The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-30
TIE TOWNS TALK
A Week in the Falls City Told
In Paragraphs.
Lumps OF Local Lore Boiled Down
for the Pleasure and Profit
OF the ausy Reader.

erecting building or purchasing lodge
home ON Superior avenue. Which will be
done, THE DIAMOND DRILL is informed,
has not yet been decided. but one or the
other is nearly certainty. A proposi-
ton has been mnde To the ladies ot the
w. &. T.. U. that the Odd Fellows erect n
building, 2IxSO feet in Dimensions and
two stories high on the w. c. 4. U. lot
on Superior avenue. just below Fourth
street. The Odd Fellows are willing to
furnish the first floor ot the building Tor
for the use 81 the Union while the upper
story would be devoted to lodge purpos-
cs Whether the ladies will accept the
proposition or not has not yet been
decided.
Now that the time Tor using the ham
mock out-oi-doors has come, the
following old rule for its proper adjust
ment will bear reprinting; The head end
should be six and one-qunrter feet from
the ground, and the foot end three and
three-quartersi siect-acurve which secures
the occupant the greatest ease OF
position. Next. the rope which iasttns
the head end suould be less than twelve
inchess long, while that which attaches
the hot should be four and u hall feet.
The object Of this arrangement is to give
the lower part of the body freedom in
swinging, while the head remains almost
stationery. II there are young ladies in
the house the proper place To hang IL il
where it will be easily seen.
The many friends and admirers Of Mr..
T.. Il. Osborne, Of Ishpening, will he
pleased 10 learn that lac has received the
appointment OF general solicitor Of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway sys-
tenn, "A position to which, The DIAMOND
DRIIL il informed, u ten thousand dollar
annuity Is attached. Mr. Osborne IL
now in Chicago making arrangements TO
open his office there. lie Is one al the
brightest attorneys in Michigan and by
his long connection with the Chicago x
Northwestern in capacity OF lesser
importance the directors Of that road
have found il out
Mr. aud Mrs. j. C.. Hooking. Of Dodge
villc Wis, are spending a week or two
with their sons, w. j.. Hooking, of this
city, and J. +. Hooking, oi Crystal Falls,
aud families. Mr.. Hooking has been
engaged in general merchandise nj Dodge.
Vile the past thirty.nine years, and this
is his first visit 20 Florence since 1892
lie is Il hale end hearty gentlemen, look
ing almost as young as his stalwnrt
sons. Florence Mining News.
Manager Roberts has decided that the
dynamo 40 long under repair, with un-
satisfactory results, at Menominee can
not be repaired in the upper peninsula
and he has, accordingly. sent il to the
iactory nt Pittsburg, Pa.
The calls for the Republican township
caucus for the township of Crystal Falls
and also for the Republican county and
state conventions, will be found at the
head Of the editorial columns in this i'm.
preston.
Miss Ruby Rowley returned yesterday
from Ypsianti, where she has been at
tending the Michigan State Normal.
Miss Rowley will teach department Of
the Crystal Falls public schools next
ycar.
A baby boy now brightens the home Of
Capt and Mrs. Thos. Hooking. The lit
tie stranger made his debut early in last
week, but escaped the eagle vision oi THE
DIAMOND DRILL census enumerator.
That tired Feeling which is 40 common
and so ovorpowering, IL entirely driven
OFF by Hoods Sarsaparilla. The best
blood purifier. Hoods Sarsaparilla
oyercomeS weakness.
Crystal Falls Lodge. +. & A. NJ, will
not accept the Invitation to participate
in the laying Of the corner stone OF the
new high school building at Menominee
ON July Fourth.
Joseph Hanson has received letters
patent ON his rifle invention, which, to-
gethcr with the model, has been sent 10
the government armory at Sprinfield,
Mass.
The marriage OF Miss Barbara Oswald,
Of Crystal Falls and Chas. Heuistis. oi
Atkinson, will occur at the homo 81 the
former on Monday afternoon next.
Mrs James McCourt returned from
Gogebic county on Thursday an,l will re-
maiu in the city until Monday OF next
week, when she will return.
Mai. ]. A. Sabin and vile and Mrs. G.
G. FpirchiId, their daughter. returned 10
their homes Ia Minneapolis and ST. Paul,
espcejIsely, on Monday.
w. g. 1,aing, of Iron Mountain, was In
ths city yesterday. lie reports "a slight
improvement In the hnsiness outlook In
Iron Mountain.