30 shore This condition Is tn,
:, cumulative result of continuous COLI
- weather; the average temperature
during December and January having
been lower than in any winter since
1876.
. Mrs Mary Phelps. an aged widow
n whose home was six miles southeast
= OF Flint was burned and smothered
r to death Sunday morning She lived
e alone. Her grandson, Arthur. who
r. went to take her 10 church. discov.
q cred the dead body
II After remaining unconscious for
v two days, Mrs. Josephine Summers.
c who was shot in the head on the night
of Friday. January s. in her little gro.
Gerry store'in Detrpit succumbed TO her
injuries. Her murderer is unknown.
and there Is no clue
: The people Of Franklin were almost
i frightened ont Of their senses by a
II l In tbog hos frs.
+ was an earthquake. but which they,
; later discovered To have been the coli
! lapse Of the church sheds from thu
weight Of snow on the roof
: Henry Smith. a farmer. aged rs. wha
lived about six miles northeast Of Hol,
land, assisted his neghbor In the wori
OF killing and cleaning hog. Then he
cut his own throat with the Dutfs et
,, knife He died In few minutes. De.
|, ceased leaves a widow and three child.
rem.
r 4 pin scratch necessitated the call
! ing Of physc - for the first time IN
. 40 years by NJ, Mar Stilman. ~
, Mason. Mrs. Slillman t.Iought nothing
, Of her slight wound until tho flesh
> began 10 swell. Indicating blood poi.
soning. The physician cut away n
part of the flesh
Erwin Tivy. Of Flint. implicated
with Arthur Reed. Roy Miller and Ar
thur Liston on the charge OF holding
NJ and robbing Frank Cummings last
2 February. has been surrendered by
his bondsmen Tiyy Is tho only one not
|, serving time for the crime. the jur;
dlsagreeing at the trial OF the case.
Mrs. Eliza VOORHEES,. nearly 1Ot
years old. died Ut the home OF her
niece. Mrs. John De Bree. AT Langston
She was born in New Jersey In March.
1900. She was as bright and active IA
Young woman she received calls
on her one hundredth birthday. writ
ing her name as plainly as a young
person.
BY jumping into bath tub full OF
water. Miss Pearl Spencer. Of + ri HUI
ron. saved her lie when her clothes
caurht fire from the gas stove she was