Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
MICHIGAN ITEMS.


Thursday TO $3.50 to So per ton.
James Morn, the Standish lumber
man whose life was despaired OF re-
Gently, is SLOWLY improving from his
illness.
Insane from business cares, John T.
Smith, clerk of Bently township. was
attacked by paralysis of the brain,
causing death.
George Wheeler OF ST. Joseph, aged
90, was found dead in bed by his
brother. Death resulted from rheuma'
tism of the heart.
Mrs. Jeremiah Sullivan was struck
and instantly killed by Grand Trunk
engine at a Lapeer street crossing
She was &c years Old.
Mrs. Nj. A. Preston, the newspaper
writer of Charlotte, who was struck
by an auto at San Diego, Cal, last
Thursday, died of her injuries.
Because of the lack of demand for
barrel slaves, the Michigan Cooperage
Co. has closed down its plant in Stan
dish. II has So carloads OF slaves on
hand
The scarlet fever scourge claimed
nine victims Monday in Calumet and
two in Larium. Over 70 cases have
broken out and "a houses are quaran'
tined.
Word reached Kalamazoo of the
tragic death of Charles Eames az 81
Louis on Sunday. He is the fourth
member OF the family whom sudden
death has reached.
Enos Schaal, of Menominee, while
attempting to separate his two broth
ers, who were in a fight received a
deep cash in his leg from an AK in the
hands of Dan Schaal
Illness arising from a strain which
she received while decorating q
Christmas tree for her three children
has resulted in the death of Mrs. Or
Tin Brown. of Greenwood.
The farm barn of Gus Braden. IN
| Waukesha township, burned FRIDAY
night, with farm implements and
| grain. The loss is $4,000, insured foi
| $500 in the Farmers Mutual.
The cheapest highwayman or
record lodged from an alley in Ira
verse City, seized Carl Blackman
aged 9. and robbed him of sausage he
was carrying home for supper.
The Cedar Springs flour mill caught
fire from a stove and burned. H. a
Brown, the owner will rebuild. The
loss is $4,000 on the mill and Sl,OO'
on stock, with $4,000 insurance.
Fred Warren, who married a PRETTY
milliner at Mishawaka, Ind, after al
acquaintance Of few days. has beer
sentenced to Jackson for forgery fol
one ard a h@lf to fourteen years.
! John o'Caliahan, a yender OF statu
airy, was found guilty of attackin'
Mrs. Thomas Ryan, of Flint In he
home. Ryan gave the man soun'
thrashing and the court let him go.
John Mccarthy, Syracuse, n. Y
u1'N oS.1t sn s We - led on Grot,
Cleveland in 1884, and later supportt
w. J. Bryan enthusiastically, is dea
I aged So.
, Banking Commissioner Moore h;
+ approved the articles of incorporate
: of new state bank to be establishC
, at Oxford under the name of the Farr
! ers' State Bank of Oxford with car
| talization of 100000
They say opals are unlucky, but
hope this ring will be an exception
said Thomas Wiley to Deputy Jane
Sexton, giving him the present, as the
l parted at states prison. You're II
only good friend | have left"
Miss Marie Grout. daughter Of +
tired lumberman of Saginaw, was S
cretly married at Atlantic City TO +
ward Wiltbank, hotel clerk. TT
marriage occurred October %, but II
news has just become known.
Miscalculating the speed of an G
press. John Kuster was killed at Il
depot in Standish when he was abo,
, to take the train. His son, Willia
Kuster, lately returned from the Phil
pines, witnessed the accident.
, Mrs Nettie Bartlett, of Grand Ra
/ ids, has brought suit for divorce, a
? leging that she fears her husband
: mind is unbalanced by reading a
counts of a recent murder, and thi
he may try the same thing on her.
Johnny Cook, aged IA, of Banniste
went sparrow shooting and pumped
! full charge of bird shot in the side
! the 5-year-old son of Fred Huber. WI
. accidentally got in range. Although
I somewhat critical condition the i
jured boy is expected to recover.
} Monday afternoon, as Arthur Taylo
: prosperous young farmer, of Morric
+ was loading a grist to bring tor mill. /
was stricken by paralysis. His Wi
/ found him speechless beside his tear
Summoning his sister, they manage
= to draw him indoors In chair. He on
, lived a few hours. He leaves q wido
and little girl.
: Whether a justice Of the peace ca
commit a man for contempt of coul
is a question which will be put up {
the supreme court for a decision. Tn
case arises through George Wheele
a witness who refused TO testify q
the trial OF Luther Salisbury. Of Lar
sing, when asked whether he playe
cards for money at Salsburys room
year ago when John Marks, {
Grand Rapids, was in jail on charg
of non-support and his wife was III |
bed, she consented to her 7-year-ol
boy, Willie, becoming a ward of III
state at the Coldwater school. No
Marks has reformed and the mothe
wants her boy back, but il seems tn
! only way she can get him will be
adopt him from the state.
Warnings have been sent out by III
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