Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-04-27
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.


acres OF land for free parks in five
townships OF Berrien county. The lane
borders on Lake Michigan.
Three Rivers Is overrm with worth
less mongrel dogs and the municipal
government is wrestling with the prob
lem OF eXterminating them
Andrew Carnegie has presented
Hope College, Holland, with $4,000.
He asks the college TO add $4,000 in
! addition TO his sum to the endowment
fund
Mother Jones'" the stormy Pet
rel, has arrived in Houghton to insti-
gate a general strike. IL is thought
by many that by May !, $4,000 men
may be idle
Mendon has accepted andrew Car
ncgie's offer to give a $4,000 library
upon the purchase OF site and the
. raising of a fund of al least $1,000
year for maintenance.
Sharpshooters' and marksmen's
badges are being sent out by Gen.
McGurrin TO members of the Nj. y. G..
who won them in the rifle contest al
last years encampment.
A farmers mutual telephone com
pany has been organized TO furnish
telephone service at cost TO patrons
In Oceana county, in opposition TO the
Lake Shore Telephone Co
1t is probable that the Hudson pre-
cinct option liquor bill will be amend
cd 10 make municipalities the unit for
the application of the law and report
cd TO the house by the liquor com
mittee.
John Lentz. of Standish, ran his
team into a rig driven by Zilda Lo-
ROGUE, a 13-yearold girl, the tongue
of his wagon knocking the girl out of
the buggy. injuring her severely. Ply
sicians say she may not recover.
A feature of the Presbyterian meet
ing in Grand Rapids Wednesday was
the adoption of a resolution providing
for the separation Of the colored
churches of the Presbyterian denom-
ination into a presbytery of it's own.
The body of man found in the
river in Lon 2 Rapids township, Satur-
day, has been identified as that OF
George Villenauoe, aged %. a farmer
of that locality and a member of the
river driving crew. He disappeared
April 8.
The entire silk stock stolen from
the dry goods store of l.. w. Robinson
of Battle Creek last week was found
in the back yard of Mrs. Annie Bail
ey's residence packed in two large
valises. Mrs. Bailey will pocket re
ward of $3.50
Several farmers in Oxford and vi
entity are sowing speltZ, new cereal,
as an experiment. The grain has a
dark berry, is sweet and makes excel
lent bread, similar 10 rye bread. II
yields 10 10 60 bushels to the acre and
sells al 81 per bushel.
Mrs. J. Mccarthy, of Otterburn. has
asked the officers to find her husband
for her. He left home last week TO get
some medicine for "A sick horse and
has failed TO show up at home since.
He had a check for S215 i'm his posses.
sion which he cashed in Flint.
The rule of three was made good in
Lapeer when Nelson Miles fell from
a land roller and was picked up un.
conscious, Homer LaJoic lost two
fingers in sausage grinder and James
Westboy had his leg broken by load
OF manure tipping over on him.
Gordon Of Marquette. induced the
private corporations committee to re
port fayorably his bill to prohibit the
manufacture of slot machines. Gordon
is a member of this committee, ant
made a special request when the bill
was introduced that 1t go to his com
mittee
Work in the old Franklin & Frank
lin Junior mines of the Franklin Min
ing Company. has been resumed. Tn
foreground employees who have beer
out on strike for three weeks return
ed under the old terms. no concessions
having been granted. Six hundred mer
resumed employment.
The decomposed body of August Mel
son, who disappeared f. ON CadinaC
/ Sept Is last, was found in the woods
by hunters and identified by his watch
and other articles on his clothes. II is
/ supposed he committed suicide He
was a native of Sweden and had nc
friends in this country.
The board of supervisors placed the
proposition of rebuilding the cour'
house i'm Stanton i'm the hands Of the
building committee, thus ending hot
contest between Stanton and Green
vile, the people of the latter city hav
ing used every means for the removal
of the county seat thither.
Henry Seaman. aged so, an East lie
roy farmer. was seeing the sights in
Grand Rapids when he met a colored
man and female companion. They
attacked the farmer in the street, beat
him into insensibility and pounded his
face to a pulp. Before help arrived
the pair had seized his purse and made
away.
The senate judiciary committee has
practically smothered Senator Runners
bill calling for the abolition of the par
don board. and no legislation along
those lines is expected at the hands
OF the present legislature. The mem
bers of the board, who realize that
Runners bill means their jobs, have
got in some effective work.
Reyner Stonehouse. of Grand Rap.
ids, who had worked up in the mail
service TO the rank of first substitute
mail carrier, and was ready for ap.
pointment, will not be given job, as
the indemnity company refused to 60
on his bond on account of his con.
fession that he accepted bride in