Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-11
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

| saginaw girl VINO was attacked Dy an
unknown man last week. is still In
serious condition.
| Leo Shedd, aged 4, OF Tekonsha,
was accidentally shot in the body by
| Albert Abrams, aged IA. while the
two were playing. He will die.
Harry Shubrick, aged 25, of Trav'
erse City, was found dead In the
woods, his gun having been dis
charged while he was climbing over
log.
The BLACK Diamond" club, a no.
torious gambling den for Battle
Greek colored men, was raided by the
police and twelve negroes were ar
rested
The proposition to bond Pontiac for
$4,000 for improvements and extern
sions to the water system carried by
224 votes more than the number re-
CURED.
NJ. b. Duffie, Civil war veterin OF
Battle Greek, has received notice that
he had drawn a $4,000 farm in the
recent land drawing contest in South
Dakota
There is at present balance of
$1,471,444 in the state treasury, with
cash on hand amounting to $1,307.34,
according to State Treasurer Albert
E. Sleeper.
BY a vote of 2,106 to 45S, Port
Huron decided to have general re-
vision Of the charter as the first step
toward adopting the commission form
of government.
The Michigan Central railroad Is to
build new car and machine shops at
Bay City to employ 800 men and do
part of the work of the road now
done in Detroit.
Six weeks after his third marriage,
Peter Richards, aged ST. of st. Johns,
died following several days of uncon-
sciousness from taking dose of
opium with suicidal intent
The local option movement in Cass
county was launched Friday, when the
organization OF the "drys" was per.
fected. The county went wet" at the
last election by only rs votes.
Mrs. James Moss, of Kalamazoo,
saved he. husbands life by wrap
ping blanket about him when a
bottle of leather polish exploded, but
in so doing she was badly burned.
Arthur Chaderdon, of Plainwell,
was seriously injured Sunday while
hunting, when the shotgun on which
he was leaning was accidentally dis
charged. The shot entered his left
side.
The potato crop in Ingham county
is said to be the best seen for sew
eral seasons. AS yet the frosts,
which damaged many potatoes in
northern counties. have not injured
the tubers there.
James D. Derby, of Flint has re-
ceived from a Golden. B. c., man a
postal card he enclosed in a phial and
threw into the Columbia river three
years ago The bottle and card trav.
eled more than 100 miles.
An epidemic of burglaries has
broken out in Saginaw again, and
Sunday night three west side citizens
reported to the police that their
homes had been entered and jewelry
and trinkets valued at S100 stolen.
John Marrooney. a negro waiter in
Battle Creek hotel. is under arrest
on suspicion of having robbed Mrs.
A. Hirsch, of Chicago, of $4,000 worth
of diamonds last August The man
admits having been in Chicago at the
time, but denies the theft.
The state board of control of st.
Clair Flats has notified Auditor-Gen.
eral Fuller that November 80 is the
last day on which the people who
have residences or buildings on state
lands there can file their claims for
permanent possession Of the prop
erty
Thomas NJ. Spaulding. graduate
of the u. of NJ. who is now a lieu
tenant in the United States army, has
written a letter to friends in which
he urges college men. and especially
those of the engineering department,
to enter the army. The chances for
the advancement of college gradu-
ate are a great deal better than gen
orally supposed, he writes.
Air blasts" in the workings of the
Quincy Mining Co. at Houghton have
been worrying residents for several
days The explosions produce an eff.
feet like IN earthquake shock, and in
shaft No 2 hundreds Of tons of rock
have fallen. The $50 men employed
in the mine were removed at the first
SlOck and Will not De allowed 10 re-
turn TO work until the blasts have
ceased
Nearly 100000 feet of pine and
hardwood lumber, owned by the Hud.
son Lumber Co.. at a village 40 miles
east Of Manistique. was destroyed by
fire believed to nave been OF in.
cendiary origin, Saturday The city
fire department was called to the
scene and succeeded in saving the
mill and 70 600 feet of lumber. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, covered
by insurance.
Mabel, the 6.year-old daughter @.
c. H. Pose, of Mecosta. was badly
burned Tuesday. While ironing hei
dolls clothes. her dress caught fir
from the stove. The flames were ex
tinguished by the child's mother, bu!
the little ones condition is regarded
as serious. The family has had more
than its share of misfortune of late
! A few months ago young son died
and since they have had great dea
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