Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-04-20
BRIEF STATE NEWS

townships of Berrien county. The land
borders on Lake Michigan.
Andrew Carnegie has presented
Hope College. Holland, with $4,000.
He asks the college TO add $4,000 in
addition TO his sum 10 the endowment
fund.
The Southern Michigan Trust Co.
has authorized the contract for 900.
900 baskets TO be used in harvesting
this years crop of grapes by the mem
bers of the association.
Battle Creek board of education is
looking for spinsters above 50 for po-
sitions in the city schools, because
young and attractive teachers are soon
picked off by the arrows of Cupid.
Agnes Heab. a pretty aud popular
1G-year-old girl, died in st. Joseph
after several weeks illness from ty
phoid fever, during which time she
refused medicine, being Dowieite.
The outlook is good for a large
crop of peaches, pears and plums this
season, il being stated that the buds
are in a condition 10 Withstand any
frost that may come Gt this time Of
he year.
Oliver White, Of Jonesville, while
administering medicine 10 "A sick dog,
vas bitten in the hand. which may
prove serious. AS soon as the dog
swallowe the medicine Il fro-led at
the mouth and iell dead.
Through an alleged faulty diagnosia
by physicians. John Seewald. aged %,
died in Grand Rapids from hemor-
rhagic smallpox, without quarantine
being established and with nc restric-
tons made upon visitors.
Ina Keene. aged % years was Sc
verely burned at the home of her sis
ter five miles northeast of Lapeer
Monday Her hair was burned off.
her body badly scorched and she has
probably lost her eyesight.
Henry Crook, G5 years old is dead
at a Menominee hospital as the re.
suit of fall down flight OF stairs
in Il hotel at Powers. The old man
was retiring when he slipped and fell
the entire length Of the stairs.
Sin hundred miners at the Wolyer-
inc mine struck Monday. demanding
an increase in pay of ten per cent.
They were ont only half an hour, when
they were induced 10 80 back 10 work.
pending a settlement of their demand.
The pardon board has denied elem.
ency TO Clarence T. Miller, sent from
Kalamazoo 10 lonia for attempted
murder, and William Westbrook and
Charles Van ZGndt. sent from Oak
land 10 Marquette for attempt 10 Kill.
George y Leiphart. Of Munising,
made queer consignment recently
to the Pacific Coast Forest, Fish and
Game association in San Francisco,
consisting of six porcupines. The ami
mails were wanted for exhibition pur-
poses.
A 3-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs, Peter Pluff, OF Mgnominee, left
alone in The house. was fatally burned
while playing in the range fire with Il
stick. The little ones clothing was
burned from its body and she lived but
a short time.
William Maloney. Of Port Huron a
Grand Trunk brakeman was fatally
injured while his train was switching
at Duffield. He tripped over a stop
block and fell in front of the train,
which passed over his thigh and one
side of his body.
George w. Badgley. OF Clayton. who
died recently, cut off four of his
children with 50 each because they Ell.
deavored 10 have guardian appoint
ca for him. His estate of $1,000 he
left 10 five remaining children. and the
circuit court has sustained the will.
Anthony Sluslas was struck and in.
stantly killed by Michigan Central
train crossing Beach street, jackson,
Monday. He was with two compan-
ions. who did not notice his absence
until after the train had passed. when
they turned around TO find his manglod
aims.
Mrs. A. Hartzhorn. the woman from
Holland, who has become a public
charge on Kalamazoo county, because
she refuses to work. gives as her
reason that a lawyer refused To collect
$3.50 for her from John Zounrijder, a
young man whose passage she paid
10 this country.
st. Joseph is to lose its prestige as
a Gretna Green. "A recent Indiana law
providing that any marriage contract
ed out of the state will be declared
null and void. on the return Of the
couple to the state. Hundreds Of
couples from Indiana have been mar.
ried in this place.
More serious results than was an.
ticipated may come from the stabbing
ARRAY incident on the hair cutting
campaign between the freshmen and
+ the sophomores of the u. of NJ. Ii has
been disclosed that the two students
stabbed by the as yet unknown fresh.
man are II. II. Corson. of Birmingham.
The American Society OF Equity. a
/ farmers organization, has 25,00C
members in Michigan and will soon
include 80 per cent of the farmers
according TO the statement OF George
1 Winans. state organizer. 1t is really q
farmers trust. and the price OF
wheat next year will be held at moi
/ less than 81 per bushel.
Charles Davidson, of Rockland. who
received a charge of shot in his side
while taking a gun from boat year
ago last fall has just undergone a
critical operation in the hope of saw
ing his life. An examination with the
X-ray showed that the ribs had beer
splintered by the shot and were de
caying. the flesh tissues adjacent be
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