The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-03-09
DOMESTIC.


CHARLES MORGAN, the Acquia Creek
train robber, was convicted and his
punishment fixed at eighteen years
imprisonment
MEMBERS Of the w. C. T. u. sang the
doxology when the vote repeating the
bottle law was announced in the Della
ware house.
REPRESENTATIVE democrats from flf-
teen states signed manifesto calling
for vigorous campaign for silver
THE public debt statement issued on
the lst showed that the debt decreased
81, 033, 32s during the month of Feb
ruary. The cash balance in the treas
ury was sl7s, 1917, $50. The total debt,
less the cash balance In the treasury,
amounts 70 $500, 412,9 The decrease
I'm the debt during the month Is ac-
counted for by the receipt OF gold on
account OF the last bond issue, against
which no bonds had been issued.
THE treasury receipts at Washington
during February were 500, $685. 57 and
the disbursements were s25, 606, OBS,
leaving n deficit OF So s07, o7s for the
month, and for the eight months OF the
present fiscal year s36 295,77l.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the LIST aggregated
S770. l00,6s3. against Ss24, 4l6, $50 the
previous week. The decrease, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 7.3.
SHERMAN & RILEY, bankers at Provi-
dence, II. l., failed for 81, l66, $50
THE coinage executed at the minis
OF the United States during the month
of February was as follows: Gold, &c.
143, 800; silver, S40l 900, minor coin,
$50, 800; total coinage, S6,699, 100.
THERE were $50 business failures in
the United states in the seven days
ended on the lst, against 500 the
week previous and PSI in the CORE
spending time In 1894.
THE inspector general of the army re-
ported 90 congress that national sol
diers' homes were crowded 10 dam
gerous degree.
While Thomas Meadows and his
wife, OF Chenille. Ala, were attending
dance their four children were
burned TO death.
Fires throughout the country during
February caused n total loss OF si2,-
$50, $40, against s12.9ls,225 IN Febru-
airy, 1894.
AMOS and Wiley Knott. OF North Car
olina, were terribly beaten by white
caps for reporting Illicit distilleries TO
officers.
DUN's trade review states that there
Is very little activity TO be discovered
I'm any line OF business throughout the
country.
THE Holdredge (Neb.) National bank
failed 10 open it, doors. The bank has
a capital stock Of $4,000
jon DEAN was hanged at Fairburn,
Ky, for numbering A. -. Leigh; George
Magce was executed at Frankfort, Ky,
for killing Charles Thomas, and Harry
Hill, the murderer of Matthew AXE
son. was hanged at Plattsmouth, Neb.
Two BULpfNGsin New York city fell,
causing the death Of FIVE men, and
twenty-one other employees were seri-
onsly injured.
ICE gorged I'm the Susquehanna river
ut Port Deposit, Md, and the residents
were forced 10 flee 20 the hills.
HUoH T. GALEN. asmilllonaire mine
owner and politician of Helena, Mont,
was secretly married 90 a Seattle
echool-teacher.
TwoNAsKED men held up train near
Antelope, Cal, but were beaten Oft by
the engineer and fireman.
DANIEL HARsTRoN and wife, OF Alton,
i. T., were fatally injured by white
robbers disguised as negroes
Born houses OF the Oklahoma iegisla-
ture passed divorce bill which Is un.
equaled for It's liberalIty.
Two MEN were killed and two injured
by the explosion Of n tank OF sulphuric
acid at McKeesport, Pa.
FouR men were killed and two others
injured by an explosion In a sawmill al
Adelphia. o.