The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-10-14
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VIM. Phillips, an old resident Of this
place who went Go England AZ the time
OF the panic returned from across the
water last Wednesday. Mr. Phillips has
been in South Africa twice since leaving
Crystal Falls lie left Johannesburg last
July on account Of the war talk lie
says that as lar rs he could see the
trouble between the Beers and English
has been trumpet zap by TIE mine
owners who are not satisfied with the
restrictions the Boer government places
upon the employment Of kallir or negro
labor. In the Transvaa only the white
man can manage a mine, boss a PIT or
crew or handle powder aud the wages
OF white labor is one pound per day.
Much of the labor now done by the
whites could just as well be done by the
blacks il it wee not for the restrictions
OF the government A white miner must
have certificate before he is eligible to
handle powder Mr.. Phillips has one
OF the documents with him He says
that the only serious injustice done the
uitlanders il, that upon the least pro-
general thing the offender il not given n
fair hearing This can be accounted Tor
though from the Tact that n great many
tough characters have ilocked 20 Joahn-
nesberg and the officials must he strict.
He il OF the opinion that the Beers will
raise Johannesburg il hard pressed
During the winter OF 1897 Mr. james
Reed, one OF the leading citizens and
merchants OF Clay, Clay Co., w Va,
struck his ley against a cake Of ice in
such manuor az TO bruise IL severely.
1t became very much swollen aud panied
him 40 badly that he could not walk
without the aid OF crutches. lie was
treated by physicians, also used several
kinds OF linmcnt and two and n hall
gallons OF whiskey in bathing it but
nothing gave any relief until he began
using Chamberlan's Pain Balm. This
brought almost complete cure IN a
weeks time and he believes that had he
not used this remedy his leg would have
TO bo amputated. Pain Balm is un-
equaled for sprains, bruises and rhcu
matism. For sale az Coles Pharmacy.
II know where there is fine ore Do.
post, said Polish settler to a Crystal
Falls business man Yesterday, "And ifyou
will get the option for me viii explore
tho land and give you half interest.
The business man Jumped at the chance,
sut down and started 10 write q LET r.
TO the owner OF the land. What IL the
owners name2" asked our businessman
"Ohl you leave that blank and III put
that in" came the reioinder. The C.F.b.
IN. looked disturbed but continued 70
write. "What IL the description OF the
land" he asked when il came time to
insert that in the letter you just
leave that blank" came the answer,
"I'll put that In, whereat the G. L. b. m
tore up the first letter and penned the
following Mr., believe that there
is iron ore on your land and want an
option to dig, 49,
Meyer Savan returned from the
market Saturday and has been busy
all week arranging the new stock that
liz arriving daily. While We we're not
solicited TO do SO yet we feel like making
an explanation Tor Mr.. Savlan 20 our
readers. Owing to disagreement be-
tween his partner L. Warshawsky. and
himself, Mr.. Savlan has not been able to
carry out the program he had in mind
when he moved here and an summer
he has been bending his energies % pur-
chasing the interest Of Mr. Warshawsky
This has been accomplished within The
past three weeks and the business 81
The Leader is now IN Mr. Savlan's own
name. He = losing no time IN getting
n new stock and our readers will do
well to look his ad. over for bargains.
Fredcrck's Rhue, better known as
Nolguth's place was the Mecca OF a
number OF pleasure seekers last sunday
II the trip TO Mecca is harder one
on any three mile stage OF It's length
than Is the trip from Crone's road 10
the Rhue We know how TO sympathze
with the poor Mohamedan who must
make II sometime during bis lie
However, the natural beauty oi the
Rhue and its surroundings Is ample