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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-06

The Iron County Mining company i'll n
corporation recently organized 90 do
business In this county. The company
has lease az the north hall of the
north-west quarter of section thirty
three, 44-3l. and thereon IL promising
prospect Work was commenced there
about three months ago by NJ Buskirk
and A. j. Harding. A shaft shows con
siderable ore, hut the operators we're
Handicapped for want 81 capital and
could not develop the find. The loca.
ton is high ground, aud mo- water 10 i'm
terIere with the work. which can b. car
ried Co considerable depth withi at a e
aid os pumps or other machinery II a. ,
sired. The company will GO nn at once
and develop the property thoroughly
and there is hardly 4 doubt bnt that
another mine will be added to the al
ready long List Ia this district. Messr-.
BuskrS and Harding did a wise thing
in calling on home capital and choosing
men OF business influence 20 Assist them
in an enterprise that IL site Go bring a
valuable return which will benefit Crys-
tai Falls. Following are the articles OF
Incorporation;
We who have enbscribcd this instrument do
hereby associate ourselves together for the pur.
pose ~ forming company under tha name
aud IN accordance with an net oi the ee-
Islature 81 the state 81 Michigan. approved
May 10, 1877. entitled IAN act 60 revise the
laws providing Tor the incorporation Of com.
panes for mining. smelling and manufacturing
iron. copper, silver, mineral. coal aud other
ores or minerals and to fix hedntles and habiii-
ties of such corporation" Ind Of the acts
amendatory thereto and 70 that end IN accord
ance with the said statutes We do hereby state
and agree a. follows
FIRrr. The purpose for which this corpora.
ton Il formed, are exploring for and mining iron
ore and other minerals
SECOND. The capital stock Of this corpora.
tion shall be the sum az FIVE hundred thousand
dollars and shall be- divided into twenty thous-
and shares Of twenty-five dollars each
THlRD.--Eo cash has been paid la upon such
capital stock but AN option for mining lease
for twenty years for mining purposes upon the
land IN the county 81 Iron. and state Of MIGHT
gan. described ns the north hall of the north
west quarter 81 section thirty.three, if-'il !,
Michigan has been conveyed 10 said corporation
cOntemporaneously herewith aud pOssessesa
cashvalue of twenty thousand dollars
FouRrH THE names 81 the stockholders
their respective residences and the number OF
shares held by each In tins corporation are as
follows:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-06
FROM THE MINES.
NOTES FROM THIS AND OTHER
MINING DISTRICTS.

ORG ,NizATIoN or THE IRON COUNTY MINING
COMPANY TO OPERATE THE BUsKlRK-
HARDING FIND N THE MicHi0 FANNIE DIS
TRicT THE ARTIcLEs-A TRULY HOME
ENTERPRISE AFTER THE LEE PECK
MiNE-BRlEF MINING NOTEs-REPoRIs
or ORE AND PIC IRON Markets.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-06

GENERAL FEArurEs or THE rRApE-iRoN
OItE--pi0 IRON

The Cleveland Iron Trade Reviews
resume Of the week In iron circles:
GENERAL FEkrtnEs. Quictnees aud dcmoral-
xntlon nr prominent features Of the iron mar
ket. The financial disturbance IN London and
New York have produced thur natural effect In
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
SAMUEL JACKSON RANDALL.

In the death of Samuel Jackson Ran
dali at his modest home in Washington
City on Sunday morning the country has
lost its ablcst statesman AMI the Demo
cratic party Its greatest ltalu. No man
since the days of Jefferson and Tildcp
combined such essential elements Of
leadership. He did more to keep the
Democratic party together during the
past twenty-five years, and more to re-
store it to power than all those combined
who have been reading him out of the
fold His integrity, ability, aud courage
commanded the respect and admiration
of his political opponents as well as of
his friends. No man ever served in either
branch of Congress that had more fully
the confidence of the people.
Although other, who had performed
little for their party in comparison to this
true and tried statesman had taken bis
place disappointment did not embitter or
unnerve him. He stood conspicuous
amongst the statesmen of the country.
He could look around, to the last, with
complacency, behind with pride, and
to the future without fear.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
Ludlow Street Jail Managemens.

