Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-04-26

stump or 100 in COldwater school at
tendance
Frank Cantine, aged 8, fell into
kalamazoo river in Emmett township
and Was drowned.
Five members of Menominee's new
city council are either hotel or board
ing house keepers.
Holland Ice consumers are heapinG
anathemas on the dealers. The price
OF Ice has been boosted so per cent
Judge Smith, OF Pontiac, refuses to
permit men over GO years or age to
serve on juries in the circuit court.
The three Knights of Pythias lodges
In Grand Rapids are considering plan
to unite and blild new Pythian tenn
Ile.
Lawrence Reck. Of Muskegon, was
found dead wedged under barbed wires
in small stream at WATERFOWL, n. Y.
Foul play is suspected.
Edward Lowe, of Grand Rapids, has
let the contract for his 100000 couh-
try home, of old English style, 60x13U.
three stories In hight.
Deacon Ely, who has figured in the
dispatches since Dowie has been de-
posed at Zion City. was formerly III
business In West Unity.
Eienvile citizens are excited over
the prospect of securing the proposed
Manistee-Bay City railroad, which
would run via Marion and Harrison.
Chief Starmont has issued an order
in red--to make il more binding-that
the hens OF Lansing must be shut up
until the gardening season is over
Lansing city council has allowed a
bill OF 1925 to Bascom & Smith for
rent OF a shotgun at % cents day for
the police 10 shoot unmuzzled dogs
e. G. Rust is again chief of police
under Flints new Democratic city ad-
ministration, and Frank H. Wells is
restored TO the position of assistant
chief
A proposition to bond the village OF
Gaylord for $4,000 TO extend the mu-
nicipal electric light and water sys-
TENS will be voted on May at a
special election.
J. w Mayfield, of Mayfield town
ship. cut 50,001 feet of pine the past
winter, which is thought TO be pretty
good for district supposed to have
no pine left standing.
Breeding over the death of his wife,
whom he had married when quite
young and who died about year ago.
Peter DeVries. OF Grand Rapids, has
been committed to the asylum.
Nathaniel Reed, extensive holder of
real estate in Lapeer, failed to re-
sponi TO the call for breakfast at the
home OF his cousin, Joseph Reed, near
Oakwood. Ii was found that he was
dead.
Owosso officers are looking for the
parties who hurled stones through the
windows of the Ann Arbor tram, north
bound. The bombardment took place
when the train was between Durand
and Vernon
To encourage the building of two
miles of stone road in Three Oaks, f..
X. Warren has announced that he will
contribute $4,000 cash. His tax levy
will equal that Of any other half dozen
men In the township
The Duluth, South Shore & Allan.
tic railroad has paid Auditor General
Bradley $335,37S. and the Chicago,
Milwaukee a ST. Paul $115,757 for
taxes. Neither sum included the penal
ties imposed by the law.
While at work on top of the new ST
Paul dock under course OF construc-
ton at Escanaba, Julius Dysland, aged
80, laborer. lost his footing and
plunged headlong to the ice 20 feet be-
low and was instantly killed.
Attorney General Bird received
letter from a property owner who de-
clared his intention OF refusing to pay
the penalty on delinquent taxes if the
railroad make an effort to escape such
penalty on their unpaid taxes
John d. Blair. aged 50. OF Saginaw.
went to Cleveland for work. He fin
ally got employment in IN Colling-
wood yards of the Lake Shore rail
way, and while working around the
cars. he was crushed to death
Battle Creek Co. No. II. e. r., X.
OF r.. which has won prizes at Detroit.
San Francisco, Louisville. St. Louis
and elsewhere. is getting ready for con
slant drilling for the next biennial COM
petition in New Orleans in October.
John Dudsick was instantly killed
by cave of ground in the fourteenth
level of the Newport mine at Iron
wood. His companion was also buried
under the cave. but succeeded In eX-
Treating himself and was taken above
ground but slightly injured.
The new electric tramming system
Is now fully installed at the lronton
mine and will also be in operation AZ
the new Colby. both OF these mines
being controlled by one company. This
will relieve some 20 mules that have
done this work underground hitherto.
High school juniors spoiled the Eas-
ter banquet Of the seniors at Jackson
10y bombarding them with stale eggs
through open windows from fire
escapes. The seniors captured several
juniors and they were roughly handled
until the police quelled the riot. but
the banquet was abandoned.
A very curious gavel has been pre-
sented by s. III. barrow to circuit post,
G.. A. r.. OF Kalamazoo. 1t contains
either wood or metal from every state
In the union, as well as curios from
several battle fields of the civil war,
including bullet extracted from a
wound inflicted on Mr.. barrow in the
battle OF Shiloh.
James McVay, Of Mason, hung him