Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-05


Mrs. Hester Coe. OF Galesbury. rs
years OK age. Is dead. She belonged TO
a FAMILY OF eight children. four Of
whom are SIN alive. the eldest being
as ana the youngest 40 years of age.
Neighbors OF William Lyons, OF
Lennon. believe that the young man
came TO his death on Saturday night.
! April -, by means OF foul play, and
VIII ASK the authorities for an investi-
| SaJion.
Pomona and Occidental lodges OF
! Free MasoLs ut 81. Joseph. both old
| anu strong bodies. have decided TO
| consolidate. making what II Is elaine
VIII ee the second largest Masonic
lodge In the state.
\ farm for Angora goats has been
established in Chippewa county, half
dozen of the animals having been
| Win;ered there. II has been hereto
iore believed hat the goats could not
stand the climate.
The circuit court jury has rendered
verdict OF no cause Of action In th1
case In which George \. Blye sought
TO recover $1,000 from the Lansing
Wheelbarrow Co. tor injuries sustain
cd rs an employc.
j. Hayes. OF Arenac. has bee
Drought 10 Bay tiry hospital Tor
tleatmcnt He Tell recently, iljuring
his hip slightly. Blood poisoning set
III and amputatlon ol the leg at the
Zap may he necessary
The twoycar-od son Of Benjamin
Fry. Of Dimondalc. took down botde
OF carDolic acid and swallowed the
contents. The child died SUM ~ morn
i"g. living about half al hour after
swallowing the poison.
Neal Mcmillan. United States consul
1T Sarnia. suffered stroke of pIrdly-
sis while seated at Lis desk and Is in
s,rious condition. Mr.. Mcmillan was
formerly state oil inspecto", and Is
we'll known all over Michigan.
Twen.y sites were offered the Dc
troit citizens committee OIL the state
fair, and from these half a dozen VIII
be se,ccted for the executive commit
tee Of tie agricultural society to
choose from when ii meets May q.
The home Of Samuel Thomas, near
Copeu.ish burned To the ground Satur-
Gay Mrs. Thomas was In the woods
AT the time, and two of her CHILDREN
escaped. while little boy aged
months was imprisoned and was
burned TO death
\ Jury has finally been obtained TO
try George Parker. Of Detroit. charged
With the murder Of his bro,her-in-ia ".
Tue al cost OF obtaining jury III
the now celebrated case. including the
cost for the two previous Jurles, was
5000. or. 500 juror.
The three-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos Carr. Of Lansing. was IA
tally burned sunday Mrs. Carr went
town STAIR. for pail of water an
rushed batk' on hearing the child's
screams and found it impossible To &c,
through the burning hallway to his
aid.
Fire destroyed the Franklin house II
Chcboygan Saturday morning. loss Sd
800. insurance $1,000. The residence
Of Elizabeth McGurn adjoining was
damaged. both house and furniture.
"buut SG00 Insurance on the house
$500. Tho cause Of the fire is un-
known
Fhe weekly health report shows
that there are II eases of diphtneria.
- OF scarlet fever and II o! smallpox
i'm Detroit. The deaths for the week
numbered los. OF which - were OF
children under the age of > years Six
ty-thrcc births were reported. ~ boys
and 30 girls
Lloyd J. Lowry. of Chicago, has been
in Sherwood the past three weeks In
vestigating wells and springs on his
fathers fnrm. for signs OF oil. lie
las decided there are prospects Of a
good flow of oil and has already lels-
cd over Loco acres Of land. \ com
pnny will be formed.
Mrs. May Judy. Of Grand Rapids.
was excessively fond of candy and
has cu'en great quantities for years.
sunday she ate q box Of bon bons anc
died a few hours later. The coroner :
investigation of the case resulted in
a verdict that death was caused by
excessive candy eating.
Robert Nevins. a Maple Grove stock !
buyer was thrown from h rise near
his home lie was picked up uncon. |
scious and taken home where he died !
Thursday morning. He was man
about 40 years of age and formerly |
had n meat market IN Nashville. lie
was riding an unbrollen mustang.
Because he insisted on stripping the /
clothing from his person and his bed |
to make fires in his cell and did |
many Other things, Harry w. Mitchell |
Of Battle Creek. who has been await |
ing trial Ia the county iai. on a charge |
OF defaclng property at the Hotel Bis
marck has been sent 10 the asylum |
The sCpremc court has upheld Audi |
tor-Gcneral Powers in his refusal To |
pay vouchers allowed by state boards |
For services OF attorneys for preparing |
desired legislation. The decision per
mits the auditorgeneral 10 recover !
such money expended 10y state boards |
10y dcducting the amount from the |
FUNDS of the board.
The most remarkable state conven
ton ever summoned in Michigan will |
assemble IN Jackson May is Ii is 10
he a gathering composed Of those sur
vivors who voted in ante-bellum days |
for Gen. John G.. Fremont for presi
dent. the first nominee of the Repub-
lican party There are believed TO bc |