Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-01
MICHIGAN IN BRIEF.

J0hn Grains, colOred, residing III
Paw Paw, convicted OF an assault Will
intent To murder his wife, was sent
enced To the Marquette prison for from
one TO seven years.
Dcspondeut because hc could not
break himself OF The liquor habit. VIII.
lam Lundgreen, OF Kalamazoo, Mich.
isan Central laborer. committed sui
eide with morphine.
Luella Wells, oil. Borrien Springs. be.
came Mrs. Anderson G.. Spencer on
May 30. On August II Spencer disap.
peared and now the bride OF five
months asks for a divorce.
Charles Bauerlc. ,Jr., a young farmer
living near Lansing. is in a critical
condition as a result Of being pinned
under a section OF the roof OF barn
which he was tearing down.
David T. Evans, aged 60. was crushed
to death by a cave-in in the Auburn
coal mine, Bay City. Nearly every bone
in his body was crushed. He leaves 4
widow and seven children.
Arie A. Corwin, of Pontiac. and Bax.
ter II. Bruce. OF Eyart, are two Mich
gan members of class of 2S middieG
who graduate from Annapolis Naval
Academy February l9 next
Fourteen local capitalists will put in
$4,000 each TO develop 500 acres OF
marsh land al Zakey Lake. a 100000
plant 70 turn out loco barrels OF ce
nlent day will be erected
Lengsvillc youths who assaulted
Frank Moxicott, now deceased, will not
be prosecuted. Physicians say that
typhoid fever which developed after
the assault really caused his death.
Irving Crandall, aged q. while Il,
work under portable sawmill engine
In Adrian. was struck by large silver
which punctured his left lung and pro
ducod other injuries that will undoubt
edly prove fatal.
The sight OF blood from a wound IN
a little girls head, caused by a boy
throwing stone. induced stroke oi
paralysis which sent Frank G. Case,
aged 20, TO the Kalamazoo hospital il
G critical condition.
.Sidn~g Tough, aged so, of Bay City,
q Pere Marquette machinist, wag
caught by the head in the machinery
of planer and was almost instantly
killed, his neck AID nearly every BON
y his body being broken.
Police Justice jerks has decreod
that in future men caught in police
raids In Jackson's disorderly places
shall not be permitted TO escape I'M
prisonment and the publicity of theii
names on the payment OF a cash de.
post.
Aged James Gallup, OF Flushing
pleaded pathetically, together with his
aged wife, for their son James, Jr., who
was arrested on n charge Of beating
his aged father with an iron bar. or
their plea the charge was made simple
assault.
An Zee trust buster" is being organ.
lied in Battle Greek with $50, 900 oi
the $4,000 paid in. 1t Is the Battle
Creek Distilled Ice Co., with two De.
tToit capitalists heavily interested. The
Consolidated Ice Co. has had a monop
oily for years.
In honor OF the 2lst birthday OF their
first child, Herbert, Mr.. and Mrs. q. L.
Hopkins. of Battle Creek. on Sunday
cut the wedding cake made by the
bride - years ago, and which wa.
kept according TO Welsh custom for
tnis celebration.
Frank Dalton, aged 10, who ran away
from his home In Morrice week ago
was arrested near SCOTS. where he
was hiding in a swamp, drenched with
rain and chilled with the cold. He IL
charged with breaking into the house
or Daniel kindly and stealing $50 worth
OF clothing.
The money collected from the rail.
roads In back taxes for the years 1902
"a, including penalties. was 35,907,
552.S9. This does not include the 1905.
3 taxes, which will be over twice as
much more. The amount received will
be distributed among the primary
schools next month.
Mrs. ID. u. Emery, aged 26, OF Flint.
a preposses5ing blond, has been report.
ed TO the police as missing with her
2-year-old babe. Her husband is a
Grand Trunk section hand, and Is 10
years her senior. She left note saying
she would not return. The husband
says their family relations were al
ways pleasant
The u. S. Steel corporation has paid
100000 cash for the entire buildings
Of the Cedar River Land Co. includ
Ing 10000 acres in Menominee, Delta
and Dickinson counties. and a sawmlll
and buildings at Spalding. The timber
Will be utilized at the Menominee
range mines of the corporation, giving
80 years supply.
Ira Seeley. whose parents live in
Olivet, committed suicide for an un,
known reason in Kansas City. He was
formerly a hotel clerk in Charlotte.
John Faurot was found unconscious
In his livery rig. His team wandered
into Coldwater after a 30-hour drive.
The animals were almost exhausted
Fanrots malady is unknown.
A hunter in Edwards township step.
ped upon a rotten stump which crum-
bled under him and he dropped his gun
trying to save himself. The weapon
was discharged, the load striking Ed |
gar Cooper, aged 10. In the legs above
The knees. He is crippled for life and
may die.