Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-03
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

process OF instruction. but 1t Is sa' 4
few people have MS yet commenced 20
move out of town.
1t is said that tile proposed Mlchi-
gan 4 Indiana electric line. which Will
| operate a branch between Lansing and
Battle Greek. will skip Oliyet
Nottawa. on The Grand Rapids x IN
Giana railroad has supplied her por-
ton Of potatoes. $4,000 worth having
been shipped from that station.
benjamin Bayles, Of Decatur. was
convicted of assault with intent to
! murder in firing on Lamford Cole
from ambush and wounding him III
the hin.
Mrs. Frances stevens. aged 10 years.
of Port Huron. while sweeping inhaled
dust which started hemorrhage of
the lungs. she lay down on Il couch
| TO rest and died in Il few minutes
1t has been represented TO the gem
cral staff of the army that it will re-
qulrc an expenditure of $3,Sl9,420 to
place tho submarine defenses of the
| United States in Il state of tliciency.
The G-year-old son of John Molen-
! kGmp. of Grand Rapids. fell from his
! fathers wagon as ii turned into an
alley ut his home. and his neck was
broken. The father in his GRIEF
tried to commit suicide
Mrs. f.. -. Parker. aged -. of Grass
Lake. whose hip was fractured by
lall caused by the antics of Il pet dog.
died from the injuries she received.
She lived four days and was an intense
sufferer during all that time.
I'm assault was made ne. the Lake
Shore depot in Adrian Tuesday night
on Thomas Doolev aged SO years. He
was hit over the head with club by
some unknown person, and ii is impos-
sible 10 tell how serious his condition
IS
Manual training. which for some
years has been confined strictly to
Kalamazoo city schools, will be pushed
out this winter to the rural schools
of the county. there being five outside
districts in which it will be intro
duced.
Hunters have already commenced
shooting partridge along the NJ. G. and
ID. u NJ. railroads and The ID. & Nj.
company offer Il reward of SO for the
conviction of anyone found shooting
any birds out of season. The season
opens Oct. 90.
Il. VI. Fowler, one of the best known
diyincs in Michigan, is critically i'll
ut his home i'm Kalamazoo. He Is al
most 90 years of age and has been
preaching in the state for more than
sixty years. He retired from the min
istry about twenty years ago.
Jacob Soles, OF Alger was driving
from West Branch TO Alger when his
hgcatnn fYiobfnnn1 - n IiU hinrE
bear and ran away. throwing him out
of his wagon and breaking his collar
bone. one arm ard iniuring him intern
ally. He is not expected to live.
j.. Il. Webster. the Green Bay. Wis.
contractor who has the contract for
building the $4,000 sewer system in
Coldwator and went into bankruptcy
at milwaukee,. says hc has mace ar
rangements 10 carry on his work and
will complete II i'll the prescribed
time
The third sudden death within
week occurred Saturday when Mrs.
]. j. Baker. aged 40. died az her homo
IN Hagar township. Mrs. Baker was
a pioneer resident. She had done her
household work ana was eating an
apple when she dropped dead from
heart failure.
BY nm almost unanimous vote the
members az the Grand Rapids bat
talon of Michigan National Guard de-
cidod TO bar intoxicating liquors from
tho arinory. Since the battalion was
established liquors have been sold in
Tho battalion cafe. The decision Is
effective Nov. l.
During funeral In Port Huron
Saturday runaway occurred in which
Miss Mary Cahill was thrown from
carriage and sustained broken col
lar hone and other injuries OF slight
nature. Tcn-ycar-oid Nellie Johnson
and Mr.. Charles T.. Chambers were
also slightly injured.
Miss Elizabeth Dcvcttc, of Mu>ke-
gon. has gone To Montana under ro-
mantle circumstances. Two years
ago she sent her picture TO friend
OF hers there, and ranchman, seeing
it. succumbcd 70 her charms. 4 cor
respondence resulted in Miss Devcttc
leaving for Montana TO become the
ranchman's bride.
Benjamin Klinger. aged Sc. was
found dead near Riverside cemetery
Kalamazoo. lie had gone after his
cows and while returning home was
seized with fatal attaek Of helrt
failure. The cows were found Qulct
Is grazing near his body lie leaves
one son nine grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren.
The state labor bureau statistics in
regard 10 the electric railways Of Mich
igan shows that there are upwards Ot
1.O9O miles OF electric railroad in the
state. The Detroit United Railway
alone has sos miles Of single track
road. This company employs 2.Si4
men. at IN average wage OF 50 per
day. and last year 1t carried total Of
1O4 1lS.SS6 passengers.
Smallpox has broken out in the fam
ly OF John Van Dyke, Sr. Father.
mother and six children are down with
the disease. Tho Van Dykes live just
north OF Holland Another large fam
lily In the city has been quarantined.
as they have symptoms of the disease.