Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-02-07
MICHIGAN BREvITIES.

/ blown off her feet on the icy street
| by the high wind and sustained in'
! juries TO her head which may prove
fatal.
When Charles III Baugher, a farm
I er, who pleaded guilty to stealing
/ hides. was sentenced TO nine months
/ in Ionia prison, he thanked the court
I for his lenieney.
Chan Cole had his eye put out at
/ Keller Bros. ice house in Perry.
Blood poisoning has set in and Ian
sing specialist experiences some fear
for the mans recovery.
One share OF stock in "Lansing's
1 prosperity and future development"
were. issued to each of the $50 persons
| who attended the annual meeting OF
the Business Mems association.
Joseph NJ. c. Moore, aged 81, of
Grand Rapids, veteran Of the Mexi
can and civil. wars. fell dead out OF
his chair in his home Saturday. He
was former resident OF Allegan.
Many applications have come in
Calumet for wildcat bounty, which is
rare than wolves, il seems to be cas-
Ter 10 kill the cats than to find the
wolves.
Last Friday Henry Remer, aged IL,
OF Saginaw, swallowed small piece
of tin and when doctors were prepar-
ing for an operation he was seized
with violent coughing spell and up
came the tin. ~
Hiram S. Powell. OF Dowagiac.
known as one Of the oldest black
smiths in the state, was found dead In
his shop, having died while at his
work. He was N years Of age and had
worked at his trade more than so
Saginaw shippers are resting easy
since. the advent of some 1900 new
cars on the Saginaw branch of the
Pere Marquette railroad Traffic has
resumed normal conditions, although
all available rolling stock is kept on
the move.
While ]. B.. Groak. well-known
Eaton township farmer, was milking
Tuesday. the Cow slipped and fell on
Mr.. Greak's leg, breaking both bones
below the knee joint On account of
his advanced age the injury is regard
ed as se.sJus...~
Friends claim that leaving the par
entail roof for work in a large city
caused the Insanity of Mrs. Harry
Blackwell, formerly Ollie Neal, of Bat
tie Greek. SheSwill be confined in the
asylum at Kalamazoo. She is widow
and a mother.
Richland will have the biggest pa
triotic banquet of the season in south
ern Michigan. 1t will be held March s.
and among the speakers engaged are
Charles K. Townsend, James f. Sui
Ivan, of Muskegon, and Charles Thorn
as of Hastings.
Edward D. Magoon deputy treas.
urer of Muskegon county, is drafting
game law revisions to be presented
TO the legislature and which are in.
tended to abolish pot hunting and
include all game protected by closed
season ~under the license law, the
same as deer now are.
The family OF Joseph Smith, of
Monroe, fed from their burning home
in their night clothes at 4 o'clock in
the morning with the thermometer
at zero and snow covering the ground.
Their home was destroyed with loss
of $4,000, INSURANCE $4,000. 1t con-
tained many valuable relics.
Charging the railroad with negli-
eence in not having its tracks proper
~ guarded, Mrs. Minnie Seibert. of
Saginaw. has brought suit for $4,000
damages against Judson Harmon, re-
Ceiver for the Pere Marquette rail-
road for the death of her husband.
Karl Seibert Sebert caught his foot
in track in the yards where he was
employed October 49, 1906.
Augusta has but one street lamp
II is an electric arc light supplied by
the Commonwealth Power Co. II was
strung. up for 80 DAYS as an adver-
tsement. When II. Is lighted many OF
the citizens stand about. gaze and
remark at its brilliancy. II is now
maintained by public subscription.
showing that locaf pride and pro
gressiveness are growing.
With warehouses Of the various car
rage manufacturers jammed to their
fullest capacity, with jobs which long
ago should have been In the hands of
deelers who are frantically awaiting
their orders. the car famine In Flint
has reached serious proportions. The
J,UVO new additional cars recently &C.
quired by the Pere Marquette railroad
have Afforded small relief there.
Gov. Warmers appointees are said
TO be working hard In the interest of
Frank b. Leland, OF Detroit. who IL
candidate for regent of the University
Of Michigan!
The following below zero marks
were reached in the upper peninsula
last week: Marquette. 10; Negauner
26; Ishpeming. 80. West Ishpeming.
30; Humboldt. f2.
st. Mary's parish, OF Lansing trans
ferred $4,000 to the building fund al
the close of its fiscal year, increasing
that fund to $4,000. Debts amounting
TO S5,49S.6l were paid during the
year, leaving an Indebtedness of only
SSS05S on tho M ish