The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-05-07

TERSE TOWN TOPICS.

Utt'f lncUlbefS lfbn tfiliStlng III the
army 81 the United Stairs during the
present war has b'cn removed and that
at the bennil session in June the great
commander will recommend thnt nm
npproprint ion | e sct aside out oi tile
general Iund to be us,'d in paying the
dues of members WIN join this army and
are iinanciulls unable To keep up their
payments.
Some time ago we mentioned the fact
| Hastings 4 Co., of Fond du Lac, hnd
purchased the BlnneIman house from
Inu. +. Fisher, who bnIght the property
| in from the state last summer. Last
Thursday Mr.. Hastings decided to re-
pair and relit the building for occupancy.
Accordingly n,snns and mechanics have
been looking the building over during
the week and the work Of repairing IL
will soon begin.
The Cash Buyers Union and nll other
like institutions make their living by
getting fools in the country To support
them. They can't make a living 10y
selling honest goods at reasonable
prices at home in Chicago hut cnn
easily dupc the people in the country
with circulars. Tie country victims
would not bite il they had Il chance To
aec their faces. It's surprising that even
Crystal Falls should furnish its quota
Of suckers who are willing To- get SO
easily h,mbugged ly such concerns.
circular received from the state
treasurer Says that subscriptions will he
received at the state trcnsurer's office
up to and including May 18th, 1898 to
the Michigan war loan ut $l0l for every
500 bond. Al this price bonds will
net purchaser 81 per cent per annnm
Tor the first five years aud 81 per cent
thereafter.
Geo. prcmo came to the county sent
hast Tuesday for a visit with Crystal
! Falls friends and To tukc out his license
for the coming yenr. MIR. premo says
that there isn bicycle rider ut Amasn
that he thinks isa little too swift for
anything in Iron county. Well, maybe.
The stCTeopticon exhibition given by
Martin Bach at tle Opera house last
Thursday night was well attended and
rnioycd by those present. Mr.. Bach
SAYS that the lights were not worked to
his -ntlsinctiun which accounts for
secera hinderanccs that occurred.
Prof. w. j. Cluin, phrenologist OF a
wide reputation, il in the city stopping
at the Margison house. lie has lecturcd
in all the principal cities of United
States aud Canada for the plst four
next week,
l.. O. O'Brien, editor 81 the Iron County
Reporter, came over To the capital city
hast Monday just in time 10 hear 81
Deweys nnnihilation of the Spanish
fleet MIR. q Brien goes to Por Huron as
n delegate from the Iron River lodge,
k OF l..
The X q. L. NJ. and l.. q. l.. M. elect
ed representatives to the bi-annual CON
claves this week r. H. Hollow goes tn
| Port Huron tu represent the " q. Il M.
and Mrs. j N. MargIsom tn Detroit an
the same mission for the II. q. II, NJ.
The school board ~ Stamhaugh town
ship came over III u body tu attend tho
school officers meeting. Roll call re-
ymlled tho following Jno. Wall, Jno.
Farley, Thos. OMAHA, Ole Soderquist
and Supt. Geo. Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs w. j IIorder and DR..
| McBurney, of Annsa, and Mrs. T.. &.
Paine, oi Wntersncot, were in the city
last rhurs,lay. They took IN the stere-
oplicon exhibition at the opera house in
the evening.
T.. O'Brien, Peter Erenson, Seayert
Solberg and Supt. a. T.. Farmer repre-.
scented the Iron River school boatd Rt
the meeting lqst Wcdpeaday. Mr
Farmer stayed over ia tend the even.
ing session.
Iron RIVER township, was one oi the
Iron River visitors to the city last Mon.
day. Mr.. Mack innon has heavy realty
holdings in Iron River township.
| OliNtf lhfltnt TtlHIutl the Uhlule ol
the week from Nashville Tenn. where he
has been in the employ of t.le McArthur
Brothers who are constructing locks
upon the pumheI htnd river.
Tie portraits oi Uncle Sans Navy
have hcen received vt TuH D,AMoNn
DHIII. nlIicc aud six haoks showing nj.
most all nt the ships in tho navy can bc
lad iur scyenty.tlve cents.
NJ. j. Slprwnn,. waa down from Mar
queiie last Wednesday looking owe. :.
rccor'l- oi the annual township meeting
aud attending to other business ot the
Taxpayers association,
Alex Quirt, Of Iron River, war in the
city laat Monday lo"king up tax mat.
ters The partnership between Mr.