Ludlow Street jail, in New York city,
has been famous for years the country
over as the place in which such men as
Tweed, Ward and Ives underwent con-
finement while waiting trial and SEN
tence. 1t has come prominently into
notice again through the charges of a
New York paper, which recently Sc
cured the incarceration of one of its re-
porters in disguise. The reporter found
that money was as potent in a prison as
in a store. He made merry within the
walls, and went out when he chose
that is on payment to his guard of $40
per hour for the time of their absence
from the Jail OF course, the officials
may be able to explain everything, but
at present there is a scandal and an in
vestgatiou.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18

In more peaceable lines of endeavor
the man has invented several things that
are curious, and, to degree, practicable.
His house or ''hermitage" is an example
of this. 1t is cunning contrivance
composed of glass and wire screens, so
arranged that the framework can all be
withdrawn. With the glass walls in, it
is a snug winter home; with the glass
removed it is a delightful and pictur-
esque summer villa.
Custer first saw the light of day in Swift
zerland, in 1887, and emigrated to the
United States in 1866. For D time he
was nurse at the Alexian Brothers
hospital in st. Louis. Then he peddled
pictures, tried book Canvassing, and
finally became philosopher hermit,
cobbler and inventor. Even his bed is a
personal contrivance, for in summer he
can lower it to the bottom of the cellar,
and the stove and other household appli-
ances have received Improvement" at
lis hands.
The mans habits are simple, and since
the death of his two cats ne has had no
companion. He leads comparatively
peaceful existence amid his. warlike sur
roundings. When funds run out he
works at cobbling for while, but when
his purse is full the door is closed and a
sign hangs above the entrance, Joe is
busy" He and man named Mullick
have recently gone into partnership, and
expect, ultimately, that the French and
American governments will take up their
man carrying, wire springing cannon.
At the least computation Custer has
wasted several thousands Of dollars on
his inventions and in remodeling his
house. This latter job he undertakes
every six months.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
A TWENTY YEARS VIEW.
FIVE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN PROMl-
NENT THROUGH TWO DECADES.

