Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-02-02
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

Inc new Mourning mill being erected
In Hersey Will be in full operation this
week
The Glee club of 0livet College Is
planning To make trip about the state
next month.
Cadillac business men are booming a
district fair for this year TO take in
several counties in that section
A farmers telephone company is be-
ing organized in Marion township SAM
lac county. with branches TO run into
other townships in that vicinity.
The Menomlnee Electric Mauufactur
Ing Co.'S plant was destroyed by fire
Monday morning. Loss. between $4,000
and $4,000, insured for $3T 800.
Munlsing has no club rooms for young
men. so the hospitable people take turns
in throwing open their homes to those
who are living in hCtes and boarding
houses.
Residents of South Forest. Pressure
Isle, are forming an organization TO pro-
tect themselves from hunters who come
into their county and shoot at every
thing they SEQ.
James Wood. of Detroit was sent
viction of being one OF the men who
robbed the Ithaca roller mills OF $500 on
the night OF June IA.
The potato warehouse or Geo. Whit
son, of Bates, burned Saturday morn
ing with 5000 bushels or potatoes. The
roof caught fire from the sparks OF
Pcre Marquette engine.
Isaac Daily. farmer OF WhitefOrd
township, who was arrested some time
ago charged with uttering forged notes,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced 10
from two To fourteen years at Jackson.
The Republican convention for the
twenty-tirst judicial circuit. comprising
the counties Of Midland. Clare and Isa-
bella. unanimously renominated Peter
i. Dodds, OF Mt. Pleasant. for circuit
judge.
Mrs. Jane Virgins, of Williamson,
holds the championship for quilt max
ing. During the past five years she has
sewed 14,631 pieces of patch work in
fancy quilts, some averaging 5000
pieces each.
Among the Detroiters who will await
news from St Petersburg with feeling
Of personal interest ia Cyrus r.. Lothrop.
whose sister. the Baroness Won Heune.
has lived in the Russian capita or near
il since 1888.
Martin Sturdevant. an engineer on the
Grand Rapids x Indiana railway. died
Sunday nj sht ut ButterWorth hospital rs
result or being scaldcd. through an ar-
cidcnt 10 his engine near Piainwell, on
Saturday night.
Stanton. burned to the ground with the
weather below the zero mark. The fire
originated in a defective chimney.
StrOuse saved most OF his furniture in
damaged condition.
Two little children OF Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Daddy, OF lngham township, a
girl CT two years and boy of four.
were playing with sharp aX. when the
10y chopped Off the two last fingers OF
the little girls left hand.
Upon trial before a jury en- charge
Of murder Mrs. May Brown. of HOugh-
ton, who shot and killed her husband.
John Brown, a barber. after quarrcling
with him over his #inattention 10 her
aud drinking. was today acquitted.
The fruit growers round about Battle
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presence of the terrible San Jose scale.
They were warned several years ago.
but gave no heed To il. not realizing the
damage that this insect is capable OF
doing.
There was shortage OF clothing In
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Gerul-
ski. of Bay City, when three little stran-
gers put in an appearance for admission
to the home. when only one was expect
ed. The triplets are girls small hut
healthy.
The whole population OF Saugatuck
otherwise unemployed is engaged IN
fishing through the ice at the foot OF
the Kalamazoo river. The catch
amounts TO about ton a day. and is
shipped to Chicago where it brings three
cents pound.
Raner Bretzlaff. aged 2l months. son
OF Mr. and Mrs Max BretZlaff. of De-
troit, fell into tub OF scaldi~g water
while being prepared by his mother for
a bath, Saturday afternoon and sus-
tanned injuries that caused his death a
few hours later.
It is stated that the wound Ivy which
Nelson Green of Hart, came to his
NtabN was III tue DICK OF MS nPau. ana
that he could not possibly have fired the
shot himself. At the time of his death IL
was supposed he attempted his wifc's
life and then shot himself.
4 Cadillac business man considers
baseball team in Il town necessity lie
says that It not only furnishes few
hours recreation for ovcrworked people
hut adyertises the town and puts the
money in circulation by bringing people
in from different sections e the coun-
try.
Gen. II. \. AIger has finally won In
the supreme court OF Tennessee. his suit
for the recovery Of 100000 invested 10
years ago in Tennessee timber and coal
lands. 1t was alleged that Gen. Ayers
own agent was bribed f. deceive him
as To the value of the land. The case
has been in one court or another nearly
all the 10 years.
Guy Carey. Traverse City lumber
man, cut terrible cash in his ankle
while working in the woods Although
the blood Spurted at every step. he
walked half mile TO telephone. called
Il doctor and then stopped the flow of