The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-02

The visible supply oil grain IN the
United States on the .sth was: Wheat.
52l, 443, 900 bushels; corn. 1888. 900
bushels: oats, Is.476.o00 bushels; rye.
100000 bushels; barley. 4.s75.ooo bush
els.
William NJ. a. j. s. Van Nortwick.
bankers and manufacturers. made an
assignment at Batavia. H.. with liza
bilities Of $2.o00.000.
At the opening day In Washington
of the hearings before the ways and
means committee in preparation for the
framing of a tariff bill representatives
of hundreds Of millions OF dollars madc
brief statements OF their views.
Eleven cracks in the bicycle world
entered six days. eight hours day.
international bicycle contest In Wasl-
ington.
Statistics from 1,3ss industrial estah-
lishments in 40 states show that 81. 44s
less hands were employed in those es.
Establishments in 1896 than in 1892. AMI
that si9.2i4,44s less was paid out in
wages.
Frank +. Clark. for rs years editor Of
the GRANVILLE Nll) Independent. com
mitted suicide by taking poison. No
cause is known.
The ScandiR hank ~ Minneapolis sus-
pended payments with liabilities Of
$3OO. 900.
VIII Robinson (colored). wbo ajlied
Ills sweetheart in a church in Pike cCun-
~. Mo-, was taken TO the penitentiary
for l02 years.
The large furniture house OF Julius
Lansburg in Washington was destroyed
ly fire. the loss being 100000.
The Mccoy Banking company of In
dependence, Mo, went into voluntary
liquidation with liabilities OF s125,0OO.
The Bank of Superior at Superior.
Wis. closed It's doors with liabilities OF
100000.
BY the explosion OF lamp Gregor
Kirchbaum and his wife were burned to
death in their home az Johnston. II. ].
One thousand Chicago saloon keepers
have been compelled during the last
three months to retire from business
because of hard times.
The state Of Iowa celebrated It's seth
birthday.
At Stamford, Conn. Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher fell and broke her hip md may
he forced TO use crutches for the rest of
her life. She is S4 years old.
At the annual meeting in Chicago Of
the Northwestern Travelling Mems as
ISOLATION William II. Cribben was elect
ed president. The death payments for
the year amounted TO Sl69,400
Gov. II. M. Harris, Of Indian territory,
has called the legislature to meet in
extraordinary session at Tishmingo Jan
uary 8.
Lane county Kan, has formally been
declared insovent by the county com
missioners.
A new counterfeit ten dollar national
bnnk note on the Union national bank
OF Detroit, Mich, Is in circulation. One
distinguishable feature is that the back
OF the note is upside down.
1t Is announced that Gov. Bradley in
tends 10 resign the Office of governor OF
Kentucky at an early date because Of
falling health.
The wedding OF Count Adam de
Moltke Huitfeldt, Of Denmark, and Miss
Louise Eugene Bonaparte, daughter
OF the widow of the late jerome Bona
pnrte, took place in Washington.
The Peoples Electric Light e. Power
company's plant at Newark, n. j., was
burned, the loss being $4,000.
The Columbia national bank in Min
neapolis closed its doors with liabili-
ties of $247,oo0, and the Washington
bank, state institution in the same
city, also suspended
The Commercial national bank OF
Roanoke. Va, closed its doors with liza
bilities OF 100000
William w. Whaley and wife, living
near Seaviersville, Tenn, were muir
dered in their home by unknown per-
sons.
Henry +. Strauss. aged 70, county
clerk Of Langlade county, Wis, commit
ted suicide at Amigo. He was a de-
faulter 10 the amount of $3.770.
IL is officially denied nj the state de-
partment in Washington that Spain has
consented TO grant home rule to Cuba.
Edward Rosa shot and killed his
sweetheart. Miss Mary Brehl, at the
hOlllt VI htl sioNtlt MIS- RN'NHihs
Forest City. s. d.. and then killed him
self jealousy was the cause.
The Farmers Trust company NJ
Sioux City, Ia, failed with liabilities OF
$135.00O.
W. II. Jones, county treasurer of Bar
~ county. Mo-, for the past four years,
Is said to be short $4,000 in his ac-
counts.
Mrs. II. Estby and her daughter Clarn,
10 years old, arrived in New York from
spokane. Wash, having walked the en-
tire distance since May on wager
that they could cross the continent In
seven months.
An explosion OF nitro-giycerin near
Montpelier. Ind. killed George Hickok
aud Harry Wood and greatly damaged
the property OF the Empire Glycerin
company.
President Cleveland has approved the
general pension and urgent deficiency