How They Looked at the Beginning of the
Heroes of the Forum, the Study. the
Stage and the Frontier.
When added years bring added honor,
and when the crown of silver hair is
crown indeed, it must delight the aged
sage or statesman, as well as the man of
affairs, TO look back to the days when the
first triumph was scored in life's battle,
and to recall again the blood tingling ex-
ultatiOn with which the first shout of
popular approval fell upon young man
hoods eager ear. The laurel may have
wreathed the brow amid the shock of
battle, the plaudits of the theatre or the
calm repose of the library, but the time,
the circumstances, the surroundings, can
never be forgotten. The years go by.
There are other struggles and greater tri-
umpls, but none so sweet as that first
success And as the progress of time
indicates the approach of the end of
things earthly, the new generation bows
in reverence before embodied worth, and
delights to pass in review the deeds
which have raised the objects of their
admiration from the plane of mediocrity
to the heights of fame.
There are many men who have sus-
tanned through years of labor the prom
ise of their youth and won both honor
and fortune by the trained use of excep-
tional talents. To display and illustrate
the upward progress of a few among the
many, and to indicate where they stand
now and where they stood a score of
years ago, is the object of this article.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
NOT SPECIALLY HILARIOUS.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Tri6-
une, fguratively speaking, has not been
wearing its customary smile of late. 1t
apparently is not in particularly heavenly
mood over our new city affairs. Its love
for the old dynasty has not been super
seded by love for the new organization.
The truth is, it has been kind of out of
sorts eyer silce the inaugural exercises,
which was made quite manifest by its sew
eral little editorial comments in last
Wednesdays issue.
Last evening IL rehashed its tale Of
woe" on the salaries proposed to be
given to the new city officials, and is
really pathetic. 1t is thought that some
of the readers of the Tribune wept, es
pee ally those who ran the machine IN
the borough of Johnstown and have been
placed amongst the back numbers. When
the salary of the Burgess of Johnstown
was raised from nothing to 5000 year
there was no wailing, and the Tribune re-
mained as mild as sucking dove. 1t is
not the salaries alone, however, that is
troubling the Tribune, but everything
connected with the new city appears 10
meet its disapproval. We are afraid it is
becoming chrome growler. Ever since
the new officers were sworn in it has been
finding fault, as reference to some of It's
sayings will show.
Speaking of the Inauguration demon
strations it said 1t was neither success
full nor magnificent, except in narrow,
bigo!ed, democratic sense. 1t otherwise
was a botch in its inception and execu-
ton" Rather severe reflection On
somebody. And as to the salary qurs.
tiou it seems 10 have lost all patienc,
with the idea of qujd pro Quo comnensa,
tions. Replying to an item in the Altoona
Tribune in its discussion of Altoona
finances, it ungraciously said, "Doubl,
the salaries of your city officials even if
you haven't any finances, and are Tecciv-
ing thC gifts of the charitable all over the
world on account of your impecunIusity."
Whew, how the fur flies
Not being able to see "what the stu
pidtY, or bigotry, or jealousy of the
managers of the Inauguration ceremonies
bas to do with the City Government" il
slaps the new organization in the lace by
saying sit will so on, and, that too, in a
most extraordinary manner" and init
mates that what it calls the "gobling u-
augurated by the present City officials"
will bc attended with further cxtrava.
gaucc, if not corruptio9;' saying, they
have shown their hands and characters
very early in the game" This is the bit
terness of gail.
Finally, it took revenge on Mr.. John
Gruber, Councilman from the XIth ward,
by an innutndo in the shape of what t
characterizes as connecting link be.
tween him and Rose" 1t then took its
farewell of said Gruber by surrounding
his name with four large, black, ominou,
lines, such as newspapers use in putting
their papers in mourning. Does that
mean political death, or what?
The condition OF the Tribune just now
is deplorable, buJ after the new city is put
in running order, ard spring opens out
and the weather becomes warm and
balmy, our contemporaries spirits will re-
vivc, and he may be happy yet, you
bet "
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
Walked up Eniectuany.

a lethargic dormant condition OF the liver Is
hardly TO be overcome with drastic cathartics
and nauseous cholagogues. A gentler. pleas
arousng the organ when somnOlent. This IS
Hostetters Stomach BltteTs, vOuched for by the
medical fraternity tested by the public for
many years. resumption by the hillary organ
OF It's secretiYe function, with the the activity
attendant upon health, return 20 regularity of
the bowels, and renewal OF digestion, are the
no less happy results OF using the bitters Sys-
tematically. It's laxative effect Is never painful
and drenching. its tendency being rather to pei
petuate regularity than TO produce coplous
action. Malaria, nervousness, debility, Kid
ney troubles and neuralgia IL subdues effect
ually.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18

On Long Island, fifty miles east of
Brooklyn, there is a curious lake called
Ronkoukoma. The waters of the lake
sink to shallowness for a space Of three
years and then gradually rise during the
succeeding three years. The filling up
process has just begun and is being
watched with much attention by scien-
lists. The phenomenon has been a mat
ter of ofrecord for oyer q century.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18


such an impression that the easily reused
audience rushed upon the stage to ascer-
tain whether the death was actual or lic-
titiou5. Salvini has been a soldier as
well as an actor. In 1S49 he entered the
army of Italian independence, and fought
valiantly for the defense of his country.
After the proclamation of peace he re-
turned to the stage, with which he had
been connected from childhood, and
made steady progress in public favor,
In 1865, at Florence, the sixth centenary
of Dante's birthday was celebrated by
the production of Francesca di Rimini,"
a tragedy founded on an episode in the
"Divina Commedia," and ltaly's four
greatest actors filed the leading roles.
One of these was Salvini, the other three
being Rossi, Majeroni and Nine. Ristori.
Salvini first visited America in 1874, and
his artistic methods are familiar to the
American theatre goer. He is man OF
courteous manners, magnificent physique
and distinguished appearance.
William f. Cody enjoys a reputation
not at all in touch with that earned by
the celebrities with whom he is grouped.
While Evarts was eXpounding the law,
Holmes writing graceful verse, ,Danaguid-
ing public opinion and Salvini dominat-
ing the stage, Buffalo Bill was cut on the
American frontier fighting the Indians
and aiding to make the country safe for
civilization and the farmer. 1t is little
more than twenty years ago-n the
spring of 1868, to be exact-that Cody
won his spurs. He was already a noted
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18

