The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
QUEEN COMMONWEALTH.
Interesting News Epitome Of the State Of Super
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The Marquette Daily Times has made
It's very modest bow 10 an anxious public that
had breathlessly awaited its advent for fort
| night. The Times IN very bright and newsy In
FAINT from it, telegraphic To It's local page, the
| latter bearing the uncomfortable ear.marks OF
that brilliant young journalist. Mr.. Webster
Dock, whose pungent pen IN sure 10 win popular
| ity for any Journal fortunate enough 20 com.
mand his services. While THE DIAMOND DRILL
hopes that unbounded SUCCESS may crown the
| Efforts OF all It's daily contemporaries la Mar
quette county aud especially the new born. u n
inclined TO be "A tribe skeptical on tho over,one
country daily question and fears that IN this
case the law Of the survival OF the fittest viii be-
painfully illustrated.
Mr.. Trucsdell, who essayed the role OF
Michael strogon' at Pierces's opera house Sat
urday evening left the company at this place.
and seven al stands OF six.foot "Truesdell's" arr
left on the company's hands. MIR Truesdell.
who was one OF the proprietors and was also
| treasurer OF the company, failed To show up az
| the performance Sunday evening and nvesti,
cation Monday revealed that Michael had skipped
out, taking with him, rs claimed by his part
| ner some six hundred dollars in cash. W j
| Salisbury Ii now taking the characters which
Mr.. Truesdell formerly appeared in,-lronwood
News Record.
A lively ARRAY that at first promised
| TO eliminate fatally occurred at Marinette ON
Thursday Of last week. The incidents which led
up to the affair were. one Or Golfer circulated
villainous and slanderous report about DR.
Frank Gregory, We'll known aud skillful physi-
clan OF the city. DIR. Gregory sought Dr. Golfer
with "A horse whip but before he was able 10 az.
| ply his cudgel. Golfer drew revolver and
hired on Gregory, The ball passed through the
fieshly portion OF the atter's thigh Just missing
the iemurai artery lively litigation promises
TO follow.
Mr.. Tim Donahue, who halls from Go.
gebic county, got into AN alteration with Pat
Clark at the latter's saloon. Nestoria. last Sat.
urday. and In n scrap he was struck over the
temple with beer glass which came near ending
his gay career He finally pulled himself togeth
er and took the evening train Tor L'Anse, where
his wound dressed, but he was pltiful looking
sight when he struck town. lie left Tuesday
with out making any complaint so that the
matter viii probably not be investigated
LAnse Sentinel
Hall Gladstone is on the jury at this
term Of circuit court A special ycnlre called
bali a dozen lucky fellows 90 the scat Of Justice
on Wednesday. Alderman siple. who was on
the regular panel WAS so anxious 10 gst at work
that he was ready aud waiting on the docks
Monday morning. smiling and snhcking his lips.
He was prevailed on by friends 10 wall "A day
and let the court look over the calendar before
he commenced 20 draw his per diem. For the
foregoing the Gladstone Delta must be held n
sponsbe.
According TO the P,ninsular Record,
ishpemIng. "a member Of the Marquette Mining
Journal stan was pelted with ancient elas one
night last week for attempting To incite "a mob
Of hoodums 10 rid the city 81 a medicine iakir,
whose license had been paid The takir proved
u better gellerel than the newspaper teller aud
succeeued In farming the tables on hin served
I'm right,
Christian 'Melby, Of lshpeming has
been appointed by Warden Malmborg, OF the
Marquette prison. TO al the vnct ncy occasioned
by the resignation OF Deputy Warden Smith.
The appointment IL said TO IL ~ judcious one.
II In high time that good official appointment
Of some kind was made IL kind o. breaks the
monotony, you know.
The copper country correspondent oil
the lshpcmlng Press has changed from the man.
agement of T.. l.. Kibbee To- W y. kibbee and Is
growing beautifully less IN size ana weight with
each succccding issue Of the spicy daily, Mr..
Htey,ps should reinstate the "old man" and
send the nrchin ~ school
The Marnotto Lumber Company re
Gently purchased 10000, 900 feet OF standing
pine on the upper Menominee, about fifteen
mirs ITpia inns v,y , mas w'so pu,u,'S s,.s
nov operated by ". scoheld a Go.
Base ball enthusiasts from Marquette
county and the copper country were at Mari
nette tho FIRST OF the week talking up league
Tor next season, comprising Marquette, Esca.
naba Iron Mountain, Menominee, Marinette,
Oshkosh and Fond du Lac.
A miner named Ole Osquist was terri
bly, injured at the Florence mine, Florence. last
Friday night lie was tramming orc IN a cham
bsf olgls III tbs shafts, When, misHlng his foot
hg. bsieil forty fet his aspapa tram Instant
death was miraculous,
The Huron Bay and Iron Range rail.
road is said TO he lp financial straits, why IL
Nae ever built and how u N expected To earn
chs result Of ono Of Nv james NJ, Turner's great
est mistakes,
Tho shaft 81 an abandoned mine, the |
Lowthian, near 1shpemlng, IL converted into "A |
scsRsascs for dead horses r IN. shaft at .psr.lal
animal matter, poisons the air la the vicinity.
An ANTICIPATED strike among servant |
girls II reported at Menominee Whether the /
demand OF the fair toilers will be for fewer
hours and more pay" or more pay and less /
children has not yet been ascertancd.
Ward and Mcdonald, two Schoolcrait |
county prisoners, who were sent 10 the Mar
quette prison last January Tor terms 81 Tour aud /
two years respectively. Tor robbery we're ne
leased on parole last week.
plgraDpp 1. Noel anil Mlsa Alec a.
fHesd va Ks, Me- esfhe srotm ,b Tvs iiaq
partner ~ this Grin ~ Rgdpur a Noel, puhilshers
hfthe AaFineite Argus,
Andrew Holm, nagman, was killed \
&C Marquette on "Wednesday oi last week He /
was haQNIng "a passing train and did not see an /
ore train approaching on the track on which he |
was standing.
According to the Mining Journal, Ma. 4
qustte Will have another Democratic weekly at
once. The Journal intimates the Democratic
state central committee II backing the enter
Prise.
The contract Cor the erection 81 new
school house ~ Iron Mountain has leun let 4
The new structure Will be % solid granite aud
WIN be erected Al n cost Of $4,000
II IN now given out ~ authentic that
the 500 line aud q. =. r. have been conso lidafed.
Probably " the truth were known, this would
not be very recent action.
James fiarcourt. who shot Dan Dunn,
WAS sentenced 70 ten years Imprisonment inthe
Ms,tspsill PFron and hoe pee' placed nsIdelhc
The spirits Of the people 81 Gladstone
are nov bouyant In the anticipation of u line az
.whalebacks TO ply between that point afd
nunalo.
The water IN the Menomince river N
said 20 be lower than n has ever been since the
great Pcshtiso hre oi 1871.
Hancock salvationists are about toI
sive up ~ disgust. verysad.