Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-19
STATE BRIEFS.

Hon. y. o. Griswold OF Greenville
has decided to enter the race for the
nomination for circuit Judge of the
eighth judicial circuit.
Mrs. +. L. Calkins, state president
of the w. &. T. L., is making her
headquarters in Lansing. She is in
Lansing 10 oppose wet" legislation
Isaac Tamm, the aged Negro charg-
ed with assauting G-yearold. Louise
Snyder. of Lake City, pleaded guilty
to the charge in the circuit court
The Bay City Poultry association
will hold a poultry show in Bay City
for one week, commencing Jan. %.
An exhibition of pigeons will also be
given.
The Manufacturers Industrial Elk
hibition, the largest industrial event
in the city's history is now on at
Port Huron. 1t represents more than
$4,000 worth of products OF Port
With bowling alleys, pool tables,
smoking room, dance hall. stage and
gymnasium fully equipped, the par
ish house of Grace Episcopal church
in Grand Rapids was opened to the
young people OF the parish.
Upwards of 5000 Battle Creek
school children have been vaccinated,
and the rest are barred from the pub
lie schools indefinitely. Battle Creek
has had 10 cases of smallpox. There
have been three deaths.
Martin Bees. IA, sustained broken
leg md ankle when miners train
crashed into the rear end or sand
train in the railroad Yards at st.
Charles. The crews OF both trains
jumped and escaped injury.
Mrs Mary +. Pengelly. aged 50,
one of the oldest prohibition work
ers in the STATE, died at her home
in Kalamazoo just as she finished
writing a history of her life and her
connection with the anti-liquor work.
An unidentified man. supposed to
be a laborer, was struck and instant
ly killed by a fast freight train near
Lowell Several trains passed over
the body before the coroner was noti-
fled and caused the remains to be
moved.
Auditor General Fuller received
$50 .053 as Inheritance tax from the
estate OF the late Quincy Shaw, OF
Boston. 1t was the largest inheri-
lance tax ever received by Michigan.
Mr. Shaw had considerable Calumet
& Hecla mining stock.
Warren Watt 40. married resi-
dent of Saginaw 20 years, prominent
in the church life of Saginaw as an
organist, admitted his guilt and waiv-
ed examination on the charge of EN-
bezzling 5000 from his employers.
| Dittmar & Cooper Co, liquor dealers.
Lewis Hartman, of Ionia. who has
sick wife and four small children
was fined $1,000 for stealing few
cents worth of coal from a local
yard, and had to go 10 jail because
he did not have the money to pay the
| fine. He pleaded that he stole the
coal to keep his family warm
r. c. Reed. of Howell. sounded a
note of warning TO the farmers in at
| tendance at the meeting OF the Mich
| igan Stock Improvement association
| at East Lansing, when he declared
against too stringent methods in re
gard 10 the prevention of tuberculosis
among cows in an address before the
members of the Hereford club lie
declared the present agitation tended
\ toward the adoption of too strenuous
methods by the veterinarians and in
his opinion ii might lead TO just as
dangerous results as does the orig
inal cause.
After two hours OF hard work Will
file and cold chisel and hammer, 8
! blacksmith AT Akron succeeded in re
moving from the neck OF a 4-year-olC
son OF MIR and Mrs. j. jenkins
steel ring which had slipped over the
child's head
Mrs Dent, OF New York, wife o.
Thomas Ashley Dent, OF Grand Rap
ids. one of the best known men IL
the furniture trade, has let II bt
known that she will commence pro
ceedings TO regain possession of hei
two children, Gladys, IL and Ashley
Dent. Jr. lG, who are In Grand Rap
ids and being supported by theil
father