Those who go down to the sea in ships
must be prepared for disaster, although
modern methods have eliminated many
of the old time perils of ocean travel.
Vigilance, however, is the price of
safety, and because q sunken rock was
not marked on the captains chart the
great steamer Quetta now lies fathoms
deep off the northern coast of Austria
liza. One hundred passengers lost their
lives in the disaster.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
Seeking Homes in Oklahoma.

The influx of negroes to Oklahoma is
attracting much attention. There seems
to be an organized plan afoot to make
the new territory the center of industrial
activity and intellectual achievement for
the colored people of America. Among
other things a negro university is to be
erected with the object of furnishing the
youth of the race with facilities for higher
education.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
The Octorenarian Pnne.

Pope Leo has now passed the eightieth
milestone of life. Although ailing in
body he retains his mental vigor to 4 re-
markable degree, and this despite the re-
currence of fainting fits. He is the two
hundred and fifty-eighth pope who has
occupied the seat of Peter. His sacer-
dotal career covers a period of fifty-two
years, and he has been the visible head
of the Roman Catholic church for twelve
years.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18

SCRoEULA is transmitted from parent to
child, and thus becomes family inheri
tance fOr.generations. 1t is,thernforc, the
duty Of every scrofulous person to cleanse
his blood by !. thorough and persistent
course of Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18

achieved Q IN j.
nence in 1870.
AS the leading
counsel for Pres
ident johnson in
the i'm pea C h
ment trial, and
later as attorney
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18

After IA varied experience with many
so-called cathartic remedies, am con
wheel that Ayers Pills give the most
satisfactory results. | rely exclusively on
these Pills for the cure OF liver and stom-
aeh complaints. john Q. Bell, Sr., ,Abll
cue, Texas.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
ral e. q A MAD INVENTOR.

The Hermit nf -. Louis aud His Contriv-
ancrS CoF Dealing Death.
Joseph Custer is hermit. He lives in
st. Louis and spends the money earned
by cobbllng in trying to perfect series
of remarkable inventions, among them
dynamite gun, pneumatic gun, bal
loon cruiser and other death dealing in
struments. Among the latest produc-
tions of his brain is gun that will fire
a shell containing a man, on, if wanted,
a shell that has bobbin inside, which,
when exploded, will string telegraph or
telephone wires from one point to an
other. For some reason the patent Office
refuses to grant patents to Custer on his
devices, the war department refers him
to the board of fortification, and that
board in turn refers him to the patent
office. This want of success is so per-
sistent and continuous that Custer says
he will hold the national cabinet respon-
sible for loss of time and money.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
CURVES AND TWISTS IN BREAD MAXIM

CURVES AND TWISTS N BREAD MAKING.
When some Of Mr.. Petrozywalski's GUS
toners have grumbled that they didn't
get fresh bread on Sundays, her majes-
tvs forbearance regarding the non-re-
ceipt Of supplies on that day was quoted
to stop complaints, But as the queen
always likes her bread little stale, she
may not sympathize with those who pre-
fer it fresh. When the Empress Freder-
ick was staying with the queen, rye bread,
of which the empress is fond, was sent
to the palace. The queens baker gets
paid once month. Many of the loaves
which he. supplies figure in the bills at
about twenty-five cents American money
each.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
THE BREAD THE QUEEN EATS.
1t Is Made by a Polish Exile nndA Serve,
In Fancy Shapes.

