Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-10
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Muskegon faces water famine.

farms.
Field mice are injuring fruit trees
ut Watervllet.
Failing tree crushed both legs OF
Jesse Hays, of Acme.
Western Michigan orchards are be-
ing ruined by San Jose scale.
Fruit growers in Berrien county are
worried over n scarcity of help.
Hancock has fire engine which has
been in commission over 80 years
Paul Topp. South Grand Blanc. was
shot through the ear while hunting.
A Port Huron youth stole $40 from
his mothers pillow while she slept.
The Charlotte postoffice will he
moved, after being in one location SO
years.
Canadian Indians crossed Lake SUI
perior on the ice and camped on Black
river.
Last year the Westphalia creamery
manufactured over 11l,000 pounds OF
butter
Fred III. Smith. 500 brakeman,
had both legs cut off by train. Death
followed.
Land and railway companies are
endeavoring TO coloniZe upper PENN
sula counties.
Mrs. l.. A. Blackman. Of Hillsdale,
was seriously burned by cleaning lace
with gasoline.
A Menominee family IS dangerously
i'll from eating poisoned biscuits made
| from stale -four.
The proposition to bond Grand Ran
IDS 100000 for school extension Will
be settled by people.
4 movement is on foot to double
the capacity of the Grand Trunk
shops In Port Huron.
Capt. Bartlett, Dayton, the first
white child born in Berrien county, is
hale and hearty at ~
Lenawee county will submit the
question OF local option TO the voters
ut the spring election.
The burned business dictrict Of
! Coleman will be rebuilt with brick
Z and cement structures.
The widest storm of the winter
/ ragged Wednesday night in the copper
district. with a heavy fall of snow.
Charles Garfield. of Hillsdale coun-
/ ~, is seriously i'll from blood poison
/ ing resulting from n horse bite.
! WIN McGill. leslie farm hand,
was kicked in the face by horse
The bones of his lower jaw were broS-
Ell to spllnters.
Gov. Bliss will call an election In
/ Jackson county to nominate success
sor TO Judge Peek, the election to be
held on April i.
Marquette has never been so com
/ pletely snowbound since March, 1899.
as it was last week. All traffic was
stopped.
Michigan railroads earned $367I,-
I 1853 in January, 1904, decrease
/ over the same month in 1908 of SILL
o5S.64 or IA per cent.
The printing plant of the Wynkoop,
! Hailenbeck ~ Crawford Company in
Lansing was burned Tuesday morning.
| Loss. $4,000; no insurance
The proposition to bond Bronson for
sum not to exceed $4,000 with
which to establish water works
plant, will be voted upon at the spring
election.
Mrs. Almira Austin, convicted 81
polygamy was sentenced in Port HUI
ron 10 the Detroit house of correction
for from two years to two years and
six months.
Clifford +. Gilbert, Of Jackson. 3
years old. is dead from eating suych-
nine tablets. Lewis Crosby, Il neigh
boring child. ate some of the poison.
| but recovered.
Nine-year-old Turner -. Turner, Of
Porter. while playing with Il calf. was
hooked in the eye The injury was so
serious that it was necessary TO re
move the eye.
J. y. Merrifield, 60 years old. of
| Coldwater. was struck by train and
his head cut off. lie was walking oil
the tracks and being deaf did not
! hear the train.
Because OF the frozen condition Of
the ground Sexton Mark Huston was
unable TO dig a grave In an Owosso
cemtery i'm time for funeral Satur-
day, so the burial was postponed to
Sunday.
Edith. the 10-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Louis DcLisle. of Flint,
was poisoned by eating canned toma-
toes prepared for supper Only the
prompt action of physician saved
| her life.
Mayor Wood ordered the Niles
opera house closed until extensive re-
pairs are completed. The mayor also
| ordered Billiards. hall. the only other
| playhouse i'm town. closed for the
same reason
The Jackson street railway service is
held up as the result of the township
treasurers Of Leoni ana Grass Lake
llcvying upon the rolling stock Of the
Jackson 4 Suburban Traction Co. for
$1,000 unpaid taxes.
Eighty acres OF land have been given
10 the University Of Michigan TO serve
tie needs Of the department of for
estry. The gift was made by Regent
Arthur Hill. Of Saginaw
George Atkinson. who came TO Ian
sing from Laingsburg few weeks
ago and who Is employed in the Olds
gasoline works. fell from high scaf
fold Monday and Is now I'm a serious
condition from paralysis.
stanley Hicks n Yarmouth farmer