The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-05-21
TERSE TOWN TOPICS.

The county comm ssioner OF schoo
received, from the committee nav,rg in
charge the erection of ths Maine monu-
ment, blanks TO be signed by a Of the
school children of this county. IL is
proposed TO cons' ract "A vault ia 'he be sc
of the moo lment - which WI b. de-
posted the signat' OF all he school
children in the Uni I'd States. This il
great lesson in ratroitism. Next
Thursday, the 2Gth inst, has been set
upon as the day when the children will
place their signatures upon the blnnks.
Appropriate exercises will be held in the
Crystal Falls schools aud ~ many of
the pr ents rs are able TO visit the
school upon that day ought 10 AZ end
| the exercises.
THE DIAMOND DRILL job department
has been busy part OF the week upon he
brief Of Attorney Abbott in the case o.
the township of Crystal Fails against
the Iron Star company This * tie uit
begun by ex.tereasurcr Wehse To collect
the taxes for 1895 The real esta tax
that year amounted to $199O73 and
the personal tx to S59l 30 The trea.
surer attached the stock-ple for the
taxes and the company bro hit leplev-
in. The ease was tried in the circuit
court and the township won. The com
pany then appealed to the supreme court.
The case will bc called at Lansing about
the 7th ~ June
The railroad men report having had
quite time down the line last Tuesday
morning A number of recruits were
taken from Mrnominee and Escanaba
to- ill the ranks OF the upper peninsula
companies which had been thinncd out
by the examiring surgeons. Marquette
sent quota nlso. The Mcnomnee and
Escanaba recruits went To Marquette
and from thee To land Lake.
d. w. Ross has re- red from ~, beer
business and will in the futJre devote
most Of his time TO the development OF
the farm which he purchased from Cnas
| Hebard last fall The Ross farm -
located on the Iron River road about
three fourths Of mile this side of For
tune Lake. Mr.. Ross con templates
building house upon his proT erty Mt
once.
We made mention last inll OF the pri-
vate fish pond OF A. G. Merrimnn,
OF Marinette, near Brentwood. The
pond in at the head waters OF the Iron
River and is kept well stocked with
trout Last week Mr. Merriman cnught
a trout from these waters that weighed
five pounds very remarkable weight
for trout.
w. w. Skinner, of Minnekaunec, Wis,
was in Crystal Falls the latter part OF
the week looking after the landed inter
ests of the Menominee River Lumber
company. The company has property
in all OF the townships of this county
and Mr. skinner was before all of the
boards OF review.
Last Saturday was pay day at the
Dunn. Az mentioned III these columns
some time ago, the Dunn Mining con
pany pays their men ON the Saturday
nearest the l 9Th of the month now IN
stead oi waiting until the last as has
been the custom hercabouts.
Fred Snow, chemist at the Columbia
mine, paid "A yisit To the Marque,
range early ia the week in search oI men
for the Columbia. lie reformed Tues
day with one man. Men are scar q
upon all OF the ranges and especmlly in
the Crystal Falls district
IIans Johnson was before Judge Munns
last Saturday accused OF assault and
battery upon the person of John Kan.
merer. The Judge looked upon tho
assault as mcriting IA punishment Of
about nine dollars and costs which was
fully administered.
BY purchasing five dollars worth OF
merchandise you can get picture OF
yourself or anyone of your family en-.
larged free OF cost at the New York store
A line Silt or mahogany frame 16xl2
for the picture vii be sold for 81 90.
A base ball nine composed OF ma |
boys came over from Iron River last
Sunday and played u game with q 'ise
Club Of tlis city, The feore stood
twenty eight to eleven in Iavor OF Cryf.
tai Falls.
A SAT, and lock expert from Detroit
looked over and cleaned the locks in the
Iron County Bank hast Saturday. Mr.
Cocoran has standing con,ract with
the firm to care To- the locks ia his
bunk,
pharlos g. haywood, OF Flint. will be
in town for week or so about Ju,e lst.
lie is AN expert piano tuner and those
having instruments 10 be tuned will lind
il Co their advantage TO engage his
services.
Don't lay aside the naner without