Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-09-01
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

III Is announced that Wilmington q
new waterworks system will be ready
for operation September IL.
Detroit has been selec.cd rs the place
for the next national gathering of the
Dramatic Order Knights OF Khorassan.
Indiana bankers are about TO open
4 the Farmers Exchange bank in White
4 pigeon 10 take the place OF the de-
/ funct state bank.
Mrs. Ella Maybcc wife OF Willard
! AlaNDec, of Leoni township, is dead
ms a result of taking an overdose OF
headache powders.
Jerseys new bank building is rap
| IDLY nearing completion. and it Is
thought that it will De ready for oc-
| cGpaacy by October /.
The whole town of Bay Mills, which
was burned down last winter, is fog
sale. Owners of property do not see
any use of rebuilding.
The Union Irnst Co, Of Cincinnati.
has purchased 100000 of Alpena mt
| nicipdl bonds 1T Il premium of $ll 800
There were six bidders.
FcrWor residents OF Dundee are
forming an old Boys association,
and will meet in Dundee sept. -, the
/ week OF tl!c county lal'
Agcnac county will have no county
| fair this year. but will entertain the
soldiers and sailors OF northern Michi.
gan on Sept. II and IL.
Ralph Collins. aged 10. of Alpena,
was struck by lightning and killed
while sitting under Il shade tree ut
his nome In Long Rapids
SI.rifp Cn'Ifn.. 10. snp, ont nosa.a
TO round M a band of Italian laborers
who are accused of raiding the farms
in the vicinity of Lakeside.
Joseph cobb. farmer living near
NCryillc. dug mp the skeleton of Il man
on his farm ana SO far no light has
been east upon the mystery.
Edwin Rice. a Cadillac saloonkeeper.
for q violation of the liquor law, was
sent To the county Jail for so days and
ordered to pay fine Of Sl32.
Mayor Todd IS not satisfied with the
result of the state census He thinks
an Injustice was done 10 jackson and
wants a municipal census taken.
An unidentified man was ran over
and instantly killed by street car near
Hancock. He is supposed TO have fallen
on the track IN a drunken upor.
Caro- citizens are agitating the need
OF beard OF trade IN that city for
the purpose of exploiting the indus
trial advantages Of TuScoll county.
The Ash and Exeter Fair associl-
ton. OF Monroe county. was discour-
aged by the small attendance las.
year ana will not hold fair THIS year.
d Frank HoppsA an old citizea who
ldst one foot and had the otlA.r leg
crushed IN Il saw mill in Green town
ship. Aug. -. is dead from his iniur-
les.
Joseph Plant. hoy of 16 years. while
playing on the Thayer Lumber Co.'S
boom. in MuSkegon. fell i'm and the
logs closed over his head. drowning
him.
Tho chemical plant of the Cleveland
Cliffs Iron Co i'm Gladstone was
struck by lightning on Monday and
destroyed. Loss $150,000; no insur-
ancc.
Ia Batavia township live five people
whose aggregate years are 40. The
oldest being o. They are all pioneers
O. the county ana are active lud
hearty.
John Winters. aged - years. Fin
niSh trammcr at the Irimountain
mine, accidentall- walked into the
shaft and fell several hundred feet
to his death
Battle Creek is surrounded ny marsh
cs and they have always been full oe
frogs aud toadS. Now these dcnizcns
OF the lowlands have began migrating
into the city.
William Warner. of Saginaw. was
drowned i'm the Muumee river at To-
ledo Wednesday. He fell from
dredgc and tho body was recovered II
minutes later.
The total number Of deaths reported
in Michigan Cor July was 1910. or 10
more than the number registered for
June The number was 1i3 less than
for July, 1908
John Pcnleld, who IN spite of his 90
years and his lamcness. escaped from
Jackson prison it is said by making his
way across the country with the aid
of stolen horses.
Robert F!sEcr, OF Three Rivers
broke the arm of his 4-year-old sor
while playing with him. He took the
boys hand To lift him up on his back
and the bone snapped.
Philip $ Henley was rowing on
the -. Clair river when he was struck
by passing steamer and capsized
He cluug To tic upturhed boat until
picked UP 10y launch.
Benjamin Bclmore. Marquette
young man Of 20. was literally ground
to pieces under the wheels OF train
Monday night. He attempted to board
ii while II was I'm motion.
The state troops will be considerably
ahead Of their subsistence allowance
or ~ cents day while i'm camp.
Their ratIons only cost Is cents Il day
and the soldiers Will draw the rest.
As n result of the work done at the
recent Indian camp meeting in tic
! Upper Pcninsular 20 Indian children
will leave for a three years course nc
! the government school. at Genoa, Ncl.
Omar. the 1l-year-old son Of Will
lam Conger of Emmett. was accident
ally and perhaps fatally injured sat
lrday. lie climbed upon a. wagon
loaded with gravel and was unnotced
! hy the tcamSter tie fell off and the
rear wheel passed over his body near