Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-25
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

was struck by street car and instant
ly killed Friday night in Saginaw.
Fred Church, 20, was drowned in
the mill pond here when the canvas
boat In which he was rowing capsized.
Rep. M. Livy Agens is reported as
being improved, he being able to
recognize members Of his family for
the first time since being taken Ill.
Elmer Olden, Stanwood farmer
pleaded guilty to cruelty TO animals
The animals were found lying on snow
and ice too weak to stand, In zero
weather.
Jacob Vanderwege, Hollands Adam,
who disrobed and burned his clothing
in the city Jail, was adjudged insane
by Probate Judge Kirby and taken to
Kalamazoo.
Representatives from Grand Rapids
and IL other western Michigan cities
have organized with view of fighting
the railroads on the alleged exorbitant
freight rates.
Marie Dressler the famous actress,
who is said to be penniless In London,
is former Bay City girl. Her name is
Leila Koerber and she left there about
25 years ago.
Sadie Powell, aged 13, of Montrose,
drank quantity of carbolic acid be-
| cause her father chided her for not
coming from party with her brother.
A physician saved her life.
A jury Thursday decided that it
was not essential TO the public's good
health to build a drain from Bass lake
into Washtenaw county. The drain
was to have been nine miles long.
Twenty-eight years a coroner and
still in harness. Such is the record of
Henry Mason, who, though over so
years Of age, is still justice of the
peace and coroner of Menominee
county
Charles Smith, who tried to kill
himself by lying down on the Grand
Trunk railway bridge at Flint before
an approaching train, fell through the
trestle and escaped with a few
| bruises.
Hiram Martin, of Eaton Rapids, fed
a tramp and gave him lodging for the
night. Next morning the tramp was
found to have vanished, taking Sli
| of Mr. Martins money with him, the
latter alleges.
Geo. Wade picked up a stranger in
Cadillac who said he was hungry,
gave him a supper and bed, and found
! the next morning that the man had
stolen a watch and $40 in money, and
departed during the night
The Great Northern Portland Ce-
ment Co. has paid the township of
Pleasant Plains $1,000 state and coun-
| ty taxes and will pay the balance OF
their taxes July l. This delinquent
tax will clear the county of debt.
After dragging the entire channel
mouth OF the local harbor without sue
cess, the authorities have given up
hope of finding Francis Ball, the IL
year-old boy who disappeared from
| his home in Muskegon on Jan. IL.
j. NJ. Jost, OF Saginaw, submitted
| to an operation at the Saginaw Gen
eral hospital for sore on his right
| foot. The surgeons took from the
foot the point of surgeons needle,
which Jost says has been there over
22 years.
The Salvation Army jubilee meeting
at Stones theater in Flint attracted
a large crowd Of representative citi'
zens who contributed over 81 500 TO
assist the Army members in carrying
on the charitable plans which they
have started.
| Daniel Rishel has received word
that his father. who disappeared from
his home in Vicksburg 81 years ago
had been located in Delta, Col, nearly
blind. and in need of assistance.
4 oh al haC IN hrin 10
\ father home.
! Mrs. Arthur Cook and her 5-days-old
| baby were carried from the burning
house in lockwood by her husband
and neighbors. just as the roof fell
in. All the contents of the house
were burned with loss of 81 500, and
no insurance
Workmen excavating cellar in
Ann Arbor dug up an unusually large
skeleton. The teeth are still in the
i Jaw and are said to resemble those of
an Indian. Old residents say that the
ground hasn't been disturbed for the
last so years.
The infant son of Mrs. Myron But
Ter, of Standish. died Sunday morning
at / a. m, and at l p. m. the house
burned to the ground. Mr. Butler
carried the dead body OF his child out
Of the burning house over to one OF
the neighbor's.
Prof. VIM. A. Smith. head of the
Traverse City School of Mines, leader
in the Second Christian Science
church. and teacher of department, is
in jail on a charge preferred by two
boy pupils, 16 and II years old. he
pleaded not guilty
The barn dances at Oxford have
been discontinued as result of the
many fights between the local young
men and students from the univers
ity. The trouble is said TO have arisen
from the students taking girls away
from their village escorts.
New York dispatches say detectives
have been detailed to search for
Latora s. Baker, formerly cashier OF
the Northern National bank of Big
Rapids, who has been legally dead for
10 years. The search is said to have
been made at the instance of Frank
Chickering, of Grand Rapids. who has
! extensive lumber interests In Michi
gan. Chickering says Baker is alive
and for several months has been as
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