The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-07
RANGE ROUND UP.

Albert III. NeIlen has been appointed
postmaster at Quinnesec.
Mike White and Horace Hunter, OF
.Stanibaugh, captured two live deer last
week.
John Taft, AN invalid son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. l.. Taft, of Florence, died last
Saturday afternoon at the age OF twenty
two.
S. NJ /. Perelstein have sold their
clothing business at Iron River to Lewis
Bros, OF Marinette, who will continue
the same
THE return leap year party ut Iron
Mountain hast night WAS the grandest
affair OF the kind ever held on the
Nienominee Range.
Louis Lewiston, oil the Stephenson mine,
near Norway, was instantly killed by a.
falling tree on the 26th instant. lie was
thirteen years OF age.
Murphy * Alexander, headquarters at
Iron RIVER, banked nearly tive million
feet of pine ON the Iron and Nett rivers
during the past winter.
A chemist, name not given undertakes
Co show that the drinking water was not
the cause of the epidemic OF typhoid fever
at Iron Mountain last year.
A vacant building at Florence, owned
by Peter Sheridan, Of Fort Howard, WAS
partly destroyed by fire ON Friday even
ing Of last week. Origin, incendiary.
George Mckenzie, a worthless Florence
character, WIS arrested last week for
swindling several merchants OF that city
with the time check racket. he will
probably go over the road.
Menominee parties are negotiating for
the purchase of the Twin falls water
power, near Iron Mountain, owned by j /.
r. Jones'. In the event OF the sale taxi
ing place pulp mill il talked OF being
erected.
sixty-one Italians, az Iron Mountain,
natives OF San Bemiglio, Italy, have col
lected and transmitted the sum Of S12
lire to- "A church ut that place, the money
to be used for saying masses Tor their
deceased friends.
Albert Jackson challenges any man in
either Menpminee or Iron county To
walk twenty-four hours Ego as you
please" for 500 a side, the contest Co
take place In this city. Who will be- the
first TO step forward and test their en-
durance with Mr. Jackson Reporter.
IL has Just leaked out that Joseph
Eslick and Miss kittie Mcintyre, OF Iron
Mountain, were married at Florence,
Wis, last November. How Joe could
succeed In keeping the matterdark for 81
long time Is surprise 20 anyone who
has been in the neighborlood OF a barber
John j. Sipchen, OF Iron River, a
prominent gentleman and large land
owner in that end Of the county has
filed petition in the Iron county Circuit
court, praying said court 60 vacate 20
much Of the town plat OF j. J. sipchen's
first addition 60 the village OF Iron River,
comprising eighteen blocks and alleys ex.
tending through the same. The petition
win be brought up for hearing at the
May term Of Circuit court
On the night OF April 2, murder was
committed nt the Stephenson mine loca.
ton near Norway. The following is the
substance Ola dispatch TO the Milwaukee
Sentinel relative 20 the affair: "Mrs
Burke, a widow, was shot and Instant,
killed last night in the Stephenson mine
location by Pat Wade, who came here
from Waucedah. Mrs. Burke was tc
have been married next week and Wade
also had vainly sought Co secure her az
lection, determined to prevent her mar
riagc with another, II lac could not have
her himself. He had made some threats
but little attention was paid TO them
About $50 Monday night he met her IL
the mine location and pulling out q
revolver. declared that he was going Il
kill her. Before she could even speal
and before any 81 the spectators who
we're standing about could interfere. h.
fired, the ball entering her mouth ane
coming out at the skull. The terribl,
crime caused great excitement anon,
the miners. Wade was hurried 10 ia.
Jail 20 save him from violence. All night
armed men guarded the jail and IL was 4
question whether even they would b,
able Go protect him from the infuriatet
mob. Wade Is about forty years ole
and his passion for Mrs. Burke seems q
have frpnzied him.