Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-29
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES

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number. of applications for positions
am receiving" said Auditor General
Fuller. Look at the piles OF letters:
there are three OF them. and the larger
pile represents applications received In
the mornings mail" Other state de-
partments are In the same position.
evidently, according to the heads of
the departments. There are thousands
OF applications being received this year
for positions. 1t Is hardly probable,
however, that many will be appointed,
as most OF the state officers who have
the appointing power are loath to dis
pense with the services of clerks who
have been In the department for years.
Coldwater.-George w. Langs, aged
tkrty-two, living ten miles southwest
OF Coldwater, was sentenced by Judge
Yaple to spend so days in the jail or
pay fine of $3.50 and costs for the IL
legal practise of medicine. Langs will
Serve the jail sentence.
Bay City.-Rev. Levi r. Lupton, who
recently came into the limelight by
making a sensational confession to his
congregation in Alliance, o.. founded
the village of Lupton, near Rose City,
sect of the gift of tongue" brand, but
a split occurred and he left.
Jackson.-Mrs. Guy Cartwright, for
merly Ruth Ryan of Lansing caused
to be issued warrant for her husband,
alleging bigamy. She charged Cort-
wright married a Jackson girl named
Hazel B. Barrows six months previous
to their marriage, which occurred in
November. Cartwright is in jail
Cadillac.-Benjamin Welch, twenty
three, and James Billings, twenty-five.
are being held on their confession that
they robbed the post Office in Yuma a
few hours before half the town was
wiped out by fire.
Cadillac.-Isaac Bradley, wanted in
Forest, Wis, for Staying a man, was
captured in a lumber camp near this
city and is on his way back to face the
charge.
Corunna.-William Graham, thirty,
died of typhoid fever, his brother,
Duncan, is seriously Ill of the same dis
ease. and their father, Duncan Graham,
Sr., is believed TO be dying as a result
of long illness and shock of being
told of his sons death, which was en-
tirely unexpected.
Charlotte.-Asa Benedict of Ver-
montville is ninety-four years old, and
has not missed voting in 73 years.
Mrs. Jessie Otto Pearce, former
Cho rlntta cir ID 80 TIT
engineer living in Mexico, writes that
reports Of the revolution have been
greatly exaggerated.
Saginaw.-Michael Zanders fell IL
feet from roof and died the next day
from injuries received He leaves a
widow and three children.-Peter
Gross, seventy-seven, and engaged in
the pottery business in this city for
over forty years, is dead Of ailments
due to old age. He Is survived by three
children.
Saginaw.-Dr. G.. L. Alger, who was
stricken with smallpox, has recovered.
He has been discharged from quaran-
tine.
Union City.-Peter Brrgett, seventy
eight. engineer of the first freight train
hauled over the Air Line division of
the Michigan Central railroad, dropped
dead from heart failure. He leaves a
widow and three sons
Marshall.-All the Knights of Py-
thias lodges in this section of the state
will hold big rally in Albion January
3, when the degrees will be conferred
by grand lodge officers
Negaunee.-The remains of Mrs. Jo-
seph Fay, wife of Marquette livery
man, who died eleven years ago, were
disinterred and found to be petrified.
The body weighs about 500 pounds.
Port Huron.-Rev. f. w Dietz, for
% years pastor of st. Martins German
Lutheran church here. has rendered
his resignation to accept a call to a
church near Toledo.-Contractor have
abandoned work on the Lake Huron
canal which tibet city decided to con-
struct eleven years ago, and many citi-
zens think that the proposed waterway
connecting Lake Huron and Black riv-
err for the purpose of making Black
river pure, will never be reality.
viding scholarship fund for worthy
students, who have no means for con-
tinuing their education after they
have graduated from the Hastings high
school, the members Of the junior class
intend to hold various entertainments
tor raising part of the required
amount Subscriptions will also be
solicited. The scholarship will be in
corporated under the state law. and
will be controlled by five responsible
adults.
Owosso-Ladies OF the Modern Mac.
cabees in Morrice have disbanded and
heavy assessments imposed by recent
rulings are said TO be the cause.-The
oldest house in Bannister, which had
been the home of John Riley. an aged
Insurance man, for 20 years. burned
His wife died two years ago and he
risked his life In a dash into the burn
ing building to save keepsakes left by