The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-12-08

THE first rain for FOUR months fell In
Arkansas putting ont the forest fires
which had done great damage.
THE eleventh annual report Of the
United states civil service commission
shows that from Jn'y /. 1888, 20 June
80, 1894, 4.3T2 appointments weremade
In the classified service, an increase Of
eighty-three over the previous year.
j. NJ. RAPoRr. who made a bet OF
s., 900 that he could leave New York
May 10 and walk to San Francisco be-
before midnight December /, won the
wager with only FIVE hours TO spare.
The Great Western Electrical supply
Manufacturing company OF Chicago
failed with liabilities of S30O,00O and
assets Of sTo0,oOO
Two MIN and two women who had
been engaged In smuggling Turkish
embroideries were arrested at Detroit.
HESRY STUSKLE, probably the
wealthiest farmer near Wichita.
Kan, was swindled out of $4,000 by
the three-card monte aud tin box
swindles.
By the burning OF n dwelling in
Miss Cullenden lost their lives.
A STATEMENT prepared az the inter
nal revenue bureau shows that the re-
eeipts for the four months ended octo-
Der 81 were s04, T49, $50, an increase OF
slO,Ss4,925 over the previous four
months.
1N his annual report Comptroller
Eclxles advises a change from u bond
to safety fund security as basis for
bank circulation.
FouR men who robbed the post Office
at Ticondcroga, n Y, were captured
by sheriff's posse after a desperate
fight.
SECRETARY GRESHAM declared untrue
the report that Minister DENLY had
cabled that the legation at Picking
was In danger
CORRECTED treasury figures show the
receipts from all sources during the
month OF November TO have been Sl9.-
All, 403, disbursements, S2s, Az. 1888,
which leaves the deficit for the month
50. O05. 7s5 and for the five months OF
the present fiscal year 500, 295, l52.
The public debt statement issued on
the Sd showed that the debt, owing to
the receipt ofgold for bonds, decreased
s31, T4a. $50 during the month OF Novem-
Der The cash balance in the treasury
was Si44, 507, sos. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to Ss70, $50. 9lo.
Another cut OF one-eighth OF a cent
per pound was made In sugar, bring
ing it to the lowest price on record.
THoMAs JOHNSON, of Odin, who had
been searching for his father for
twenty-three years, found him in the
ST. Clair county poorhouse at Mas
coutah. III.
j. S. ZERB, a New York electrician
and inventor, brought suit for 100000
against the Westinghouse company
for infringement OF patent.
EAsT-BoUND shipments from Chicago
were at n. lower ebb than at any cor
responding period for fifteen years.
ONE OF the finest buildings in Utica,
n. y. occupied by Comstock Bros,
wholesale druggists. was burned, the
loss being $4,000
AT Galliopolis, O.. Oliver Anderson
was murdered by Elswick Boster and
Harry Martin was shot by Rosters SON.
JoE MIrcHELD's house at Manistique,
Mich, was burned, and two boys, aged
and years, pcrished Mrs. Mitchell
left her children locked in the house
while she called on n neiRhbor.
THE business portion OF Tingley, Ia,
was destroyed by fire.
The North Platte (Neb) national
bank closed it's doors with liabilities OF
S75, 900.
GEoRGE and Hannah Cord, aged 10
and respectively. were drowned in
the Wapsie river near Littletoh, In.
The Tacoma wash. national bank
closed It's doors with liabilities OF S2l2.-
600. esHft
A TRAIN on the Delaware q Hudson
road went over an. embankment into
Lake ChamPlHin near Port Henry.
n. ", and two passengers were
drowned and several injured.
IL his message TO congress the pres
ident argues for free coal and iron,
adoption of the baltimore plan" for
more elastic currency and removal OF
the differential duty on sugar.
JUSTICE llAHlsAN nus tlhNtc N IullnB
practically deciding that where a
party Ia indicted for the sale Of cleo
margarine II lie can prove that he had
40 knowledge of the ingredients he
must be acquitted.
GREAT damage had been caused by
prairie fires In northern Indiana.
Nearly 1000 tons of hay were de-
stroyed near Wilder's
In his annual report Attorney Gem
eral Olney commends the supreme
court for It's promptitude in deciding
cases and'explsins his course during
the strike.
Mrs LOUIS ALBERrI,- OF Galveston,
Tex. In at OF dementia poisoned her
Ave children. two OF whom died aud
the others were In critical condition
WHILE digging a sewer ut Hunting
ton, Ind. a workman struck a dyna-
mite cartridge and 10 exploded. injur-
ing Ave men. two fatally.
THE annual report Of the secretary
OF the treasury shows that.the rev
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