Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-04
MICHIGAN BREVITIES.


Ann Arbor senior laws, who so de.
sire, will go to Lansing June l6 TO
be admitted TO practice before the SD
preme court.
VIM. F. Mcknight. of Grand Rapids,
has sold his one,third interest i'm the
Northern Lumber Co. for $4,000 to
eastern men.
The Monarch Paper Co.. of Kalama
ZOO. has increased its capital stock
from 100000 to $500, 900, and will dou
BILE its output.
Bert Reynolds, manager of the Star
theater at Ann Arbor threatens to
sue 66 students whom he says were
implicated in the riot.
The 3-year old son of Charles Serb
ner. of Morrice, was bitten in the face
by pet dog and will take the Pasteur
treatment in Ann Arbor.
Kalamazoo c. A. II. men have
formed a club to boom G. +. Foote for
state commander at the annual en-
campment in Detroit. June 1918.
Chester Driscoll. aged 20. of Dayton
o., stepped from in front of freight
train before a fast NJ. G. passenger at
Jackson and was instantly killed.
Flint thieves broke into the Silver
Dollar saloon and stole Is silver dol
lars pasted behind the bar as device
in keeping with the name OF the place.
Iron ore has been discovered near
Cadillac in a range OF hills extending
to Antrim county. and experts will
come 10 ascertain the depth of the
vein.
Attacked by vicious horse the
nose Of James Conklin, prominent
Deerfield township farmer, was bitten
off and his face laid open. He may not
recover.
Prof. Fred X Keller. OF Mt. Pleas.
ant Normal college. will succeed Dep
uty State Superintendent OF lnstruc.
tion W. n. French who goes 10 the
NJ. A. C.
While wading in Dry pond Ralph
into sink hole and was drowned. His
companion. Glen Warren, tried in vain
to save him.
Five Muskegon residents have been
informed by u. S. Consul John Stetke,
of Holland, that they are named as
heirs in an estate worth $780, 900, left
by a Hollander.
While lowing in field at Birming-
ham, John Heth unearthed a copper
cent of United States mintage. dated
1898. being 10 years old. The coin
is in a good state of preservation.
Attorney General Bird will appeal
the decision of Judge Adams, of Kala.
mazoo, who held the state must pay
for any witnesses called in the sau-
sage cases from outside OF Kalamazoo
county
John Watchpocket has patented
device invented by George w. Lilley,
of Lapeer who was an Eastern Michi
gan asylum inmate up TO last fall. The
device easily sets tire on any kind
OF a wheel
G. A. Fuller. the student from Iron
wood. who was drowned in the river
at Lansing Saturday. was boating in a
canoe named the "23" at the time. He
was 20 years old and the accident oc-
Cured on May %.
The Rural Mail Carriers association
of Livingstone held its annual ban
quet at Maccabee hail. Howell. There
were "a carriers in attendance. Reso-
lutions asking for an increase of sal
AIRY were adopted.
Small creamery owners before the
railroad commission defended the in
creased rates on butter fat because it
keeps the products in the state. A
great deal of the product hitherto has
gone to Chicago dealers.
Auditor General j. b. Bradley will
actively begin his campaign for the
gubernatorial nomination this week,
starting his tour of the state From
now on he expects 10 be busy until
September, visiting every part Of the
state.
Herbert Montague, of Traverse City,
newly elected grand master of the
Michigan Masons. was met at the de
pot by band and procession Of auto
mobiles. escorted to the Masonic
rooms and compelled to make
speech.
Relatives have received word of
the death of Robert Campbell, of
Owosso who died in Portland. Ore.
after a brief illness of pneumonia A
brother whom he went TO visit died
few weeks ago Both young men were
buried in the west.
Jtlll Ddh0is nOl VIII
known all over Michigan. was serious
ly, perhaps fatally. hurt in runaway
accident near Urbandale Tuesday He
was attempting TO fix horses bit
when the frightened animal ran away
tramping Baker under foot
Menomnee authorities believe that
Charles Cornelius, of that place. who
committed suicide Sunday was robbed
after death. He left Menominee for Eu-
rope last week and had $500 and a
steamship ticket When the remains
were searched but $27 was found.
The West Bay City sugar factories
are running on raw sugar imported
from Germany. The manufacture Of
the imported raw sugar is an expert
ment. however. If il is found that it
can be manufactured at a profit, the
sugar factory will run the whole year
around
The family of Roscoe Smith, Battle
Creek are sound sleepers. Burglars
ransacked the house and the family
never knew ii until morning when
they began to find that things which
they wanted weren't there. including
ell