The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-09-22
INDIANA.

The Quaker's yearly meeting Is In session
at Plainhcd.
Judge Ienor instructed the grand Jury
at Cfaydon 10 use every effort 10 indict tile
lawle's White Caps.
AT Lite York. tho four-year old ION OF
Mrs. Isaac Ham fell from fence, broke his
mock, and died instantly.
"A vicious horse bit OF the top Of tho
head OF Albert Banta's thrte-year-old sou at
Bragton, causing instant death.
Labor day celebration in indianapolis
was great success. Fully 4 600 people par
ticipatcd IN the ball at the Exhibition Build
my.
General Ncllis ~ Huntington. had 500
~ der CARPET IN his dwelling. A lamp ex-
lcded and both the house aud money were
burned.
james NJ. Chamberlain. aged slxty-fye
years, prominent ana wcalsny farmer X
steel Township, hanged himself in grove
near his home.
The peach crop OF the state Is much bet
ter than was expected. The fruit in the
southern part /. perfect in qualify and uD-
limit ii IN quantity.
lncendiaries are at large In Greenfield.
a horsc breaking loose IN his stable woke the
stablcman. who discovered tho rano and
saved disastrous lire.
AT Lafayette, Policeman John Cruscy
assaulted Editor French Of the journal be-
cause the latter had published nm item 10 the
effect that Cru@ey had left the Democratic
party 10 get an Office.
"A barber al Zero Haute named Frank
Marting, who had heen paying his attentions
90 Miss Wcbbpr shot himself dead in her
presence. She informed him that she had
learned lac had "A wife Ia Cincinnati.
The eight-ye1r-od daughter OF Joseph
Wilson, living ut Terry. was murdered. The
only witness l. twriyC-ycarold boy. who
CLAIMS that a tramp shot her. The hoy IL
rather wild and \ supposed himself to BIO
the guilty one.
~ Seymour Miss Lizzie Todd. hand
some and accomplished lady. was found dead
In her bed. She had taken poison in ft OF
dependency caused by the dcsertion Il her
lover she was nineteen years OF age aud "a
member OF prominent family.
AT Keystone. near Montpelier, three
year child of Merchant johnson ran into "A
pile OF not omber- taken from underneath "a
boiler and was frightfuly burned. Its legs
were roasted and the soles OF it, feet dropped
of rs IL was being taken 10 tho house.
The celebrated Ballard murder case has
been called for trial at vinccnncs. This il
the case ia which several prominent citizens
are charged with the murder ofJack Ballard
Union soldier, IN 1864. 10 h aleg Il thai
the defendants were members Of the knights
Of the Golden Circle.
~ l.. Il. NcN>cntf, NJ lndihnalOls, brought
90 the meeting of the Horticultural Society
IN average stalk OF corn from a fiye-acro
field that measured fifteen and half feet.
The average height OF the ears from the
ground Is ten and halt feet. lie VIII gather
his corn from stcp.laddcr.
AT Democratic pole-raising nc Peru,
Chris fishncr, who was loading the cannon
which was being fired In honor Of tho event,
had both hands blown OF and lost both eyes.
lIe cannot recover. Mike smith. the man
who was thumblng the cannon, lost both
thumbs by Withdrawing them prcmaturcIy.
"A man aged about thirt, -cight 3 feet
incLcs high aud weighing l35 pounds, blue
eyes and dark hair was found nc Gasport L.,
y. a. A &. Depot, sick, and was given care
and medical Attendance, but dicd aud was
buried In his pocket was found a pioro Of
paper on which was written I'll. l.. VIII
Inns, lsackcn 'ack, Ark"
William and Alien Turner, two wealthy
bat hclOr brothers who own line farm and
live several miles north OF Columbus. ~
Gently sold several head Of Tine cattle "a q re-
cciyed n considerable sum of money for
them. They were attacked by masked men
and robbed Of about u 900. The brothers
are eccentric characters NJ q arc not disposed
to4nake any iuss about their loss.
James Ford, a wcilthy farmor living
three mi e. southwest OF Columbus viii
dciiriou. from typhoid fever, sprng fr0n
his be ana STACKED his wife and two CHI
drcn who were I'm the room. He seized
char and Killed hi. infant child with one
blow lie then struck his wife several bows
on tlIc hc Il. INJECTING injuries from which
she viii die. He next attacked his tcn-yosr-
old son who was trying 10 escape fIom Tho
room knocking him scnseiess and fracturing
hl, skull % that recovery Is impossiblc. The
screams Of the Oman aroused the ni .hbOre,
and II took ten OF them 10 m1naco the man.
inc.
Hugh Dare, City Treasurer Of Lagro,
and Miss Ada AlcNvun a pretty Young
school mistress. arc mis.ing from hemo aud
there h every rea'ou for believing they have
elopcd. Mr.. Dare quietly left la no inform
Ing ~, Graf friends that he was going 10 Oh'o.
A day later Mis-. McNoun took the iin for
LOGAN port s.ying that sho would return
Saturday. Ne thcr ~ the parties hts ocn
seen n CO although friends OF each have
~ dc ps si-teit efforts o. lind them. Miss
McNuun's p7gcnis visited LogAnspnrt ana
cfrnod that Their daughter "a / af city
taking IN cast-lound train that would w
brought her home IN an hour. 10 sup
posed that she lefl the train az Peru ccfins
Mr.. Dare there and going either H. u troll
or st Louis.