Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-09-29


married at the brides home Wednes-
day afternoon.
Ezra c. Shoecraft. j., of Coldwater.
has just been appointed civil cngin-
Ger on the canal work at Panama. He
graduated last June from the Univer-
slty of Michigan.
Two Pere Marquette freight trains
collided head-on at Stevensville, seven
miles south of st. Joseph. and Engin-
ecr Chatworthy. of Grand Rapids, was
seriously injured.
James l.. Mcdonald. CT Alpena. OK.
police Justice. has hccn appointed Il
deputy oil Inspector for the fifteenth
INSPECTION district. succeeding the late
Lyman J. Sylvester
Ledger st. John. of Turner. was in
SANITY killed by the midnight train
north sunday night while asleep on
the track. He was well known through
out Arcnac county.
Land Commissioner Wildey reports
Gn active, steady demand for state tax
lands. On an average of seven sales
are made Il day, and they range from
40 acres TO section.
Fruit growers say that with n con
tinudtion Cf cool weather. peaches will
he on the market Il month from now
An unusually long season. The daily
shipments OF fruit are eHormous now.
John u Rockwell. secretary Of The
Jackson county superintendent ana Il
prominent politician, ana Miss Minnie
Tiffany, u teacher In the pablo schools
here, nave bcen married in North
Adams.
The body of Eli Grlce. aged 26 years,
Il weil-known farmer living two miles
east of Niles, was found by the side
of the main track Of the Michigan Cen
trail railroad Monday morning, with
both legs cut off and otherwise horribly
mutilatcd.
There is joy in the thrifty town OF
Frankcnmuth. one of the most prosper
Gus German communities in the entire
state. This is because of the completion
TO that point of the electric railway
now i'm course of construction from
Saginaw to Flint.
The Detroit United has offered To
pay 81 800 towards the cost of an iron
bridge over the Clinton river at Mt.
Clemens. The total cost will he about
100000. The company makes the con
dition that the bridge shall he 30 feet
wide and carry $50 tons.
The handsome new temple of the Il.
l.. o. T.. at OwosSo. Is rapidly nearing
completion. Ii is the old Merrcll lac.
tel. rCmouclcd ANA rebuilt ut a cost or
$23.OOO. aud fitted UP like iaiacc
The lodge is less tnan fOlr years OIL
and has membership of 900.
There was only one child going to
school i'm District No. { OF Athens town
ship last year and the board, rs mat
ter of economy. dismissed the SO
month teacher Now there are five pal
pills and She .ounty school commissions
or is reading the law to the board.
Loyal Huxley and Charles Payne.
thrashcrs. for Il joke cut off the long
whiskcrS of Luther Ncwberry. Il fell
low workman. ut Coldwater. But New
berrys poor sense of humor led him TO
have both the merry wightS arrested.
and they were fined 50 and costs each.
EX-AldCrman Abraham Ghysels was
sentenced i'm the Superior court to pay
Il fine Of $500 for accepting Il bride in
connection with the water deal ut
Grand Rapids. He had previously
pleaded guilty to accepting $500 Of the
bribery funds. He paid the fine ut once.
The craze harvest has begun on the
early varieties, Concor'!s. Wordens and
DelawareS will require week more.
The crop will not be large owing 10
the spring frosts and hail. but the
quality is good. Probably from 700 TO
900 carloads will be shipped from the
grarc belt.
Saginaw is TO lose one of its popular
young ministers Rev. w. \. Lovett.
who. i'm accordance with the wishes of
his people. was returned 10 the Asbury
VI. L. church. has been summoned to
Detroit. and will become assistant IL
Rev George Elliott of the Central NJ.
T.. church.
David Smith. Of Wolf Creek. passed
away. aged 81 years. His aged wife
only one year his junior. is also crlti-
cally III and will probably follow him
shortly. Last August the couple cele.
brated their 9th wedding anniversary.
Eight children blessed the union, six of
whom are still living.
DR.. Charles Sheekle. n successful
vember 10 take up his residence in
southern California. His practice has
been purchased Ivy DR.. Il. y. Yeomans,
Of Bancroft. W. X. & \. w. Hookway.
who conduct a grocery. crockery and
shoe business at OwossO are selling
out and will go into business In Pasa-
dena, Cal, this fail.
A large asscrCblage Of Flint's fash
ionablcs filed st. Paurs church at
noon Wednesday to witness the nup-
tiais of Miss Nancy Haccall and Frank
-. Buckingham. II prominent young
business iuan of this city. Follow
Ing the ceremony q wedding breakfast
was given at the home of the brides
mother. East Third street Mr.. and
Mrs. buckingham left in the after
noon for n trip to the west.
Patrick Cunningham, farm laborer
employed OH the Griffin farm. near OK
Bow. died from the effects of eating
toadstools. Cunningham ate heartily
Of what were supposed to he mush-