Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-06-30
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

blowing over on him.
The IApeer council has decided TO
build 10000 square feet Of cement SIDE
walk as soon rs possible.
Willie Lavallcy. 10 years old, tried
To ride log I'm the Menominee river.
The log rolled. ana Willie Is dead.
About half the cattle sheds at the
Lenawee county fair grounds were
blown down during Saturdays storm.
Arthur l.. Spooner. Of SAINT ste. Ma
RE, a railway mDil clerk. shot himself
in the head. Ii he RECEIVERS he Will be
blind.
Petty thieves la Calumet are steal
ing the mite boxes placed In business
houses for the benefit OF the fresh air
farm
The common council AT Lansing pro-
poses TO limit the number of saloons
in that city TO one to every 1000 in
hahitants.
George Brooks. a farmer four miles
west OF Evansville. was kicked by n
horse Saturday night and died next
day from his injuries.
Adjt..Gen. Brown has issued orders
announcing that the annual practice
cruise of the Michigan state naval bri-
| gade will commence August q.
Niles business men are still figuring
on the creamery proposition and n
| plan Is on foot TO organize a local com
pany and erect a $1,000 building.
The Gun lake ditch. which has been
/ In litigation for some time. viii now
| be dug by order Of the court AT q cost
OF 100000 II viii be II miles long.
| \ Charlotte man who has been hold
| ing 300 bushels OF beans for higher
prices has discovered that the beans
have boon ruined by the heat and are
total loss.
Henry Grammer. the cowboy. who
| fatally shot Leonard HOehling, OF
Flint, Mich. during n saloon fight at
| Malta. Montana. has been released on
| $4,000 bonds
Pontiac people are kicking ON the
stone cutting Tor the new court house
being done In Detroit, as Is proposed.
ana want the supervisors 10 order II
done In Pontiac.
The will of \. J. Phillips, late Of
FentOn. bcqueaths 10 the villnge Of
FentOn the office building and grounds
of the deceased. together with $500 in
cash, TO be used for .puhaic library pur-
poses
The board Of state auditors viii H.
! Illuminate the dome OF the capitol.
! Strings Of iHcanGcscent bulbs will be
run up and down The ribs and the
! base ana top Will be- circled with the
/ lights.
Alpena received bids for $4,000
I %
! 100000 electric light bonds at four
/ per cent. but rejected them ana sold
the securities OF auction for a premium
/ of $1,000.
Malcolm Ross of Fraser township he.
came mentally unbalanced. and drove
/ lis family into the woods with an aX
Sheriff Kinney has him in charge. and
/ Mrs. Ross wants him taken 20 an i'm
/ sane asylum.
CaSsopoIis people think they arc get
\ ting more for their money, and paying
4 less money considering what they get,
/ than any other place in the state The
village tax this year Is but nine mills
or the dollar.
st hearing before GOV. Bliss at.
! tnrncys for The Michigan Central rail
road denied that the suit of tho road
f.. "a inst thC statC For damages FOR the
! repeal OF the roads charter would be
settled out of court.
The city attorney OF Monroe has
/ been Instructed TO begin proceedings
against The Detroit. Monroe Il Toledo
1 short line electric road 10 ascertain its
rights 10 haul freight. The case will
likely 20 10 the supreme court.
The severe rain storm Saturday I'M
deimined tho foundations OF a build
! Ing being erected in Durand. and the
walls fell carrying three men with
them. y. Goodyear and Rollo Rood
were seriously injured II is thought
that Roods Injuries may prove fatal.
Farmer Matthew Jones living near
| Miles had scotch shepherd dog which
went mad. chased Jones and his hired
man to the tall timbCrs, capered along
down the road. biting COWS, pigs and
other dogs. until nualIy lie reached
town. where Il posse OF police slew
| him.
Mrs. Maria IIixson. tie oldest resi-
/ dent Of LCnawcc COUNT. became 1Ol
years old sunday. She Is staying ut
present with her daughter. Mrs. II. q.
| kedzic. Of Tecumseh, and Is very scri-
ously ILL., She came TO Michigan in
1876 and has lived in the state ever
since.
The jury in the 5000 damage suit
OF Asa Curtis vs.. Owosso Manufacture
| ing Co brought in verdict Of no
cause OF action. Curtis was digging
a trench for defendant and was in
Iurcd Ivy earth caving in. II was
proven AZ the trial that Curtis had am.
| pie warming
Several years. ago someone entered
| the residence 81 IT, &. Guile in Alaio.
don township. Ingham county. aud
4 stole So. Mrs. Guile has received n
letter inclCsiBg 50. explaining that the
writer. who signed himself "Onc Who
4 Is Sorry WAS tie ono VINO took tho
money while very hard up.
While the railroads Of Michigan arc
Fighting against their tax assessments
md the casus arc dragging along
awaiting their trial tn court. the I'M
tercst pile. mp at the rate Of S250.000
n year At the end Of the fiscal year
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