Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-24
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.


No rain has fallen in Branch county
for weeks. Everything as dry as
| finder, and farmers are fearing fires.
Two thousand five hundred and
siXty-five people died In Michigan dur
ing October. or II per 1000 population
The proposition to bond to build n
new city hall i'm Monroe was voted
| down ut the special election on Mon
day.
Fred Harry, aged 30. living at Riga.
committed suicide yesterday by shoot
ing himself. Dependency was the
! cause.
Il. Gcschc, llneman OF Calumet &
I IIecla mine, fell from a G0-foot pole,
sustaining internal injuries, but may
! recover.
Charles Cassidy fell from a ladder
i'm his barn and broke several ribs.
He is 30 years old and eX-postmasteF
of Grass Lake.
SiX-year-old Leon Gallipeau. of Laur-
ium. hobbling across the street in Cal.
umet on his clutches. was struck by a
car and seriously injured.
Representative y. V. Lowell, recently
lature announces that he is preparing
bill TO abolish the state tax com
mission.
Gov Bliss is in receipt OF check
Tor S3l ,GS3 from the war department
M Washington, representing the
amount recently allowed the state on
Spanish WIZ claims.
ON opening his front door Thurs
day morning, Valentine Lindc. Il
Kingsley Salounkeeper, found the valu-
able gold watch that had been stolen
from him Il month ago, lying on the
doOr-Sll
James MCGOWAN. aged %. '07 cnGin.
Ger. died ut the University hospital. Of
typhoid fever after an illness OF about
one week. His mother arrived from
WATERFOWL. Conn, just one day before
his death
y. L. Dihblc. prosperous farmer
living four miles south of Ithaca. was
kicked by the old family horse that he
has owned for II years. breaking the
cheek bone and badly bruising the side
Of his face.
Charles III. Hackley. OF Muskegon in
addition TO giving the city the new
100000 hospital. has ordered the cree
ton of Il home for the nurses to be
employed nj the institution. The home
Will cost nj least $4,000.
The board of state auditors has de-
cided that il has no authority to allow
the claim Of Edward Scott. superin-
tendent of the Bay Lumber Co. for
$50 for damages done to his crops by
deer. which he may not KILL under the
game laws.
;. Talmadgc, Il cigarmaker. who
came toI-dhmsZoo recently. is having
ill-fortune in chunks. First his four
year-old daughter was stricken with
typhoid fever. then his wife became Il
victim of the same malady, and now
the father is down.
The Jenkins ShiDbuldng Co.'S plant
and Fred j. DunfOrd's dry dock will
he consolidated into one mammoth
shipbuilding plant to be established on
the ST Clair river. provided the citi-
Zens Of Port Huron will raise $4,000
to put into the deal
Thomas McAuiff. who died recently
ut the Kalamazoo county house. has
wealthy relatives in Pittsburg and
was himself foreman of the leading
iron works there until he became adj |
dicted 10 drink. which was the cause
OF his becoming a pauper
1t is believed that the proposition
for general revision of the constitu. !
ton has failed to pass because OF the !
provision of the constitution requiring !
IL majority Of all the votes cast ut the
election instead Of majority OF all
votes cast OH the question.
James Fertel. aged about 40 years.
was found dead on the VI. G. Il X. !
track AT Lawton. near the coal shutes |
He had several long gashes in his head 1
and il Is supposed Il train had struck I
him. He was employed in relaying /
the Michigan Central tracks.
II. Beach and wife OF this place were
among the injured in Grand Trunk I
wreck at st. GATHERINGS. Tuesday. In
iurieS not serious James Hunter. OF |
City. and Thos. Potter. of
CroSwell were also among the victims
Hunters injuries are serious. He was
taken to hospital I'm Port Huron.
DR.. w. VI. Edwards. superintendent
Of the Michigan asylum for the insane,
says that while the number of persons
admitted 10 tlle lllSlllutlOn Is rapidly
ii does not mean insanity
i'm the state is actually growing. The
increase is caused by the admission of
more old people who have become
senile.
Mrs. Anna Foster. widow of the late
Or. Foster. one or the oldest residents
Of Buchanan. was found dead In bed
She lived alone in Il small house. and
was thought 10 he In poor circum.
stances. Thus far 900 I'm gold has
been brought TO light. and the search
continues. Mrs. Foster was about Sc
years Of age.
As the result OF n dispute over n
iebt of $3.50. which y. J. .Metcalf. OF
HillSdale. owed Henry Shoemaker foi
rent. Shoemaker is charged with stab
ping Metcalf In the breast and hips. in.
dieting serious wounds. with cutting ;
mis- own brother in the arm severely.
severing the cords. and with stabbinc
Mrs. Shoemaker I'm the hand. Shoemak ,
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