The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-29
WINGED MISSILES.


Five hundred dollars per ton was what
resident OF Wayne county, n. T., got for
three tons OF dried raspberries. raised on
nine acres Of land.
A government bill has beer introduced
In the German reichsrath 70 extend the
boundaries OF Vienna The measure will
double the population OF the city.
The creamatory has now taken the place
OF the Potter's field In Paris. All I'M
claimed bodies are cremated in tho new
establishment In Pere la Chaise.
The site OF Andersonville prison IL now
part Of large farm belonging 20 . negro,
aud the plantation OF Jefferson Davis Is
now owned by one OF his former slaves
ST. Valentines Day Is rapidly vanishing
from the popular regard In New York
City the mails showed no increase on that
account this year, and the valentine deal
ers admit that their business Is gone.
Riots have occurred in Switzerland. grow
ing out OF the prohibition by the govern
ment OF Salvation army meetings. Many
people have been injured and number OF
the disorderly Salvationsis have been ar
rested.
A sharp little boy In Georgia who was
kicked by mule, instead Of saying
naughty words or going home crying TO his
mother, tied the mule within i've feet OF n
beehive, backed him ROUND 10 IL and let
him kick
A mountain slide at Dixon's bar. fifty
miles from waservlle. CD, completely
damned the Trinity River. Near San Jose
the water rose 10 the door Of q house 800
feet above the river The river IL gradual
ly cutting a new channel.
Stegniak. the exiled Russian nihilist.
lives quietly In London with his gifted
wife, and the two spend much time In the
British Museum, ransacking books and
is rarely seen at the clubs or In society,
although he has a host of friends.
Sam Wan Kec, the wealthiest and most
influential Chinese resident OF boston, has
obtained leave from the government 10
visit his native land and return TO this
country. The Chinese restriction law
seems TO be elastic enough To admit c.
lestial merchant who Is not a .laborcr.
The viscountess Kingsland, who recently
died In London at an advanced axe, led "A
very sad life She was the widow OF the
last viscount Kingsland, who died more
than fifty years ago. Through the dis
honesty OF a trustee the viscount was re
duced 10 extreme poverty. and was forced
TO earn her living by her needle.
Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist
and poet, has been happily married for over
thirty years but has only one child, son,
who was formerly connected with the
Swedish legation at Washington. Mrs.
Ibsen Is the stepdaughter Of Magdalena
Thoreson, the Norwegian poctess. The
poet left his native land In 1894. aud has.
since lived in Rome and other Italian
cities.
The eruption OF Krakatao In 1889 do.
stroyed all animal and vegetable life In the
sea around H. and covered the coral reef OF
the shore under bed OF ashes and pumice
stone over sixty feet thick Nevert heless,
| according TO the observations OF DIR. Slut
ter. Dutch naturalist, young shore reef
Is now forming on this volcanic layer, and
has already attained the breadth OF u
meter.
BrownIng's grave was made about four
feet deep. like the others In Westminster
Abbey. The soil Is dry, red sand. tho
collins are placed In the earth, and q quaint
ity OF charcoal Is added AS a sanitary pre-
caution. One OF the traditions OF the sb.
hey Is that nothing but handful OF bones
remain after seventy or hundred years.
The actual decomposition Ia accomplished
in fifty years
new crime has developed at Manches.
ter. II is called ''scuttling.n and consists
In a party OF young men and girls lying la
wait for obnoxious fellow worknen or for
"scabs," and hustling beating and kicking
them upon the public streets. IL has got
40 common that the magistrates have Ia.
iicted severe sentences upon several
girls and young men for the purpose OF
breaking IL up &-.
The Panama Canal 10 reported completely
finished aud nayigable between the Attain
tic and Bohio- Soldado, distance OF twenty.
eight French kilometres. The average
depth Ii twenty seven feet On the end
inst the French commission appointed by
the liQuidator 10 examine the work will
sail from New York for Paris, and they
are fully resolved, II Is said, TO recommend
tho prosecution OF the work 20 completion.
In the vino cellar under the Hotel de
VILE Bremen. there are twelve cases OF
holy wine. each case inscribed with the
namo OF one of the Apostles IT. was
deposited in its present resting place ~,
years ago. One case OF this wine consist
ing OF Ave oxhofts OF o0l bottles. cost 800
rix dollars In 1924. Including tho expense
OF keeping up the cellar. interest on the.
original outlay and upon interest, one OF
those oxhofts would to-day cost CSC. 657 $40
rIx dollars. or shout q. 00oo 900 bottle.
The Bay OF Fundy forms Guide. sac a
which the Atlantic Ocean seems TO have
taken spite. and az regular Intervals pour