The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-05
TERSE TOWN TOPICS.

/ ing room was brousht into service ON
| Thursday ia order to accommodate the
guests of thu house. The register looked
ms though there WI, some kind Of "a con
vention being held Ia this city either uI
politicians or Cy-tnl Falls horse
Jockeys But such was not the clse,
however. Iron River ~ rapidly coming
TO the front as one oi the livelicst places
in the upper peninsula, and OF course
everybody heads ilr wideawake town,
and hence hotel patronage these days is
lively Reporter.
We were competed TO omit a mention
OF the debate which was held at the
school house last week The contest
ants were II indy ana Sandborn upon
the affirmative and Roach and Lindsay
upon the negative. The judges, Miss
Perkins, Dr. A. NJ. Dirling AMI Martin
Bach decided thIt the affirm tt,ve had
the best Of ths nrsum'nt by narrow
margin. The mu,ih consisted Of "A vocal
solo by Mrs. Abb IT. a guitar solo by
Miss llyslop aud piano solp by JOS.
Lachapellc.
The taking Of testimony in the case
Of the homcstenders against the Michi-
enu Land and Iron company before
Register Scadocn aud Rocievcr Ilalsey
at Marquette WIS concluded last Tues
day. The case was fought bitterly on
both sides the IN mrity Of the contest
eases coming from Iron county IL will
he several weeks before deoisIon is
rendered.
Word was received here yesterday that
Jno L. Armstrong formerly supcrintcn-
dent at the IIemocI, mine, fell down
shaft at the LIKE superior mine upon
the Marquette range and was killed.
Mr.. Armstrong was well aud fivorably
known in Crystal Falls and the news Of
his untmely death fell like 4 thunder
bolt upon the community
Peter Andreason having resigned rs
deputy sheriff i1rthis township, Sheriff
Waite has appointed Frank Smart
deputy sheriff IN plaeeoI Mr.. Andrcason
Frank has filed his bond and oath OF
Office aud has entercd npon the dis
charge Of his eutlcs as deputy sheriff
lie will make IA aiuluud eticignt OIL
cial.- Reporlcr
No matter what you want; no
matter where you sec it adver
tised; no matter what price any
/
body else names | will supply
that Identical article for the same
money or less. A. LuSTFIELD,
Fred NJ Oertktranl Miss Ada Cnnty,
both oi Atl,iuson, Mich, were married
in this city, lust oycning. The ceremony
was performed ia the sherman House
parIora by County Judge Warng Mt
$ o'clock Tie hnppy young couple left
Tor Iron River this morning Mining
News.
Geo. Ncwett. commissioner of mineral
statistics, and editor of the Iron Orc
was visiting tie mines in this vicinity
during the past week Mr.. Newctt has
proven himself 60 bs one oI the best
commissioner th.t we have ever hal
Did you sen thc old ladies easy shoes,
the young ladies stylish shoes the boys
good wearing shoes, the Gents upto.
date shoes, tie infants pretty shoes,
the workngmcn,s solid shoes. Ia short
did you see our shpcs2 ut The Fair,
Dr. Bmuus. Of Iron Mountain, WIN
has opened dental p,rlors ~ the Lind
gay building, WA hore Monday nnl
Tuesday. How'll return next week aud
may be fauud in his Office after the
morning passenger arrives.
.Ino Crcrr, prcsidcnt ~ tho Huron
Iron complpy GAME up from Chicago
yesterday 80 topk over the Columbia
aud Mansfield mines. He paid the
t,xes upon the Colunb mine ytslo-
day.
Word was received horc Tuesday that
the village oi Waiorsmeet had been
nearly wiped out Of existence hy nre.
But one building rcmaius upon the
main street oi thetown.
Rev. ". A. Cash, OF Iron River, will
eandnet Episcopal services in the Parks
Iro4 huiIsiirr, sunday, March 9th,
man nina to.3n evening 1870. All are
cnp.ialls invited.
daeJ.archc, q pophow ~ our popular
i sownqH,Ao ,. D. schwartz, arrived in
Elyntnl Falls last Monday and will
lnpend the summer here With Mr.,
4 Schenriz.
Shcclines md cotions bleaohcd ~Nl
unhlvaohcd bought during the drop in
prices. received ia large quantities and
sold az greatly reduced prices at The
Fair
Mrs. IT. Gucnsbcrg, Of Milwaukee,
arrived in CRYSTAL Falls last Monday
and will spcud few weeks visiting with
her daughter, MrG A. lusticld.