The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-09-01
FROM EXCHANGES.
Picked up Around the State
of Superior.
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the Busy Reader.


Tuesday Of last week-the very day his
death occurred-to Miss Lucy Hoii-
man, Of Marinettee. On Sunday little
hopes were entertained OF his recovery,
aud the young lady, soon TO become
bride, was SO informed. The result was
"a deathbed marriage ceremony. Sunday
afternoon Rev. Father Faust, Of this
city, Joined the couple in wedlock in the
sick chamber at tho hospital.
At the Excelsior furnace, at Ishpeming.
Iron Ore says they are making about
fifty tons OF pig iron per day, and soon
are To do considerable better than this.
They are taking things easy and giving
particular attention to the action Of the
furnace. Mr.. Nelson, who has charge, is
one OF the best furnacemen in the coun-
try, and is losing sight OF nothing that
will tend to promote the best interests
Of those who are interested in the enter
prise.
Escanaba has haunted house. A
gentleman who recently spent night
in the building for the purpose OF inter-
viewing the ghost, heard an awful noise
in the cellar, and mastering all his
courage decended in quest OF his ghost
ship. lie found him in an old box, and
az he very much resembled certain
small animal OF the genus Mephitis
Americana, the courageous ghost hunt
er beat II hasty retreat.
The following nationalitiea 60 To make
up the population OF Calumet Arab
ans, Hungarians, Polanders, Flnlanders,
Russians, Austrians, Italians, Germans,
French, Swedes, Danes, Norwcgans,
Scotch, English, Chinese, Africans,
Welsh, Irish, Canadians, Swiss, Ameri-
cans, Laplanders, Australians, Brazil
ians, Belgians, Jews, Spaniards, Turks,
Hollanders and Mexicans.
According TO the Marquette Mining
Journal, mn expert lumberman states
that the Diamond Match Company has
about eighteen million feet OF pine
timber scorched by bush fires which will
have to he cut to save it, The hester
Estate has about twenty-three million
more and many Of the homestcaders
are forced TO cut off their pine on nc
count OF the fire damage.
The Ontonagon base ball team beat
Green Bay by u score OF twenty-one To
two. 0ntonagon now claims the cham
ionship OF the upper peninsula. The L.
T. now has three champion base ball
clubs, Marquette, 0ntonagon and Esca-
naba Why not bring the clubs together,
or at least, Marquette and Ontonagon,
and settle the business?
Judge Joseph T.. Bergeron tells the
Range.Tribune that he has already arr
ranged for the operation OF two logging
camps this winter-one ON the 500 road
and the other on Pine creek, and esti-
mates the cut mt . 200, 900 feet. lie is
negotiating for some more timber, and
may establish several other camps.
The police possess evidence tothe effect
that an nhuman Norway fatherrecently
made arrangements for placing his
daughter-hardly sixteen years Of age
in notorious resort near Pembine, aud
that the girl is now there Range-Trib-
une.
In ninesand-a-h hall mile race, between
a bicycle rider and horse, at Red
Jacket, the horse won in twenty.six
minutes. The wheclman gained the lead
in the start but only held il few min
utes, The race was for 500.
An Ironwood man criticised AN item
which appeared in the Norway Current
relative TO the condition OF affairs at
Ironwood. The Current man got after
him last week and il that critic has any
sense he'll "never do il again"
P.O. Christian, u gay young man who
had charge 81 Ticket brokers' office at
Sault ste. Marie, left that town in a
hurry. He also left the accounts OF the
Office in bad shape and left several
unpaid bills.
Catholic Mission, two and n hall miles
from Baraga, wants a post office. Th'
town has population oil about thre'
hundred, convent, "A church and three
schools and first class general store.
Alfred Sollway, Of Menominec, attemp
ted suicide by shooting himself through
the body with n thirty-eght calibr
revolver. There are hopes OF his recov
cry. He snys he was tired OF living.
Judge stone has dissolved the iniunc
ton served upon the board OF education
at Escanaba and the board can nov
erect a new school building.
A Populist paper is talked Of at Esca
naba, and the Mirror says the Populis
party Is strong in that city.
Timothy Sheehan, miner twent.
years OF age, was killed at the Lilly mine
at Negaunee.
Notion il still in Jail az Bessemer an
will not have his trial until November.
Three Chinamen from Marquette rang