Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-12
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

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Hugh Hart, of ST. Clair, has been
Endorsed by Congressman McMorran
for supervisor OF the census in the
Seventh district
j. 5. Murphy, OF Buffalo, chased
his wife ms far as Bay City and went
broke" lie has wired home for more
coin TO continue the chase.
Rev, A. B. Leonard, dry leader, is
out with card denouncing the Sagi-
nav council for extending saloon
hours from II till midnight.
| Two sneak thieves, one IA and the
other still younger. are sought by the
Flint police for stealing ST. from the
wife OF Police Sergeant Duff.
The ginseng growers in the vicinity
or Eaton Rapids are jubilant over the
| bumper crop this season, which, II Is
expected. will be double that of 1908
| Celebrating his silver wedding an
niversary with large party OF
friends. Jacob Jaeger. OF Menominee,
suddenly fell dead in his wife's arms.
Heart failure.
Thousands are now engaged In the
| BURBERRY harvest in upper Michigan,
anu HuHuTeuS VI crates are DcihS sup
ped daily. The force OF pickers is
still insufficient.
What is said to be the largest pep
permint farm in the world is now
| part of the big diked prairie farm or
$4,000 acres in Saginaw county, own
ed by the Owosso Sugar Co.
The Pere Marquette shops at Ionia
are being divided, the engine build
ing machsnery being moved to Grand
Rapids and the coach assembling and
building department enlarged
Wholesale smuggling OF automobile
parts into Canada at Port Huron re-
ceived blow when customs officers
found nearly 81 900 worth of alleged
Struggled goods in garage in Sar-
MIA.
Raymond Smeed. a Lake Shore q
Michigan Southern brakeman, went to
sleep on the track near his train with
his right arm across the rail. The
arm was severed just below the ell
bow.
Hundreds Of Jackson citizens at
tended a reception to Thomas j.
O'Brien. of Grand Rapids United
States ambassador to Japan Mr..
O'Brien lived in this city in his boy
hood days.
Enough orders have been received
by the Detroit branches OF the AM
erican Car & Foundry Co. TO keep
5000 men busy for seven months.
These orders are for about 5000
freight cars.
Mrs. George Allison, of Cincinnati,
formerly Miss Florence Depew. of De-
troit, has been sued by Willard G.
Turner, Jr., in Muskegon for $40 600
for injuries received when he was hit
by her automobile.
All the Sunday schools of Gratiot
county had an excursion TO Ann Ar
Dor Wednesday, but the ID. u. r.
officials put on II special cars and
carried most OF the 1000 visitors to
Detroit for the day.
Capt. l.. w. Oliver. Of Escanaba,
who has been an instructor in West
Point academy since his graduation
two years ago. has been sent by the
government 10 study at famous
French cavalry school.
Nurses, maids, cooks. kitchen girls
and other attaches of the Grand Rap
ids tuberculosis sanitarium went out
on strike because of the deposition
of Supt. Almey Murray. A new force
was Immediately hired.
i. c. Thompson. the wealthy east
ern man who disappeared from Ben
ton Harbor, leaving his wife, is be-
ing sought in Central America. A
mental lapse is believed TO be the
explanation of his abrupt departure.
Charles Weaver, aged 60, was at
work in the saw mill of the Antrim
p Iron Co Friday when it was de-
stroyed by fire. He was at work on
the second floor and, escape cut off
by the flames, was burned to death.
Byron Beard, widower, aged "A.
living near Morrice, has exploded the
Osler theory within the past two
weeks, he having harvested 40 tons
of hay alone, besides attending to the
house and other work about the farm.
Because he attacked an 11-yearoid
girl in 1898, William Bowman. of Fort
Smith, Ark, was Friday sentenced to
death He was convicted once be-
fore, but on technical grounds got
new trial. The girl, now % years old.
appeared in the case both times as
prosecuting witness.
After living amicably as husband
and wife for nearly 80 years, Henry
Kiel and Minnie Kiel, prominent resi-
dents CT Montague. were separated by
court decree. They fell out over
question of religion, each trying 10
force the other TO give up one church
for another Mrs. Kiel. who is 6S,
sued for divorce. The husband is 20
years old.
Judge Wisner, of Flint. has an
nounced that he will hear the petition
of Mrs. Timothy +. Tarsney. widow
OF the well known Detroit attorney,
that she be substituted for her late
husband i'm the litigation against the
Flint & Saginaw electric line. Tars.
ney and Attorney Sullivan. also Of De.
troit. were seeking 10 establish their
ownership OF certain stocks OF the
company