Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-08-29
AROUND THE STATE.

Thirty-six former residents of Shep-
herd. who live in Seattle, held re-
union and will probably make the
affair an annual event.
Edward r. Vandergreen, of Holland,
while running TO catch an interurban
car, was seized with a hemorrhage
and died 20 minutes later.
An arm of Bernepette Downing,
aged 10, employed in Cheboygan
laundry room, was crushed off in a
mangle, but she will survive.
William Mathews, arrested in Port
Huron for beating his wife, said he
had no reason for doing so other than
he thought it would benefit her.
BY fall of 40 feet from his fathers
barn, Theodore Headtke, aged 10, of
Alpena, was knocked unconscious and
one side paralyzed. He may not re-
cover.
Only one recruit to the army has
been obtained in Lansing since June
81, and reports of similar conditions
around the country have been re-
ceived
After making several bluffs at sui
eide, Henry Taylor, of Cheboygan,
swallowed carbolic acid in the pres
ence of his family, and died before
they realized it was real and could
secure aid.
A party searching for the bodies of
Ernest CRANE and his son, who had
gone out from Omena in launch and
been caught in a storm, found them
safe in Sutton's Bay, where they had
taken refuge.
First Assistant Postmaster General
F. II. Hitchcock and John A. Holmes,
secretary to the postmaster general.
will attend the convention of the
Michigan postmasters in Saginaw Sep
TENDER and 6.
When the launch Josephine became
disabled in rough sea off Lake Hlr-
Dor, one of the occupants swan to
shore and notified the life-saving sta
ton. A lifeboat was sent out and the
Josephine towed in.
Sparks from a passing locomotive
are supposed to have caused the fire
which destroyed Fred Butchers liv-
| cry in Fenton early Sunday morning
cremating five horses.
James Jones, of Strathroy, Ont, was
/ found drugged and semi-conscious in
! the rear VI the tent Vi lHc
| circus in Port Huron. He drank with
! strangers, but won't tell whether or
not he lost any money.
The residence of Angus Harbic was
struck and burned, the steeple of the
German Methodist church shattered
and Menominee and Marinette, Wis,
plunged in darkness when a bolt
struck the power house, burning out
the dynamos
Grand Rapids voters will have a
chance September IL to say whether
! the city shall have a Lake Michigan
water supply. The cost Of pumping
station, pipe lines and other Access
series will be $2,500,000. The senti-
ment is quite In favor of the project.
With a blanket thrown over her
head to protect her from the smoke
and flames, Miss Emile Boyer, aged
49, daughter of farmer living near
| Cheboygan, rushed into her burning
home and saved two infant sisters
who were asleep in an upstairs room
William Benshaw. a farmer, drove
to Holly TO transact some business
and when he returned TO the place
where he hitched his horse he found
IL missing. ne nOIHeu the autnOrlIleS
and Deputy Sheriff Ballard found Ben
shaw's buggy with decrepit pony at
tached
Half of the people OF Flushing
turned out TO watch the dragging OF
the river for the body OF Thomas
Moorish, who disappeared in January,
but nothing was brought TO the sur
face to indicate that Morrish was
drowned. A reward OF 81 900 Is offered
for the recovery OF his body.
Drouth has caused the wells to
dry up near Standish and many farm
ers are compelled to haul their water
several miles.
Ann Arbor police headquarters is
besieged these days with reports of
burglaries and nights are being made
miserable for the guardians of the
sleeping city by lawlessness of every
description. The chief OF police and
the mayor have taken extra precau.
tionary measures TO stamp out the In.
creasing number of robberies, but to
no apparent effect. As many az 10 no
boes have been arrested In q bunch. A
sort Of reign u terror exists among