The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-07-07
DIAMOND DRILL CORES.

Road Overseer Ralph Prince is doing
good work on the Sheldon A shafcr road This
wagon way has long been In a most deplorable
condition, during the spring IL was almost Inn
passable and was and has been up TO the present
time source OF great annoyance 10 residents at
the Mastodon, Dunn and Sheldon A. shafer mines
"a well as 20 those at this end. by reason OF the
pitch holes, sharp hills, wash-outs and uneven
places. Mr.. Prince IL doing away with AL OF this.
The road IL being widencd 10 double It's present
size, corners cut OF. leveed and all Of the stumps
roots and snags removed. When the work In
progress II completed that strip Of road will be
one of the most pleasant drive ways In this por-
tion OF the county and reflect much credit on the
skill Of Mr.. Prince ns "A road maker.
A. Justified, OF this city, and j. l..
Newell, OF Washington ID. g., will soon be grant
ed United States letters OF patent on anovel and
matte clasp. which viii serve In an endless var
iety Of capacities. amongst them "A hose sup
porter. sleeve holder. neck tie stay, etc. Com
missioner shniler Duryes. former chief clerk IN
worthy inventions TO come under his notice and
bids the inventors not To be In too much Of n
hurry In disposing OF the right. New York and
Chicago parties are negotiating for the purchase
of the Invention.
1t was a saying, once upon time, that
a mud turtle placed on It's back could not turn
over onto It's ieet again. Turtles Of later day
are built entirely dIfferent--they will remain on
their backs Just while being placed there and no
longer. They are being made with longer legs,
Tor some reason or another and thus history
the great need Of advancement
A correspondent writes TO the Boston
Journal: Reading accounts OF so many being
lost IN the snow and fog, would call your nt.
tention 20 simple means OF determining the
Is by placing the point OF a knife blade or sharp
lead pencil ON the thumb nail, which VIII east a
shadow directly from the sun, no matter how
thick the snow or log IN. Try It."
Mosquitoes were never known To
La. 49,.
this summer. The pests scarcely ever came Into
I the city before but this year the people have
been bothered half TO death with the singing little
coming less numerouss. The very wet spring i
what caused such large crop.
The range newspapers are having con-
siderable sport at the expense OF TnE DIAMOND
DnILLs Florence correspondent, who, on June
| 10, predicted that Gresham and Lincoln would
be the result Of the Chicago convention. The
correspondent IN ~ wideawake hustler with a bip
"nose Tor news, but not much Of en,esser.
Contrary 10 predictions aud cxpecta-
sons deer s unusually plentiful ,hi. sumner
! ports having seen from one 20 hve Of the beauti.
hal creatures From the present outlook deer
hunting VIII be better this fall than for years.
Dan. Urquart and Others started out
em they ouad S"t ssesy
current TO the effect that the party got on n
! trail which brought them out at stager. about
twenty mites from the proposed destination.
Bird a valuable Irish Setter, belong.
late ia last week and injured so badly that IL wa.
! thos1eht best 60 kill him. Some one was tryinc
/ to heal the dog. whenit broke away and Jumped
iardlg under the wheels.
Sumner Hopkins has purchased the
street aud viii remodel and complete II forth
| With. When AL Of this II done himself and viii
| viii make that their home.