Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-05-21
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

Al the 273rd anniversary OF the fam
Gus Boston Latin school, Charles o.
Pengre, of Ovid gave the class ora
ton.
State Senator A. j. futile has an
term In the lnghamShiawassee dis
trict.
Mrs. Josiah Thaw, OF Pttsburg, wife
OF brother Of Harry Thaw is visiting
her father, John w. Thompson, in Port
Huron.
Because Of slack freight conditions
the Pere Marquette has placed all
half time at Saginaw.
Leaving a note in which he said he
did not blame his wife. but was just
tired OF life" Daniel Roe, OF Dimon-
dale. took his life with strychnine.
Merry widow" hats displayed in
the window of Bradford's millinery
store at st. Joseph were stolen. The
police are holding two women as sus-
poets.
w. V. Marsh, arrested two weeks
ago on complaint OF the wife he de.
serted at Allegan. was sentenced in
Laporte, Ind, TO serve from two 10
five years for bigamy
Chauncey 8. Boucher, of Marion,
Ind, and Leonard G. Read, of Cheboy.
gan, We're elected managing editor and
business manager, respectively, OF the
Michiganensian, the L. OF NJ. annual.
The remains of Willis Stone were
found under the Edging dock Wednes.
day night. His body is the first to be
recovered of the three who were
drowned in Muskegon lake two weeks
ago.
Oxford business men declined to
contribute money for street sprinkling
because Of alleged poor business, due
TO the local option law The council
also declined 10 appropriate any funds
for the purpose.
Sheriff Paquette has started cru
SADIE against slot machines in Wexford
county. Ii IL said that the machines
abound in the little towns and the
sheriff is putting them out Of business
as rapidly as possible.
In reply to the charges OF the Law
and Order league that % gambling
ron, Mayor Bell has offered a reward
OF 800 for every gambling place
found doing business in Port Huron.
Mrs. Jessie L. Mitchell, OF Ionia,
Mich. is in a hot contest with Mrs
Eunice Wilbur, Beatrice. Neb for the
position of supreme receiver OF the SUI
preme council of the Royal Neighbors
OF America, whose encampment opened
here today.
Attorney Willis Baldwin. of Monroe.
gave notice to the council that the To
ledo. Ottawa Beach h Northern rail
way would ask for a franchise through
Monroe. Ii Is planned TO extend the
line to Trenton or Flat Rock and pos
sibly Detroit.
The "drys" OF Lake Odessa won a
victory Wednesday when the supreme
court denied a writ of certiorari in
the case brought in the lonia circuit
court to have declared invalid the viii
lage ordinance which prohibits the
sale OF liquor.
DIR. G. l.. Barber OF Lansing, pleaded
guilty OF violating the automobile
speed law i'm the circuit court at Ithaca
and was fined s25. S. Wilker. whose
team became frightened at the doc
tors machine and ran away with him,
his wife and daughter, made the com
plant.
David Philbrick. of San Francisco.
is visiting his sister Mrs. Lydia Walsh.
living near North Star, whom he had
not seen for 90 years. While Tecuperat-
ing in Vermont from injuries received
in the San Francisco disaster he
learned that his sister was living in
Michigan.
VIM. Huller, the Climax farmer who
was shot by an unknown assailant on
the night OF April IA, is in a critical
condition and it is feared that he is
suffering from lockjaw. Should he die
the charge against his son Fred now
held for the shooting, will be changed
to murder
Thomas Draper. manager OF the Ora
per Manufacturing Co., has reported to
the Port Huron police that he found
stick of burning wood in his fac
tory. He believes that an attempt was
made to burn the factory because OF
his connection with the Law and Or.
der league.
ward Copeland, former hotel clerk,
who was tarred and feathered in
Charlotte a few years ago because OF
alleged misconduct with a waitress.
was taken into custody at Lansing to
be examined as to his sanity. Brooding
over the trouble is believed to have
deranged him.
Planning retaliation upon the tenn.
perance advocates, saloonkeepers of
Houghton county held a meeting today
and formulated plans for closing all
drug and confectionery stores on Sun
day. Under orders from Judge Street
er. OF the circuit court, the lid was ex-
tended to Keweenaw county.
Given shore leave from the u. s.
torpedo boat destroyer Hull. in AGA
pulco Mex, Roy Gargrove Brooks. OF
Saginaw, and two companions missed
the boat on its departure. Fearing
charge of desertion, they started
overland TO the capital. 200 miles
away, Drawing many dangers in the
wild regions they traversed. They
reported TO the American consul there
and now are on their way to rejoin
the feet.