Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-04-21
NEWS OF MICHIGAN.

oiuest settler OF the Marquette iron
region. is dead, aged 81. He helped
TO build up the city.
John Guiette, 81. applied at the
office of the county clerk, Saginaw,
| for naturalization papers. He will be
sc before he can cast his first vote.
OF the IA criminal cases on the
calendar of the circuit court. which
opened this week at Petoskey, eight
are for alleged violation of the local
| option law.
The Holland postoffice receipts have
| increased to $3l 900 for the fiscal year
and this indicates that Hollands
| office will be first class one within
| two or three years.
John II. Roberts, an Old veteran. is
| dead at the Soldiers home, Grand
Rapids. He had charge of the Michi-
| gan forestry exhibit at the worlds
fair and the Atlanta exposition.
Mrs. Anna Larson, rs, died at Mus
| kegon. She figured in sensational
trial here 2S years ago, and was con-
yicted OF poisoning Chas. Guild. La
ter Mrs. Larson was pardoned by the
governor.
The Calumet iron mine has sus-
PNhANQ Optid ~ 0nPioytu wv
men. The mine is a property of Pick
ands, Mather & Co, of Cleveland, and
is in the Felch mountain district OF
| the Menominee range.
| Augustus Spies, who has just COM
| pleted his second term as mayor of
| Menominee, and his wife recently
celebrated their golden wedding ami
| versary. He is one of the best known
business men in this region.
The state railroad commission at a
meeting Wednesday afternoon decided
| in favor of Owosso property owners
when it ruled that the Lansing &
Northeastern electric line would cross
| the Grand Trunk at grade on Wash
| ington street.
With draft of 81 900 payable at a
| Detroit bank and 500 bill in her
possession Mrs. Maynard, wife of
| Thomas Maynard of Lansing has dis
| appeared and the police have mott
| fed officers in several cities to aid
in the search.
Lallah Rookh temple, ID. o. X X,
held the big Pythian event of the year
| in the northern part of the state
| Thursday night in Traverse City. The
meeting attracted large number of
| visitors. A class of tyros went
| through the ordeal, which was fol
lowed by a banquet in the Pythian
hall.
The Port Huron Elks have received
communications from various Elk
| lodges throughout the state indorsing
David McArron, who will be candi-
date for grand secretary at the De
| trnif convention Tho
! Elks intend TO make hard fight to
| land the position and honor for Nc
AKRON.
Suit for $4,000 damages was begun
at Traverse City by Mrs. Lilly Dun
bar against the Pere Marquette rail
way. Her husband, Horace Dunbar
who was Pere Marquette conductor,
stepped from the caboose OF his train
in front Of an approaching train in
| Grand Rapids last winter and was
ground to pieces.
A suit that has been pending
| against the county for several months
was ended at Flint when the board
of supervisors of Genesee county vot-
ed to pay DR.. NJ. A. Paterson, health
officer of the city, $745. Paterson
sued the county for $1,100 for SER
vices rendered during the recent
smallpox epidemic.
| Members of the Grant Dairymens
association have completed a canvass
| Of Newaygo county which shows that
milk from 400 cows will be handled
| at the beginning of the campaign.
The foundation of the new building
| is completed and the work of con-
structing the remaining portion OF the
building will continue
The body of the woman giving her
name as Miss Jennie Moore, who
threw herself under the wheels of a
| passenger train at Menominee TO es-
| cape prosecution for alleged fraud,
will be exhumed by relatives and TAX
en- to Grand Rapids Mrs. Jessie Bla-
not. of that place, has identified her
as her sister, Jennie Smith.
After July l three registered phar-
macists will be appointed as drug in
! spectors and a prominent analyst
named by the dairy and food depart
ment to assume complete charge of
the inspection of Michigan drug stores.
| Michigan is the twenty-third state to
| place this work under the supervision
of the dairy and food department.
The Home Development associa
ton, an organization for the booming
OF the section. held big meeting at
Buckley, at which many prominent
men were speakers. Prof. Taft, OF
the NJ. A. c.. John /. Gibson, of the
Michigan development bureau Prof
Baker, of Manistee, and F. A. Mitchell
were among those who made adj
| dresses.
Judge Claudius B. Grant, former
| justice of the supreme court of Micht
gan, will have 10 pay $22.90 to the
United States government before the
customs inspectors at New Orleans
will release fabrics, laces and fancy
goods which Mrs. Grant pure hased on
her last trip to Havana and brought
to New Orleans on the steamer Chal-
mette.
The first meeting of the Thumb
Fair association was held at Port
Huron Tuesday, and the following
officers chosen: President, Albert f.
Stevenson. Port Huron; vice-president