Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-09-14
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Calhoun countys annual fair opened
Tuesday.
Fred NJ Douglass, of Ionia, the first
Grand Chancellor of the X. Of p. OF
Michigan, suffered a light stroke OF
apaplexy.
DR.. Galley NJ. Brown, OF Muskegon,
was working a crank TO start his auto
when it flew back. fracturing his jaw
and laying him out for several hours.
Rep. w. II. Schantz of Barry county
demands two new departments at the
Michigan Agricultural college, one for
soil analysis and the other for stock
judging.
Luther Goodrich, of Ellis, was badly
injured while threshing, by part of
the machine dropping off the carrier
striking him. Ii is not believed that
he can recover.
a trolley car running 20 miles an
hour, ran into a wagon in the 500
Wednesday afternoon and Joseph La
londe had both legs crushed so that
he may lose them.
EX-Gov. BLISS condition has improv-
ed greatly. and the attending physi.
clans announce that the crisis has
been successfully passed. and that the
patient is now out of danger
The governor has appointed NJ. F.
Cotterell storekeeper at the prison, and
the board Of control during its regular
meeting at the penitentiary confirmed
the appointment unanimously.
Oscar Hamilton, a we'll known Bat.
tie Greek teamster, while waiting al
DR.. Gilletts office for the doctor, drop
ped dead Friday. He was 60 years OF
age and leaves widow and family.
Charles X. Gibson, well-known pen.
sion attorney, dropped dead in Grand
Rapids while on his way 10 his office
He had just reached the third floor
when he fell and expired almost in.
stantly
Notwithstanding lowering skies and
threats of rain, the annual Labor Day
parade of the Detroit unions, with its
thousands Of wage-earners in the line
Of march, probably exceeded that OF
any previous year.
Jack Buoy of Toledo was sentenced
here to from two to five years in Jack
son for stealing team worth nearly
$500 and skipping over the state line
with II. He was captured in Toledo
ana brought DaCk.
Mrs. Christina Schwab of Bay City
has received definite information that
her son, Henry l.. Schwab, was among
the crew of the Pretoria, drowned on
Lake Superior. She is willow and
her five minor children were dependent
upon him for support.
The residence of James Weshuhn
living near Standish, was destroyed by
fire In trying to save some Of the
! household goods, Mrs. Weishuhn cut
her arm, nearly severing 1t, on a piece
of glass, and nearly bled to death Her
condition is critical.
Michael Frost, hailing from Detroit
was caught in the act of burglarizing
a secondhand store in Bay City. A
| letter In his pocket from Detroit warn
ed him to stay In Bay City as the De
troit police were looking for him. He
had considerable jewelry on his per
/ son.
John Jostock, a farmer living near
/ Five Lakes, went out Saturday morn
ing to feed his team, and when he
/ did not return IL was thought he had
been drowned in the lake. Later in the
day, however, he was found rushing
about through the woods, a raving
maniac.
Four people were injured In Yale
| Sunday night by Pere Marquette
freight engine striking the Junction
house bus. The four occupants, DIR
J. B. Stevens and wife and Mr. VIM
Steinburg of Yale and Mrs. William
Stevens of st. Mary's, Ont, were al
injured, none Of them seriously.
Mrs. Eunice Eldridge. the Oldest
person in Morenci, Is dead. at the age
of SO years.
The question whether or no Lake
Odessa should be bonded for SIC. 900
the money TO be used to purchase
ground and erect a factory building
has at last been settled. The question
was voted on Thursday and the result
was PA for bonding and 30 against.
Frederick A. Bunnell, former Per'
Marquette freight agent in Muskegon
who was arrested. charged with EN-
bezzlement. has paid the Pere Mar
quette Co. $2.755, the exact amount o
his defalcations, and the case agains
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