Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-07
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

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/ About :!OO dentists are ATTENDING
he forty eighth annual state conrcn-
tion at Lansing.
4 Lake city has decided to build
Sl2.W0 brick school house 10 he ieady
for occupancy Nov. l.
| 4 woman lccturcd in Adi'a the
other night and said. There are no
! good husbands except dead ones. Poor
/ old girl.
Seth Willicutt. farm hand. was
! foud dead in bed nj the home of W.
| III. Orter. OF Charlotte. where he was
employed
Adjt. Gen. Brown mas issued orders
announcing that the annual practice
cruise of the Michigan state naval bril-
Sadc will commence August o.
! After wandering IN darkness FOR ten
months. the citizens NJ Buchanan are
rejoicing over tho new electric lights
which have just been turned on.
deaf mute. thought 10 he Milton
Leach. OF lVordale. Mich. was strucl,
| and Instantly Killed hy y pcrc Mar
quote work train at Nj. Morris.
Dr W. l.. McBcth. u McIl-known
| physician. Of GalcSburg. WAS serious
| w injured by falling down the steep
stairway ftom the loft OF his barn.
The Bay City & Caro- Electric Rail-
way Go. will not get II franchise from
| Bay City until tho identity of the back
crS and stockholders is made known.
During the absence Df her mother.
| thc young child of Mr.. aud Mrs. Al
bert Lauren. OF Calumet. pulled u ct
4 l.. 4
WAS sCaldid To death.
School teachers are reported scarce
in Rerrien county and the commission
or accounts for il by the low salaries
paid. and suggests that the number %
small schools he decreased
After lighting through the supreme
court Il defective sidewalk damage
ease. which JAMES Hunter offered Ia
settle for 500. the council of Owo>>o
las been ordered 10 pay $1,000.
Rufus Schcrincrhorn. Il former be-
troter. AMI +. NJ kilhourn, former
mayor of CCrunna. have bought Il 81
acre farm near XaZa Del Medic. uba,
and will engage in cattle raising.
MunSing papers announce the found
ing Of new town near Skandia. Mich.
\ chair factory and saw mill and scv-
ertl dwellings have been erected on
the line of the Marquette X Southeast
Crn railway
SafeblowcrS operated on the First
State Savings bank of breckenridge
Monday night after midnight The
safe was badly wrecked. but the fell
lows were unsuccessful i'm the attempt
10 reach the valuablcs.
Eryn Nandcrstcl. II years old. an
East Paris township farmer. was
found dead in meadow near his
home Saturday iuorninc by his
brother 1t is supposed lac WIS killed
hy hci'@ kicked in the head by u
horse.
At the "nrual meeting Of the grand
lodge of Tie tnion Temple Of Honor
, al Calumet. William Inch. OF IrOr-
wood. was elected grand governor of
tile grand lodge. and james r. Ashton
of Calumet grand worthy tcmplIr Of
the state order.
Tho Jackson city council has
granted permission to- ihc Eagles To
use The streets for the purpose OF
holding midsummer festival during
the week OF August L. The Gaskil!
company has been engaged with -
carloads OF attractions.
The Fourth of July celebration in
Sonoma will have n twofUld Signiti-
canoe this year and the town will do
IFS best The occasion for the surplus
enthusiasm Is the birth of Il child in
thc town. an event which hasn't been
duplicated for the past eight years.
Presumably while crazed hy domes-
tic troubles. Former County Road Com
missioner Isaac Englc fired several
shots at his wife at the Pilar farm.
Only one shot took effect however.
striking her in the left side of the head
II is feared the wound will prove fu-
tai.
\ Battle Greek man has converted a
steam launch into u torpedo boat AMI
has been practicing on Lake Gognac.
Fairgroyc. aroused hy the recent
burgary there. has organized a dctc..-
tive squad. and will nab The porch
climber who tries 10 lift anything
from that village.
Reports from various parts of Oak
ilnd county state that the hay crop
this year Will bc ut least third less
than Tie crop Of last year. Dry
weather FOR too long II time is the
CHIEF reason assigned for the falling
OF. Now that the Crcp has about ma
turcd there nave been 50 MANY show
t1'S farmers are Having trouble i'm Sc
curing the crop
.tmoa. the recipients of honorary
degrees M Yale were: Doctor of law.
Don Cayctano Areliano. chief Justice
Of the Philippine Islands: master of
arts. "ardo dc Tavcra. senior Filipino
member Philippine commission.
l'ontiac-1he law library of the late
lGdgc u - Baldwin has been slld by
TIC trustees TO- Attorney T. A. Knight.
" Rockford. III. rhc library contains
$50 volumes ana is said tn have
cost Sio.0O0. There arc many rare
books iu the collection. some Of them
| FROM the press OF Thomas Roycroft.
printed in the seventeenth century.
Pontlac.-William II. Wilbur has
started suit in tlicscircuit court against