Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-30
MICHIGAN 3REvITIES.

Inc CalnOun Fulton LUMBER 90. or
Charlotte. capital $4,000, has filed ar
ticles Of Incorporation.
Attorney Frank l.. Dodge declares
he will not enter the race for congress
against Sam w. Smith.
While Fostering a horse with a
switch. Eli Daley. aged 4. of Bay City.
was kicked in the head and may die.
Despondent over i'll health Peter
Peterson. aged Sc, Cherry township
pioneer, took nearly half a pound of
Paris green and died.
Ernie Beck. aged &c. employed in
Now township as farm hand, ended
his life by swallowing carbolic acid
Friday. He was Respondent.
The Port Huron school census, just
finished shows a total of 5,36S. which
would give the city as its share OF
the primary school fund $42,944.
Because he refused TO get out OF
her cherry tree Mrs. Marion Brown
shot circus hand with a revolver. He
was taken along with the circus.
State factory inspectors report a
large increase in the number of en-
ployes since spring and say the num-
Der will be still greater this fall.
Saginaw Valley Steamship Co. Of
ficers identified the man known as
Frank Kennedy, who was killed on the
steamer Flora, as John Fitzpatrick, Of
Newark, o.
Frank Alors, liking of Grow island"
despised piece Of land in the Sagi
nav river, which no one else wanted
celebrated his saith birthday with a
dinner to his friends.
Grand Trunk employees were noti-
fed that the July pay roll would be
the last paid in Port Huron. The
transfer of the shops to Battle Greek
will be made next month.
The auto OF Congressman j. w.
Fordney was struck by a car and he
was slightly bruised. Congressman j.
w Hippel and Peter Herrig, his com
panions. were not injured.
The commission of inquiry into the
state forest and tax lands will prob
ably recommend that the land COM
work done by commission.
Henry l.. Wilson, formerly of Sagi
nav, sentenced to hang in Duluth for
wife murder, has been converted and
now spends his time in singing
hymns and reading the Bible.
A tombstone fell on Frank La
Forge, of Port Huron, while he was
transferring it from an abandoned
cemetery and several ribs were
broken and his knee fractured.
Hurled from his buggy by a collision
with an automobile. DR.. J. Henry Rio
pelle, of Bay City, landed on his feet
and dexteriously caught his wife in
his arms as she came flying after him.
Despondent because his finances
were running low, John Marks. aged
80, OF Muskegon, attempted TO end
his life Friday afternoon by swallow
ing laudanum. The doctors saved
him
c. r. Miller, of Adrian, was elected
president of the Mackinac Island state
park board and II. l.. Kanter vice
president. H. o. Joplin. of Marquette,
was elected to the late Peter Whites
place.
Trying TO save two boys who were
overcome by gas in an abandoned
mine in Lothbridge, Alberta, George
Thompson. of Arcadia township, sacri-
feed his own life. The body was
brought home.
Face downward in six inches OF
water in Little Black creek. the body
of Mrs. Peter Newman was found by
her husband She had been deranged
and a week ago tried 10 take her
life by cutting her throat
Joseph Aldria, miner at Hancock,
is alleged to have invented a new
form of assault and battery Gus
Rantianen. another miner. charges AL
dria with having beaten him over the
head with a clothes wringer
Sheriff Ginger and a posse are
searching Muskegon lake for the body
OF Arthur Sprague. the former Sal
walton Army worker who disappeared
Saturday leaving a note in which he
said he intended killing himself
Bids opened in Washington show a
surplus of $4,000 for the Coldwater
federal building. George Hickman
Sons Co., OF Kalamazoo. were lowest
with s29,700 and Sherman & Mines,
of Coldwater, second with $33,742 60.
Horse stealing is an epidemic in
Coldwater. three having been stolen
from different parties within the past
few days. The last victim is G.. A.
Preston, proprietor of the Black
Hawk mills. who lost fine horse last
night.
No trace has yet been found of Ar
thur Sprague, the poetical Salvation
Army worker Of Muskegon, who dis.
appeared after leaving a note TO his
mother saying he was going TO shoot
himself through the head with a lit.
tie piece of lead" IL is believed he
carried out his threat
Refused license by County Clerk
Nosburg because he believed they
were mentally unfit TO be married
William Kent and Mrs Emily Shon.
telle. of Vicksburg. will carry the
matter into the courts. They engag.
ed an attorney who formally served
Vosburg with a demand for a license
Col. Albert S. Cummins has retired
from the L. s. army and with Mrs.
Cummings will make their home in
Tecumseh. Imposing exercises were
held at Fort Worden. Wash, July 10
when Col Cummins left, and his Eel.