The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-02-04
STATE NEWS.
MICHIGAN.


There are 400 veterans In the Michigan
soldiers Home.
The senior class Of the Michigan state
Normal numbers ioe.
The sheffield Car Works az Three
Rivers, suffered fire loss OF $4,000; mily
insured.
Deep snow Ia Michigan woods has inter
fered with numbering operations, and many
mills have shut down.
The Michigan Gold Company, mining
near fshpcning, has suspended operations
until spring ON account OF cold.
-. kaub, aged 80, resident or wyman,
while walking or the Grand Rapids a In
diana track, was struck by an engine and
killed.
II. :. Gordon, Of sumner Township, Gra-
tlot county, has a Spanish dollar that he and
his father have carried for pocketpiece over
nifty years.
w. III. Richard, Deputy sheriff, and a
wealthy farmer, fell over into the manager
dead while feeding his horse AZ his home
near Ashton.
- Mrs. VI. II. Houk, widow at Coldwatcr,
has commenced suit in the sum of $4,000
against DIR. J.. VI. Long. prominent physi-
Edward Dunn, a cattle dealer Of Adrian,
was found In wagon thrce-quarters Of u
mile from the town, frozen Ia death. He
was bringing calves 10 market.
Two pinerymen were killed in the
Michigan woods william Curriston, aged
~, near vestaburg, by falling tree, and
Edward Hall, near Reed City, by q log roll
ing over him.
Hattie Olney was arrested az Bay City
for throwing her 6-weeks-old baby between
the ears Of Michigan Central train, where
IL was cut In two. The child Il said 70 have
been illegitimate.
AT Detroit Charles T.. Young. Secretary
Of the Michigan Carbon Company, was ar
rested for embezzling it, funds. A dcfalca-
ton OF $4,000 has already been discovered,
with indications that 1t will reach a greater
sum.
The Michigan Grand Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, concluded its sessions &c
Grand Rapids "Wednesday by the election
and installation OF officers Benjamin r.
Watts, Of Ann Arbor, was chosen Grand
High Priest.
The w. G. Il. u. Of Bay City, protests
against the Use OF pictured faces and forms
of women a. advertisements for tobacco and
whisky, and dcnomces the practice as n de-
graduation TO womanhood. An appeal Is
made 20 ali newspapers 10 help denounce the
practice.
kelly and Farran, the Hartford safe rob
bers, who were sentenced "Wednesday 10
three-and-one-half years each in the pcnlten-
tiary, escaped from the jail nj Paw Paw, but
were recaptured soon after. An additional
year 10 each sentence was then imposed by
the court.
About fifteen years ago suit was brought
against the village Of st. Joseph, 70 establish
the title TO property on the lake hluff now oc-
cupied as a public park. The Supreme
Court confirmed the verdict of the court be-
low, leaving the property In the possession of
the village.
AT o'clock In the afternoon, Jan. 2lst.,
big cave-in took place In the Hecla portion
OF the Calumet and IIccla mine, allowing
immense quantities of smoke and gas 20 es-
cape. Men at once started To OIL the place,
which Is fifty feet across. The mine will be
closed again.
Alta convention OF surveyors and engi-
neers &C Kalamazoo, Mr.. h. IIodgman accused
certain State supreme Judges OF having ''wrii-
ten series of decisions that will, in their
practical operations, unsettle surveys and sub
divisions of fractional sections covering one
third Of the land Of Michigan