The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-12-19

..You'n take the road TO the right
over the hill az 'Brothers Feud.
said the liveryman. The bridge on
the lower road was washed away "a
the Storm
Brothers FeudP" said l. ''what
Is rhat?"
Aren't you acquainted in this
country Mop Wolf you can't be
Everyone within hundred miles. I
suppose. knows about Brothers Feud.
The way OF IL was when old Ellacot
died he gave his hrm undivided 10
his two sons They had no relatives
living Bnt they couldn't got
along together. and one OF them
brought suit Tor partition The place
was very hilly, ana WASH worth much
in the first place. And the lawyer
fees didn't mako IL any more valuable.
But they finally got the matter
through the court and the surveyor
came ont 70 survey tho place They
asked him who was 10 pay him. aud
he said they would each pay half the
expense OF partition. They agreed.
and he went ahead One OF them paid
and the Other didn't This was no.
body's loss but the surveyors but IL
made the paying brother SO mad 10
think that his brother had done less
than himself that he took up the di-
viding line stakes and set them over
two rods In his brothers land That
made his brother mad. aud he took ul
the stakes and set them two rods be-
yond the line. So they began quar-
rcling over that four rods Of hill land
that wasn't worth $40 an acre. But
the timber was fine. and when tho
buyers came along and offered $50
thousand for stayo timber Jim and
Joe began quarrelipg in earnest
Each one hired gang OF choppers
and the choppers took up the light
for IL did seem the likeliost timber
grew in the disputed strip. Why.
those choppers had regular battles
thers and tho sheriff had to go out
with posse. Three men were killed
Just chopped TO death with axes.
We have had more criminal cases from
that four rods OF sand and gravel than
from all tho rest OF the county We
finally had TO get out D company OF
militia when the buyers run up the
price % go thousand II was worth
something than. But each fellow
spent all he made from his trees. de-
Tending his suits and when the timber
was finally gone and The price fell
there stood about the only good wal
nut in the county That is worth
good deal OF money now All the rest
Of tho walnut sold years ago and 1t
was wor.h nelr It's weight IN silver.
We'll. II you 90 there to-day you
will most likely see two grdy-haircd
old men sitting one on each side OF
TINT strip Of timber each one with n
rifle bcsde him and waiting 10 kill the
other II ho steps on tho strip hey
both swear they will stay right there
till they die. suppose they will. but
II either OF them gets reckless and
ventures on the strip his brother will
shoot him sure, You SEQ, the ground
is worth n good deal now The men
were so busy fighting iu the timber
time that they didn't have time to cut.
Good by. Take the right hand road
when you CONS TO the hill The bridge
is gone on tbs other one.
found the Brother Foad' wi h
out any trouble and looked with great
interest for the two insane brothers.
They had been so devoted 10 their
J quarrel they had never married and
they lived all atone each in little
cabin thor father had given thom As
drove along ! saw "a group OF neigh
bors about one OF the houses Az tho
door OF the other sat trembling.
! palsied old man. with rifle across
his unsteady knees | went up TO tho
! crowd and iound that Jim was dead.
Been dead two or three days when
We found him. said The noighbor.
What more docs his brother
WANT asked lie still seems to DO
on guard"
''Woll. he is SO deaf he can't hear
when we hollor over and tell him. and
he is so blind he couldn't sec whom
his brother fell down by the log here
and died. Besides he has lost his
reason. lIo will never know that the
brot lers' fcud is ended. "--Chicagc
Herald