Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-02-22
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

nominee by Robert Gramer and Lewis
Sedunksky, who took $500 pounds OF
herring at one lift.
The junior hop at the Agricultural
College on Friday night was the most
successful in years and dancing con
tinued until 3 o'clock.
Three Grand Rapids men have taken
a step toward the AUGMENTATION or
Cuba by forming company TO run
brewery AT Camaguey,
The u. of NJ. regents viii establish
a chair of architecture. Emil Loren,
A. NJ. of Harvard. has been appointed
to ii al a salary of $4,000
Roy Hutchinson, aged 16, of Howard
City. was instantly killed by "A railing
timlnr, which he was drawing Tor
new barn on his fathers place.
Seventeen cases OF smallpox dcyel-
oped the past week at Gladstone. Inc
quarantine is very strict, and al
school children are being vaccinated.
The third district Republican con-
gressional committee voted TO reier
the nomination of congressman In the
district to a direct vote of the peo-
pie.
The 3-year-old boy of VIM. Mosier,
of Provemont. fell upon pencil whlch
penetrated his brain through the eye.
The baby died after two days OF
agony
Deadly gas still prevents work III
No 3, shaft 6, the Tamarack mine.
The three men who persisted during
the fire over a month ago have not
yet been found.
The Jackson police are searching Tor
John bearing and wife. of Detroit, VINO
sent their 3-year-old child 10 the hos
pital suffering with typhoid fever, anu
then disappeared
Mrs. Elson Wait, wife of Sheriff
Wait of Lapeer. has begun suit against
the city for $4,000 damages for injur-
les received in falling from an elevat-
ed sidewalk on Court street.
Earl r. Church. president of the
Merchants National bank, OF Char
lotte, died in his home in Eaton town
ship from injuries received in a run
away accident on February D.
a young man who gave different
names to different persons from whom
he solicited small loans was arrested
in Lansing Wednesday. The police be-
lieve he is a clever confidence opera
tor
Rev. ID. Fl. Goodvillie of Port HUI
ron, has married 900 couples and
only one divorce has resulted. Mr..
! Goodwillie has been pastor of West
minister Presbyterian church for %
1 years.
Miss Elsie Clarke, of Pontiac, was
1 injured in the collision Of cutter
with ID. u. X. car when Ray Johnson
was killed, about year ago. She is
now suing the railway company for
heavy damages.
Stanford Culbertson. aged Is, left
his home in Holland two weeks ago
saying he was going TO make his way
i'm the world. His body has just arrived
from Indiana Harbor, ind, where he
was killed in the steel mills.
Philanthropic people of Flint will
raise a fund to rebuild the burned
home of Mrs. Lucy Walker, an indus
trous colored woman, who had built
the house with earnings from the
washtub and other hard labor.
Nearly 100 conversions have beet
made in the revival meetings conduct
ed for two weeks by Rev. r. c. Jones
of the Lake Odessa Congregations
church Most of the converts arc
young men and women.
Inspector-General Col. A. Wagnei
has closed a deal for a rife range an;
camp grounds at Keewahdin beach
just north of Port Huron city limits
suitable for the regimental encamp
ment as proposed by the state militar.
board
Mrs. Henry Lyman discovered he
skirts on fire as she was riding in
Kalamazoo street car. There was
lively time for few moments. Will
two men eXtinguished the flames. Tn
fire was started by spark from tn
motor underneath the floor of the cal
4 darning needle was removed from
he leg of the 2Ia-year-old son O
Charles lie Barron. of Fenton. by Dl
Wright. The child swallowed tn
needle several months ago. He ha
never been able to walk and il is nov
believed he will gain the use Of hi
legs.
Smallpox is still increasing in GlaC
stone. Seventeen cases were reporte
during the last week. The quarantin
is very strict. The health officer ha
issued an order demanding the in
mediate vaccination of school chi
dren. Several cases exist among tn
employees OF the Cleveland Cliffs Iro
Co. at Kipling.
Mrs Chester Tousand. Of Jonesyill,
had narrow escape from death b
a blazing saucer OF alcohol which sh
> was heating over a lamp TO give he
= invalid husband an alcohol bath. TIL
y sick man arose and wrapped his vii
! i'm the bed clothing until he eXtinguisl
= ed the flames. Her face and hand
were badly burned
Rep. Loud, of Michigan. who ha
! just returned from Annapolis. Md.
j Washington, says there will be no =
: turc trouble at the naval academy fro
I. hazing. He thinks the boys were M