The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-17

making 2,007 miles. On the last day
Miller was married In the rink 10 Miss
Genevieve Hanson.
by the bursting OF water pipe in
Brooklyn. n. Y, property was dam
aged 10 the extent of 81 100000.
Mrs. Lulu Johnston, of Pond Creek,
o. T.. is in jail and will be tried on the
charge Of poisoning her sixth husband
at Lawrence, Kan.
The agricultural department. figures
place the 1s0s crop of corn and oats as
worth $50, 100000 more than the crops
Of 1897.
Rev. Theodore y. Morrison, pastor Of
the Epiphany Episcopal church in Chi
cago, has accepted the office OF bishop
OF Iowa.
In TT CT insanity William Hutchings
killed John Hunt and wife and Thomas
Haywood at Free Sell, Mich, and then
took his own life.
In fire in fiat building in Brook
Ign, y. ", Joseph Noblett and his wife
and her mother and Thomas Whine
were burned 10 death.
Kansas negroes are pushing n move
ment for the deportation OF 100000
negroes to Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii
and Africa.
The annual report Of James X. Tay-
Tor, supervising architect Of the treas
ury, shows that during the last fiscal
year ten public buildings have been
put under contract and l5 have been
completed and occupied.
Henry Michigan, cook, and George w
Beverly, bugler, of the First Florida
regiment killed each other in a quarre.
at Huntsville, Ala.
Carl Mcbride and his wife, recently
married, were instantly killed by an ex-
press train at Raccoon Station, Pa.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 10th was: Wheat,
26.73s,oOO bushels; corn, II, $40, Oc0 bush
els; oats, 5,3G1 900 bushels; rye. l.22s,-
600 bushels; barley, 1902 600 bushels.
David w Hughes, lumber dealer in
Chattanooga, Tenn. filed petition in
bankruptcy, with liabilities OF S250,ooo
ard assets Of $1,000
The United States supreme court has
announced an adjournment for the
Christmas holidays, extending from
the 10Th inst TO Tuesday, January 3.
The funeral Of Gen. Garcia, the Cuban
commander. was held at ST. Patrick's
church in Washington. Later the body
will be taken TO Cuba
Smallpox is epidemic Mt Nebraska
City and has been spread 10 many por-
tions Of eastern Nebraska.
The eighteenth annual convention
OF the American Federation Of Labor
began in Kansas City, Mo.
Natural gas exploded in a store at
Counersyile, Ind, killing j. j. Nc
Naughton and Patrick Ready.
The aggregate value Of the soil prod
ucts OF Iowa for this year is not less
than $225,o00,000.
The steamer Aurora, the finest wood
en- boat on the lakes, valued NJ $125o00
was burned near Lar Point, on Lake
Erie.
A Chicago packing firm IS arranging
to erect cold storage warehouses al
Cuba
Counterfeit standard silver dollars Of
the year 1890 are in circulation in great
numbers in the Mississippi valley.
Nate Thomas and Clarence Emmons
were killed and VIII Mnrkley fatally
injured by an explosion in grist mir
at Pettieyille, o.
Raymond Sellinger. a dependent
German, killed his wife in San Fran
cisco and then killed himself
President Mckinley and wife and
members Of the cabinet left Washing
tonfor weeks trip through the south
the primary object being o attend the
peace jubilee in Atlanta, Ga.
\ large gasholder collapsed while
under hydraulic test in New York city
and four persons were killed many
others were injured and property dam
aged TO the extent Of 100000.
Nine worlImen on the New York Cen.
trail railroad were Killed by an express
train near Corfu, ~ Y.
Charles II Dickinson, suryeyor-gen-
cral Of Louisiana, was accidentally
shot and killed while hunting in Iber-
Vile parish
Gideon W. Marsh, former president
Of the wrecked Keystone national bank
In Philadelphia. has been sentenced 10
imprisonment OF IL years for conspir-
ncy.
At the twcnty-ninth annual meeting
N Washington OF the National Board Of
Trade Frederick Fraley. Of Ph.ladel-
rhia, who has been president since the
boards organization, was reelected.
Five deaths occurred in Butte, Mont.
from tho dreadful sulphur and arsenic
fumes from the smelterS.
The private bank Of the Tyler Bank
ing company az Tyler, Tex. closed its
doors. with liabilities OF 500 coo.
Eight cities voted against license NJ
municipal elections in Massachusetts,.
Personal AND POLITICAL.
Ephraim Keigwin, known far and
wide MS the Marrying Squire" and
who has welded 10000 couples. died IN
Jefrersonville, Ind, aged CO years.
Henry Mortimer Platt died In New
Narl nuaJ IN vnorc IIa ectah1ful ~