Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-17
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

Houghton county have been DESTROYED
by forest fires.
standish is visited by a number OF
mormon preachers who speak on the
streets several times day.
The safe OF the Greenville Lumber
Co, was blown and about 5000 in cash
ana postage stamps obtained.
Work on the extension Of the De.
tron, Flint a. Saginaw electric railway
from Frankenmuth to Flint. will begin
at once.
Burglars broke into the Pere Mar.
quette depot At Erie and the elevator
but their only booty was a number of
reyolvers.
One of the largest crowds in the
history of Sturgis attended the laying
Vi the cornerstone OF the new Car.
negie library.
Battery A. field artillery. under
capt. X. c. Vandercook, has gone 10
sparta, WIS. TO engage in target prac'
tlce with the Fourth artillery
Nellie Davis, young stranger
swallowed carbolc acid in the pavil
ion in Lincoln park, Grand Rapids
and died on the way to the hospital.
For operating a beer boat near a
farmers picnic in dry Oceana coun.
ty, Frank Nickett, Of Whitehall, was
fined $111.30 by Circuit Judge SEES
sions.
The father of Rev. William Cum
Minis, held in the Ionia jail on non
support charge, has returned 10 his
home, and no one else will go the pas
tors bail
Five thousand union men OF Lam
sing, Albion, Battle Creek and Kala-
mazoo Joined in the Jackson Labor
day celebration, about 10000 viewins
the parade.
Oscar Downs, a Lansing baker. was
found dead in bed Tuesday evening. A
bottle of whisky containing a large
quantity OF potassium cyanide was
found at his bedside.
Thomas Hoadley died in the Jack.
son prison Thursday from paralysis.
aged GO. He was sentenced from Der.
rien county November il. 1899, for %
years for attacking a girl.
John Z. Purdy, a Muskegon electric
al manufacturer, who disappeared two
months ago, has been located In Spo-
kane, Wash. and 1t is believed will
to his wife's appeal to re-
turn.
Forest fires raging throughout Me-
are said to be getting close
TO the villages of Parmeter, Swith and
Greenwood. Fire Warden Bedell has a
large force OF men at work fighting
the flames.
Grand Rapids and Muskegon com.
bined in the largest Labor day cele-
bration ever held in Muskegon. 1t is
estimated that there were 5000 visit
ors in the city and that 1000 men
were in line in the parade.
Sherman w. Morris, the lone high
wayman," arrested in Lansing while
trying to sell valuable diamond and
taken back to Colorado for trial. has
been convicted of second degree muir
der there and given life sentence.
The chambers OF commerce of
and Grand Ran;ds ora
bidding against seach other. Mus.
kegon TO- get John Calvin coIIege
and the Christian Theological semdn-
airy and Grand Rapids to keep them.
After the body of Frank Stewart.
killed by a train in Lawton, had
reached the L. of NJ. medical depart.
ment, a brother in Benton Harbor
claimed it and will bury it. Relatives
in Otsego refused to take the remains
The will of William II. Loveless,
Lake Charles, La, lumberman. who
died in Muskegon, disposes of SAL
300 estate and leaves an annuity of
$3.50 TO the divorced widow, now liv-
ing in Marcellus, as long as she does
not remarry.
Conrad Karowski reported to the
Jackson police that two Poles had
stolen his bank book and withdrawn
5000 which he had on deposit at
local bank. They then made their
escape. and it is believed that they
have returned TO the old country
Headquarters of the Democratic
state central committee have been es.
tablished in Lansing. Secretary A. r.
will be in charge. Chairman
of Saginaw, and Treasurer
Fl. f. Thomas, of Lansing. will assist
n the management of the campaign.
Stanley Ruszmiercz. the 13-year-old
Bay City boy who was accidentally
shot by Caspar Miedzielski while play
ng Indian week ago, died Sunday
night in Mercy hospital. He seemed
10 be recovering when an artery in
he liver broke, causing death from
internal hemhorrage.
Just for fun a man giving his
name as James Brown, Detroit, posed
as a milk inspector and forced Kala-
nazoo county farmers to scrub their
cows, ewhitewash sheds, trim the hair
On certain parts Of the cows and
throw away gallons OF contaminated
milk" He is under arrest.
Clyde Stevens. graduate OF the
School for Deaf and Dumb In Flint,
covered the entire distance from Flint
% his home in Twining In canoe.
For part of the distance smoke from
he forest fires was so dense that he
and the friend who accompanied him
could not see each other. The distance
IS $50 miles.
A Prohibition club has been formed
n Lapeer with the following officers:
President. c. A. Bullock; secretary,
Elmer Holman; treasurer, Robert
King; executive board, c. A. Bullock,