Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-05
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

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A postal savings bank will be start
ed in Bloomingdale October IL.
Petitions have been posted by the
anti-local option forces In Owosso
for a re-submission OF the liquor
question next spring.
Mrs William Houle. OF Bay City
so, and grandchild we're burned to
death when the former tried to start
fire with coal oil.
George Sweet, the head of the clos
ed Munith bank, has been unable to
furnish bail in the sum of $4,000 and
is in Jail in Jackson.
gave a banquet in honor of Judge
Sessions. who retires from the bench
to accept a federal judgeship.
While running TO catch a train that
would bear him back to his family.
Antoine Lucitall, a miner. fell from
a trestle at Hancock and broke his
neck.
Fifty delegates Of the Shoudy
family from the country over were
in Benton Harbor to attend repre-
sentative reunion of the clan at the
home of Funely f. Shoudy, pepper
mint grower.
Following a conference between
George Sweets attorney and the
creditors and their attorney at Jack
son the examination OF the former
Mnuith and Whitmore Lake banker
was adjourned.
Deputy Sheriff Neil Manning. Of
Hastings. attention was called to a
herd OF cattle by prisoner he
had arrested at Ypsilanti. and when
he looked up again he found his
prisoner on the rear OF another car.
1t is said a serious breach 10
threatened because Pro. George Bur-
man Foster, OF Chicago university,
occupied recently the pulpit of Fount
Street Baptist church. Grand Rapids,
which caused i'll feeling at the Taber-
nacle.
Although both young men claim
the shooting was accidental Gerhar-
dies Diephius has been arrested by
the police following the shooting OF
Bernard Meters. 90 who lies in the
hospital in Kalamazoo in serious
condition.
All freight rates from Atlantic sea-
board to Escanaba. Mich. on all east
ern railroads, were attacked as ex-
cessive and discriminatory, and II
TO 20 per cent reduction asked, by
the Business Mems association Of
Escanaba.
Paradise township. the last in
Grand Traverse county to vote mon
ey for good roads, voted $1,000. All
townships will now carry on the
good roads campaign at once, being
the first county in the state with
such a record.
B. H. Bayleff, OF Detroit. has ask
ed the courts for a receiver to be
appointed for the North American
Construction Co.. manufacturers of
Touchdown houses. He says he
owns one-fourth of the stock and
does not receive any profits.
The produce dealers in Saginaw
are complaining that it is impossible
to get enough refrigerator cars to
move crops and that the cabbage
crop, which is unusually large this
year, is suffering particularly because
1t is not possible to market 1t.
The Mason County Horticultural
association are planning a big fruit
exhibit and apple show TO be held in
Ludington the first week in Deem
Der Experts in fruit growing from
this and neighboring states are to be
in attendance to Judge the fruit.
Barney julius, former prosperous
Albion merchant. who left Chicago
in 1904 and never returned has been
declared legally dead. He carried
life insurance amounting to $4,000,
and the company refused to pay the
widow until he was declared dead
City Treasurer j. G. Reuter- OF
Lansing learned while appearing as
a witness for foreigner who was
securing his papers, sthat he himcelf
is not full-fedged citizen. He
took out his first papers 20 years ago,
but never secured his final papers.
Mayor Mention of Flint has appoint.
ed a committee to endeavor to pur-
chase the Hamilton dam. The own
ers threaten suit unless a settlement
is made by the city at once. The
price is $4,000 The city water sup
ply would be endangered If the dam
was removed.
DIR. Clifford Kirkpatrick has be-
gun suit against Jay G.. Phillpot, the
Port Huron liquor dealer, for $1,000.
Mr. Phillpot last spring secured a
verdict of $1,000 against the Adrian
doctor for alleged alienation of his
wife's affections The first case is
pending in the circuit court.
Within an hour after Receiver
Shower of the United Home Protect
ors' fraternity of Port Huron had
received s43,OS3 from the state treas
ury checks had been mailed for the
amounts of dividends to the various
stockholders of the fraternity, about
500 in number. The distribution OF
the fourth dividend of the defunct
order gives the stockholders 40 per
cent of their investment. The re-
ceiver believes that another dividend
will be paid within a few months,
bringing the amount returned to the
stockholders TO one-half OF their in.
vestment. The checks sent out rang
ed in amount from AZ cents to over
$500.
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