Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-22
IN THE STATE.

Barnum e. Bailey have Cancelled their
circus date with Grand Rapids.
John Closterhouse of Grand Rapids
died from blood poisoning supposed TO
have resulted from vaccination. He
was vaccinated June 5.
Michael Hanley, aged Is, of Sagi-
nav, was drowned while bathing, and
Archie Miller, aged 16, almost lost
his life trying TO save him.
Anna, the 2-year-old daughter OF
John Biedermann, OF Ann Arbor, drank
fly poison on Sunday and died six
hours afterward in terrible agony.
The huge ice houses OF the Dornbos
fish packing plant In Grand Haven
were partially undermined by floods
and have collapsed, causing loss OF
$4,000.
In prospecting for oil q drill near
Osseo five miles east of Hillsdale,
struck gas at depth Of 1900 feet.
The flow Is so strong that when ignit-
ed a flame 15 feet high shot up into
the air.
So many bids were received on the
new school building at Ann Arbor that
the board was unable to count them.
The lowest one was S250.1S0, which
was S35, 600 lower than the next high
est bid.
Elmer T. Pocklington, superintend-
ent of the schools in Clayton, was in
jured in Judson & Hawkins drug store
by the explosion Of the drum used in
charging a soda fountain. He was
struck in the head and face.
Paul o. Yahn, employed on the new
factory of the Herzog Art CO.. at Sagi-
nav, fell from the sixth floor to the
first, sustaining injuries that will prob
ably prove fatal Flooring an inch
thick was broken where he struck.
A civil service examination will be
held In Kalamazoo, June "a, for the
positions of clerk and carrier in the
postal service The contract for car
rying the mails from Ivan to Sharon
has been awarded Leroy E. Bissell, OF
Ivan.
Mrs EfIie March, OF jefferson, o.,
has made a deposition that Mrs. Mary
Stockdale made will few years ago,
revoking all former wills, including
that which gave her 100000 estate to
Detroit and Buffalo hospitals and
charities.
Despondent because his wife
dropped dead on the street three weeks
ago. Archie Bell, aged 60 years. a
prosperous farmer living five miles
southeast of Oxford, committed suicide
Saturday morning by jumping into
deep well on his farm.
One Of the most exclusive society
weddings occurred at Muskegon in the
marriage of Miss Belle Temple, one
OF Muskegon's society bellies, 10 Her
man Meteor, of New York city. The
two met while Miss Temple was study
ing art in New York four years ago.
That he might the better protect
his fiancee, Gertrude Matschenkowski,
a Polish girl, of Port Huron, charged
with setting fire to the home of DR..
G.. II. Treadgold, Ameel Melms mar
ried her shortly after her arrest and
appeared by her side at her examina-
ton.
On the charge that he was taxed an
exorbitant interest. Joseph Pine, of
Pontiac, has been granted an injunc-
ton by the circuit court, restraining
the Union Loan Co. from foreclosing
on all his property. In the meantime
Pine is not to remove from Pontiac
township.
The thirty-fifth annual meeting of
the Van Buren, County Pioneer as
ISOLATION was held in Lawrence and
the following officers were elected:
Hon. J. ]. Woodman. president; o. W.
Rowland, vice-president Rev. l. p.
Bates. secretary; DR.. A. S. Haskin.
treasurer.
Because 1t published a sensational
story of three children being poisoned
by candy. local paper OF Three Riv-
ers will probably have big damage
suit TO face, as the store named at
which the candy was purchased has
called to its aid the National Confec-
TONERS association.
A New York concern with which the
Vernon bank was insured paid all
damages, amounting to about $500,
and the bank is doing business as If
nothing had happened The insurance
company, however, has put the Pink
erton detective agency on the trail and
arrests are expected soon.
Albert Wendt, employed on the Bear.
niger building at Saginaw, while at
work on the third floor, backed into
the elevator shaft and fell 80 feet to
the bottom of the shaft. The pit was
full of water, which saved his life. A
badly sprained arm and bruises about
the head are his only injuries.
Mrs. Henry Smith and her son
Elijah of ST. Clair, were on a fishing
trip on Pine river and found a pack
age of rat biscuits" Thinking they
were some delicacy. each ate two, but
the pangs of arsenic soon sent them TO
a physician, who. after nearly a days
work, succeeded in saving their lives
The result of Gov. Warmers investi-
CATION into conditions in the cyclone
district in Tuscola and Sanilac coun-
ties, according to his secretary's data,
shows that AZ houses, so barns, two
school houses, two churches and "a
miles of fence were destroyed. Con-
tributions of lumber are being asked
for from lumber companies by the
governor.
In some districts of Grand Rapids
the stencil is terrible from the flood