Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-09

Needle Into Hand
Howard City.-Miss Mary Barber
accidentally ran steel crochet nee
die into her left hand between two
fingers, causing a painful injury. DIR.
j. o. Nelson removed it and treated
the wound. Miss Barber is now more
comfortable.
Infantile Paralysis
Lansing, NEIGHBOUR well defin-
ed cases and two suspected cases,
six in all, of infantile paralysis, were
reported to the state board Of health
last Tuesday. The four well defined
and certain cases were from Scion
township, Kent county, Bloomfield
township, Oakland county, from
Lansing City and from Bay City.
The two suspected cases, which the
board was asked to investigate are
located in Parma, Jackson county and
in Tawas township of Iosco county.
Sold First Wheat
Portland.-It was the boss himself
who marketed the first new wheat OF
the season at the Portland Milling
Co.'s last week. Fred III. Knox had
his own wheat hauled in Wednesday.
right from the machine, and it was of
good quality, averaging about 30
bushels to the acre. On the follow
ing day Ernest Sandborn marketed
his product. He had 40 acres of
wheat and his average was also
around 80 bushels. The price paid on
that day was $1.14 to SLIT. No
shrunken wheat had appeared so far.
The quality in general seems excel
lent, though the acreage is not as
large as usual
Heat Victim
Hastings.-Harley Pursell, the 49,
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Pursell, of Baltimore, became temper
arily insane with the intense heat
when his father sent him to the field
after the horses. AS he did not re-
turn, Mr.. Pursell went to see what
had become of him. He found his son
lying by the fence, and he seemed not
to notice his father at all; but when
the later spoke to him, the young man
quickly arose and ran swiftly into a
nearby swamp. Mr.. Pursell apprais-
ed the neighbors, who were unable to
find him in the swamp, but later dis
covered him in the top of big tree
in an adjoining wood lot. He mag
ined he was a squirrel and neither of
his parents could induce him to come
down. Later Harry Hammond coax
ed him from the tree, and thereafter
he returned to his normal self, so
that he went to work again.
Thresher Injured
Belleville. Edwin BROKER, of
Dill = 80 N tL,.acLtxn.
cident. He was assisting about the
separator during threshing at one of
the Quirk farms near Belleville last
Saturday when another workman let
his fork fall and it was carried into
the machine The machinery elected
it and Brooker was struck in the face,
one tine entering his eye. He was
hurried to the u. of M. hospital at
Ann Arbor, but there died Sunday
morning at one o'clock.
Want Library
Alma.-When the citizens of Alma
vote on a bonding issue for $4,000
for sewers and water main extern
sions, there will be an item also ask
ing for $4,000 for the purchase of
site for a Carnegie library.
Library Money
ST. Johns.-The various school dis
tricts of Clinton county will receive
total of $673.73 for library funds.
The sum is made up of money taken
in by the county treasurer on ac-
count of fines, penalties, forfeitures,
recogniZances, etc. Each district
participating leceives according to
the number of children of school age
and the rate is i'll for each child.
The city of st. Johns receives the
largest amount, $S8.02, having 1913
children of school age. Bengal re-
ceives the smallest amount, 317.87, as
only four districts in that township
receive from the fund.
Home From Russia
Hastings.-A telegram was re-
ceived Monday by the Michael fam
lily announcing the safe arrival in
New Yok Sunday, of Prof. Louis
Michael and family. They stopped
in New Jersey to visit a sister of
Mrs. Michael, but it is expected they
will reach this city in the near future.
AS is well known, Prof. Michael has
been in Bessarabia for the past four
years, in the employ of the Russian
government as an authority on the
raising corn. The great war made
it necessary for them to make long
detour in coming home and the news
of their safe arrival was a great re-
lief to their family and friends here
New Postmaster in Charge
Observation-Disclosures has had a
new postmaster since Tuesday. John
III. Mccain on Monday received his
commission from Washington and on
Tuesday morning he took possession
of the Office, Postmaster Richard
Owen surrendering the records and
seals and stepping out after four
years and three months on duty. Mr..
Owen exceeded his time by three
months, while the new Democratic
appointee was awaiting confirmation
and his commission. Mr.. Owen will
now take a rest the first vacatiop ha