Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-02-23
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

| Court officials now say that Liant Is.
Salisbury will be in Grand Rapids fer
the Conger trial on February *.
\ John j. Harrer, recently appointed
! deputy state treasurer. has resigned as
assistant inspector-general Of the NJ.
! y. c.
I William Butler. who lived near Otis
vile. is dead of general debility. aged
! rs years. His wife died thirty hours
| before he did.
The Muskegon division Of the Perc
Marquette railroad was still closed Sat
urday lay the blizzard which mas ragged
| since Tuesday.
Pert Bartlett. the Ann Arhor man
| arrested in Detroit for the burglary OF
! the saloon of James Burke at Wh!tnorc
/ Lake, has confessed.
Pontiac council has passed resolutions
asking the city attorney 10 prepare an
| amendment to the charter. whereby the
! board of hubble WORKS may he abolished
/ Live stock throughout the state is re-
| ported in very good condition. The
condition IL the state of horses is % per
| cent: cattle, %; sheep, 96, and swine, "a.
Two great breaks in Lansing city's
water mains have reduced the pressure
| TO such an extent thar little fre protec-
| ton could be furnished in case OF
| danger.
! The death of dwarf named Van
! Dusen has revealed the fact that during
| his forty-fvc years residence in
Muskegon he had saved and left nearly
| $4,000.
Axel g. Burman, whose wife and
family live in sweden. died In Cadillac
after three days illness. He was a
wealthy real estate dealer and prom
nent politician.
Andrew MylOtt. aged -. single. lies
ar his home, paralyzed from injuries re-
celved to his spine during a sculile with
a fellow employc Of the Ann Arbor rail
road in OwosSO.
Battle Creek has four new cases Of
smallpox. The epidemic which began
October had dwindied down to two
cases. All the patients are in the city
detention hospital.
Relatives of Edward Groell, OF
Jackson. who mysteriously disap-
peared from Napoleon. O.. about three
months ago. have heard rumors that he
met with foul play.
Cornelius BenninG. aged go, a farm
or, living near Kalamazoo, was
hooked in the right eye by COW rs
he was putting hay in the manSer.
The eye was ruined.
Deputy Attorney General Chase has
returned from Washington. where lie
went in the interests Of tho Michigan
Spanish war claims. lie hopes to secure
$4,000 for the state.
Following tho closing OF the Sagi-
nsw high school because OF small
| FOX the Hoyt grammar school was
closed wednesday. there being
dozen cases among the pupils.
Heavy realty purchases. big extern
sions and the opening OF a southern
route talked OF by the Grand Trunk,
awakcns the hope that Battle creek
may soon be the third city of the
state
The SEQ Milling Co. has closed down
its plant. owing. it is claimed. TO the
discrimination OF the upper peninsula
railroads IN favor OF Minneapolis mil
lcrs so they could undCrsell in the
local markets.
Receiving news that he had been
! granted the pension which he had tried
TO secure for many years, Christian
Cook. a well-known farmer OF OwOsso
township was deeply affected and died
Of heart failure.
The coolest weather Of the season
struck 81. Joseph Saturday morning,
the mercury dropping 10 six below.
Tonight heavy snow is falling. Fruit
or all kinds Is in good condition, bein.
well protected by snow
Mrs. Oliver KarneS widow OF an old
soldier and former flagman. has. since
! the death Of her husband. recently been
I the "hlgman" at the Maumec street
( crossing Of the Detroit Southern in
Adrian. Size Is 90 years OF age.
WIlworth's general store and the
/ postofHcc and Dad Fellows hall I'm
tile same hui,Giag Culbert's hardware
store and WalwoIth'S warehouse
/ burned ut Jerome. causing a total loss
of $1,000 Wednesday mornng.
Engineer stone, Of Jackson. who was
/ Killed In the wreck at l.alsin Center. had
I prpmouition that something was go!Hs
( Ca happen. ana EXPRESSED is fears l.
( the tclegrapEcr. y II. Purter. while the
( two were taking supper together
! The Cromwell Brush 4 Ware Co. or
/ Cincinnati. claiming to nave lost Sl9.-
CCG IN two years. paying - cents Il day
per man. has served notice on Warden
/ Vincent that it desires TO cancel it's con-
( tract for 10 convicts at the prison.
\ burglar escaping from the homo
/ of James Mcknight. three miles from
I Memphis. with $50. met Mrs Nc.
! Knight at the door ana struck her
| over the head with his fist or club.
/ 1t is supposed he feared capture.
About a week ago Michael McAvoy.
Niles plumber aged about 40. start
| ed to walk to South Bend. He was
overtaken by heavy snow storm.
| and has not since been heard from.
! lie is supposed to have persisted in
/ the storm.
Carl Lohr, son OF Albert Lohr OF
| Marshall township, who graduated
| last week from the United States
naval academy at Annapolis. is home
ON a visit. He has been assigned 10
duty as junior officer on the new bat
IL.