Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-09-22
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

About 800 people attended the re.
union of the Berrien county battalion
1t Galien.
The reunion of the Northeastern
Sailors and Soldiers association wGs
leld at Otter Lake.
The fire which ragged in Luther Tues
day caused losses which will aggregate
not less than $4,000
Three Of the stores which were de-
'troy2d i'm the recent fire at Carson
,ity. are already being rebuilt.
Porch climbers are around Muske-
gon. and several residences have been
entered and valuable property stolen.
Occasionally men are candidates for
office because they can't help il, bnt
usually it's because the people can't
help il.
The thirty-third reunion of the
Eighth Michigan cavalry was held at
Davisburg, As veterans responding 10
roll call.
The poisonous bite of a spider il
supposed to have caused the death of
little Harold Bernard, aged IA months,
If Dclray.
Il
house or the Linden road i'm Fenton.
was destroyed by fire. together with
its contents. Loss. $500.
These Michigan postoffices will be
raised TO presidential class October |:
Algonac. pOstmaster's salary $1,000;
Galesburg, 1000; Wells, $1,000.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Hahn. Of Harhor Springs.
fell into boiler Of water late Wodnes-
day afternoon and was drowned.
About 800 delegates attended at Port
Huron the twenty-seventh annual re-
union of soldiers and sailors of San
lilac, Huron and St Clair counties.
There were 2.J93 deaths i'm Michigan
during the month OF August. an IN
crease of So over the previous month.
The death rate was III per 900 pop
ulation.
Adit. Gen. Brown is now ready 10
receive applications for the volumes Of
the civil war records for the Tween
ticth. Twcnty-siXth ana Ninth Michl-
gan lnfantries.
The cold weather means n saving of
thousands Of dollars To fruit growers.
as warm weather would have ripened
fruit so rapidly that the market would
have been glutted.
While tlrashing two miles north Of
Avon on the farm Of Rengels. Edward
Lehr and Geo. Tossing were scalded in
the face very badly by the valve or
the engine blowing out
In a large majority of the districts
Of the state the demand for teachers
far exceeds the supply. Many schools
have not yet started. and the school
trustees are in Il quandry.
The Michigan Cooperative league.
the coored mems organization of the
state. will hold it's state convention
and Lincoln memorial celebration at
Battle Creek September ~
The 1-year-old child Of Nicholas
Powers. of Brookficld, drank guam
tity OF kerosene oil. The family doc
tor soon struck OIL with the stomach
pump and saved the child's life.
The cousties of .Alpena.. Altoona.
Montmorency and Presque Isle viii
hold fOur-cOunty fair at Alpena
under tho auspices OF the Huron
shore Agricultural Society. and the
officers are untiring I'm their efforts TO
make the fist fair of the new organi-
Zation success.
Walter Durell of MunrOe. has re-
ceived gold watch as n token OF graf
itude from Harry Rakestraw. the To.
lldo youth who was rescued from n
watery grave i'm Lake Erie. off Monro.
Pier. August u, when his canvas
canoe was capsized and his partner.
Charles Niles. was drowned.
The remains of August Henkelman
shot Ivy Detective John Buhr. of De.
troit, were buried Wednesday after.
noon in n pauper's grave In Forest
Lawn cemetery. His stepmother has
no means. She says his mother died
when he was a few days old. and
that he was never told of her death.
His father died some years ago