The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-23

lltdilN bi lllt rom lHHls IVY - ~
Frazre delivered nu interesting and able
Temperance sermon IN the NJ T.. church |
last evening Me ht low aud high TEL
vcnse numerous mrd blows and snid
many truthful things concerning his
subject Mr. Frazr is line pr5ncher
and is already popular with his congfe-
CATION We acknowledge n friendly call
IRON him few DAYS since.
The trsih Of our statement OF two
weeks ago regarding the scarcity OF men
ia The iron district was beautifully illus
trated last Tues,lay, when. out "i
twenty men hired to work ia the Mans
field but two put Ia their appearance.
Supt Scadtlcn went to Iron Mountain
hast Saturday for the purpose oi hiring
fifty men that are urgently needed nt
that property. Ilr succeeded in finding
twenty that said they would come but
"thcre'S many a slip etc
Wn. James, iamlliaty known as wild
man" returned from British Columbia
where he has been all summer MIR.
James went TO that country early last
spring Ia company with many other
miners Of this district who were
lurcd there by the tales oi high wages
and plenty OF work 'fhey arc all back
again which iaet speaks for itself.
John llassclstrom and Ed Mitchell
have taken contract kom Pat Dunn
aud John Hooper TO put in several
Ehundled thousand feet OF timber that
the latter have ON the Paint river. They
started work CA their contract hast
week
The chcapest bottle oi medicine costs
| twenty y-li,e ceAts aud II takes several
sometimes, to cure cold. You can buy
wooden underwear from seven cents up
at The Fnir aud keep your children
warm.
r. b. Wsbb wczt down to Florence
lust wednesday eve ard skinned" the
billiard players ~ that burg. lie says
that they have taken To playing ten pins
down there since his visit, as billiards
balls are too small ior them.
Casper Abcrlc has adver tised the stove
in the Miners aud Lumbcrmens store
for sale IN this issue. The stove hus
been admired b. every onei Tor its heating
qualities aud the person that buys II
gets "a bargain.
The new depot ut Powers has been
completed and Upcnrd. Among Other
features it has Al fine lunch counter
Landlord Smith oI the ruilrond cutlni
hourc at Muriucttc, will have charge %
, it..
Iron is not the only county in th'
! upper peninsula that VIII have higI
county tax ilts ysnr. Dickinson hs
p raised $50 600 county tax which Is IA
! incrcnse oI SlI 900 over last year.
= Thomns scadden returned from Mil
wnukce Last Sunday where hc went th,
= week before 60 have his eyes treated
: lie says that hc saw plenty ui evidence
y Of prosperity in tlr cream city.
: New uds. Louis NIicalcr, a Rl 81
" .eiseu q Hruer, a. i. Bach, J.. /
y johnson aud rhv Parks Mercantile con
:, pnny, aud Brown Bros. aud Hooking
je sure and read them.
- The ndcs uI the Presbyterian an
:. Bnp,ist churches wdl give II New I'm
- land supper at Parks Iron building uv'
Friday night. supper hom Tive To ten.
II c. T.. Lindsay, the extensive ccdt
= operator ~ Mcnamincc, war ln tow
Thursday on his Why 60 Aniusa whc
a hc expected To close a ltrsc cedar deal.
~ The Colon miticas aud gloves, III,
sell nt Tie Fair have aworld wide rrp
~ taiiun. aud justly 80, siey are ille bc
y and eust ne more than Inferior grades.
g W. X Davidson returned last Satu
= ,uy iinm kalnmnzuo Nhcrc hc had bu
49, i d,Ingate tu tie atlic cncnmpup
- Michigan y. .. n
srp, scnddcn oi the Mansfield ri
gc Cnluubm miu,~ lcit Monday evening I
lac an rxWndcd visit with " H. hIs hit
by ,H0ut n, Menm unh.
~ Mn. l.. +. johnson went tn the NJ
= euelta uinec mst Monday ier tin
F" weeks visit with hes many friends IN tll
4, disuict
. Josiah Brooks ir in Lansing this ~,
~ ~ "a dchg,te irm the Cgstal Ia
I.ulgr !. o. o g. 10 the state gin
lodgc
!. The wet weather IL good thing
,nr the crystal Fails ll6op company
they viii now be able To drive the I