The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-08-27
TERSE TOWN TOPICS.


of that city. Miss Urcn taught Tor the
past five years in the schools 81 this
place and could have had her position
/, again this year but she decided To go
, To Ironwood instead. We congratulate
the people of Ironwood upon securing
isuch n worthy addition To their teach
} ing force.
WANTED money easily made
I without any investn,ent) by live mer-
chants or hustling statesmen representing
the best custom tailoring house in the
world; only one agent IN each town
lor county; secure your territory mt
once Call or write aud inclose
{ references. Edward T. Strauss X Co,
Gag Market st Cor. Van Buren,
Chicago, III. Mention THE DIAMOND
DRILL when writing.
:, One Of the heaviest rainstorns that
. we ever experienced ragged here hast
Q Monday night. A great amount OF the
dirt which WIS placed upon the upper
part of Main street WIS washed To the
lower end Of town. Many OF the tele-
phones down the line were burned out
and ~ washout on the railroad near
Norway caused the ditching oi In train
there during the night
Jno. lIassclstrom IL working upon "a
, large tagging contract for the Chaplin
mine. The railroad company put in "a
siding for him TO lnnd upon just below
the Crystal Falls mine. Mr.. lIassel
strom has shipped over 100 ears Of
tagging from this station in the last
three years.
The rainy season Is on and we have
made preparation for IL by putting in
fine stock Of gents, ladies and misses
mackintoshe- 81 the latest sty les and ARE
selling them at prices lower than Others
sell unreliable goods. When in need OF
first class goods go to The Fair, A.
Lustteld.
The body OF Prof. Graham, who died
ut Biwabic, MINI, went down on the
train this iornoou To Quinnescc where il
was buried Deceased was formerly
principal of the Iron River schools. His
relatives are buried in the Qunnesec
cemetery Iron Mountain Gazette.
f.. A. Woodward, the Iron Mountain
attorney, Was in the city last Tuesday
lie appeared az attorney in the case of
Parks Mercantile Company Va. the
Upper Michigan Brewing Company which
was tried in Justice Divison's court in
the afternoon.
Tie shingle mill of Brown Bros. and
\ Hooking will be in operation in a short
time. Mr.. Brown has purchased n large
quantity oI timbcr mp the river and a
crew is at present tioatingit IL down 10 the
mill.
Lots 81 them gone, but lots oi them
left. We are talking about the remnants
and ladies' shoes and slippers that are
selling like hot cakes because they are
dirt cheap at The Fair, A. Justified,
prop.
T.. N. Mcneil ot Negaunce, cashier for
Corrigan, Mckinney x Co., was here last
Tuesday ON "A visit TO the Crystal Fall-
mine. Mr. Mcneil is a Negaunee boy
and very pleasant gentleman TO meet
The people Of Iron Mountain raised
about Si0O. 90 for the relief Of the boys
oi Co. T.. 34th Mich. DR.. Crowell left
with the money Thursday FOR Montaul,
to personally assist in the relief work
The Crystal Falls Silver Cornet band
went to Amnsa last Sunday aud dis
penced music about that town to the
delight of the people thereof, They drove
up, Capt. Bosanko being livoryman.
I'D. Sweeney has finished packing hir
household hoods and they ARE now ON
their way To Viginis, MINI. Mr
Sweeney delayed his departure several
days visiting with old friends here.
&. +. Brown returned from Menomi.
nee the fore part az the week. While
there he negotiate ted "A large logging con.
tract with the k.-C. company turning
the same over 20 Thos. McCusker.
A dispatch from Capt. McGregor, of
Iron Mountain companygives the names
of the boys oi that company that are al
! camp Wikoif. Among them ia Lcbaror
Mnrgison OF thiscity.
Cbas. Friblcy. who has been al
Lansing for the past three years
, came home last Saturday to spend hi,
: well earned vacation. He returns 1,
Lansing tonight.
The delegates 81 the Republican con
vention IRON ilematite township ARE
, Chas. T.. Lawrence and WIN. Buge
They were elected at the caucus last
Wednesday.
; A letter received from Thomas Morri
son, who h in the :i3rd Mich volunteers
s,,ys that he In cook for his compan,
now aud is in the best OF health an,
spirits.
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