The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-07
CITY AND SUBURBS.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED IN AND
ABOUT A BUSY CITY.
ELECTION MATTERS - TWO AMI
AND POSSIBLY THREE TICKETS IN THE
FfELD--MRs. FRANK DEi,oRM DIES
IN wIScoNsIN-ANorHER SECRET
soCIErY-CHURClI MATTERS.
SEVERAL COLUMNS or
CITY HAPPENINGS.


A village caucus was held in the town
hall Thursday night in answer TO a call
previously made. The little room was
packed with prospective candidates and
their friends. Proceedings opened by
placing Hon. NJ. ID. l.. Fuller in the chair
and James Wilkinson secretary. The
nominations up 60 street commissioners
were made by acclamation and are as
follows: For president, Jerome Il.
Schwartz; for trustees for three years,
John Harbour, Casper Abcrle Charles :.
Henry; for trustee one year 10 hll va
eancy, Charles g. Campbell; for clerk,
james Wilkinson; for treasurer, William
Doucet. There were three candidatesfor
the nomination of street commissioner,
Jacob Bender. Martin Rogan and Otto
Geske. The first ballot resulted in no
choice. The second ballot was cast and
the tellers found more ballots than they
could possibly count in two hours and
intimatcd TO the chair that some thing
must be wrong some whcre-to the best
OF their knowledge and belief not more
than two hundred people were in the hall
and at least six hundred ballots had been
cast. Chairman Fuller mounted ~ table
with suddenness hardly looked for IN
one Of his age, and made pretty little
speech, in which hc sta ted that the pur-
pose al the meeting was not for fun and
that il that sort OF thing was not discon-
tinued right there and then he would
step down and out, as be did not pro-
pose to preside at a meeting where any
bolot box stuifing was going on. The
chair was loudly applauded. 1t was
learned later that nm Iron River man
was in the gathering which readily nc
counts for the unusually large number cl
| ballots thrown in. Another vote was
ordered and this time resulted in the
nomination OF Martin Rogan as street
commissioners The remainder OF the
| ticket was made by reclamation and h
IA follows For assessor for two years
Joseph IT, Bower; for pound-master
Joseph relorme; for fire warden, Marvin
Buskrk. The ticket is regarded as the
strongest combination that eau be plac
ed in the field.
The Fire Department had n meeting
Tuesday evening and after the regular
order Of business was disposed ofand the
meeting adjourned. the boys had another
meeting which was Of political nature
they selected set Of village officers which
they will endeavor TO get into nOmina
ton and then support the ticket. Th'
proposed ticket is an exceptionally stronl
one and reads as follows; For president
ID. c. Lockwood; for trustees for three
years, j John Fisher, Casper Aberle, Thomas
Wills; for trustee for one year TO i'll
vacancy, Otto NJ. Brown for clerk, Henri,
i Il. Andersen; for treasurer, Adolph Lust
field; for marshal, Edward Day; To-
street commissioner; Jacob Binder; To-
assessor, y. w Brown; for pound mnst
er, Ray Leach; for fire warden, Mar
vim Buskirk.
There will be n primary election helt
in the town hall tonight for the purpos'
OF nominating set OF village officers.
Township politics arelookingu Fou
candidates for supervisor already in th'
field.
There is a likelihood that three villag
tickets will be in the field next Tuesday.