Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-10
MICHIGAN BREVITIES.

During the past year 100 recruits
were accepted in Lansing for the I'm
tied States army.
Samuel Kerns, of Muskegon, lost his
right foot by being run over by
Pere Marquette engine.
The Michigan Central railroad will
begin the construction OF another 400
foot freight house in Bay City.
Mrs. Mary Hoig, a 75-year-old resi-
dent of Millburg. fell from a chair and
did not know for five days that her
shoulder had been dislocated.
Mrs. Emma Hastings has asked for
a divorce from Edward Hastings, Of
Jeddo township. They have been mar
ried 80 years. Plaintiff charges cruel
~.
William c. Mcmillan was somewhat
better Friday morning and improving
steadily The fever has entirely gone
and he expects to be out in few
days.
In "a hours Jesse w. Tayor, IT.
year-old burglar. was arrested, con-
fessed, arraigned and sentenced to Is
years in Ionia, for robbing Grand
Rapids grocery.
A bequest of $1,000 to the Masonic
Temple association of Bay City is re-
vealed in the will of n. B Bradley, one
of Bay City's lately deceased and long
prominent citizens.
The Grand Rapids Gas Light Co. had
surplus last year of 1872, 103S4 from
net earnings of $729, 1864 The report
was filed with the city clerk in compli-
ance with the city charter.
This year will be a record-breaker
at the Nj. A. G. The first days CLASH
fication reached 292. of which lis
were special course students. The to-
tai attendance will run over 500
Ed. Mcneil, a Michigan Central rail-
way section hand, attempted to jump
from a moving passenger train at
Hastings. He got off with the excep-
family dependent.
Michigan beans for Cuba sounds like
Wolverine incursion into far lands.
Henry Carr, president OF the SAGINAW
Milling Co, says Michigan produces
more beans than all the rest OF the
! United States together
A $4,000 monument to the memory
OF Gen. Custer will probably be erected
in Monroe. The city council, business
men and civic society are cooperating
The monument is 10 be placed on the
site OF the Custer homestead on Mon.
roe street
The township OF Meridian is getting
rich as the result OF the boom at
Z I a m hCr I of,
pie built cottages last year. Others
will build next summer, and the taxes
/ OF the regular residents of the town.
ship are gratifyingly low.
Officers went to Mishawaukee Sat.
/ urday and captured Otto Janson, wnc
! was accused OF stealing q large sun
/ OF money from the residence of Dave
4 Bremen, where he boarded while IN
! Dowagiac at Christmas time. He h
bound over TO the circuit court and Ii
in the county jail, being unable "a
/ furnish bonds.
Acella Briggs Is suing her twin els
ter, Amelia, for sl,946, which she
claims is due her for her services 70,
27S weeks. They live in Cortland
township.
Talcott II. Camp, OF Grand Rapids
has been notified that his father. Fred
orick s. Camp, agent of the larges
cotton mill in the world, took lis life
by shooting himself at Norwich. Conn
At the biggest cock fight in jackson
county history. one In which IL is sal,
that 80 battles were fought New
Years eve. Oscar Yost. well-knowi
sporting man. was stabbed i'm the wris
and face An artery was severed ant
he narrowly escaped bleeding to death