The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-15
TERSE TOWN TOPICS.

rupNiNispf III lfOu hiNtr township. lie
further informs us that w. j. Blair. who
WAS but one vote behind LYONS, had
live men lusthng for him in precinct No.
but when the return, came in from
that precinct Mr. Blair had but Que
vote to his credit. In this connection
an old Iron River citizen tells OF hot
contest Tor supervisor In that township
a number of years ago, John Morrison
being one oi the candidates. When the
votes were counted there was not "a vote.
to his credit but he insisted that the
returns were incorrect for he WAS certain
that he voted for himself.
A dispatch from Green Bay last Tues
day says The Chicago x North West
ern Railway company is extending the
service oil it's hig passenger engines to the
Northern division 81 the road. No. l01 +,
which is OF the same class as the big
passenger engines on runs aud 5, OF
the Wisconsin division, was sent North
yesterday la charge of Engineer Cewsen,
to be placed ia service in the upper
peninsula. No. 22l, one OF the largest
switch engines on the road was "A lso sent
TO the upper peninsula this week, and
No. 249. another switch engine Of the
largest size. now in the roundhouse at
this place, will be sent to Escanaba.
| President j. +. Bower, Of the Upper
Peninsula Firemen's Associa ton, has
called meeting of the firemen at Mar
| quette Tor the 10Th inst. At this meet
ing the date OF the annual meet W III be
set and other necessary details attended
| to. The annual tournament will be held
at Marquette this year and Crystal
Falls will be there with IA team that will
surpass the record OF last year and open
| the eyes of some Of the older teams up
north. The boys are getting ready for
training already.
Robert Munns returned from the 500
Tuesday. He says that the members Of
the 500 Military company who went
To Cuba are dying off rapidly
and many people think that the
major portion of the soldier boys
contracted disease while 10 the
tropics that will shorten their lives a
great deal il il does not cause their
death 10 the near future.
| In almost every neighborhood there is
some one whose life has been saved by
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy or who has been cured Of
chronic diarrhoea by the use OF that
medicine. Such persons make point
OF telling it whenever opportunity offers,
hoping that il may he the means of sav.
ing other lives. For sale at Coles Phar-
macy.
The board 81 county csnvassers met
at the court house last Tuesday and
canvassed as much al the vote as they
could. number OF the returns were
incorrect and we're returned to the sew
eral canvassing boards for correction.
The final meeting OF the board will be
held next Tuesday when the results will
be announced
| Ellsworth Coe, oi Iron Mountain,
came to town by way Of Dunn & Grat-
tan's mill and the township road last
Tuesday. Mr.. Coe visited the mill tina
morning to look il over with view oi
writing some insurance upon il. He in
forms us that the new opera tors, Smith
& Noel, will start work there before May
first.
Mr.. Masse, OF Cleveland Ohio. was
in the city Monday in the interest 81 his
clients who hold Iron county bonds. II
seems that the interests upon the bonds
has gonc delinquent for a couple of years
back and he came here To See what
could be done about getting payment
OF this back interest.
Swan Anderson has purchased the
Beinis house from Henry Doupe and will
move IL onto the lot directly north al
Thos. McCusker's residence. We under.
stand that Mr.. Doupe will build neat
cottage on the lot frotn which the house
will be moved.
Pat Fogerty, ol Ercanaba. who in
early days was heavily inter ested in
Iron River property and IL t. some ex-
tent interested in that locality yet. was
In Crystal Falls last Saturday looking
up the records at the court house.
Frank Cole has moved into his new
home, the old Bower house ON Third
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Cole have been
boarding at the Lockwood Tor the past
three months their household goods
having leeu at the Dunn.
Adam Bower. returned To his new
home at Greenland, Monday, after a
weeks visit with friends in this city
Mr.. Bower tells Us that bis father. j. r
Bower, will open up drug store al
, Greenland May 1st.
; Prosecuting Attorney Byers Is very
busy theso days looking alter the records
of the different township meetings. lie