Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-10

iA''A'S b'NtIc, wei kLONu tHIVuSh-
ont the upper peninsula as Lord
Harry died In Iron Mountain after n
prolonged Illness. He was GO years
OF age, was born i'm Wales and Is said
10 have been a Welsh nobleman.
Sylvester Snow, Of Liberty town
ship, aged 80, Is dead as a result or
injuries received in an accident on
his farm. lie was telling trees when
limb fell, crushing his skull. lie
walked 80 rods to his home before he
collapsed.
Roy Gillett, Lapeer boy with
troupe i, Fourth cavalry, u. :. A.. sta
TONED ut Fort Leavenworth kas..
writes his parents here that orders
nave been received for the company TO
prepare for immediate departure for
the Philippines.
The proposal to bond the Pontiac
| school district for $4,000 for new
high school To be built in the central
part OF the city was Overwhelmingly
defeated ut the special election. o.
the o92 votes cast, 454 were against
the proposition.
Isaac Wheeler and his wife were
buried In the one grave at Flushing
wednesday. Both died within nine
hours of each other from pneumonia,
Mt. Wheeler in the morning and Mrs.
wheeler in the afternoon. Each was
about 10 years of age.
The state board OF health reports
show that typhoid fever is pa per cent
more than usually prevalent in the
state and Secretary BAKER further
notes that the larger number of re-
| ports are from cities or towns having
Il general water supply.
Bert Fcnton, the Brookfield farmer
who shot his employer John Inter
| kircher. the night Of December 26,
| pleaded guilty in circuit court. He
was given an indeterminate sentence
| by Judge Smith at lonia for term of
not less than one or more than two
years.
Simeon slater. an old farmer, of
Lapeor. who has been insane for sew
eral years. became violent during the
critical illness of his wife. Mr.. Slater
| is very deaf and he has Il mania for
| pulling at his ears. One is severed al
most entirely from his head, and he
! presents Il pitiful sight.
| Prof. Allen. the Plainwell astrooger,
is again seeing things, the most inn
! portant of which is the finish of Presi-
! dent Roosevelt. He says either Hearst
or Cleveland will be the next presi-
| dent. and that according 10 the horo-
scope, the fortunate star of the Re
! publican party Is growing dim.
The state military board has decided
| that the next encamprncnt Of the state
militia will be held in Michigan. The
| hoard are sore on the government
! camp In Kentucky the general senti-
| ment being that the maneuvers there
We're not Of such 4 nature as to prove
| instructive To the state militia.
The ice in Lake st. Clair, two feet
/ thick at most points. began TO break
m Sunday. and quantities. floated
! down the river during the day. The
! river is clear of solid ice between
Belle Isle and Sandwich point. and
reports from the Flats indicate that
the ST. Clair river ice is beginning to
brcakC''p.9T
siedduso htrshysband iolxingly ac.
cused her OF taxing a dollar from his
pocket. Mrs. Lee Carlisle. aged %. OF
! Lansing. swallowed n dose of carbolIc
acid. The husband discovered what she
! had done when she asked him to kiss
her good-by. lie hastily summoned a
! physician. but she was beyond heip
land died in few minutes.
Will ]. Johnson. - years old
| nurse mt the Battle Greek sanltarium.
| has married Mrs. J. w. sam. rich
| woman Of Houston. Texas. Mrs. Sam
| is II years old Johnson nursed Mrs
| Sans first husband ut the sanitarium
1 oft h, IiaI IA
| Johnson an automobile. gave him plen.
| ~ of spending money and finally mar
| ried him.
There is i'm MenOminee ut least one
man whose interest I'm the eastern war
is greater than the average person I'm
ills country. This is Simon hickman.
n Russian Jew fruit peddler. Melkman
was for Il number Of years n member
of the cars fierce. irregular Cossacl
/ cavalry Of Asiatic Russia. and lived
with the rest of the Cossacks in tents
on the steppes.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. p. Cady of Benton
! Harbor. have just received $4,000 I'm
! exchange for a farm i'm Idaho. which
! they thought of very little value. Fiji
| teen years ago Mr.. Cady was teaching
! in Idaho and he met ana loved the
| girl who. however married q man
named Whitney. When she married
| Cady began the study of law Upon
| his graduation. her husband having
died, Cady married Mrs. Whitney
Mrs Cady was left by her husband
n ranch in Idaho. which TO their sur
prise, has now become valuable fruit
farui.
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