Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-30
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

than half the voters of the county,
| apparently ready TO vote Oakland
wet again.
Walter Cochrane, aged 5, of Harbor
Beach, was terribly bitten in the face
| by a dog owned by the lads uncle.
The animal is not thought TO be mad,
but will be killed.
Ira Beebe. farmer of Mundy
| township. took prize on his team
of horses at the county fair, and then
one of the animals was stolen from
him on the way home.
n. b. Harrison, the first settler OF
Ravenna township, is dead as result
of a wound received in the civil war
Mr.. Harrison cleared the homestead
on which he died in 1S49.
Sam Frisbie, the Cleveland man
held for completely in the murder OF
Louis Rosenberg at st. Clair Flats,
is Ill in jail with fever. His condition
is not considered serious
The same jury which convicted Will
lard j. Spicer, Big Rapids farmer,
of manslaughter for killing neigh
Dor in fight, raised purse for his
sick wife and four children.
Francis j. Birney, for many years
railroad agent at Lawton and now
landlord of the Hotel Giddings, has
been held for trial on charge of en-
bezzlement from the railroad.
John Steinback, aged 40, tried to
end his life at Swartz creek by hang
ing himself in the hotel. He was
brought to hospital and will recover.
Steinback is said to be from Detroit,
Entering a Lansing clothing store,
George West. an inmate of the Indus
trial school who had just escaped. put
on a new suit of clothes he picked
out, slipped out the back door and
escaped.
To test the local option law, Joseph
Miller, aged "a, of Flint. waiter,
gave a drink of whisky to friend
Saturday night, then called up the
police and invited them TO arrest him.
They did
Patrick OLeary, Flint harness
maker, came to Durand, \ picked up a
couple of strange friends, drank with
them and bought their dinner. In
return they beat, bound, gagged and
robbed him in the railroad yards.
Ben Poster, the Chicago man
thought to have been murdered in a
park in the metropolis some time ago,
is in South Haven under another
name and with a thrilling story of
being stabbed, robbed and carried to
California.
The first public wedding ever cele-
brated in the Holland Methodist
church, which has been built more
than 80 years, was celebrated Tues
day when Miss Rose Jenkins, of that
place, became the wife of Rev. Frank
w. Field, of Flint.
IA ..l..-lpS.s.sa,----fr so verse City farna
TARGET with a 3S-calibSr revolver, put
bullet through her own neck. She
will recover James Case, Is, shot
himself i'm the hand with revolver
he thought was empty.
Charles Lee Sears, formerly OF
Saginaw, died in Jersey City. Sears
vas a well known railroad construc-
ton engineer and assisted in the con
struction of the Ludington division OF
the Pere Marquette, the old Holly
Wayne and Monroe road
While riding in his disabled auto
mobile which was being towed by
, dHOiItT, lIC IODC DlOht anu TIC I'D
ed end struck the glasses worn by
Attorney Bracket, of Norway. The
broken glass penetrated the right eye
ball, destroying the sight.
Fred X. George, Of Detroit, has been
in Traverse City with big red apple
which he travelled 300 miles to match
Vice-President Perkins, of the j. Pier.
pont Morgan. New York bank, asked
Mr. George to secure three barrels
of apples exactly like the sample and
the matter was so important that the
Detroit man attended to it himself
Arrested on a charge of stealing a
So bill from the till of Thomas r.
Donohue, a saloenist, Charles Brown,
a Saginaw character, stood for" a
search in the police station Saturday
night and came off almost victorious,
as no money was found on him. Just
as he was about to leave the station
free man a S. bill was found on
the floor under the chair on which he
had been sitting, and he is now i'll a
cell awaiting arraignment.
Because he was unable to hold two
Jobs In different states, Clyde II.
Martin, for two months city engineer
VI lIdNtiSt Wy, idol hlSul pItStHleu
his resignation to the council Since
coming from Laporte, Ind, it has been
learned that Martin was also sur
veyor of his home county and that he
left an assistant in charge of that
office. He announced that the assist
ant had given up the position and he
was forced to choose between the two
jobs.
Steffano Passafiumc, young Ital-
ian who came to Ann Arbor recently,
was arrested and held for New York
officers He is charged with stealing
valuable jewelry from residence in
that city and with pawning them at a
Bowery pawnshop. Then, it is al
legged, he sent the pawn tickets to In
spector McCaffery, of the police, with
a note, telling the latter that he could
recover the goods, but that he would
never be able TO apprehend the rob
Der. His whereabouts were discov.
cred when a girl. to whom he had
written, was surprised while reading