Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-25
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

Grass Lake bank has just spent $3.50
for burglar alarm system.
Mrs. Flora Goodwin has applied for |
the position of mail carrier on Lake /
GogGac
The Bellevue Gazette suggests Will |
lam Alden Smith as vice presidential !
candidate
Daniel E. Mcclure. of Shelby, has
been appointed secretary TO Congress. /
man Mclaughlin.
Burglars blew open the safe Of ].
r. Spellman Co., in Covert and got
away with nearly $4,000.
Pontiac board of health has ordered
residents and business houses TO rid
their premises of unhealthy rubbish.
Robert p. Robertson, aged 80 years,
was united in marriage here Saturday
To Mrs. Margaret Mclaughlin, aged
70 years.
Alexander Christie, aged II, of Port
| Huron, fell on the floor in the East
| Michigan asylum a few hours after
his arrival, and may die.
Kalamazoo burglars entered the
home of Michael Linihan, drugged him
and his wife and stole 500 in cash
and considerable jewelry.
The Big Rapids Horsemens associa-
ton will give $1,000 in purses for
racing at the Mecosta County Agricul-
tural society's annual fair In the fall.
The 3-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Dunton, of Quincy, died from
swallowing the contents of bottle OF
aconte, during the mothers absence.
John C. Weadock, OF Bay City, who
rose from a tally boy to lawyer, will
remove to the wider field in New
York He is brother of T. A. f. Wea-
dock, of Detroit.
Frank Lentz, formerly Of Saginaw,
is wanted there on a charge Of wife
desertion. He is under arrest at AL
bany, n. Y. and Gov. Warner grant
ed requisition for him.
Jerome Chaplin, of Battle Creek as
precaution against burglars, slept
with big revolver at his side, but
they entered and pilaged the house
without awakening him
Miss Lydia Scrau, aged %. promi-
nent in Lapeer as teacher of music
and drawing in the schools, died in
the Graham hotel Sunday afternoon
? from gangrene poisoning.
A 100000 iron furnace and chemical
works will locate at East Jordan. The
: promoters are G. II. Shaffer. of Mar
quette; w. H. Matthews and w. S
: Shaw. Of Boyne Falls, and F. B. Baird
Buffalo.
!. Richard Duff. who has been missing
! from Bay City over 10 years, will lose
his $4,000 share OF the estate His
| Ga nnf Nod
that IT be divided among the othel
three sons If Richard did not come
back in 10 years.
/. Miss Jennie Leavens, of Detroit
= was bitten on the right forearm Will,
trying to stop a fight between he
:. dog and one owned by James Hays
: Or. Thomas Hart attended TO hei
. wounds and ordered the dogs tied vi
for 10 days TO see whether they ar,
= mad.
!. j. B. Mills owns perhaps more Ian,
Il than any one individual in the state o
Michigan. He came TO Prescott in tn
SOS with mercantile stock and toda.
he owns 10000 acres near Prescott
- $4,000 in Burleigh township, lose
= county; $4,000 in Montmorency county
:, and some in Arenac and Lapeer cour
. ties
"A A snake, which is believed may b
10 the Carter reptile of Hastings fame
q was discovered on the tracks nea
m Marshall by Motorman George Hoy
q who says 1t was fully 80 feet Ions
:. Hoyt at first thought It was an oil
struction. but as the car drew near
a. saw IL move and when the car wa
~ close the snake coiled up ready {
* spring, but suddenly crawled of to tn
". fields. Many passengers corroborat
Hoyt's story.
~ Thirty years ago a Masonic ring fe
40 from the finger of Ambrose Atwood.
So Belding. and was lost In some shru
~ berry. Atwood died shortly afterwar
an and the place has since changed owl
no ers a number of times, but when Mr.
an Henrietta Andrews. relative OF A
of wood. visited the place the ring wa
restored by the residents, who foun
II q few days ago.
- When the ear OF former Aid Ha
~ mon Yon came in contact with a hia
- tension wire at the Bay City railws
"a power house, II was burned off, as vi
~ finger A gold ring on a finger W.
= melted by the high voltage, but W
=" will survive.