The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-05-27

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When Co. l., saith Michigan Regiment.
which was enlisted from Marquette,
started from Montauk Point for home
last fall, the ovcrcoats belonging to the
members were packed Tor shipment and
tagged 10 Marquette. The overcoais
didn't show up and an inquiry was
started which, alter eight months
resulted in the shipment being located
away down IN Virginia. 1t appears
that the station agents in the east
never heard OF such place as Mar
quctte and couldn't locate the "Quccn
City" SO the overcnats we're sent into
the Allegheny Mountains To get them
out OF the way. Later, the agent at the
little out.oi- thc-way station chanccd to
read an account OF Marquetto's ice
palace IN a Virginia paper and nssociat-
Ing the uncalled for freight with the city
mentioned he finally got the oyerroais
To their proper owners.
The pcddlcrs whom we mentioned last
week us having been arrested at Iron
River were arraigncd before Justice
| O'lricn, oi that village last Saturday
and after I'M exciting hearing IN which
the pcddcrS were represented by Attor-
ucy Hurley, Of Iron Mountain, and the
village by /, w. Bycrs, Ills Honor found
cause enough TO impose fine 81 $500
upon each vendcr. The manager OF the
house for which the men work was pres
cnt at the trial and asked To have the
ease appealed 10 circuit court is re.
ported that the company intends TO
carry the ease 70 the supreme court but
there may be- considerable 81 bluff
about That statement.
Chas Peterson, the brute from Flor.
cncc county, who drove his wife to the
insane asylum aud deserted his
sis little children, after selling
every vestige OF property upon the
homestead ON which hc resided, was
located at the Great Western mine ia
this city last Monday Contrary To the
reports cmanating from outside papers,
/ the Florence authorities are notanxious
| for the mans return nor are They en-
dcavoriug 10 set him back there, for
they figure (and rightly, tool that their
town is better without such men.
A passenger on the train Wednesday
informed reporter for THE DIAMOND
DRILL that the old mill plant at
Saunders had been purchased by II
Marshiicld (Wis.) man and That a crew
ui men had gone up 10 Saunders that
day TO start work upon remodcllng the
mill and fitting IL up for an extensive
vcnccling plant. ThGthng seems 10 be
a go for sure, now, aud We prophcsy a
good business for the mill owner.
Saunders being one OF the best oeations
ia the peninsula for Il mill ~ that kind.
A follow representing himself ~ II
priest and out collecting for u Green
Bay Catholic orphan asylum endeay-
orcd 10 work this town yesterday Pat
Larkins suspected him Of being a fraud
land constituted himself a detective.
When IN opportunity Offered he "col-
Jared his aun aud took him 10 Fr
Lcnhart, where IT was proved thnt he
was misrepresentation. lie was told to
get ont oi town at oncc, or that he
would hc arrested, which he did with
alacrity Reporter.
one Of our Young merchants wishing
10 depart from the usunl IN the
way of hnir dressing, informed one oTour
bnrhcrs of his wishes. Tho barber do
termiucd to try new hair dressing that
he had invented but through some over
sight il compromising the mixture hc
included sulphur, il iact IT, included
little less than sulphur ~ his dressing
and II YOU arr curious 10 know the
result, Just try il FOR the merchant rc.
icrrcd TO positively refuses 10 show his
/ head.
The Iron River school board nt ils
last meeting by unanimous vote tend
, cred their present positions to the
+ teachers engaged in their schools for IN.
other year This il IA pretty and de
!. served compliment to the able corps o
Z teachers now welding the birch in ON
I sister city The term was reduced IRON
{ ten 10 nine months in the city aud IRON
. eight TO seven ia tie country.
Mr.. aud Mrs. G. f. Lawrence cam,
down from Amasa Sunday morning in
: tending to spend the day ia the city ant
90 10 Iron River ia the evening, but Il
. message was awaiting Mr. Lawrence or
his arrival calling him back 10 Amasa
for some business papers 20 ms to TAX,
the evening train from here to Chicago.
The Lansing papers tell of n eeriou
: runaway with which Mrs. $. T. Hand,
was mixed up last week. She was ou
riding with Rep. aud Mrs. Chandler, q
the 500, when the horses bccam,
frightened and in the runaway resulting
!, the occupants oi the carriage wcr,