Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-23

nation leading 10 the arrest and con-
viction of the murderer Of DAME,
Corey
A courtship which started in the
sixth grade at school eliminated at
Muskegon when Miss Lena Lane ana
William H. Cathcart, of this city, were
married.
With the transfer of John Van Fleet.
who killed Charles Douglas, fellow
convict, in the Jackson prison, the
Marquette branch now has nearly for
ty "lifers."
Creditors OF the Kalamazoo Queen
flye-cent theater made a raid on the
place Tuesday. and everything which
was not paid for, even the front, was
taken away.
VIM. Schimmel, once convicted Oh
the murder of Postmaster Martin
Golden, CT Dennison, was released,
second trial being given up by tn.
prosecution.
Mrs. Mary West, aged so, who died
in Saginaw Friday, was to have been
married within a few days to a man OF
40 years, whom she met through ma
trimonial agency.
The local option campaign in Oceana
county has been stirred to fever heat
by the discovery that Hart saloon.
keepers have been selling liquor to
Hart high school boys.
George ]. Green, of Superior town
ship, aged 40, was the third in tn.
house TO die of diphtheria within three
weeks. The body was buried at mio
night through fear of contagion.
Rev. Fl. A. Tatlock, in preaching a
sermon on the proposed legislative ac
ton to prohibit all saloons within four
miles Of Ann Arbor. took the stand
that it is not practical at this time.
w. c. Hurst. trainmaster of the Pc
toskey division of the ,Pere Marquette,
will become chief clerk of President.
Cotter. w. II. Rosmoser succeeds
him, and C. j. Bailey will be division
chief.
The meeting of the state board of
agriculture authorized advertising for
bids for a new agricultural building,
bids to be opened February IS. 1t is
estimated that the building will cost
s125,000
Claude Hanchett, of Saginaw, pick
ed up wallet in the Midland hotel,
containing $3.50. After a search he
returned it to its owner, and received
two silver quarters, cigar and thanks
as his reward.
The game warden's department Of
Wisconsin confiscated carload Of
cedar poles, and found, buried beneath
the poles, the carcasses of seven deer,
In Il lot of ha 1ou of
Michigan, Wisconsin and the inter.
state commerce act They were
shipped from Saunders, Mich.
Thomas Turnbull, formerly of Ann
Arbor and Toledo who has had charge
| Of buildings and bridges on the Ann
Arbor railroad for several years, has
been appointed superintendent of cob
| struction for both the Ann Arbor and
! the D., T. & l., and has assumed his
| new duties.
| Before the several temperance
workers who had slipped into the
room. could ask the Berrien county
| supervisors to adjourn till February l.
and thus give them a chance to pres.
/ ent a petition for local option the
| board discovered their mission and ad
| journed indefinitely.
While his son held their horse, Sher.
III Landon, in a lonely road near Mt
Pleasant. fought a man suspected o,
burglary and finally overpowered him
A wagon load OF alleged booty was
man may be implicated In the Harri
son postoffice robbery
A needle removed from the side OF
Miss Elsie Richter, of Traverse City
had been buried in her flesh several
years, the young woman not knowing
IL was there. The discovery was made
through a fall on the ice Tuesday
night. A bunch grew on her side and
the needle was found imbedded there
Miss Mabel LeClair, a former Sagi
nav girl. attempted suicide by takinf
an overdose OF morphine She is an In
habitant OF Muskegon's sawdust dis
trict. On six previous occasions Mis-.
LeClair has tried to end her troubles
and after she had been revived stated
that she would sooner or later end hei
life.
Contamination of Benton Harbor's
water supply became known Monday
when It was discovered water ladeI
with gas was being pumped The ga
plant is situated a short distance from
the water pumping station and ii Il
believed to be responsible. Little wa
ter is being used until an analysis b,
a state expert has been made.
Capt. w. ri. Welcher, of Muskegon
recently appointed a deputy in TIL,
state fish and game warden's depart
ment. started his career as an offic e
by cleaning up" the violators of tn,
game laws In this vicinity. Andrew
Backstrom, 20, was the first, and wa
fined SIS for spearing bass.