Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-31
MICHIGAN BREVITIES.

S"'' 80 'SiN"Nioh iOi new nan VI
it's own.
!. Suttons Bay has voted to build a
$4,000 Field stone school building. The
site has been purchased.
In IRE which destroyed the barn
or {. h. Marsh, OF Perrinsville, II
young cattle were cremated.
Alfred Watkins voluntarily told the
Lansing police that he had stolen a
watch In Jackson md the authorities
there confirmed h.N story.
Machine shops and roundhouses are
to be built in Benton Harbor, the Pere
Marquette having removed its freight
division from New Buffalo.
Pert Huron ranFs fifth in the
amount OF WAGES paid daily TO its fac
tory employees. This is the report of
The state labor commissioner.
The Grand Trunk has protested
against the increased assessment OF
us branch lines, the Detroit & Toledo
more Line and tae Detroit. Grand
haven & Milwaukee.
Judsoa Bailey, t-avclor fer a Gin
cinnati WHISKY house, has been acquit-
ca on charge Of having violated the
oc2l option laV b. selling whisky to
South Haven deug store.
To put Van Buren, count cheers
"a Q salary basis is said to be favored
a committee CT supervisors which
investigating the county Offices
County expenses ere too heavy.
Hog Cholera. which has been pre-
"a liag In lockwood and vicinity, has
iprarontly lost IT'S hold The farm
rs think the present cold weather is
4 Zig help toward checking the dis
ease.
Fort Huron bread dealers must take
2rt licenses after Mcrch l, and after
lat date The caaler or welghts and
measures tells thae lie VII insist on
loaves being IN to the standard
gcsht
quiet but elective effort at form.
NJ unicns for the American Society
af EQUITY IS progrc5 ing in Michigan
The farmers trust" as It Is called
ropes eventually to oontrol the selling
lriae CT man~ farm predicts.
Eight Coldwater families have had
cases Of emIllpoX ths month There
have been no deaths. but William
Barch and Sam Ruff are in a critical
~" '0wo 'oer removed 10
the city smallpox hospital.
Ia ~ l.s win III empty stom
n Berran - CHRISTOPHER a sum.
mt township farmer, said when strlck.
en- with the illness which caused his
IL tn L. -
death he refused to eat anything
4 teacher Famine Is on at Lansing.
The cchcol board has been almost al
is wits end to keep complete staff,
nd IN case Of sickness of regular
teachers. has been forced to go out OF
-he state for substitutes.
The Michigan AlkaH Co. OF Alpena,
viii install a 25Q-ton crusher which
VIII have q cap8citv of 5000 tons OF
crushed stone d.. The company
viii also put I'D q new steel and &C.
ment building 52Y52 feet.
Besaemer'a proposed bond issue for
$4,000 o erect O nea high school was
carried By vote of 10 for TO As
against, only about oae-third OF the
taxpayers of the CITY. who alone could
yote in the matter, turning out at the
polls.
Mrs. Bouts. of Charlotte, whose
husband was slain three years ago, has
been granted an allowance of 81 a
week by TIE superintendent Of the
poor. She has four children, one Of
whom was born after her husband )
. deaths
Electrocution. not apoplexy, was the
cause OF the death Of +. w. Kane. a
Port Huron mclder who was found
dead AZ his work. A postmortem re-
called this. He was Using an mean
descent light. His arm was badly
burned.
Michael Jones, a well-known Ada
farmer after finishing his work Fri
day night. staggered into the house,
fell into char and before his wife
and sons could remove him to bed,
died from heart failure Jones leaves
widow and large family of chill.
dren.
College students were not able to
allght from a Lansing street car as
promptly as they desired FRIDAY night.
breaking several. The vestibule Of the
car was badly dlmaged by students
who were in hurry to reach the the
alter.
Bert Desmond, Port Huron barten-
der a. the hotel ST Cloud, AMI a
friend were having an argument when
the latter picked up glass which he
thought contained water and lshed
the liouor into Desmond's face. II was
carbclic ac'd and Desmond win prob
ably lose his sight.
George Dryer. of Muskegon. was re-
moving some decorations from Arbei-
ter hall when he fell from a stepladdsr
and broke his leg. 1t wcs more than
three hours before help came, as he
was at the top OF a business block
and his cries did not come to the ears
of persons In the building.
The Michigan Co. produced 70 000.-
600 mounds of sugar In the campaign
Just closed. It's factories are located at
Alma, Bay City. Clrrollton, Caro-, Sc.
bewaing and Croswell Last years
acreage and production was the larg.
est In the history OF the state, and an
increased acreage Is being contracted