The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-28
WEST AND SOUTH.

A quack doctor who settled near Nevada,
Iowa, some months ago. won the confidence
OF tho neighbors TO such an extent that he
was able TO borrow good deal Of money
without security, his last exploit being 10
buy fine team and carriage of George Il.
kooscr, paying $50 down and giving a chat
tel mortgage on the outfit for the rest. Then
lac left with the team and is not expected
back unless the officers find him.
The cornerstone of Grant Memorial Hall
at the State University grounds at lincoln.
Neb.. was laid Monday with appropriate GER
em0nies.
General Rea, OF the G.. A. r., said at 81
Louis, Monday, that in the past three
months 1900 names had been added 10 the
rolls Of the organization.
The Luncr Brewery, OF Clinton, Ia, Mon
day won its appeal 10 District Court against
the condemnation OF a. 600 worth OF beer
seized by the Sheriff on a search recently.
the court ordering the beer returned. IL
also ordered permanent injunction against
the brewery, 10 take effect May /.
Blanche Connors, a woman Of mulatto and
Cherokee descent was convicted OF murder
In the first degree Mt Kansas City, Mo-, Mon
day, the first woman TO be 80 convicted In
that State.
English millers at st. Paul, Mimi, are
perfectng arrangements for the direct ship
ment OF Minnesota and Dakota wheat In It's
purity.
The Rev. John Riley, Of Topeka, Kan,
was convicted OF sending obscene matter
through the mails. Other charges OF I'M
morality are pending against him.
Is.,l no,oto,, stho potod c,vfsntnnr form
mated his s00-mlc SWIM at Evansville, Ind,
having lost scventy-six pounds Of flesh.
suit has been begun ut Springfield, H..
10 collect $4,000 from ex-United states
Marshal John Wheeler and his bondsmcn.
IL is claimed that this amount was collected
from the government for fraudulent aud illc-
gal fees. A criminal prosecution of the
case some time ago resulted IN an acquttal.
The new capitol nc Austin. Tex, was
opened for the first time, Saturday night
Captains Munoz and Cabrera. who recently
crossed over from Piedras Negras 70 Eagle
Pass, Tex. 10 arrest a deserter, were found
guilty by Mexican courtmartial Friday aud
each sentenced 10 ten years imprisonment
An announcement Of the q. Road that IL
will not agree to sustain rates after May 10th
Is taken TO mean that another freight war is
impending which will be The most severe
ever known IN the West
In the ruins OF the Bethel Home fire ut st.
Louis, three bodies were found Friday
morning, making four dead victims. Four
others are In the hospital. badly injured.
The struggles OF the frantic dodgers 10 es-
cape from the flames are said TO have been
desperate II Is believed that the fire was
OF incendiary origin.
An entire family named Lathrop. father,
mother and three children. occupants OF u
howell near Wolf River. at Embarrass, Wis.
were swept away by the floods Thursday
night and drowned.
Eight horse thieves were caught by an
armed posse thirty miles from Purcell, 1. r.,
recently, after a running fight. and strung
up without confessions or prayers. Some OF
the posse were killed.
| N. ID. Lester was hanged Friday, az Lcban-
on, Tenn, for the murder OF Lieutenant j.
4. Lane. On the scafiold Lester maintain
ed that his victim betrayed Mr.. Lester and
ruined his home, and also said that he ex-
pected 70 go straight 70 heaven.
Hriman w. jackson, OF the scventy-eighth
New York Volunteers, father OF Secretary
OF State jackson. of Iowa, died Friday, aged
| 20, NJ Washington, where he held an official
position In the War Department.
Senator spooncr will deliver the grafton
at the exercises on the field OF Gettysburg,
June 30 at the unwilling OF the monument
TO the Wisconsin soldiers who sacrificed
their lives there.
Eastern gentlemen some time ago pur-
chased marshes IN the vicinity OF Monroe,
Mich. and converted them into a hunting
preserve, comprising nearly all the fine
| shooting territory IN that district. Pot-huni-
efs and other sportsmen invaded the place,
and the Eastern folk, known rs the Monroe
Marsh Company. sued for tresspass. The
SUPREME Court decided Friday In favor Of
the Marsh Company.
Inaac kirkpatrick and his wife Puss, both