Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-12

i HllHOst n tOtal loss. IL Is e.itimate0
that not over - per cent will escape
the winter setback and the drought
now prevalent.
! Michael smith. aged 45 years.
Jumped INTO the river ut Menominee
with suicidal intent. but the water
WAS toe cold. so he climbed out ana
hanged himself instead.
| Many farmers have discovered that
the extreme cold weather last winter
has killed the chip in seed corn. 1t
VIII be necessary to bring In seed
corn from other states.
! Prof. X. ii. Kirkland, who has been
superintendent OF the Flint schools
FIR the past three years. has been
elected superintendent OF the the pub
lie schools at Menominee.
! The National Slack Cooperage asso-
citation elected j. L. Wyle, Sa ginaw,
Mich, president at it's convention in
Cincinnati. The convention will meet
ia Detroit next November.
John Vckery. Of Henrietta town
ship, Jacnson Co. fell against the
saw OF portable sawmill ana both
his legs were cut. He died shorty
afterwards from loss Of blood.
The patrol wagon and half the
city's lOrcc Of police were needed to
Get team Of h rses out of the mud
OF the marshes along the Battle cree6
near hamIyh orug sore on Mar
shall street.
The State Board of Pardons has de-
nieu applications fer clemei.cy In a
| number of casts, tie most notable be-
ing that OF frank Hayes, the young
detroit murderer. who is serving a
| lie sentence.
Gov. Bliss has granted parole to
OTTO y. Stark, of Detroit, who Is serv-
Ing his third sentence Tor forgery.
lac gets intoxicated. it is said, ana
while In that condition has forged
checks for 4 small amount.
Patrolman Anthony Poll, Of Grand
Rapids, saw boy tall into the river
ana induced two pedestrians to lower
him head FIRST, holding him by the
lcet, over pardpet wall, thus Ell
abling him 10 rescue the lad.
The Polish National alliance Of Mil
wauhec has bought 10000 acres OF
land In Delta county, Ct the |. Steph-
enson Co rLey viii colonize the lands
by locating 500 Polish families anu
Pennsylvania coal miners thereon.
Ducks are plentiful mt the mouth OF
Saginaw river and adjoining streams.
ana some daring nimrods cannot resist
the temptation TO shoot a few out OF
season Residents along the bay shore
report h.isk shooting In the marshes.
The treasurer Of Wexford county has
received 81 400 rom kalkasa county,
to reimburse Wexford the cost OF the
trial Of Mrs. Mary Mcknight, who was
convicted OF murder and sent TO the
Detroll house OF correction for life.
BY catching his foot IN guard rail
at Bath. Ambrose Aosher, brakeman
on the Michigan Central southbound
freight. was run over and injured so
that he died Tuesday. lie was -
years old and resided at West Bay
city.
Last year Centrevile was without
saloon: this year has two No one
died last year for the want of drink,
and as the town has use for the license
money, II was decided TO legalize the
saloons. as long as they did business
anyway.
The Calumet & Hocla. the big mino
u tie Lake Superior copper district
has tie distinction Of having produce
more copper than any other property
in America. IL has yielded approx
mately one and three-quarter billions
Of pounds.
GEORGE w. Parker inventor, painter,
musician and business man, of kala
maZOo. who wus Strdck down by an
automobile last Friday, died Saturday
afternoon. Ills injuries included
three broken ribs. many bruises ami
internal injuries.
The funeral Of Mrs JustUs S.
Stearns took place on Sunday. the ser.
vices being lCld at the home. They
were Of an exceedingly simple ana
beautiful character. There was DO
music but flowers were in abundance
from friends all over the state,
The last ice report TO be issued by
the weather bureau this season says
that general navigation can now he
sumcd OH all the lakes with the OK
ception of Superior, and on Superior
about May 10. The repOr also states
that there will ne 10 trouble reaching
the 500 from Lake Huron.
Geo w. Parker. aged Sc. president
Of the Pacific Coast Gypsum Co.. Of
san Francisco, Who has been visiting
In kalamazoo. was run down by an
automobile Friday night, and sustained
injuries which il Is feared VIII pro
fatal His shoulder and three ribs were
broken and his face badly cut.
Mrs. Walter Fish. who claims Ian
sing. Mich, rs her home. has turned
up as one Of the five wives of Walter
Fish, who broke jail at Garrett, Ind,
and has thus far cluded capture. Mrs
Fish, who claims TO be- wife No. L.,
proves to DC wife No. g. Fish is but
81 years Of age ana all Of his mar
riagcs have been contra cted within the
last ten years.
Robert Mitchell. a well TODD farmer
Of Emmett township. suffered fire
loS@ Of almost $4,000 Sunday. Ills
baru. house, windmill and Outbuildings
were all burned. Farm tools and
much stock and household furniture