Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-10

! John Green, aged 35, or halahia1oo
after sleeping all night in the woous
died at the Burgess hospital from eH
posture.
A fine quality of shaie and Goa
have been discovered along the banks
of Rife river, and shafts will be sunh
to test It,
Frank Schaub, aged 81, of Camden
is dead from a gunshot wound acci
dentally inflicted while he was hunt
ing rabbits.
Fire Sunday night destroyed four
buildings. the Mass City bank, the
Mass Grocery Co.'S store, the bakery
and the poolroom.
| When DR.. j. B. Bradley retires from
the office of auditor general, mex!
month, he will resume the practice OF
medicine in Lansing.
The postoffce at Worth has been
discontinued by the postottice depart
ment. Rural routes cover all the ,el'
ritory formerly supplied by IT,
Demanding $4,000 for the loss OF
an eye while he was working Tor the
firm. Martin H. Boyce, of Marshall
is suing the Gale Manufacturing 20
A herd of "a cows afflicted with Ut
| berculosis and sold from the Mlcnisaii
asylum to a farmer, probably VIII
killed by the Michigan Live Stoc.,
association.
The long drought in northern Mlch'
! igan. which has been hardship y
thousands Of farmers since the middle
of last summer, has been broken py
copious rains.
After a fight Of six weeks, the cur
| few ordinance was Killed in the Cold.
water common council. The fnal
vote resulted in vote of TO :
against the ordinance.
Charles Hawser. of Newberg town
ship. was convicted in the circuit
court Friday Of attempted felonious
assault on his 70-year-old mother.
Hawser is As, married, and has one
child.
The u. of NJ campus is to be en-
larged 80 acres. making 40 acres In
all. The enlargement includes four
city squares, taking in two blocks
| north of Huron street and east and
west between Twelfth and Thayer
streets.
While leading an intoxicated man
from a dance hall, John Brunette,
aged 81. Manistique policeman, fell
to the floor and died from heart dis
ease. He leaves a widow and four
children.
Over LOCO names have been signed
to the local option petitions now being
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ty. This is 900 more than necessary
to require the supervisors to hold an
election TO vote en- the liquor ques-
tion next spring.
Believing she had committed the I'M
pardonable sin spoken of in the Bible,
Mrs. Henry Van Andel. aged As, OF
Muskegon, attempted suicide by slash
ing her throat. She was taken TO the
county Jail, where she will be exam.
ined as to her sanity.
r. A. CARRIER. of Charlotte. who Sc
cured the names necessary 10 vote on
the good roads proposition in the
county next spring, is nearly through
with similar task in Barry county,
after which he is assigned to the same
work in Clinton county
Great admiration of Saginaw's new
auditorium was expressed by Bishop
Charles ID. Williams, of Detroit. head
of the Episcopal church in Michigan.
II wish we had Wellington r. Burt
and Temple f. Dorr in Detroit" was
the way the bishop expressed it.
Fines and costs amounting to $50 or
80 days in jail were imposed on Con.
Kilbourne, of Sault Ste. Marie. Kill
bourne was accused of starting forest
fires. This is the first conviction ever
! secured in that part of the state for
that offense. Other trials will follow.
Senator William Alden Smith has
promised TO help the Grand-Saginaw
Valleys Waterways association. which
plans a ship canal connecting Lake
Michigan and Saginaw, via Grand Rap
ids, Saginaw and Bay City. A board
Of directors was elected and legisla-
tive and publicity committees were ap.
pointed.
The Michigan Sugar Beet Co.,
which owns six of the states sugar
beet factories, at meeting Friday,
took official cognizance of the fact
that the company is controlled by the
sugar trust. The statement was made
that OF the company's S3,S0000O stock,
all but 100000 is held by Michigan
capitalists.
One of the Jackson banks has paid
the employees of the state prison in
full for the time coming to them and
has promised to take care OF them
during the holidays IL the state does
not. The situation caused by the lack
of funds In the state treasurery was
creating serious embarrassment
among the men.
Mandamus proceedings have been
begun to compel the board of district
canvassers to reconvene and declare
void the votes cast for Charles E.
White for state senator at the recent
election. White Is prosecuting attor-
ney of Berrien county, and a question
as to his eligibility has arisen because
Of his dual Office.
Wisconsin game wardens confiscat-
ed a car containing 35 deer Tuesday
morning Deputy Game Warden De
Bell, OF Menominee, tried to stop the
car at that place, but failed. He then
notified the Wisconsin wardens. who
secured the car. The deer were killed
in the Michigan woods, and were be-
ing shipped to Chicago.