Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-08-29
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

The body OF Mrs. Frank Bastian.
who was drowned at Point Lookout,
was recovered and sent to her home
at Saginaw.
Two running boys colided with
James Avery, aged II, OF Three Riv-
ers, throwing him from the sidewalk
and breaking a leg.
Victor Schneider, butcher, was at
tackled and stabbed while standing
near the Ann Arbor railroad station by
two men. His wound is not serious.
Samuel Laderach, aged n, was
drowned in a pool while washing his
dog. The bowling of the animal drew
attention TO the death Of it's master.
The lid" has been placed on, and
the saloon laws are being rigidly en-
forced in Battle Creek The police
commission took the step at secret
meeting.
The 4-year-old son of John Radka
may have TO have one of his legs am
putated, the result of running into a
scythe which his 10-year-old brother
was swinging.
The tracks Of a barefooted man,
thought to be an incendiary, were
found near the barn OF Henry Salee,
which was burned TO the ground with
loss Of $1,000.
Alex. Cohen, former Detroit news
boy, has been nominated by the Re-
pubicans OF Lansing for state repre-
sentative to succeed Stanley Mont
gomery, resigned.
st. Joseph and Benton Harbor are
deadlocked' over constructing new
bridge between the cities and Benton
Harbor proposes to close the old one
TO traffic and cut off communication.
Pontiac milk dealers have raised the
price from five to six cents quart
and it is believed the arrest Of one
dealer on an adulteration charge has
forced them to improve the quality
of the milk
1t is reported that the NJ. IT, r.,
which has been denied a right of way
through Mason for it's proposed line
to Jackson, has reached an agreement
with the Michigan Central to use the
strip adjoining its tracks.
Mrs. Bessie Belyea, child wife of
Benjamin Belyea, of Port Huron, was
given divorce. They were married
a year ago, but kept it secret until
recently. The girls parents refused
to let Belyea visit their daughter.
The body OF Donald, aged 13 months,
the son of Duncan Mcmillan, of Long
Rapids, was found in a tub of rain
water near the house. The child
slipped out unnoticed by a servant
while the mother was picking berries.
Swan PHO and his wife, while re-
fttrr fy,e ha -
the Yellow Dog river. near Negaunee,
were pursued for several miles by a
pack of wolves. The wolves circled
around the wagon yelping continuous
~.
Menominee police fear that John
Roberts, one of the crew of the steam
er Pine Lake, who has mysteriously
disappeared, has fallen victim to a
gang of footpads. Roberts is known to
have had big wad of money with
him.
Two boys, Fred. Meyers and Harry
Joebs, aged 10 years, respectively,
claiming they were ousted from their
homes in Grand Rapids, are in Jail in
Port Huron awaiting deportation.
They said they had eaten nothing for
two days.
Suit for $4,000 damages has been
filed by Mr.. and Mrs. Brush Nash, OF
Flint, in behalf of their daughter
Cecile Nash. The girl was injured in
an accident in which George and
Harold and her aunt, Miss Ruth Nash,
were killed.
The parents of Miss Lulu Gilboe.
aged II years, of Hubbardston, are
very anxious TO learn her whereabouts.
1t is generally believed that she and
Eddie Mcbride, aged 10, are husband
and wife, enjoying an unmolested
honeymoon.
Gustave Perkiowski, an escaped
prisoner, tried to commit suicide by
cutting his throat at Kenton while
being taken in charge by Deputy Sher-
if j. A. Juttner, of Sidnaw. He was
taken TO Marquette after his wound
had been attended.
Smiths lanky, lean, fat and tall, old,
young and Indifferent, congregated
from the four corners of Grand
Rapids Thursday and gathered around
the festive picnic tables of Reeds
lake. 1t was the annual roundup Of
the Smith family and 5000 answered
the summons.
Many WIZ pays nc
lives at Brantford. Ont. came to La
peer to marry a girl with whom he
had correspondent for two years. Bur
lingame says instead he found let
ter from the girl stating that although
she loved him, she had found another
fellow and gone to Detroit to be mar
ried.
BY the overturning Of canoe, Nor
ris Jeffe, aged %, and Elsie Huegel,
aged II, daughter of William f. Hue
gel, were drowned In the Saginaw
river. There were no Witnesses to the
drowning, but screams were heard by
people in the vicinity of the river
and the overturned craft was found
next morning.
A. T. Tutman, Maple Rapids farm
er, came to st. Johns with his wife
and two children and purchased
wagonload of furniture for a new
house he has just built The family
started home and Tutman lighted
cigar. The flames were unnoticed un-
til close to the people. The horses
marc n,,t from 10 wagon Nina NJ