Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-17
MICHIGAN BREVITIES.

VIM Roberts, aged 40, of Pellston,
drank carbolic acid and died in a short
time. He leaves a widow and two chill
dren.
Five cases OF typhoid have been re-
ported in Kalamazoo within the past
week, and the health board is looking
for the cause.
Angus McMullen, a young farmer
near Emmett, has been fatally hurt
by load Of hay capsizing on which
he was riding.
The fire which started in the Cam
bria mine, Negaunee a week ago is
now, so far as surface indications
show, extinguished.
The Ionia county pioneers have had
their annual reunion and snapped re-
miniscences dating back to 1888, when
the county was organized.
Capt Frederick w Fuger, of the
Thirteenth regular infantry, has been
detailed as military instructor at the
State Agricultural college.
While taking the mail from the
letter box, Mrs. John Sebold, two
mics south of Bay City, was killed by
lightning Saturday evening.
Frank Allcott, a Toledo business
man camping on the Au Sable, near
Grayling, 'has been fined so and costs
for killing deer out Of season.
Another victim of smallpox is report
ed at Byron Centre, the last being
Geo. Hilsey, brother-in-law of Mrs. Jen-
ME Hilsey, who died last week.
A J. Baker, of Jonesville, a pioneer,
once greenback candidate for con-
gress, and 81 years DID, is dead He
married 81 years ago and his consort
survives him.
small child of Mrs. Fred Coon, of
Benton HarbOr, is in a critical con-
dition from eating washing powder
from sample package that an agent
left at the house.
Christ Steimley, aged IL, an inmate
of the Michigan asylum. hung himself
with a handkerchief Monday in n
clothes press off one Of the rooms in
the Burns cottage.
Frank Miller, a farmer in Huron
township and father of 16 children.
has committed suicide by hanging. He
had mental troubles but not on az
count of his family.
Canning factory operations are now
beginning in Traverse City, the fac
tory starting its force with 800 women
and Is men. The company has con-
tracts for 700 acres of corn and $50
acres of beans.
A coroner's jury decides that Olive
Templeton, who disappeared from st.
Joseph last fall, and whose body was
recently found in the St. Joseph river,
was accidentally drowned. The girls
home was at Berrien Springs.
South Haven was a wide open town
Sunday and thousands of visitors from
Chicago and other places came to help
the liberal citizens celebrate. 1t is
said that IN appeal has been made TO
Gov Warner for troops to enforce the
laws.
Ward Gordon, 10-year-old son OF
Arthur Gordon, of Flint, is missing. He
was last seen gong to a ball game at
the fair grounds Friday afternoon. He
had no coat, wore blue waist, DIRK
knee pants, straw hat, and new black
shoes
Charley Cushman, . years, and
frankie Van Dusen, aged IL. of Bay
City, played with small bit of gun
powder and matches Saturday and
the usual explosion followed. Charley
will probably be blind and frankie is
surely disfgured.
Deputy Highway Commissioner,
Frank F. Rogers. of Lansing, after ex-
aiming the roads of Menominee
county, has recommended that one
section Of the county road receive
state bounty of 1000 and another
section bounty of $500 per mile
OF the 2,241 men who were on the
muster rolls of the Third Michigan
cavalry from 1861 10 '65 about 600 are
still alive, and their average age is
63. The addresses are known of 495
and they will have a royal two days
reunion in Kalamazoo Sept. Ia and 10.
George Gage had been out of work
a long time at Decatur, ILL.,, when his
home and contents were burned his
wife barely escaping with tiny babe
in her arms. He came to Battle Creek
six months ago and secured work at
at Advance Thresher Works. Satur-
day evening he suddenly dropped
dead.
From injuries received as the result
of his whiskers catching fire While ~
ing sick in bed, Harrison r. Johnson.
a veteran of the civil wa, aged ~,
died at his home al Cyawn. II was
while lighting his pipe 5uring the tenn
porary absence If the family from tie
room that the fatality ocsGriea