Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-09
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

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The Gideons. an organization of
travelling men. has gone on record as
opposed TO the sale or use of cigar
lie Christian church, once the larg-
est In oxford, has decided II Is no
longer able to pay minister $1,000 a
year.
Perle. 4-year-old son OF Jacob Bens-
ley, was drowned in a posthole at
Hopkins, where he was visiting with
his grandfather.
Robert Douglas and VIM. Smith. OF
detroit, were arrested for CATCHING
black bass out of season at Cass Lake.
They were fined $3.50 each.
The Sault Ste. Marie Gas & Electric
90. has hoated its 100000 bond issue
In Chicago and the company will now
continue the extensions of the plant.
special election has been ordered
In Otsego for May 20 to vote upon
the question. of bonding for $4,000 to
bald pump house and flume for the
village waterworks.
IL is stated that the recovery of Mrs.
Augusta Sayre, who recently came
from California to Flushing, and fell
down stairs in that village, is doubt
ful. She was injured internally.
Charles Reeves, one of the best
known negroes in the state, for many
years 1anitor of the governors of.
nee az Lansing, died in the Soldiers
nome. No one knew how old he was.
Capt julius A Penn of the general
stan o. the u. S. army has been APP
pointed by the war department 10
make the annual inspection of the
Orchard Lake Academy about May "a
Munising township board, after a
hard fight raised the liquor bonds
from $4,000 TO $4,000 Only two men
in the township can qualify. In the viii
lage eight of p applicants were re-
fused
Flint teachers received boost in
their salary. A special meeting of
the board of education decided that
the growth of the city demanded a
better paid corps of instructors in the
schools.
A longing 10 see his sweetheart
caused Jack Laurie, fugitive from
the police TO come 10 Muskegon from
Grand Rapids. He was caught and
given 90 days in Jail for assaulting a
BARTENDER.
An unknown man displayed gigan,
tic nerve in Flint when he walked
into J. c. Ellis bicycle store, picked
out line wheel and rode off with it.
The frame was found later dumped in
the river.
The annual tournament of the Up
per Peninsula Firemen's association
will be held at Ontonagon August 20
TO %. Fire departments from all over
upper Michigan viii tabe part in the
tournament.
Men in An Sable are paving the way
for future delight of little folks by
planting 70,250 regular Christmas
trees. ,Shey are imported from France.
Carl =. Schmidt, of Detroit, is the
prime mover.
Ionia board of supervisors have pur-
chased site for the new poorhouse,
at a cost of $4,000 The county farm
house recently burned The old farm
was six miles out and the new one
Is but three miles.
John Siebenquist, aged 20, an en-
ploye of the Ford River Lumber Co..
was caught by a rapidly revolving
shaft, and his body was literally torn
to pieces, both arms and legs being
jerked from the body.
1T is thought that an unknown man,
killed by Michigan Central train at
Michigan City, was the burglar who
robbed the home of Myron Crafts at
Grass Lake. The name Nolan" was
written on his shirt band.
James Ranger, of Midland, has been
taken to Ann Arbor that an opera
lion may be performed on his skull
in an effort TO remedy an injury he re-
ceived years ago, and which has now
resulted in his going insane.
The sentence of five years in Ionia
which was passed on Arthur Bald
win. the 14-year-old Port Huron bur
glar is a great shock TO his aged
mother. who was in feeble health, and
il is feared she may not survive.
Mrs. A. Shaylor aged 50, of Stan
dish was thrown from carriage
when her horse ran away, and she
was killed. Mrs. Grace Whitney, who
was standing beside the carriage when
the horse started, was seriously hurt.
Mrs. Patty Miller, widow of Capt.
Dan Miller, who won a gold media!
from congress for bravery in saving
members of the crew of the steamer
Healy G. Akeley, which went down in
1883. is dead at her home in Grand
Haven.
A gravel train or the Wabash rail
road ran into fast meat train about
a mile from North Morenci Saturday
morning. causing considerable of
wreck. The caboose on the train ahead
was burned, and traffic delayed sew
eral hours.
Jay Brott, husky young Battle
Creek farmer. has been arrested on
complaint of Miss Anna Hayes,
school teacher, who declares Hayes
whipped her. The affair arose over
the teachers ill-treatment OF little
Matte Henry, aged 8 years, friend
of Brotts.
The Mackinaw division of the Michi-
gan Central had its troubles one day
last week The southbound passen
ger train due TO leave Mackinaw City
was derailed near Topinabee and de-
layed eight hours After getting things
moving and proceeding. to Alger II en-
countered a freight wreck and reseiv-
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