Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-17
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Kendall & SHADES general store a
Nibrook was broken into and III
Sale WAS blown open. About 500 Il
hc'es ana $50 cash was the booty.
sunday night large barn on tn
farm OF Mrs. John Rhosdes. near ED
harrisburg. burned 10 the ground. to
eether with it's contents. Loss. $500
insurance. 500.
sitting in chair in his office. wher,
ne had been talking with friends
county Clerk Ashley Clapp. of Kala
niaHoo. gasped and sank back deaC
Monday morning
Mrs. T.. II. Pierce. widow. Of TRAY
crse City lost her home Nv fire Satur
1 Day loss Sl.20U. with 800 insurance
>hc and her invalid daughter Will b,
cared for hv friends.
Tie kearSarec lode was encount.
'red ny the drill operated horizontally
al the AluucZ shaft. IIoughton. at n
GcIth OF l,0.M feet The ore extracted
contains an excellent showing of cop
ncr.
Harry, the 3-year-old son of Mr.. and
MRS. Tauner, of Benton Harbor, died
from scalds received from the over
turning of u pail of water heated by
me child's mother for giving him
bath
30 many applications have been made
Tor deputy sheriff jobs in Battle Creek
that Sheriff Charles IL. Turner has Is
sued an announcement that he will con-
slder no applications until after Decem
Der H.
The daughter of William Alexander.
Oh traverse CITY. was taken i'll Sat
urday in school. The doctor calls il
smallpox ana the school has been fumi.
gated. Ten cases of smallpox exist
in the city now.
y fire. which Henry Zierlv believes
TO have been =incendiarv. DESTROYED
three Of his large farm buildings with
their contents. at the northern limits
OF Three Rivers The loss is about So.
600; insurance. $500.
Benjamin T. Baylcs. of Decatur.
heretofore convicted Of assault with
intent 10 murder one Sylvester Cole.
or the same place. was sentenced by
Judge Carl to from five 10 ten years
at jackson state prison.
The dedication of the Michigan En-.
ployment Institution for the Blind i'm
Saginaw will occur on December - |
The buildings are nearing completion
and il is thought they will he opened !
before the first OF the year.
combination heating and lighting |
franchise has been granted by the Mo |
renci council TO Dow and Fisher. who |
agree TO light with gas or electricity. !
and to heat houses and business places :
with gas, steam or hot water.
Sheriff j. i. Edgctt is offering n
reward OF SO for the arrest of Osmer
Ruppert. supposed To be implicated In
he recent hold-up In Reed City Tho
'ther two men Of the gang have been
Irrested. but no trace can he found OF
RUPERT.
Patrick Nolan. prominent stock
'uycr of Smiths Creek. either fell or
umped from the bridge near the Port
iuron Light & Power plant into Black
liver. some time Sunday night His
ody was found floating in the river
ext morning
Seeing that rail was missing IN
he Air Line tracks near WiXOm Fire
IAN j.. c. Birney, Of Jackson. became |
frightened and jumped from the Ell.
inc. The engineer Stopped the train
time To save Il wreck. Brney was .
ably injured. ,
\ Jail delivery was frustrated by I
heriff Shepard Of Adrian "Wednesday .
iSht Being allowed the run of the =
orridor the prisoners had tempered /.
it'll the bolt of Il door leading to I
hli occupied by dozen prisoners.
King it SO il would not hold
William Fulger. aged IL years. Of
lnsing. was instantly killed Saturday
lille hunting with some young com
Unions \ rifle i'm the hands OF Row
was accidentally discharged
vt the bullet passed through Fulgcr's
ad. All the parties lived i'm Lansing
The public school system of Lansing
as further crippled by fire in the &c.
II street building. due to an over
.ated furnace. The loss is $1,000.
ne Of the schools is now conducted
a church, the building which housed
having been discovered TO be unsafe
Holm lTavcns. aged GO. of PlainweiI
uunittcd suicide by shooting him.
II through the temple. lie was a
ointment haTnessmaker and imple-
cnt dealer. lie leaves n widow and
n. Ravens was injured last spring
: falling roof ana suffered greatly
lcc. qu
The total number Of tons of coal
ined in Michigan during the six
onths ending September 80. was
9.S3j: total cost of mining. S915..
800: average cost per ton $164. The
tai output was 1896 tons less than
g output for the four preceding
OnthS.
Alex. Moore has petitioned
@ United States court at Detroit t.
clare the Port Huron Steel & Screw
}. bankrupt. The company was or
niZed about four years ago. The
hilities are said 10 he about $4,000
d the assets one-third of this1
lou:.t.
The first action I'm the Jennie Leaver
Il Myrtle Smith poisoning case was
zen on Wednesday, the father of the
aver girl institlitlng proceedings
court against Devan Bros. pro-
etors of the Lion saloon. and Geo.
dgeman. manager OF the Gore block
~ store. The charge made is H.