Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-30

Thrown from his WaGoh,
Rothfuss, OF Bridgewater died shorty
after of internal injuries.
Glenn Bowerman, aged "a, died IN
the Muskegon river near star O'y'
when seized with cramps.
Seized with cramps. Louis Schouitz'
aged IS, of Menominee, was drowned
before his brother could reach him.
Judge Kinne has ordered the Glaz-
Ter Stove works in Chelsea sold Dy the
Detroit Trust Co, as receiver ana
trustee.
State Labor Commissioners Malcolm
Mcleod will open in Jackson the hi.n
free labor bureau permitted py the
statute.
The discovery of a 7-foot vein near
the border of Bay and Saginaw coun'
ties is reported by the st. Charles
Coal Co.
James A. Meriole. aged 81. OF Yer
non, died from fall from a LADDER.
Meriole and his widow had adopted
II children.
Trackmen OF the Northwestern ran
road will be organized into an auxii
larry force 10 assist the fire wardens
in fighting forest fires.
James NJ. Raikes. a well known resi-
dent OF Ann Arbor, was killed in an
accident in Cleveland plant whlie
installing blast furnace.
While swimming in a small pond
near his home in Coldwater township,
Willis Powell, aged II, was seized
with cramps and drowned.
Travelling by steamer to st. lgnace,
Attorney G. H. Mcpherson and wire,
OF Detroit, made the trip OF $50 miles
10 Marquette on horseback
Discovering man stretched on the
floor Of her room in the early morning
Miss Georgia Leonard. OF Port huron,
drove him out with revolver.
The bones of woman were discov-
cred by sewer excavators in South
Niagara street, Saginaw. They are be-
lieved to be those of an Indian
Edward Erb. night clerk OF the FL
lott house, Sturgis, is missing and
officers are looking for him because
of a robbery of the cash drawer.
Every alternate residence on Syca-
more street, Lansing, for a distance
OF two blocks was entered by bur-
glars Generally the telephone wires
were cut first.
Bids received for the construction
OF a training school building at tho
Western Michigan Normal school 1T
Kalamazoo have been rejected by the
state board OF education and no bids
asked for.
While driving through the woods
on his route, Rural Mail Carrier
Charles Hoffman, of Boyne City, mar
rowly escaped being killed by a fall
ing tree which crushed out the life
of his horse
A posse comitatus had TO be formed
in Ceresco and all on account of a
mad dog. The dog led the posse a
three-mile chase into the country,
when 19 shots and IL rifles concluded
the excitement.
The unknown man who rolled into
the mill race at Battle Creek few
days ago while asleep and drowned
has been identified as John White, a
small farmer and lineman who lived
near Three Rivers.
Eleven amateur ball players, arrest
ed by Mayor Tubbs, of Charlotte, for
playing on Sunday. retaliated by get
ting warrant for him for keeping his
grocery open the same day He plead
ed guilty and paid IS.
As the result of an accident at the
Port Huron Engine & Thresher com.
pany's plant, Albert Relkin will lose
| his left eye. He was running a
shaper when the tool broke and
struck the ball of the eye.
Attacked by a bulldog, Mail Carrier
| F. w. Wells, of Kalamazoo. was bit
ten several times in the fight which
followed He finally picked the dog
up by its hind legs and swung its
| head against brick wall, stunning It.
Anonymous letters threatening viol.
ence have been sent TO Poundmaster
Buckingham, Of Iron Mountain, and
| his stock poisoned. He has decided 10
| resign. believing he incurred the en-
nifty through his duties as poundmas.
| ter
IL am guilty because / was driven
| to do it," said Tom Williams, saloon
keeper. when arraigned in Calumet
| for wife murder. He spent all his
money on an eastern spree and shot
| his wife because she would not give
| him more.
The final accounting of the Michi
! gan Military academy shows that IL
| lost nearly $4,000 in the last three
years. Creditors have not yet indicat
ed whether or not they will object to
its sale to C. F. Brusie, of Osining, n
V, for 5000.
Fred Langdon. brick mason in
Traverse City discovered his sister
Mrs. Kate Mccoy, for whom he had
been searching for some time, at the
request OF an eastern relative, in the
northern asylum. She had been com
mitted a year ago from Lake City
after an injury.
The good roads convention, held in
| Grand Rapids, adopted resolutions
favoring state and national aid. work
ing of convicts in preparing road ma
terial and Improvement OF rura
routes. Officers elected were: Presi
dent. H. s. Earle, Detroit; first vice
president. Isaac B. Potter, New York
second yicepresident. Curtis Hill, Co
lumbia, Mo-; third vice-president. A
y. Johnson. Springfield H.. secre