Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-05-28
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

While asleep on the Benton Harbor
canal bank Charles Arbour, OF Dowag-
lac rolled into the water and drowned.
The body OF Daniel McCauley, aged
so, an aims house inmate. was found
in the Pentwater river. He was de-
mented
Since April 60 families have set
tied in Crawford and Roscommon
counties, right in the heart of the pine
barrens.
Six were released from the Jack
son prison on probation and sever
more will go soon, leaving many
empty cells.
The delegation of Chicago business
men seeking Michigan trade spent the
day in Bay City and Saginaw and then
left for Flint.
Twenty-eight miles OF bunting have
been bought for decorating for the
Elks' state convention in Kalamazoo
June 3 and 4.
While working in the Elk Rapids
cement plant yards, James Beer, aged
as. was run down by running coal
car and killed.
The Farmers National bank bought
out The Richland State bank. Both
were organized after the failure OF
the Richland Union bank
In buckskin trousers and red shirts,
members OF the Rocky Mountain club
OF the IT, OF Nj. will give a typical
western party at Wolf lake.
Gov. Johnson will be the principal
speaker of the Muskegon County
~ ~, IN no q
after the national convention.
Promoted by eastern and Canadian
men $150000 turpentine company
has been formed and will build plant
al Cadillac To employ 125 men.
CHANGING at the face of Sheriff John
WEIGH when he met him on the street,
the Jackson health officer told him he
had smallpox and sent him home.
VIM. j. Kurtz, a Hilman man, of
the First Regiment. u. s. marines, sta
toned in the Philippine Islands, won
the regimental Sharpshooters' medal
Mrs. David Nichols, Of Grand Rap
ids. sat for hours in hole dug by
workmen in her yard and prevented
them from setting street railway
pole.
The police are still trying TO estab.
fish the identity OF the man who was
arrested while trying to sell valuable
diamond TO a Lansing pawnbroker.
They believe they have captured a
crook
Senator Huntley Russell has with
drawn as opponent to Rep. Diekema
for the denomination. and will instead
be candidate for state land commits
sioner.
f. A. Bending and Joseph Bicknell
are promoting a big electric power
company in Morley, the power to be
obtained by series of dams on the
Little Muskegon river
Traffic in frogs legs is more -four
ishing than in years before. Kalama-
zoo hunters say that the frogs are
larger and fatter than IN previous
year owing to heavy rainfall.
James Peterson Branch county
pioneer. one of the wealthiest farm
ers in that county. died Friday aged
So. While still in his teens he began
teaming. hauling goods from Detroit
to Coldwater and Hillsdale.
Just as Mrs. James Klock of Kala-
maZoo, a bride of few minutes. was
stepping into the carriage, crowd of
women and children pelted her with
mud running her wedding gown. No
reason is known for the attack.
Property owners along the banks of
the Kalamazoo river have raised a
fund of nearly 100000 TO construct a
municipal canal which will protect sew
eral blocks of property from inunda-
al,
OF land now unsuited to building pur-
poses.
The Leadville, Col, police have
asked for Sherman Morris. the al
legged lone highwayman." He is
wanted in Lansing on charge of
shooting a man. Sheriff Greer, OF
Pontiac, identified him as the man
suspected Of stealing a diamond from
a Pontiac doctor.
Frank Abrahamson. OF Muskegon.
who was shot by Detective Olson in the
railroad yards at Hammond, Ind, Sat
urday night. will probably recover. OIL
son will be charged with assault. He
says that he would not have shot had
not Abrahamson attempted to run af-
ter being ordered to halt
Three clergymen have been selected
10 open the Republican national con
vention In Chicago daily. Bishop p J
Muldoon. of the Roman Catholic do
cese of Chicago; Rev. o. Waters, OF
Grace Episcopal church. Chicago. and
Rev John w. Hill. of the Metropolitan
Temple. New York, will take turns
Arthur Calkins and Roy Summers
each 10 years old, pleaded TO be sent
| TO Jackson instead of Ionia wher
brought up for sentence at st. Joseph
after having been convicted of burg
larry. They say that the reformatory
at Ionia has such a reputation fol
strict discipline that they prefer Jack
| son.
David Staikenburg. a wealthy resi-
dent of Prescott, is in Bay City hos
pital in serious condition as result
| OF breaking an artery in his jaw while
having a tooth extracted. He wa.
brought there on special train. A
the hospital the physicians cauterizet
his broken artery with red-hot iror
and IL is believed that Stslkenburg'
! life is saved
Special legislation was reported on
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