Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.


feet z inches tall. He was mem.
Der of the G. A. r.
John Keliher, a Grand Trunk en-
gineer. was thrown from the cab OF
his engine near Marcellus, Monday.
end lies in a critical condition.
Joe Bradshaw, of Cheboygan, a
bricklayer, was struck by Q freight
train In the Scottville yards and lost
his right leg below the knee.
Students of the Hillsdale college
held ghost" dance and after burn
ing dummy, visited the professors
homes attired in fantastic costumes.
Clyde Cole. of Lansing, was rescued
from a burning room while helplessly
i'll, and officers believe he tried to
cremate himself, because of love af'
fair
To hunt wolves and win the bounty
Of S45 on each hide, offered in Hough-
ton county, George T. Perkins, Frank
T. Smedley and Fred l.. Perkins have
gone north.
Fire in the garage of G.. j. Bouse-
field, in Bay City. destroyed two autos.
damaged two others and communicate
ed TO three adjoining houses, causing
total loss OF $4,000
Florence Gray, who shot and killed
Frank Brown, of Three Oaks, was ac-
quilted on the charge of murder in
Laporte, Ind, the jury holding she
acted in self-defense.
Prosecuting Attorney Foster, OF Ing
ham county, gave Judge West evil
dence Of misconduct by jurors, who
are said to have visited saloons and
talked about cases, and several may
be dismissed.
While examining revolver at Wat
ers Phil Bibenski accidentally shot
John Skinski, the ball entering the
hip. Skinski is in serious condition.
Bibenski thought all the shells had
been discharged.
The cornerstone of the new Y. NJ.
G. A. building at Port Huron was laid
by the grand lodge, F. & A. NJ, of
Michigan. The structure will cost 1885,.
600. The speakers were Judge Law
and Lincoln Avery.
Melancholy over disappointment in
love, Frank Thayer, vaudeville sing
er, aged 35, took poison twice in the
house of David Wickes, of Owosso,
where lie DOdIutu, anu was lOChcu up
to prevent a third attempt.
Conductor Edward Dingman, of the
500 line, was cut on the face and
hands by two men who refused to pay
their fare, but he succeeded in locking
them in the baggage car. and they
were arrested in Manistique.
Darwin b. Sutherland, a fruit grow
err, living near Benton Harbor, and
Nellie S. Conklin, former Muskegon
girl, could not get a license to wed in
Muskegon, but telephoned TO the clerk
of Berrien county, and he sent one on
the next train.
Though about four weeks old. the
twin girls of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Wall,
of Fremont, who are visiting their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Seguin,
of Port Huron, weigh only about two
pounds each. They can both be placed
in an ordinary shoe box.
The 7-year-old son of August Rhein
hardt, Of Bay City, died under the in
fluence of chloroform administered
as an anesthetic by physicians while
removing his tonsils. Several doctors
worked for several hours to induce
respiration without avail.
Miss Gerolma Scarlata, an Italian
bride, wore a $1,000 dress to the altar
when she wed Salvatore Beligo in
Port Huron. Her wedding present was
SO 900 from her father, Frank Scarlata,
who has risen from poverty to riches
in Is years as a wholesale banana
dealer.
Sugar beets are moving at the rate
of several carloads daily from Stan
dish, Au Ores and other points on the
Michigan Central and Detroit & Mack
nav railroads. The yield and quality
is fine, and the only hindrance is a
scarcity of cars to take care of the
big output.
The propeller of a launch in which
Robert Duncan, George Shaw, Ida
Mattson and Maud Gamble were TAX
ing an outing, struck a submerged log
and broke while they were IL miles
from home The boys padded all
night, and reached Muskegon after
many narrow escapes from capsizing
The tenth district w. c. T. u. con.
vention, in session at Bay City, elect
ed the following officers: President,
Mrs. NJ. f. Randall Of Bay City; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. NJ. f.. AS
man. of Bay City; recording secretary,
Mrs. c. S. Bates, of Kingston; treas
urer, Mrs A. l.. Bassingthwaite, Of
Bay City.
At the East Saginaw club luncheon
was given leading Michigan Central
officials. The entertainment was in
charge of the leading manufacturers
and jobbers and was for the purpose
of extending the mutual acquaintance
and increasing the friendly relations
between the railroad officials and the
local business men.
Rudolph Frederick has been indicted
by the federal grand jury at Grand
Rapids for neglecting to swing the
Pere Marquette drawbridge to permit
! the passage of a steamer belonging to
the Grand River Transportation Co.
The company claims that Frederick S
neglect is a violation of the laws gov
erning navigable streams.
! II. J. Coleman, of Marshall, has re-
| ceived the highest market price ever
i paid for cattle I'm the Chicago mar