Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-12-22
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

Deputy Warden Fred VI. Douglass
has resigned his position at the Michi-
gan reformatory and accepted po-
sition as travelling salesman.
The livery barn of Griffin & Kug-
Ter. in Niles. together with fifteen
horses. n dozen vehicles. harness, hay
and grain. was destroyed by fire. In
Surancc $1,000.
senator Burrows introduced n bill To
pay Major Seymour Powell $1,000
which he lost by robbery while on the
way to the Philippines. Major Powell
Is an Adrian man.
Thomas Costello. OF Manton. who ran
away with Dalzelrs livery team three
weeks ago and was captured at Elk
RaDids last week. was bound over for
trial mt the circuit court
G. w. Post will serve his 600 en-
ployeS with chicken dinner at the
Battle Greek auditorium on New Years
eve. He has engaged the Women's
league to furnish the dinner and do
the serving.
Two thousand rats have been secured
for the annual banquet OF the Monroe
Yacht club. to he held Dec. 2S. Three
muskrat specials from Detroit and two
from Toledo will he run on the Detroit,
Monroe d Toedo Short Line.
Penfold. OF Battle Creek. accused Of
assault with intent to do great bodily
harm less than murder. was und
guilty Of assault ana battery in the cir
cult court and sentence. TO four months
at the Detroit house Of correction.
A 4O0-acrc cranberry marsh on
Thunder bay. near Alpena. is verit-
able gold mine, netting its owners sew
eral thousand dollars. the crop bring
ing the gross sum OF $4,000. An acre
Yields about 200 bushels OF berries.
Otto MarklwitZ. Il school boy. aged
"A, while going 10 lis home along the
Michigan Central tracks. in Lansing,
was run over by switch engine ana
both legs were crushed. He died a
few hours later at the City hospital.
Quanicassce Indians have been very
successful trapping this year, and II
Is said that a party of them recentl.t
returned from MaSiou island. near Ray.
port. with 100 muskrat pclts, 1 foxes,
badger, several mink and Il skunk.
A statement sent to congress shows
that the official cmolumeuts Of Collec.
for John +. Rich at Detroit last year
amounted 10 $4,000: Of the collector at
Grand Rapids S4,354. and Of the col.
lector in tile district of Superior. Mich,
S.. 800.
While shrcdding corn in large barn
i'm AIgansuc. the men were surprised 10
see the interior of the barn all ablaZe.
The building was soon destroyed with
thirty tons of hay. 100 bushels OF cOru
and nearly 5000 worth OF farm tools.
Loss. 81 900.
AftSr li3ter legal struggle. Roy
Waterbury, keed IS was declared MI
guilty OF criminal assault OF neigh.
Dor girl last summer, III Algansee. The
Young mans excellent character prob.
ably cleared him. as the evidence
seemed against him.
Coach YOst has signed five-year con.
tract and will direct the Michigan teams
of 1909. 1906. 1907. 1905 and 1909. The
salary and other conditions of the con.
tract are withheld. but it is understood
that the great coach will receive $4,000
for each seasons work.
Rev. l.. III. Trowbrdgo. Of Detroit.
until March. 1902. publisher of the
Michigan Christian Herald, and one OF
the clerical Baptist leaders of the state,
passed away Sunday morning In Los
Angeles. Cal. where he nd gone in the
hope Of lettering his health.
Railroad Commissioner Atwood has
been investigating the claim of Harper
Bros. against the pere Marquette for
damages resulting from high water in
Ionia last spring on account Of the COM
trnS la I'm
tervav. No opinion has been rendered.
Mrs. Catherine Dorf. OF Grand Rap
ids who was shot some time ago by
John A. Adamski, who afterwarl
Killed himself. is in precarlous cor
dtion. She has been ut the hospital
since the shooting and it was thought
for some time that she would recover.
Michigan will undoubtedly receive
the appointment OF foreign reprcsen-
tntive of high rank said Senator Rus.
sell A. Alger who arrived ut home
from Washington. Monday, TO srend
the holidays. II mean, somets ing
higher than n consulship-a minister. "
Daniel Teller. of Kalamazoo, deaf
mute. has invented door signal for
people who cannot hear. 1t is a me-
tallic box containing two iron balls.
The bottom If the box drops out at
the touch of the button on the outside
Of the door and the balls roll across
the floor.
Jury in the circuit court has de-
cidcd that John T.. Suffer. a Grant sa-
loonkeeper. must pay Mrs. Roseley Con
nor 500 for selling booze to her son.
who was killed oil the railroad track in
July. while under the influence Of liz
nor. suffer had been forbidden TO sell
him liquor
James Farrell WIS fined $50 in the
MuSkcgon police court for keeping Il
gambling house. The lid went on sun
day morning, ana the place was raid
cd and nineteen persons arrested, but
only Farrell was fined. Chips. roulette
wheel, crap table, cards and dice were
all confiscatcd
Part of the "Unclc HeZ' theatrical
company are detained in Battle Greek
in quarantine on their private car, be-
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