Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-05
STATE NEWS
In BRIEF

Muskegon William Gilman. TWEEN
| ty-two, has been arrested for assault
ing and robbing John Kingshot, an
aged man, a week ago. Kingshot bit
his assailant on the hand and Ott-
mans fingers showed toothmarks. He
confessed.
Mount Pleasant.-Two couples OF
| this city observed their fiftieth we'd
ding anniversaries. They were Mr..
and Mrs. j. s. Converse, who have
lived here about ten years. and Mr..
and Mrs. George Owen. who have
lived here a quarter of a century.
Owosso.-Mr. and Mrs. r. B. War
rem were enticed to the home OF
friends in Garland and surprised by a
number of guests who had assembled
to celebrate the twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary OF the couple. After the
celebration Mr.. Warren surprised the
party by announcing that his twenty
fourth anniversary had been cele-
brated.
Grand Rapids.-Adelbert Hammond
was arrested on the streets for beg
ging and when searched at the Jail
IS watches were found in his posses
sion. He says he broke a window In
Kalamazoo and robbed a jeweler OF
them.
Lansing legislative commit
tee OF the Michigan Association for
the Protection and Propagation Of
Fish and Game, in session here, IA
vored a law abolishing the office Of
state game warden and placing mis-
work in the hands OF o. non-political
board.
st. Joseph-Attorney James O'Hara
is circulating primary petitions that
he may become a candidate for cir
cult Judge. He intends to become
candidate on both Republican and
Democratic tickets and pick out the
party that looks strongest when cleo
ton time draws near
Mackinac Island,-The post Office
has been moved to larger quarters
and the salary of the postmaster is
| increased. An interesting feature in
this connection Is that the post Office
is now located just where it was 26
years ago, in building owned by
nephew of the postmaster at that
time.
West Branch.-Reusei Rosebrugh.
well-to-do farmer, is dead at his
home near here.
Owosso.-The Elks of this city en-
tertained upwards of 200 children of
Owosso and Corunna at dinner and a
moving picture show
Mount Clemens.-George Schmidt
aged fifty, formerly of Pontiac, has
been absent since last week. and
the police have been asked to search
for him.
Traverse City. - With potatoes
bringing % cents a bushel, ii is esti-
mated at least $4,000 bushels are be-
ing held for better price. AT Nance
Iona alone reports say that 10000
bushels are either pitted or stored
Saginaw three-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Yancer ate
some rat biscuit and it was only after
several hours of hard work that the
child's life was saved
Saginaw-Adolph Hofstetter. aged
sixty. a shoe merchant. died Sunday
of ills incidental to old age.
Port Huron.-Word has been re-
ceived here that William Glenden-
ming, a former resident of this city,
was killed by train in South Bend,
Ind.-Judge Tappan has granted Ma
tilda La France a divorce from John
La France, who is serving three years
in the Detroit house of correction.
Her husbands Imprisonment was Mrs.
La Frances only ground for decree.
Port Huron.-The city officials and
employees to the number of about rs,
who will retire when the commission
form of government goes into effect
on January l, will gather at a fare
well banquet the evening OF Deem
Der 20. The affair is being planned
by the ways and means committee OF
the common council. which is legis-
lated out Of existence on New Years
day with other city officials
Port -Huron,-At the instigation of
Deputy State Dairy and Food Com
missioner Howe, who has been in
Port Huron for few days, Mel Spen-
Ger, local milk deale-, has been ar
rested on charge of watering the
milk sold to his customers. Mr..
Howe states a sample of Spencer
milk was 40 per cent. water.
Kalamazoo-By the testimony of
Joseph Mallamo, an eleven-year-old
Italian boy, Michael Moffires and Tony
Bossi, accused slayers of Giuseppe
Mourello, brought back from Ken
sington, ILL.,, by Kalamazoo officers
were positively identified as the men
who had occupied a room at the Mou
relic home and left after the crime
The boy positively identified Rossi
the younger of the two suspects, as
the man who had made him several
toys while boarding at the home OF
the slain Italian.
Sagipaw-Frank A. Pinkerton. fif
ty-seven, for 80 years connected with
the car service department of the
Pere Marquette railroad, died in the
Detroit sanitarium of Bright's dis
ease.
Saginaw Luke s. Johnson, sixty
three. member of the state Legislature
from 1902 tn 1895 and nrominent In