Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-07
STATE NEWS NOTES.
RoscburG is booming.
pOtntO fnmlnc nj Gallon.

hoSebuFS Is DOolllnS.
Potato famine ut Galien.
The maple sugar crop IS short,
The snow is eight feet deep in Lath-
rop.
Port Huron will have $4,000 hos
pital.
ColdWatcr expended S25,42T.0S on
schools last year.
Walter Johnson. Thetford, lost two
fingers by circular saw.
\ man named Trout caught 10
pound pickcrcl in Stone lake.
James Frazer, woodman near
Manistique. committed suicide.
Frankfort ana Point Betsey life saw
ing stations were opened Friday.
!. Wilks, Gardendale farmer. was
found deaA in bed from gangrene.
Transfer of - prisoners will be
made from Jackson TO Marquette.
The damages by floods throughout
the state Is estimated AT S5.o0O,000.
\ proposed factory for Kalamazoo
VIII be operated by compressed air.
Five candidates for township treas
urer make warm politics in Marlctte.
\ little daughter of William Matches
was drowned in well near Grayling.
IL. l. Rupp and wife of the Indus
trial school, Lansing. have resigned.
Mrs. Fred Stevens. Nlpcna, was
badly burned from gas stove explosion.
The registration of voters i'm Pom
tiac last week was the largest in
years
The Riverside Manufacturing Co.'S
new plant burned Monday. Loss about
$1,000
Dozens Of prairie chickens are be.
Ing placed in game reserve on Grand
Island.
For beating his mother. Charles
Ross. of Lexington, rs serving GO days
in jail.
\ fireman found key Of dynamite
in coal on Il Grand Trunk train near
Durand.
Samuel ]. IIolton. Sandstone, took an
overdose OF laudanum after Il spree
and died.
Children Of North Rome wear badg
Is. Vote Yes For Me" referring 20
local option.
Stanley Trail. aged II, stepped in
front of a train at Bcllaire and was
cut to pieces.
Because Of competition. street paw
ing at Menomnee cost 10.per cent less
than last year
The water i'm church basement Mt
Sodos was pumped out 50 services
could be hed
Il. L. Stearns, son Of JustuS $.
Stcarns. has been nominated for may
or of I.udlngton.
Mrs Louise Adlc. of Caro-. died last
week OH the first anniversary of her
husbands death.
Four,ccn-ycar-old Dcloss colby. Of
GrinGstoue city. was Killed while lool
Ing for eggs In the barn
Arthur Egglcston fell into n vat OF
boiling water at the mill of the Char
leyoiX Lumber co. and was so severe
~ scalded that there * little hope Of
saving nix life
The Dimondalc creamery is doing Il
rushing business while tile condensed
milk factory IN lansing is under
water. II is taking in 1900 to 1900
pounds Of milk Il day.
Thursday night George Brookmeycr.
4 fisherman. shot himself through The
hand with "A revolver when seven
miles out on the ice. He had To walk
to BAY City. L. miles through water
part Of the way. 10 get physician.
\ dwelling honsc on the farm az
Mrs. Helen Cone. in Gcnescc town
ship. caught fire from defective
chimney early saturday morning ana
burned TO the ground. The house was
occupied by Harvey Lee and family.
who made their escape in their night
clothes.
The old line insurance companies
issued policies IN Michigan during the
year of S5b.jJS. ltl.OG. ana ut tho clos,
Of the year the policies IN force
amounted 20 S2:}i. liz SO3.IJ. Thes,
companies received IN premiums dur.
Ing year from Michigan policy holders
Ss.G63. O72.OS. and paid ont for losses
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