Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
MICHIGAN ITEMS.


tion to bond for $4,000 for a lighting.
plant.
The state game warden's office has
ordered $4,000 blank licenses for deer
hunters, TO be used next fall.
The school census gave Lansing a
school population of 5,340. indicating
more than $4,000 for the city.
After taking rat poison, Mrs. Joseph
Lafayette. OF Muskegon. repented,
swallowed an egg and saved her life.
Game Warden Pierce has ordered
$4,000 blank deer licenses printed. ex-
pecting an increased demand this fall.
Saginaw's mayor welcomed dele
gates from 81 cities TO the fortieth an
nual convention Of the state Arbeiter
bund.
Marion Schumwat, of Tekonsha,
who was mangled by a moving ma
chine while running TO meet her faith
er, died in the University hospital
Albert Dockeray, aged A.. OF Grand
! Rapids, cut his throat and died in the
barns Of the Valley City Milling Co.,
| by which he was employed as driver
While playing around mine SHAFT
near Jessieville Herman Krikko. aged
), fell into the opening. but landed in
a chute. He slid $50 feet and reached
the bottom safely.
Following the explosion OF gaso-
line tank in the small lighting plant OF
Strang e. Bakers general store in
Windsor fire quickly destroyed the
building: loss 100000.
Harry Tucker, aged 10. and Murdick
Burke. aged %. of Inlay City. pleaded
guilty TO robbing the safe of Crandalfs
hardware store i'm their home town,
and got from one 10 IL years in lonia.
Bernard de Graf. travelling man,
and Charles Sanderson. an Ann Arbor
hotel steward. sued the ID. t. II. for
injuries received in the Denton wreck.
De Graft asks $4,000 and Sanderson
I $4,000
Public institutions were closed and
all business suspended during the fu-
neral services Of Peter White Monday.
| The body, which lay in state at the
| Episcopal cathedral, was viewed by
throngs.
Mrs. Sarah Coleman. colored, OF Bat
tie Greek, had such reputation for
kidding" that when she told her
friends she was i'll they thought she
was Joking and refused TO call doc
tor. She was found dead later.
Following a quarrel, Henry Well
bourn of Traverse City, is said to
have lain in wait for his wife at the
foot of the stairs, and then placed the
muZZle of q gun at her head. She
struck it up and escaped after strug-
gle. Wellbourn is under arrest.
Mrs. Jerome Daniels, of Vandalia
in fainting spell Saturday night fell
upon a lamp. firing her clothing. She
was burned so seriously that she died
in a few minutes. At the time she
was alone with her two young daugh
tiers. Prompt assistance by neighbors
saved the house.
George has been working pretty
hard and | thought I'd take him out
for little fun" said Harrison Bailey
when arraigned in Port Huron with
lis 19-year-old son on an intoXication
charge. Both are married and the
wives of both are i'll. Bailey was held
to the circuit court for giving liquor
TO the son.
il is asserted that large land com
panies are being formed in the upper
peninsula TO take advantage of the act
OF the recent legislature in removing
the limit on the number of acres that
one individual may hold. They are
said TO be buying up large tracts for
speculative purposes. The mining
companies are also buying up land in
huge quantities
Henry Mccarthy. who was sen
fenced TO the Detroit house of correc-
tion and escaped from Deputy Sheriff
Stauffer i'm Grand Rapids, on pretense
of telephoning his wife. returned to
Muskegon Sunday, beat his wife into
l'unconsciousness and then made his
appearance on the street. Police
officers tried to arrest him but he ran
and the officers shot seven times.
three times at him. One shot pierced
his left shoulder and the other broke
his left arm. He has been taken to
Hackley hospital and may die. He
cursed the officers enroute to the hos
pital.
Hon. Chase s. Osborn, OF Sault Ste.
Marie, is mentioned to succeed Hon.
Peter White as regent of the Univer-
sity of Michigan. Mr.. Osborn takes
deep interest i'm the university, his
eldest son having graduated from the
! institution year ago and his second
son is now student there.
Insurance Commissioner Barry re-
ports that s43 .3S9 900 OF life insurance
was written In the state last year. In
1906 more than $4I.75S.000 was writ
ten. and s56,27S.O00 in 1905.
Geo. Clemens. musician. died In
| Onaway as the result OF friendly
scuffie with Peter Iebsinger a saloon.