Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-06-20
AROUND THE STATE.

ron river.
Bay City school census shows 1862
persons OF school age, an increase OF
1853 over last year.
James A. O'Connor. of Seney one
II the graduates at West Point this
year, stood sixth in the class
The thirty-fifth annual reunion OF
tle Fourth Michigan Volunteer In,
iantry VIII be held in Litchfield, June
20.
Sixteen girls walked out of Grand
h'pids store because the company dis
charged two for gum chewing The
whole l6 have now been discharged.
An emplcyo Of a Battle Creek laun-
dry. swore so much that the girls had
10 pug their ears with cotton to keep
out the profanity and he has been fineG
SO.
The Seventh Day Adyentists have
finally given up and disposed of the
COnvis church 10 the township OF Con.
Wis, tor $500, after holding II since
! 1868.
Mrs. Jessie Kruger, of Cheboygan,
is on trial for shooting and killing
FRANK van Houten, a frequenter of
her resort. Little interest is being
taken in the case.
Searchers are securing the woods
and lifcsavers are dragging Pere Mar
quette lake for the body of the Swear
Old soE OF Morris Davis. who has been
missing nearly week.
Two horses belonging to Charles r.
Horton, of Ann Arbor, and valued at
$500. were instantly killed by light
ming, and his son rendered uncon.
scious, during thunderstorm.
There were nine brass bands in
attendance at the annual convention
OF the Barry County Band associa-
ton In Plainwell. There was music
In the air from 10 a. m. until D. m.
Fully 1000 people attended the an.
nual meeting of the Old Settlers as
ISOLATION Of the Grand Traverse re-
gion, held in Elk Rapids last week.
The next meeting will be at Sutton's
Bay.
Claiming his transfer was the wrong
color. conductor on the Bay CITY
Traction & Electric line put Jarvis
Bell from the car. Now a jury has
awarded him a verdict of s35 DAM
ages.
A. j. Bolton, a blacksmith at the
Buick Motor Co., Flint, received 2.4OO
vlots OF electricity in his body through
an electric light wire becoming crossed
with the guy wire supporting the hood
over his forge. He may lose his left
arm.
Charlotte may secure a branch sta. |
ton OF New York condensing milk |
concern. The only thing necessary to
secure $4,000 plant is the assurance
that Eaton county farmers will con-
tract to furnish daily the milk of 500 |
cows.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bowers, of Char.
lotte, spent eight months with their
son In Glassport, Pa, and the second
day after their return Mrs Bowers
was stricken with pneumonia and
soon died. Mr. Bowers is a pioneer
banker.
The single mill at Boyne has been
transformed into a combination lum-
Der and shingle mill. When the mill
is cutting logs it's capacity will he
10000 feet of lumber per day. This
will give the crew of 40 men steady
Mrs. c. Nichols, wife of a Bedding
farmer, spanked her 15-year-old bow
In the presence of the Muskegon chief
OF police and members of the force
for running away. The lad had been
reading dime novels and securing a
big revolver started out to see the
world.
In two days time father and son
we're thrown out and injured in a run
away with the same horse. Tuesday
morning the father, Louis Noll. OF
saginaw, was dragged a considerable
distance, and Wednesday the son
Charles got dumped when the bit
broke.
During the parade of the Eagles in
state convention in Jackson pennies
we're being showered from an auto.
Mobile. One lad, Frank Russo. aged
years, made a scramble for one of
he bright coppers and was run down
~ the auto and had one leg badly
ractured.
Russell Pentlin, aged 80 years. .
allied the happiest man in Three Rv-
RS, is dead, because he tried TO Jump
n a moving train, while in a hurry TO
ct back 10 his work which he had
eft for few moments to see friend
n at the depot He died in his moth I
RS arms.
Not for 30 Years or more has tim
thy hay been so scarce or as high
1 upper Michigan as at the present &
me. The price has been climbing d
teadily the past few months until u
ow 1t has reached $25 a ton in
'egaunee, and is exceedingly difficult =
, get, even at that figure.
Il will give s100 reward for any -
erson who can prove that he drank !
eer or whisky in the Abel drug store =
any time during the past ten years. . -
his is the advertisement Mayor
bell, Of South Haven, awaiting trial
n charge Of violating the local op.
on law, has inserted in a local pa. :
err
John Weidler one Of Branch conn
IS most prominent horsemen and ,
ock breeders. is dead from heart i
ouble. Mr. Weidler was the breeder :.
nd owner Of the noted mare Thelma
nown as the milk wagon mare 8
lat made the most successful cam q
iign last year Of any Michigan horse =
sing driven on rural milk route IA
, TO two weeks before she won tha