1t Is Made by Polish Exile mn,sA Served
In Fancy Shapes.
Queen Victoria's partiality is foe Wen
nese and French bread, and she desires
it served in fancy forms, including all
sorts of curves and twists. One roll is
made like little manikin. This is sup
piled for the qualification of the queens
grandchildren when they sit at her mai
esty's table in Buckingham palace. S.
Petrozywalski, a Polish refugee, to whom
the prince consort took great fancy
years ago, is the baker for the royal ta-
bic and the creator of the fancy designs
shown in the illustration. They are
served only in London, as it was found
inconvenient to ship the supplies to
Windsor
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18

nlgn place even
after. Since then he has played many
parts on life's stage. In 1872 he was
counsel for the United States in the
tribunal of arbitration on the Alabama
claims at Geneva.
He next attracted public interest when
he appeared as leading legal adviser to
Henry Ward Beecher in the suit brought
against the celebrated divine by Theo-
dore Tilton. He also argued the Repub-
ican side of the electoral case before the
commission, and when Mr. Hayes sue
ceeded to the presidency Mr.. Evarts be-
came secretary of state. Now, at the
age of ~, he is United States senator
from New York. Small in stature and
apparently feeble he still possesses tre-
mendous mental energy, and is as elo-
quent as in-the days when he pleaded the
great causes that made him famous. He
might almost be called the Warwick of
the States, for he saved Andrew johnson
from impeachmenJ and secured Hayes in
the title to his seat. AS noted above,
both those presidents rewarded him
amply.
Tommaso Salvini, the Italian tragedian,
is younger than at least three of the men
mentioned here. He entered on his 61st
year Jan. 1, 1890, contented with the
laurels he has gained, and willing, from
the repose Of private life, to watch the
onward progress of his handsome and
clever son. Twenty years ago Signor Sal
vini was driving the Madrilese wild with
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18


bridge to cross the streams. The self
sacrificing spirit and marvellous endur-
ance of Buffalo Bill made SO great an
impression on Gen. Sheridan that he
called the scout to his headquarters and
said: "Cody, l appoint you chief of
scouts of the command"
The writer, when on the frontier, after
the Custer massacre, saw an instance of
Cody's nerve, A scouting party was
riding among the foothills of the Wind
River mountains, in Montana. While
going through a small defile from its
sides came the crack of rifles. Every
one seemed paralyzed but Buffalo Bill.
"Its death to run; there's chance in
fighting" he cried. Sup with you,
boys" And he led the way A dozen
Indians composed the ambuscade. They
were ''good" Indians when the skirmish
ended The whites lost one man.
While in the government service Cody
did gallant work until the year subse.
quent to the Custer massacre saw the
hostile Indians subdued. He was long
the idol of the frontier, and the enthusi-
astic cowboys of the Platte elected him
to the Nebraska legislature. At present
he is displaying his handsome figure and
his Wild West show to the nations of
Europe. He is man whom the judg-
ment of future historians will rank with
Daniel Boone and Kit Carson as bull
wark of the border.
About two decades ago Charles Ander-
son Dana began to insist that The New
Yorl Sun shonln china for oil nnI A..
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18

The affray between the two occurred
recently in the Capitol building, at
Washington, and was the elimination of
quarrel of long standing, which began
nearly two years ago with the publica-
tion in The Louisville Times of an ar
ticle rejecting on Mr.. Taulbee's charac-
ter. The ex-congressman has been for
some while a notable figure at Washing
ton. Tall, strong and possessed of a
powerful voice, his physical attributes
always gained him recognition by the
speaker whenever he chose to express
his views on any measure pending,
which was not seldom. He began man
hood life as a student for the ministry,
but abandoned the church for the court
house, and became lawyer. He is a
lawyer, 80 years of age, and first came
under general notice when elected to
congress some years ago. Charles +.
Kincaid Is 35 years old, of slight build,
and, when the trouble eliminated in the
shooting, was just recovering from an
attack of typhoid fever. After leaving
college, and when only of age, he was
chosen magistrate of Kentucky village,
and thus acquired a right to the title of
judge. He has held several positions of
public trust and emolument, and is at
present the Washington correspondent
of The Louisville Times. He has ira
veled a great deal, is society favorite,
and comes of excellent family.