Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-29
MICHIGAN IN BRIEF.

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White Pigeon has it's new gas plant
In operation.
Over 1900 hunters from Chicago are
in the north woods.
Kalamazoo gets the next state Sun
day school convention.
Farmers at Owosso received $780,
600 for beets this season.
VIM. Lott, aged 80, of Holt, a pio-
neer Of Ingham county, is dead.
John Sutton, aged go, pioneer OF
Flint. dropped dead on the street.
A lumber company in Kalkaska
county has portable camp consisting
OF IL cars
The bell Of the Presbyterian church
at Sturgis broke from its fastenings
and fell 30 feet.
II Is rumored that the Grand Trunk
will double track it's line between De-
troit and Durand.
Ezra A. Cole, superintendent OF con-
struction of early Thumb railroads,
died at Port Huron.
Just one week after the death of
his wife, George C.. Long, Of Eagle,
passed away of pneumonia.
A Hungarian woman went insane at
Blissfield because of inconsistencies ana
was taken to the county jail.
Battle Creek has over 100000 in
sight for new high school, and ex-
poets to build it without raise in taxes.
Joseph Scott, of st. Johns, oldest
cooper in active work in the United
States, celebrated his Goth birthday an
niversary.
Steps will be taken at Sault Ste
Marie to prevent an immense loss of
city water, estimated at one million
gallons daily.
While hunting cartridges, Edgar
Brown. surfman of Thunder Bay
island. was badly wounded His home
is in Grindstone City.
Motorman Nye made the run on the
interurban from Battle Creek to Jack
son in one hour. The usual running
time is an hour and a half.
The Hiawatha mine at Norway has
been sold to the Buffalo & Susquehan-
ma Iron Co., and a number of new
buildings and other improvements will
be made at once.
Battle Creek received 100000 prim-
airy school money and, as the present
building is too small for the $50 stu
dents, there is talk of building a new
high school building.
President G. ]. Kollen, of Holland,
has been decorated with the insignia
Of tie order of Orange-Nassau by
Queen Wilhelmina in recognition of his
work as an educator.
If the subscriber who promised to
bring us in a load of wood on subscrip-
ton will do so at once it will help our
Willis to recover from the whooping
cough.-Yankville Clarion.
Charles Buskirk, a wealthy farmer
near Marshall, is spending 10 days in
jail rather than pay fine Of IS. He
pleaded guilty to charge of not send
ing his children to school.
The w. c. T. U. of Battle Creek
will undertake the work of protecting
birds and domestic animals pending
the formation of society for the pre-
vention OF cruelty to animals.
In crossing the bridge over Portage
Creek, at Kalamazoo, George Reidman
is believed to have been blown of by
high wind. His body was found In
the creek. He was 60 years old.
Louis Vessels, OF Flint, while work.
ing in a pipe works at Ballard, Wash,
was struck and fatally injured In the
head by pipe from a machine. He
had been married only few days.
The next annual report of the labor
bureau will show falling of in the
number Of trade unions in the state.
Good times make the men lax in keep
ing up their membership, 1t Is said.
Prophecies Ellen G. White has not
come from California as expected by
the Adventists. The exodus to Wash
ington, ID. c., has stopped and many Of
those who left will probably return.
Henry c. Pratt, of Niles, who learned
telegraphy at IA, claims to be the old
est telegraph operator in Michigan.
He is 81 years of age. He worked in
cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast.
Capt William H. McKittrick. son-in-
law Of the late Gen. William r. Shat
ter, reports that the latter was worth
$4,000 in cash and real property in
California valued at $4,000. No will
has been found
The presence Of Contractor Taylor
in Charlotte with two Chicago men,
has revived the projected Albion Char
lctte electric line. He spent consider
able money grading at Duck lake five
or six years ago.
Simon Boston. an old soldier who
lost his legs, fingers and thumbs 30
years ago after they had been frozen,
has been admitted to the Soldiers
home at Grand Rapids. He raised a
family Of Ave despite his handicap.
S. A. Dewey, former collector, who
pleaded guilty TO embezzling city wa
ter funds At Pontiac, was taken to
Jackson to serve from two to FIVE
years. On account of poor health he
will ask the prison officials for clerical
work.
Attorneys Lee 4. Jackson and n. A.
Mckay, of Bay City, have bought the |
right or way OF the Bay City-Saginaw
Rapid Transit Co., sold under MORT. |
gage. Work was abandoned some
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