Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-08-27
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

| In Waukegan, ILL.,, Wnere ne was en-.
ployed.
| At special election in Shepherd IL
was voted TO bond the village OF Shep-
herd for $4,000 for an electric light
and water works plant
Frank z. Campbell, horse thief. cap
tured in long chase by Sherin FUR
Miss, of Hastings. got 80 days In the
Detroit house OF correction.
Despondent because of iii health,
Emil Jensen, aged "a, hanged himself
in the barn OF his brother Godfrey
Jensen living near Greenville.
Mrs. Erwin Salisbury. Of Coldwater,
who was seriously burned in rescuing
her child from their burning house a
month ago, is dead OF her injuries.
The body of man in an advanced
state of decomposition was found In
swamp in Yankee Springs township.
He is thought TO have been tramp.
While petting horse in her fathers
pasture, Mary, 4-year-old daughter OF
J. l.. Spencer, of Three Rivers, was
kicked in the head and instantly
killed
Mrs. VIM. Maull Of Jackson was
| badly burned while filing a gasoline
stove and died. Her husband, Is be-
| lieved TO be near death in the hos
pital.
The canning factory and contents at
Decatur were completely destroyed by
! fire early Sunday morning. The loss
is $11 900, with $500 insurance. The
cause is unknown.
The extension Of the Detroit, Flint
e. Saginaw interurban from Franken-
muth eastward TO Vassar has practic-
ally been determined upon by the new
owners of the property.
John NJ Moore. a travelling sales
man for a Bay City paper company,
has disappeared. He was last heard
of in Crawling His domestic life was
happy and his accounts are straight.
Representatives of so Michigan
| lodges of the Modern Brotherhood of
America decided to withdraw from the
parent body and establish a state or
ganization. II has 10000 Michigan
members.
A loose rail piled up IA Michigan
Central cars in a wreck heap at Three
Rivers, some OF them plunging
through the freight sheds. An I'M
known brakeman was slightly injured
! and traffic tied up.
The appointment of Charles L. Car
penter, OF Grand Rapids, as member
of the state court of mediation to sue
coed c. II. Johnson, Of Detroit, who
becomes deputy labor commissioners,
has been announced.
Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson, aged So,
of Ann Arbor, was thrown from
wagon while with her husband in Ham
burg, and died from her injuries in
University hospital, after being rushed
there on a special train.
Several hundred farmers from all
parts of the county attended the an
nual picnic of the Allegan County
Farmers association at Allegan. Hon.
ID. E Mcclure, of Lansing, gave an ad
dress on the grange and It's teachings.
In a suit for damages against the
Wenona Mining Co. started in Bay
City, Henry Parker alleges that Ill
square inches of skin were grated on
his leg He fell into a boiling vat of
water and one leg was badly scalded
Hundreds of former Menominee
residents are expected back for the
county fair, TO be held in that city
September 9, 10. II and H. Vice
President Fairbanks, Gov Warner and
Senator William Alden Smith will be
guests at the fair.
Mrs. Z. B. Jackson, of Kalamazoo,
may lose her sight as the result of a
drug clerks putting the wrong drug in
q prescription for the headache. Five
,tt.,, oFt h. - r.
was unconscious and her eyes are said
TO be seriously affected.
The Kalamazoo saloonkeepers are
intelligent looking. clean and the pa
tronage is not half as bad as / have
seen in other Places said Carrie Ma
ton after visiting them. "On the other
hand, Kalamazoo's churches are
among the deadest in the land
About 1000 residents of Gratiot,
Isabella and Clare counties attended
the grange picnic on Lake Cadillac.
Perry F. Powers, Cadillac; G. A. Van
deventer, master of Gratiot Pomona
grange. and George B. orion. master
of the State grange, were speakers.
The potato market has again opened
for the season. The buyers are ready
10 accept Ill OHeTS, Out the OHerlnRS
are not large. The potato crop in
Montcalm county promises to be in ex-
cess of last year. Corn and other
crops are also looking fine In this
vicinity.
Mrs Frank Rowland, of Battle
Creek, is in indianapolis trying to
secure from Gov Hanly the release of
her husband from the Indiana peniten-
tiary Rowland, former Lake Shore
conductor Is serving a term for shoot
ing man whom he claimed was in
innate with his wife
Reports are coming In OF serious
damage done by Mondays electrical
storm. The barns Of George Brooks, in
Ross township, were struck and
burned. causing a loss of $4,000. At
Level Park, DR.. A. J. Reads two COWS
were killed by the same bolt, although
they were in opposite corners of the
field.
George f. jerks, aged Fl, and James
Smith, aged 10, who threw eggs at
Clyde Webster. Of Detroit, speaker for
Auditor-General Bradley, were fined
SIS and $40, respectively. by Justice