Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-12-15
MICHIGAN NEWS NOTES.

DOmlnlck OulldSnCr, one OF INC olu
est pioneers Of Beaver island, in Lake
Michigan, is dead.
Bread and meat wars are being
waged in Benton Harbor and prices
have been deeply cut.
The production OF coal in Michigan
| during the year has appropriated
100000 tons this year.
Tuscola county is talking for a new
court house to cost 100000, and senti-
ment is strong in favor Of it.
Fred Il. Campbell. II Freedom town
ship farmer. died without known heirs
and his estate OF $500 has 10 claim
! ants.
The dry kiln of the Grand Rapids
School Seat Furniture Co. containing
$4,000 feet of hardwood lumber was
burned Saturday night. Loss. $4,000.
James Longcore. ageI - years. and a
resident of Ashland township shot HIM
self fatally at his home. He leaves five
children. No cause is known for his act.
Eric Johnson, Of Dalton township.
was instantly killed by falling under
a wagon loaded with wood. The
wheels crushed in his ribs, piercing the
heart.
Fire. probably from defective
chimney partly destroyed the pas
scnger depot of the Air Line division
of the Michigan Central railroad in
Cassopolis.
William Sebring of Kalamazoo, was
found dead in mis- bed with bottle
of alcohol by his side. He was last
seen Saturday afternoon. and it is be-
loved he died that same night.
The crSsads in Battle Creek against
fraudulent msdicai practitioners will
aring ont some interesting facts, and
whichever side wins the cases will -
eventually taken TO the supreme court.
Fairfield is very much agitated con
corning school matters. 1t is pro-
posed To unite four districts and build
UP good graded school in the place
of one teacher trying to teach ten
grades.
The cutting and sale Of Christmas
trees ut Rapid River, Delta county.
is coming to be quite an industry. and
il is estimated that - carloads OF
trees will he shipped from there this
season.
lUNtSllEdllOil llllO lilt NdNt VI AillNt
white girls living in an attic in the out
skirts Of Grand Rapids with three negro
walters reveals a shocking state of af.
fairs. and wholesale arrests are likely to
follow.
There has been great falling off in
the saloon business in Battle Creck
lately Fifteen proprIetors are listed to
quit the business before spring. Heavy
fines and stringent laws is said TO be
the cause.
After deserving her husband for two
years Mrs William I4ickert has re-
turned from 500 CITY. l. T.. TO Traverse
CITY. and her husband has forgiven her.
This is the second time that he has
taken her back.
After being out - hours without
reaching Il verdict. the jury in the
trial of cx-Mayor George X. Perry
charged with bribery in the Grand
Rapids water deal. was discharged
shortly after noon Sunday.
The new school erected in Yale ut
IA cost of $4,000 will he ready for
occupancy January |. 1t has nine
rooms. steam heat. electricity and all
other modern improvements, making
II one Of the finest schools I'm the state.
At tho present time there are 40 life
convicts i'm the state prison at Jackson.
When the new portions of the old east
wing were constructed small block
was designated for the liferS as il was
not thought that the number would
ever exceed ~
Lanslng's ordinance to prohibit the
peddling Of medicine samples from
house To house. has been amended TO in
clude thc placing OF samples in vehicles
ON tbe streets. Complaints have been
made that the vendors have placed dan
rerous samples i'm baby carriages.
Snowflake little town near Petos-
key has new industry. Indians gath
or the cones of the jack pine and they
are shipped TO Snowflake. where they
arc sorted. ptemmcd and slightly heated
Tn omen the seed centers. The seed are
Skinned 10 nurserymcn. bringing 81 TO
SO per pound.
Harry Mundell aged 16, and Lyman
Warren. aged ~. arrested NJ their
homes. Saginaw. charged with placing
stones I'm "A switch and on the track
nj Union Park siding of the Pere Mar
quette road with intent ~ wreck the
passenger train. confessed TO the act.
saying they took a notion TO have
some fun"
New York pays S2,O00000 a year To
heat school buildings.
4 panic was caused by slight blaze
Ia. Nv,Is Il.