Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-17
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

Shepherd is TO have a complete
water and sewer system and electric
light plant.
Judge West said the bonds only re-
quire Glazier to appear at trial and he
can leave the state if he so desires
West Michigan fair officers refused
a permit for the exhibit of 20 women
in sheath gowns In Art hall, holding
sheath gowns are not art"
Michael H. Moriarty, of Iron county,
will represent the thirty-first district
in the state senate for still another
term. He was unanimously renomin.
ated by the Republican convention.
Arrested year ago as a tramp anu
given II hours to leave town. Jack
Mccall returned and conducted SER
vices in the Dowagiac Methodist
church. He was converted in Kala-
mazoo mission.
To save her son, aged 10, from the
alleged unfeeling taunts and pranks Of
playmates, Mrs. J. J. Seatt, colored, Of
Lansing, has asked permission TO at
tend school and daily spend her entire
time by his side.
Mrs. Carl Schultz, who disappeared
from her Owosso home several days
ago, wrote to her husband from De-
troit that she was weary of home and
intended to wander until she found a
good place 10 rest.
Mrs. Essie Madison. aged 81, of
Grand Rapids. sprinkled gasoline over
the floor while cleaning house. A
dropped match ignited it and she was
probably fatally burned in trying to
extinguish the flames.
While trying 10 rescue a horse from
an Infatuated bull, William Hollis,
aged Is. of Owosso, slipped and fell.
He was in danger of being gored when
Leon Barley, a NJ. y. G.. member on
his way to practice, shot the bull
from a distance of so yards.
Five horses persisted in fire which
destroyed the large barn of William
Teska, five miles southwest of Lenox
The years crop Of hay and grain was
also burned. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. II is suspected that the fire
may have been OF incendiary origin.
In the heart of an old pine tree cut
down in Lansing were found a well
preserved buckle and strap. The tree,
which is believed TO have been al
east 100 years old, stood on what was
formerly an old Indian trail. and IL is
thought the strap and buckle be
longed to some early settler who had
tied his horse there.
Press
Grape growers in southwestern
Michigan Will be unable to market
more than half their crop because OF
the inability of basket manufacturers
TO furnish baskets and of the railroads
to furnish iced cars. The grape crop
| is one OF the largest In the history OF
the industry. and Ii is estimated that
more than 100000 worth OF grapes
will be lost.
During a family quarrel Friday
Fitch Cooper. aged so, shot and killed
| his wife with a revolver and then
killed himself at their farm home near
| Nunica. Children who were away dis
covered the bodies soon afterward
| The couple had quarreled frequently
and were having trouble when the
| children left home Friday morning
The family is well known in that 10
| cality.
A billy goat threw CONSERVATION
| into the officials in the Washtenaw
county building by eating the notices
OF the sale of the Glazier Stove Co. s
plant and then starting In on the tax
roll books in County Treasurer
Luick's office.
George Mitchell, who was stabbed
seven times Tuesday night in a
| drunken fight over woman, died
Wednesday afternoon in Mercy hos
pital, Muskegon. Charles Rutledge, his
assailant is still at large. Dollie King
the woman over whom the men quar-
relied. has also disappeared and II is
believed by the sheriff that she is with
| Rutledge.