Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-31
MICHIGAN IN BRIEF.

Six street car accidents in twenty
four hours Is Detroits record.
Rudolph Settersten, 15-year-old son
OF Assessor Herman Settersten, of Me
| nominee, was operated on for CHAMBERS,
which Is a very rare disease with hui
man beings.
Louis, 2-yearold child of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. II. Bridgman, of Flint died
from drinking gasoline Mr. Bridg
man is cashier of the Union Trust &
Savings bank
While on his way home from work
last night, l.. Larllus, 19-year-old son
of Job Larkus, of Grand Rapids. was
overcome with heart trouble and died
in an ambulance.
Ii is expected that in the near fu-
ture an agricultural school will be
established in Menominee county
Jointly by several of the northern
Michigan counties.
John Sekorski. bankman at the
Grand Rapids Brick Association yards,
was thrown 20 feet to the bottom of a
pit by a cavern and was crushed to
death by tons of clay.
Lyon e Healy, of Chicago. who pur-
chased the factory Of the Compensat-
ing Pipe Organ Co., in Battle Creek,
at bankruptcy sale for $4,000, say
they will employ 100 men.
The number OF saloon licenses in
Jackson has been reduced to II, and
the chief of police has been ordered 10
see that the proprietors Of all stalls
and blind pigs are prosecuted.
A. c. Shepard who controls the
race track in Standish, has received
from the Michigan Central a check
for $500 In settlement Of damages re-
ceived by horse falling on him in q
car.
The Onoko hotel at Berrien Springs
is burned to the ground 1t was one
of the oldest buildings in Berrien
county, and was moved to Berrien
Springs from the deserted village of
Bertrand in 1853.
j. A. Phillips, Jackson butcher, is
confined in a darkened room at his
home, with a bandage over his eyes
and some prospects that he may be
blind. Phillips was struck in the eye
by flying piece of bone.
Sixty recruits to the Colony Of Ben
jamin and Mary in Benton Harbor,
on their arrival from England on Sat
Grday were given the greatest demon
stration ever given by any religious
body or sect in southwestern Michi-
gan.
w. Engel wealthy farmer living
near Mendon. was attacked by his
son, who after shooting at him three
fi1nne Will nnt N hAo wi
and struck his father over the head
and IN the side, breaking one rib. The
young man is insane
Citing the fact that nine counties
have arranged for stone roads. that
will require 10000 tons of stone, OF
which $4,000 tons will come from out.
side of the state, State Highway Com
! missioner Earle urges the develop
ment of stone quarries.
The state military board has author.
lied Adit Gen. McGurrin and Quarter.
master General Kidd to go to Chicago
TO confer with the commander of the
! department of the lakes with refer
ence to the encampment Of the NJ y.
c.. and thence to Indianapolis
Grand Secretary Wilder, of the
Odd Fellows, has prepared his annual
report, showing net gain of 1,906
new members in the 504 lodges in
Michigan during 1905 The receipts
totaled 1926. 1929, while the amount
expended for relief was $75,154.34
The grand lodge cost s21 .049.55.
Gov Warner has received the res.
! ignation of Dr. Joseph b. Griswold
of Grand Rapids. from the state board
of registration in medicine. and there
is lively contest for the position
DR.. Griswold's term does not expire
until October !, 1907, and he resigns
only because Of the press of other
! duties.
Edward Gruber, the young ieweleI
of Newberry who was accidentally
shot by his fiancee Miss Elizabeth
Hall, OF Dollarville, while teaching hei
to shoot at mark, died suddenly ON
Friday. He had been improving rap.
idly, until suddenly his heart failed
and he expired. Miss Hall is in
state of nervous prostration.
| Mrs John Noxon spilled oil over her
dress in filling the lamp of chicken
brooder at the home OF her father in
Vevay. Her clothing caught fire and
she would have been burned to oath
had not her father torn her garments
| from her body. She was seriously
burned, but will recover.
After a wild ride OF twenty blocks
through the business section OF Kala-
mazoo behind frightened horse.
| Henry McGinnis, 5 years OF age, was
taken from the wagon laughing and
unhurt. AS the horse sped from side
| TO side Of the street the boy sat laugh
! ing and seemed to think that the ride
/ was for his special benefit