The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-04-09
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The railroad comp my agreed last
spring, when the Crystal Falls Hoop CON
pany located here, 10 give them a spur
track. We understand that the com
pany Is delaying the matter aud the Hoop
company Is very much discouraged as the
extra charge incident 10 the hauling of
logs from the depot 10 the mill aud tie
hauling oi the lumber back again eats Il
big hole IN the profits. W. have also
been told that the company * consider
inc u removal Of operations 10 another
location unless they are given the spur
that they asked Tor This il matter
that the people Of the city should take
up and we are oi the opinion that il a
concerted Effort was made by our citi-
zens and the affair placed ina proper
light That the rtirond people would
realize the gravity ol the situation.
Tie debate, at the court house last
night ON the womn sulieragc question
wasquitealivey one the negative getting
the best Of the argument The audience
chamber was tiled with listeners which
Is evidence tint the interest in the
debates hns not lcssuned The spenkcrs
we're Messrs. Moriarty and haywood
for thr affirmative aud Noos and COnlin
for the negative Judges: M y. McGco,
Fred Abbott aud II. T. Hollow It,
was intended thnt last nights meeting
should bc b,st Of the senson hat the
audience by the overwhelming vote de-
ended To continue them through the
month.
Rimund IIulscy, the bandit now in-
cntcerrtcd in the branch state prison ut
Marquette, has confessed To the robbing
of the mail stage at Iuleiicr, WIS. many
years ago aud the taking oi eighty dol.
lars for which Otto Risuu, the post
mnStcr at pulcicr at the timc oi the
holdup has been indicted in the United
States circuit court dt Milwaukee. lIol-
sey Is thc mnn that heldup the trains
and terrorized these parts about twelve
years ugo.
The Chicago & North-Western com
pany has just received two monster
~hor.svitchers the larpcst an the non.
lnsuln division Of the road They were
brought 10 Escamabn ast week. and are
direct from the works at Schuectndy, y.
y. Both locomotives are equipped with
an modern deylres. inclldine air-bell
ringers. mir snnd blowers. etc. They viii
bc used for switching purposes at Iron
Maintain.
We are informed that in the future the
miners at the Damn mine will be paid
about the 10th of the month. This
month. the pay day il the 10th. Thisis
a move that will be read al with plea.
sure by our business mennnd workingmen
in general. In the past, the time iorpay
day has been the laat Saturday in the
month.
There will bp one nf the greatest
Slaughter sales 1T The New York store
beginning next Monday that the people
Of this town have ever seen. a large
hand bill will 10 out Monday quoting
prices. l.. A. Harris, manager al the
store, says that he will positively not be
undersold by his competitors,
win Wills ana jas. Hooper are busy
these dn,s making maple syrup. Thier
camp IL near tha Hope mine and the
boys say TINT they have succeeded IN
charming the sap by means ot music 80
that It flows readily aud they will have
quite an output oi sugar 10 thicr credit,
IL is Postna-ter Voos now il You
p''sG, .' g, Nv I'%"'', , -, ~ ',''t ~" "
ms secured a po.ition IL the county
Trcasurer's Office. Ike hna nude Il good
clerk and we are pleased onote his
Promo''on'
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