Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-06
IN THE STATE.


lowed carbolic acid because of home
trouble.
Handsome bronze medals have been
! given the Grand Trunk railway men
| for their bravery in the tunnel acci
dent last fall.
The Bay City Alllali Co. has COM
| pleted an organization with 100000
capital to manufacture alkalies by the
Solvay process.
A Lakeport man, experimenting with
a flying machine, dropped into Lake
Huron and was nearly drowned. Fish
ermen saved him.
A block of stores is being erected
in Standish to take the place of the
buildings burned in the business por-
ton of the city last spring.
The old proposition of obtaining a
water supply for Grand Rapids from
Lake Michigan, twenty-siX miles away,
will be brought before the city
For the first time in several years
Adrian has lost a sidewalk damage
suit A jury gave Garfield Davis ST.
600 damages for injuries resulting
from falling into an open area.
NION. w amer VIII lHNlit lilN SoN
errors of Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime
Gotta. Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
New York to participate in the 500
semi-centennial celebration August l
and 2.
A surgical operation of the finger OF
Mrs. Gertrude Lawrence, Of Tekonsha,
revealed that piece of glass she got
in her finger two years ago, had
broken into seven pieces, some of them
being imbedded deeply in the bone.
Charles Wells, of the state land de-
partment, returned from losco county,
where he had been examining lands,
and was suffering from what he sup
posed TO be ivy poisoning, but which
turns out to be a bad case of small
pox.
Gov. Warmers cottage at Cass lake
Is nearly finished and the family will
take up their residence there for the
summer in about ten days. The gov
ernor says he expects to spend about
one-third of his time there this sum
mer.
The little son OF Prof E. G.. Holmes,
principal of the Bear Lake schools, fell
on a rusty knife. with which he was
playing in the dooryard, and the point
penetrated the ball of one OF his eyes
Physicians have slight hope of saving
the eye.
Mrs. Effie March. of jefferson, O.,
has made a deposition that Mrs. Mary
Stockdale made a will few years ago.
revoking all former wills, including
that which gave her 100000 estate to
Detroit and Buffalo hospitals and
charities.
Attorney John J. Molloy, Of Cincin-
natl. will visit Grand Traverse county
to investigate alleged property claims
OF the Butler family, who discovered
their supposed interests through the
Joke of a mail carrier, that the family
washwoman heard and repeated.
The jury In the case OF the death
of Timothy LaLonde, OF Sault STE.
Marie. brought in a verdict of acct
dental drowning The relatives still tit
sist the young man was murdered at
Beaver park the night he went there
with load of soldiers from Fort
Brady.
A mysterious robbery occurred at
the home of r. ". Patterson, of St.
Joseph. where a number OF wealthy
Chicagoans are guests. Every room
was looted of cash and jewelry. in
Guiding valuable diamonds. Part of the
plumber was found neatly packed in a
jewel case under the front porch.
Traffic through the 500 canal for
the month of June beat all records,
passing the 100000 mark The in
crease over last year TO date is over
100000. If the rest of the season
equals the traffic for the same time III
1904, the total will be over 41000, 900,
or over 100000 greater than the rec
ord year, 1902.
Unless the state pardon board takes
special action in the case of William
A. Holmes, a lad of 10 years. of Bos-
ton, sentenced to Jackson prison for
minimum period of Is months and a
maximum of two years, he will have to
serve three years more than the term
imposed upon him, because of a mis-
understanding of the indeterminate
sentence law which took effect two
years ago.
During the fiscal year which closed
last week, the commissioner of insur-
ance turned into the state treasury
fees and taxes collected from insur-
ance companies amounting to s424,-
S1450. This is an increase of S29,-
730.50 over last years collections. The
total expenses of the department. in
GLIDING all salaries, were slightly in
excess of $4,000.