Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-21
STATE NOTES.

lIOUl.
Mayor Root of Mason, weighs $50
pounds
w. s. Mace, Of Norenci, has voted
since ISIS.
unionvilc j. 10 have a pickle salt.
ing station.
Marecllus voted down library
proposition.
Sis rolncrics have bcel committed
/ intA.p,ua IN ouc week.
CalLo'u county firmers are usi2g
sheep shcarng machines.
Floods ccsi prpmin township $1,000
for brii cs and road repairs
Henry rector, or hamilton. shot Il
pickerel wei slng 5sl2 pounds.
Mrs Rohcrt rCclry n Frost. WAS
severely injured By Il vicious ram
Forty-si, yunn@ mcn VIII graduate
from ,he Michigan college or Mines
this year.
InionVi.le'S Bow bank has fled arti-
cleS OF Incorporation with the sccrc-
tary of state.
The proposition to bond Midland
county for new pOorh0uSe was lost
by about 100
The common council of Leslie has
passed an ordinance closing the three
saloons there May |.
An inmate of the county house.
kalamazoo. died of consumption,
caused by cigarette smoking.
Work began Wednesday or the mills
of the Lee Paper co. 1T VickSburg,
which will be the largest in the state.
Eighteen candidates passed their ex
animation for admission To the bar mt
Lansing Friday and were made law
yers.
Charles Lyon. IIillsdale young
man, has been missing since the 18th.
and nothing is known as to his where
abouts.
John Schwitz. of Bay City. grabbed
a planer ut Lannon'S mill. TO save
himself from falling, and lost three
fingers.
OF the 3.i06 deaths in Michigan i'm
March, 3S4 were caused 10y pneu-
monia, 22T by tuberculosis. and 1jG by
influenza.
Arthur \. Taylor. of Flint is dead
as the result of an injury sustained
two years ago by n fall on the ice
while skating.
! The receipts of the poStofiice at Has.
tings have passed the $4,000 mark.
and the city is now in line for free
mail delivery.
Thos. Payne. the white ha ired pris-
oner confined in the 81. Joseph Jail
charged with murder. claims he shot
his young wife in self-dcfensc.
! Henry Barton. aged a. born i'm
( England. died I'm Otsego Tuesday. \
widow and six children survive. one
of whom is Mrs. VIM. Southland. OF
/ Detroit.
As result Of the inquest on the
death of John Reilly, the vagrant who
( was killed by a train at Marshall last
week, the murder theory has been dis
credited.
The schools of Beaver township are
closed by IN epidemic OF smallpox in
Il mild form. Twenty cases were re.
/ ported To the township authorities in
| one week.
! Menominee. Cadillac. Grand Haven.
/ Pontiac. Muskegon and other places
/ reported furious snow and blizzard
/ on Friday. Five inches Of snow fc!l
! In Cadillac.
Adam SchrcveS. a Galien farmer.
was terribly gored In the head by
! vicious COW Friday. Ills injuries are
serious. The sight of his right eye
will be lost.
There Is fear at Adrian that the
! local militia company may be mus
| tered out OF the national guard be-
/ cause of lack of interest i'm drills by
/ the members.
! Worthwhile Sportsmen have started n
| fund TO aid in the movement for inn
lporting quail 10 reStock that portion OF
the state with that desirable species
of game bird
Scarlet fever is still prevalent in the
township OF Sou,hfeld. over 20 cases
have been reported during the past
! six weeks The latest victims are two
children of Frank Briggs.
| Edward " Webb. Of Detroit,
dropped dead on a Lansing doctors
doorstep Friday night. lie was taken
! i'll in the night and started for doe
/ tor He was 80 years old.
Judge-Elect Parkinson has received
his certificates of election from the
secretary OF state. Jackson county
I thus has II circuit judge once more.
Business viii begin az once.
ADRIAN can have city hospital il
/ the city viii provide 81 900 year FOR
4 it's maintenance The name OF the
+ phianthropist who Offers TO make the
donation has rot been disclosed
Relatives of Ernest Kitchen. of Pen.
insula township. are searching for
him. About two weeks ago he came
to Traverse City and sold horse since
which time he has not been seen.
William NcgcnCr OF Frankenlust
township. attended the funeral of Ed
ward Rau q neighbours son When
he returned ne found only smolder
ing ash heap where his home had
stood
A couple OF wild swans were shot
near Hastings last week. the first time
birds OF that kind have been found in
that section for forty years or there
aboutS
Three more arrests were made at
Saulf $50 Mario NIpnd1V IN ipJfot