The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-01
WEST AND SOUTH.


lceing that Hays sold the appointment TO
tbs Wilton, Iowa, postoiiice for 500.
At Shaw ncetOwn, H.. Friday, George w.
Milliken was hanged for numbering his wife.
He had u be assisted UP the steps OF the scar
fold.
Gen. w. G. Newbcrry took the oath OF
Office rs postmaster Al Chicago Friday, and
sent the oath and his bonds 10 Washington.
He formally notified Postmaster Judd that
( he would take possession Dec. 1, and APP
pointed Colonel Rea his assistant.
The Prison Congress visited Warden Me-
Ciaughrey, al Joliet. ILL.,. Friday, and through
ex-Presldent II. II. Hayes presented him
testimonial OF esteem.
Democrats OK the Alabama Legislature FRI
day rcnominated United states senator Nor
gan 10 b. his own successor, thus assuring
him third term.
The convention OF the American Public
Health Association, In session At Milwaukee,.
WIS. Friday. elected Pro cssor iiosmer a.
johnson, of Chicago. President.
IL Il said tina. deal has been consumma-
tod by which. on Des. Is. a Chicago syndicate
win secure tie control 81 the four 81. Louis
street railways, the aggregate capital stock
Of which Is Ss,6Oo,0oO.
Ieoncttp Cipriana, son Of IN Italian Count
but American born and her g. a fortune OF
S25 600 900, le.. by his father was M kala-
ma2oo, Mich, Friday, on business connected
With the estate.
The funeral services over the remains OF
the lac stite senator McGrath, OF TIE Thir-
ty-scc6id Illinois District. were solcmnizcd
&c Lincoln Friday. Father Mncken. Of Chi
cago, celebrated high mass, assisted BY Faith
or AlcGnth, Of Chrago. brother OF the de-
rca>ed. and other priests, and the Rev. T..
II. llOdnctt, OF Chicago, delivered the SER
mon. senator Monahan, Humphrey, and
GRrrity, of Chicago, were among the pail
bearers.
The Jcnney Electric Works at Fort Wayne
were destroyed b. ilr, early FRIDAY morning,
entailing loss Of $4,000. The insurance
aggregates sl4S.0Oo.
The womcn's Stat, Teacher ASSOCIATION.
IN session az Bloomington, Ill, FRIDAY. re-
elected Mrs. Sarah H. Raymond, OF that city,
President.
The trial OF William Bcll, clerk OF Garrett
Township, Douglas County, Illinois. on the
rhargc Of forgery and falsiicat on Of the
records, resulted Friday In acquittal.
Congressman |. o. Fisher, OF the Tenth
Michigan District, was burat i'm cfligy by
some enemies at West Bay City, his home.
and he has decided 10 take revenge by noy-
ing 10 Detroit, and has ort,ed work on $780,
600 residence he was building 10 be stopped,
and offered hi, property there for sale.
Four Marion, Ind, butchers bought the
same five bccv OF Charles Clark Thursday
night, each paying In cash. Clark Is missing
aud each butcher Is ciaiming the cattle.
Three-fourths OF the switthmen ut Indi-
annapolis struck Thursday night, the supcrin-
t,ndents have refused TO accede 10 their de-
mands. Three engineers on the Belt Line
were compelled 20 draw tho fires from their
engines, aud fourth man, who refused, was
beaten and seriously wounded.
At Columbus, Ga, Thursday, +. II. Van
dcgrift made balloon ascension, going up
half mile when the balloon collapsed and
.cll into the Chattahoochie River, and Van
tcgrilt, who was completely enmeshcl I'm
ropes, was drowned.
The epidemic OF dipthcria at Oxford june
ton, Ia, l. reported subdued. In that town
and vicinity there were 100 cases aud forty
two deaths.
The Illinois Prisoners OF War Association
at Bloomington, Thursday. elected General
| Payey, OF Mount Vernon, President, and Sc
lected Springfield AS the place OF meeting for
| next year.
General John i. Palmer has applied for
and has received his discharge from the Grand
| Army OF the Republic.
The State Womcn's Teachers' Association
| OF Illinois met az Bloomington Thursday for
| 4 three days session.
The Daughters OF Rebckah Of illinois In
annual conyccation at Springfield elected
| Mrs. J. w. Morrison, OF Chicago, President
| rhe Grand Lodge I. o. O. r., OF Illinois, all
7! .onrned Thursday after selecting Springfield
l a. the place for the next annual meeting.
The State Bank at Valparaiso, Neb.. has
| failed, and II supported that the proprietors,
| y. scoville and G.. "A. Crafts, have fed. The
| liabilities are not known.
Mayor Roche. OF Chicago, and the commits.
| sion appointed by the last Illinois General
| Assembly met the officials OF Joliet AT that
place Thursday % discuss the plan OF in
| rreaslng the current OF Dcsplaines River and
1 csscnlng the annoyance caused by Chicago
sewerage TO towns on that river. Mayor
| Roche and the commission will meet the Off
| cIals OF other towns insterestcd. and q COM
mittec OF live viii be appointed by the May
or OF each town 10 meet In Chicago, Deccm-
her sth, with representatives % Chicago TO
formulate a plan Ia which all can cooperate.
Ina quarrel In saloon nj ~. Louis
Wednesday night John Russell, dramatic
manager. beat Frank Tannehill Jr., member
| 81 Kate Castlcton's Company, on the head
with beer glass. innicting serious injuries.
| The trouble originated between Harry Phil
lips and Tannclhll. and Russell, who inter
fcrcd a. a pcaccmakcr, was first struck by
| Tannchill.
Indiana officers AZ Newport, Ark, Thurs
cay. captured Barton Galloway, a negro. who
.llot into the crowd at Terro Haute, Ind,
election day and killed a white woman.