The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-25
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A. Justified notified the pupils oi the
Crystal Falls schools at the beginning oil
the school year that be would give
prizes Tor the best specimen OF penman-
ship presented 20 hun at the close oi the
school year. The test Was made one
day last week nl the specimens being
written Ia pencil "a ict that MIR. Lust
field regrets very much az the UNDER
standing was that they were to be IN
ink Rather than dissappoint the
pupils he waived this objection and
awarded the prizes as follows: Fourth
and Fifth grades, Annie Hanson; Sixth
and seventh grades, Emmn Lundgrcn !;
Seventh grnde. Oscar Porn; High
School, Herbert Fisher.
There was story ia several ot the
Michigan papers II short time ago 10 the
effect that Tom MorriSon son Of Wm.
Morrison oi this city, had ilunked when
asked To enlist in the L : army. The
story il not true Nh Morrison was IN
a Detroit company and asked to be
transferred 10 either the Iron Mountain
or lrunwood companies az he was better
acquainted This was refused him and
he WAS given his discharge. Later he
got 4 chance To enter one OF thc com
panies that he was acquainted ~
and is now in camp at Washington
Carl Smith. Of stnmbaugb, was
brought before Probate Judge Flcwcll-
ing 60 be examined as 20 his sanity hast
Thursday Smith had been acting
strangely for some imc past aud it was
thought That he WAS insane but an cx-
animation showed conclusivcly that the
boy is feeble minded and he was turned
over to the county poor commissioners
who will place him in the home for such
persons at Lapccr
Patience ceased to he a viiturc with
someone who was compelled 10 stumble
over the sidewalk adjacent to the Rob
crts residence and Immediately 10 front
Of the court house, the other evening
and they tore the rotten boards up and
threw them into the street We call
the attention of the street commissioner
to this walk II il Immediately u front
Of the county building and should be
repaired al once.
Robt' T. Mentzcl, Of the Pahst Brow
ing company, Of Milwaukee, wns in the
city the fore part oi the week in confer
II
encc with las II Johnson upon the
question OF plncing an agency here for
thccclebratcd l'abst beer. Wchavc been
told that the Iron Mountain Brewing
company contemplates withdrawing
from this city and that Mr. Johnson
will handle Milwaukee beer
John Erikson and NJ II Morarty
spent several days ON the Net river this
week killing deer llies and fishing for
trout. We dare not publish the many
lish tales these gentlemen told upon
their return. Suffice il 70 say that in
the matter of hSh stories there are not
many that can beat thcm
Willrcd Bertrand left Wednesday
night To join the fhirty-iourth Michigan
volunteers THIS breaks the list oI
"sons" Prior to Bortrand'5 enlist
mcnt there were Eve soldiers from Crys,
tai Fail. all oi their names ending with
son. Maigison, Morrison, Johnson
Jackson and Hanson
! You may doubt it, but we are ready
TO prove 60 you that we can duplicate
any goods aud prices quoted by any
house in New York Chicago. or elsewhere.
Come and see us before sending out iol
anything you may want
The Fair
y. 4. Clinch returned from his Chicago
trip last sunday During his pbsenco
bis driving horg got tangled up ia th,
tio strap one night aud laceratcd hcrsel
terribly II is doubtful i she will re-
cover from the injuries received
!, Miss Mary Burkhart, formerly a teach
er in the public school here. arrived il
the city last evening from Lake City
Mimi, and viii will spend her vacation
| HflAs lht EhtNA VI hls Nhh mlHs w, y
Moore. c.--Nirgininn
! Jacob hauor has had teams hauling
dirt the fore part oi the week from th,
scaddcn block to his property Tn,
I villae, will take most 81 the dirt iron
the basement of this building and put
il ON the streets.
Matt lIuija took two OF the larp,
tress from the Scaddcn corner lot an,
transplanted them on his lot. VIM
Russell took. the other The trees mr.
large ones and seem to stand thei
transplanting well,
Onr pi our local BRYAN admircs in
forms us that the colonel has arrived n
{ the Philippine Islands and has blown al
> several Spanish ships Verify some mel
have greatness thrust upon them.
The Marquette Mining Journal say
.l.t "a. cnut..t 80 E,l p.,,,ta go. A..