The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-12-26


Dryer q Co.. liabilities, 81 200. 900; Was
mansdorir, Heinemann d Co. liabilities.
$4sO. 900. and the Roseland bank. liabili-
ties. $4,000.
Jim Stone (colored), who assaulted
Mrs. j. NJ. X. Green. OF Mayfeld, Ky,
was taken from Jail by mob and
lynched.
Twenty men were imprisoned in
mine at Wilkesbarre. Pa, by an explu-
sion. and six were probably killed.
Mrs. Foss was murdered and her
mother fatally wounded by n negro near
Pontachoulu, La. Robbery was the mo-
tive.
Alfred II. Wilson, an old miser who
lived alone near st. Joseph. Mo-. was
murdered and robbed of $4,000.
Cuban sympathizers held n mass
meeting in Cooper Union. New YORK.
and addresses were made by Col. Ethan
Alien, Gen. Bradley L. johnson. OF Vir-
ginia, and others.
A Southern Pacifc passenger train
was held up by masked men 200 miles
west of San Antonio, Tex. but they only
secured $40.
The supreme court OF Utah handed
down unanimous opinion sustaining
the validity OF the late election in the
state.
train on the Grand Trunk railway
was derailed near Danville Junction.
Me-. and ten persons were injured.
William Waldorf Astor's vast hold
ings of real estate ia New York nre 10 be
sold as fast as possible without sncri-
flee and he will become resident OF
England.
The will OF the late Henry l.. Pierce,
OF Boston. leaves $4,000, 900 in public
requests and over So, SOC. 900 TO relatives
and friends.
Two children Of Mrs. Christine Car
isle. Tommy, aged two, and Ruth. aged
four. were burned 10 death at Wake
field, o. The mother had locked them
in the house and gone to neighbors.
The United States gunboat Annapolis
was launched from Nixon's shipyard
at Elizabeth, NJ j.
Frederick Joblinsli and his son and
daughter were murdered and his wife
fatally wounded by John Mottle, the
hired man. near Madelia. Mimi, and the
murderer also took his own life. Mottlc
was in love with Joblinski's daughter
ard the father objected.
Joe James (colored) was lynched Mt
Woodstock, Ala. He attempted 10 as
sault Fannie Smith, aged II, while she
was on her way TO school.
The Bank OF Minnesota. one OF the
oldest financial Institutions OF the state
and considered one OF the strongest IN
st. Paul. closed with heavy liabilities.
and as n result the Union stockyards
hank was forced 10 close.
The old established firm Of Quigley
& Mullen, Wholesale grocers in Whining
ton. Del, failed for 100000. Specula-
tion was the cause.
The old mining town OF jamestown.
famous In California literature as Jim
town." was almost destroyed by fire.
Attorney-General Dawes in his bien-
MEL report says the Kansas prohibitory
law is n dead letter.
james j. Corbett signed articles OF
agreement In Jersey City, n. j., to fight
Bob Fitzsimmons TO finish on March
II, 1897, for purse OF $4,000.
The Casino skating rink and summer
theatcr, n magnificent pleasure resort
IN Schenley park. near Pittsburgh, Pa.
was Destroyed by fire, the loss being
100000.
Alexander Hermann. aged SO. the
worlds greatest exponent OF legerde-
main, having no peer in the realm OF
prestidigitateurs. died suddenly IN his
private car at Great Valley. near Snla-
manca, y. y. Heart trouble IN ascribed
as the cause of death.
Mrs. Martha McGill. a widow, and her
i0-year-old daughter Esther. were
killed by the ears while walking on
railroad trestle west OF Ladogs. Ind.
Two married women, named Moon
and Shell. quarreled at Bethel. Pa, over
a trivial matter. and the Shell woman
threw bucket of strong I've water into
the face OF Mrs. Moon and her infant
daughter, iniuring both fatally.
John j. Thornton, editor OF the Clay
County Advance mt Ashland, Ala, was
murdered while sitting with his family,
the assassins firing through n window.
TwO hignwnymen held up n Southern
railway passenger train near Bryant
Station, Ala, aud escaped with a large
amount OF money.
Henry l.. Pierce. mayor OF Boston In
1872 and again In 1887 aud a member
OF congress from 1874 to 1877. died In
that city. aged 70 years.
The Chicago board of education has
decided TO make relentless war on the
cigarette, so far as IL comes into the
lives OF school children.
Harlow Hosford. who settled in west
ern Illinois in 1885. was found dead In
the woods on his farm near Warsaw.
lie was 70 years old and widely known.