The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-28
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back that the city is one OF the worst
handled in the country, the city authori-
ties having no thought OF keeping things
within tho narrow limits OF the law.
They will not assist in keeping order,
will make no arrests when decent men
are beaten, and turn deaf ear TO any
entreaty Tor protection. This IL certain
ly very bad condition Of affairs, and
will not result creditably 10 the iron hub
Of Gogebic county. Such government
greatly Injuries place. Ii will be n
difficult matter To secure manufacturing
enterprises that the city 80 much asks
for il no better order can be maintained.
-Ishpeming Iron Ore.
The annual report OF the treasurer OF
the Calumet and Hecla Employees Aid
fund shows that the company donated
TO the fund s2.077.5O; received from
employees, $20,770.50; dividends from
3S2 C. & II. shares, $5.730; oyerpay,
1885; total receipts, SAT ,306.S5. Dis
bursements aggregated $47, 1O4, OF which
S25, 279 was for 1869 cases OF sickness,
Sl0,500 for total injury (twenty-one
cases) and S9,315 for injury. The assets
on hand May /, 1894, were: Cash,
81 ,966.46; 1872 shares G. 4 III. stock,
sol 1892; total. 500. 425.79.
Almost everyone has heard OF the boy
who didn't care whether school kept or
not" but here liz case where the citizens
Of a town don't seem To care whether
their town keeps or not Manistique has
no fire protection, and the other day
when wide-awake citizen 81 that burg
called meeting OF the taxpayers To
discus the question OF providing such
protection, he was compelled to adjourn,
as one man could not meet"
Charles j. Martin, "a well known meat
and livestock dealer, Of Marinette, il
missing, and fears are entertained for his
safety. lie left his home Saturday night
to go to Sturgeon Bay To buy stock. He
missed the steamer and the last seen OF
him he was in the company OF "a stranger
in search OF II sail boat As he had n
large sum Of money on his person ii is
feared that he has been ioully dealt with
Fourteen fire departments we're repre-
sented at the meeting Of the Upper
Peninsula Firemen's Association, at
which the following officers were elected:
II. A. Routhier, Ishpeming, president A.
j. Scott, Hancock, first vice president !;
j. T.. Bower, Crystal Falls, second vice
president; II. j. Flynn, Negannee, secre-
tary; l.. f. Crazy, Marquette, treasurer.
The officers OF the Association will con-
stitute the executive committee.
The Iron Port, OF Escanaba, calls upon
the citizens OF that city OF sand to
swell the receipts OF the post office for
the current year, in order to retain the
free delivery. II Escanaba is as success
iul in swelling the receipts Of it's post
office az il has been in Swelling" the
heads Of it's base ball players, the reten-
ton OF the Tree delivery is assured.
John Clegg, postmaster at Atlantic,
Eloughton county, plead guilty to the
charge Of embezzling post office funds.
He was brought up for sentence in the
United States court at Marquette, and
sentenced by Judge Sage to pay fine OF
$4SS and TO be confined at hard labor in
the Detroit House oi Correction for -FOUR
years.
Hancock sporting blood is at boiling
heat over the horse race to come of
there on August 10. Sam Payne's Erred
s." horse OF more than local fame, will
run against Nh unknown" for 81 900.
A loye-lorn lad OF Marinette swallowed
II dose Of caribolic acid TO end his misery,
but showed just little desire 10 live on
by copiously diluting the fiery fluid with
water. lie recovered.
Capitalists at Marinette are nego-
tiating for the purchase OF the plant
Of the Menominee River Sash x Door
company, with view to operating the
same.
The Taxpayers Association protests
against the issuance OF $75, 900 OF bonds
by Gogebic county, and will take steps
TO prevent the contamination OF the
deal
Larry Murray, Albert Riggs and Chris
Johnson left Menominee over week ago
in n sail boat 60 pick up logs ir the stray
log company, and are missing.
A Monominee man named Placede
Dcsiardins took drink Of Ice water and
was taken with cramps 40 violently that
he died the same day.
At last the copper country has n real
live weekly newspaper. The Houghton
County Progress continues to improve
every week
Two bicycle riders at Sault Ste. Marie
ran off the dock into the canal with their
wheels and were drowned.
Carlos ID. Sheldon, 81 Houghton, IL