Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-12-08

tune III ana peudle meat from door To
door.
An immense amount of cider has been
made in Marshall this fall over 5000
gallons being turned out daily for the
past ten weeks.
\ large otter, nearly extinct in Michi-
gan. was shot by hunter west of Stan
DISH on Tittahawassee river. 1t is coal
black and fine specimen.
The asylum board in their biennial
report will ask the state legislature to
provide for more buildings at the Pom
tlac asylum, ms that institution is over
crowded
All of the schools in Calhoun county
VIII close next Thursday in order TO
give the teachers an opportunity TO at
tend the Calhoun County Teachers In
! spIratl0n institute.
There is great hustlng for teams
ana men 10 get into the woods for
logging and general timber operations.
oodsmen are very scarce and wages
VIII no doubt go up.
a peculiar phenomenon is noticeable
along the Saginaw bay. The water is
rapidly receding, and the land that
was covered with water ten years ago
is now being cultivated and is occu-
| pied by farm houses.
Wallace Trostel. aged GG. Cor years a
resident Of Coldwater went out To pick
| up coal along the Lake Shore tracks.
near his home. and was struck and in
stantly killed by fast passenger
| train.
William O. Webster. Ionia county
| judge of probate. dropped dead on the
street in Chicago Friday. He was on
his way back from the worlds fair.
and with his wife had stopped over
for Il day.
Two masked highwaymen held up
John Henry, OF Port Huron, at mid
night and when lie "j0llied" them be-
cause he had only few cents to be
robbed of one of the fellows struck
him in the face.
Pau Nnkie 10 years old, of South
Haven. while hunting rabbits. accident
ally shot himself in the hand, cutting the
left thumb entirely off. His father had
Just purchased the gun for the young
mans birthday present.
The Hydraulic plant owned by the
DAiN' 41tliiilt4 At.s III .NbIMI.f. HIS DtPH
destroyed by fire. following an explos-
ion. The loss will reach ha.. Il million
dollars All the machinery i'm the mines
was operated by this plant.
Among those who will receive a
Christmas pardon from Gov. Bliss is
George Hardy. of Calhoun county. who
was cent mp for life years ago by Judge
Van Il.c. having been convicted Of kill
Ing Il woman at Duck Lake.
Three large barns on tho farm Of
Thornton Gibson. in Grand Blanc
township, burned. together with seven
teen head of cattle ana one calf. Fire
started from lantern which exploded
while the hired man was milking.
Hent Dietzel. farmer aged A..
used two wagons at time in drawing
hay from the prairie south of the Tit
tabawasee. lie fell from the front
load and the wheels of the rear wagon
passed over him. lie died OF his in
iurieS.
Mrs. Catherine Dunn. aged 20. of
Detroit. met n violent death ut mid
night Wednesday in falling from
west-hound Michigan avenue car.
Mrs. Dunn's sight was dim. and she
was very nervous because of an over.
active heart.
For trying TO intimidate white
woman in Chinese cafe in Battle
Creek. VIM. Greasy, of Climax, was
fined S24.7O. Greasy was half drunk
when he pulled revolver and scared
a married woman half TO death who
was in the place.
The balance in the state treasury
at the close Of business Nov 80. was
81, 7j4. 361 %. The semi-aunual distri-
button among the counties of primary
school interest money early this
month disposed Of about $4,000 of
last months balance.
For the third consecutive year VIII
liam Conley Of Marshall captured the
first premium for fat lambs at the
Chicago fat stock show this week. He
exhibited 30 and got Sl1j premium
He sold the lambs TO Armour at ~
cents per lb. ana realized $3.50 more.
The game warfcns are waking mp to
The fact that the scaguls that live
i'm large numbers along the lake shores
have boon shot at will by many hunt
crs. These birds are protected by the
:.
20 II hereafter that the law is en-
forced.
The oldest living graduate of the
academic department. Yale college.
ana Of the university is the Rev.
Joseph $ Lord, of Laingsburg. Mich.
who was born April 20, 1905. He is
the only survivor Of his class of 1891.
which was graduated with a member
ship of 81.
st Constantine the wheels OF the
Constantine Hydraulic Co.'S plant
were completely cloggcd with ice sat
urday ana stopped so that the city
was left without lights. The making
of ice this early in the winter was
something not expected at this season
of the year.
Driven insane because her lover
threatened to kill her when she refused
to marry him, Mera Guliya, comely
Polish girl Of Greenwich, Conn. thrust
5000 i'm bills i'm the flames In stove.
hurned mn all her bed clothing her