Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-06-23
by the bursting of soda water gas

While Harry Root was saving WOOD
with large circle saw on tho farm
near Clayton his foot caught In the
saw and was nearly severed just above
the ankle.
The barn on VIM. Rosenberg's farm.
~ Newburg, burned and two calves
and several hogs were cremated. Some
valuable farm implements were lie
stroycd. Loss. 81 800.
coy. Bliss has granted the desired
reuu'sition on the governor OF Mis-
souri, FOR VIM. Stevens. the alleged
bandit, charged with the murder OF
Ralph Calkins at Detroit
! Burglars broke into the office and
forced the safe or the Ithaca Roller
Mills Co. Tuesday night securing
! nearly $500 in cash and also carried
away many valuable papers.
Fire at Fruitport destroyed Coniey's
dry goods store. n drug store and al
empty building. The total loss Is about
! $1,000, with some insurance. IL is be-
! lieyed that the blaze was incendiary.
| Much ~ the delight Of the residents
| OF that part of the woods the saw
4 mills at Dollarville, In the upper PEN
insula, have started NJ, and contrary
to current report, will be operated all
summer.
WORD has come from the tops OF the
Andes noun .ainS. in Argentine,
| whence 100000 white fish eggs were
shipped from the Worthwhile hatchery.
/ that 30 per cent bad Matched and were
! doing well.
BY - votes Three Rivers fails To get
! new high school. 4 special election
/ was called to vote on the proposition
to bond FOR so, 900 for q building to
replace the hlgh school which burned
last winter.
mo friends, no relatives. perfectly
! sober, drowned-JOhn Vanderlick."
/ Such was the note found pinned on the
| body some boys fishcd up from be-
| meath the Northport ferry dock. The
dead man WAS a laborer.
/ A series Of shafts are being sunk
/ along the Rife river, north and east
! of Siandish for coal. some very good
! samples have been taken out in tho
/ past. and it's thought that lnrgc beds
! Ct fine coal undcrlic this section.
1 Richard Browcr. the Montrosc young
! man who has been In jail FOR some
/ weeks. charged with abusing 3.ycar-old
, edith lIobson. OF The same township.
pleaded guilty ana was rcmanded to
( Jail To await sentence, which will like
1 is Dc heavy.
Fire Friday morning destroyed one
! large building of the Johnson Cooper
age Co, in ColdWates Loss $1,000; in
Surancc. $1,000. Sixteen. cOopcrs los,
500 worth Of tools. The portion Of
the plant destroyed made pork bar
rcls for Armour ~ Co.
Sherwood Kenison, Of Millington.
| says he will not make complaint
! against his better half and Arthur Has
! kell. who, il is alleged, eloped for the
Third time, ICY days ago, rs he has
fr "a, 81" n,ccdM U lyttsnt 10 '"'' "''
Gearing Bros. of Detroit the con
! tractors who viii erect the new life
saving station and government build
ings on Middle island. now have
crew at work The site is now covered
with a dense growth OF timber. which
] win have 10 be cleared away.
What Is regarded rs n strange coin.
/ cidencc is the fact that over in Ber-
+ licn. Kalamazoo county. where the
Grand Trunk railway has imported
Italian laborcrS 60 work Oh thc tracks,
/ the poultry has taken habit of stray
ing off the premises and failing TO
show up At night
Ralph Davies. n farm lad in New
Haven township. cut an artery in his
/ leg with IN aX. lie was in danger OF
bleeding Ia death until he tightly
bound cord around his leg above the
wound 10 check the flow and made his
way home, ana Il doctor arrived in
time 90 save bis life.
The large strawberry growers in the
vicinity Of Worthwhile announce that
they will only have about half crop
OF the fruit, owing To the continuous
drouth. The home grown berries have
Just come on The market and are
week or ten days late, having been
very slow to ripcn.
Ten days ago Il carrier pigeon with
Il gunShot wound on its wing came ca
tho home Of G.. ii. Eddy. near Byron
The band on the birds leg had the in.
itlals: ~. 4. NJ" date OF. No. GiS.
Mr.. Eddy w. release the bird in Il few
days. when il has gained strength.
and viii send a message To it's owner
The 5-ycar-old son Of Alvah Camp
bell. of Mason, was climbing upon the
wheel Of a wagon when the team start
ed, throwing him with his head be
tween the wheel and the body OF the
wagon The horses were stopped inn
mcdiately, but the wheel had to bc
taken off To release him II is thought !
he will recover
Felix King. well known farmer, |
just southeast OF Standish. was bound |
over 10 the circuit c0nl't Oh charge |
preferred by Agnes Brady - years |
Of age, living near bis farm. King de- !
clarcs he is victim Of hlackmail. He (,
bears the best of II reputation. has !
lived on his present farm for 20 year,
ana has Il family.
The appointment OF W. *. Brewster |
OF Durand, as deputy state game war |
den has been revoked by State Game |
Warden Chapman, owing to a disagree |
ircnt between The two ms to bill |