The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
TERSE TOWN TOPICS.

IL = not ltN Whth NNh ~ wv 'f'''
of "a Dickinson county oiIicinl ana
Supervisor Searles. oi Mansfield town
ship, Justly coneratuntcs himself upon
getting a horse upon the board oi
poor commissioners ni our ncighborlng
county on the east. A hpmestcader
who resides III Mansfield township
close to the county line has been sick i"r
the past two years and the Dickinson
county commissioners haye been fur
nishng him with food and medicine,
supposing him 20 he proper charge ior
TINT county Someone put them "on' I
Il week ugn and instead ui tho regular !
monthly remittance 81 spring chicken |,
and dougtnlts, the homesteader rc-
cciycd several pages oi "a calling down |
from the indignant commissioners for
having lunrhcd at their expense all these
wears
/ At Marquette, Mich, tile husiucss rucn
shy that the people arc ncglcctng 90
irmy their bills and putting their earn
iues ia stocks Few mines are beIng
opcucd upitnd copper explorations nrc
bcug carried on Ia many places.
Fortunes have been made during the
past lew weeks aud the market is sill
on The boom. But hy some II is pre-
dicled that the bottom will drop out of
tie boom aud that There will he 4 lot OF
sander bot wiser spculaiors The
chiri reason for the great boom q that
the use oi ccciriciiy IS becoming more
general aud it consequently increases
thc consumption ~ corprr Murinctic
Eagle,
aTalk about gall said Proprietor
Marri-op, d tbo Lockwood, recently i
saw Tie greuttst manifestation - i II
short time ago il,nt has ever been dis
played IN this burr follow clme ia
nu thc uitoruuun passenger ani walked
up tile street traumgtlre all uf m-
husinossou tie WY When hclal undc
eyerv store Ia town hecme ~ hers
secured stationery; wrote several letters;
'tourhcA thc clerk for FREE postage
stamps aud then kicked because there
was not Il free bus 10 bring him down to
tue nee o'clock train NOW thaiswhat
| call gall
!, Acouplo of Young mrn Of this city,
Nha-c npmrs erp withhold az present
lllmvc ahnoi decided "a build and put IN
Il telephone ysicn from Iron River to
cpsta Ftll- Ellis i something dat
tc urc in mood of mud tho Reporter
hopes Tint tie project may De sncccss
/, ,llulh caried through 1t docs not re-
L quire mucl, cnpibl, i h IS built cutirck
I wind. aud 81 ire iuiormcdrlnt that
: e about the extent oi tic aforesaid
{ youna mcu's bunk account Reporter.
( Tic Inko superior district II not the
! oply mining district thai j, short ol
miners Erank Scu.aen had Uticr
from bis father, vii resides ia Cornwall
England, II which ho says tint several
j 81 the mines in that patt ~ The
! country are compelled 70 remain
i idle hccausc oi -cuciiy % miucrs.
Ile minrrs from thcichaye hcrn
]. leaving thnt country u lgc numbers
t dudne the pist ieu ,dns Ter south
9 Africa
= Hcnry Fcrh. II Ncuomnpo was Ia.
-tantly killed hy ttliiug tpo az Sol
4 rraz.fs cmppnear Batan5 Yesterday
uIteruonn lIr and j companion were
=cmtipudown tte that stood on sid,
= hul miallne, the tpcsvungatouudonl
Z eausla Fcth. iaHn.lug hm inu horlihl,
manner llic rcmam nco brought e.
= this iNlast night uul ihis mornini
tile, vce taken q Mcuonincc 10
tutial
4 Hrpublean county convention ha,
rccu callcd "a mect pt the Rcpublicuf
rluh headquarters, ID thi4 city, ~
Saturday. Frb Is. iui thr pnrplsn d
! Fclrctne tno,elcante- io tho static con
,rutou, tvo o. thc hidicial convention
anl iar ilc nomination ol count
officers. Atkinson Balr- ~umbaugll
!. Ilmnitc. Mansfield and Ma-todu
toWpsHgs viii lv entitled luoue dclteat
rHcb. Iron River there and CryslWI l'nll
Itr tur.
he 1hr nest annual reunion 81 IN
i. Chtyultr dc ahiyctie rocirtlrs 81 th
~ t'pper Peninsula win De held 40 Nreaunt
June 9TH The pcopc oI Nogaun,
hnyohmted thu work ui arranging io
the cccbtaiipn Crystal Fails viii Il
tie represented al tbc reunion, society ,
iis that order bcins maintained here.
iis Two silver rry loses were capture
ice recently ia the vicinity ~ SO. G rchoo
ud house. 10 Stambnu-i township. ~
go pclt ol thc Grst ono cnplufcd was pt
%, Ia Il Chirapo lorict Whu returned
ld dr,ii ior riNts dnllat- Is payment nn
,h offered ,hc snmr ampuut ior iic oih'
hc prlt.
~ ~ VIM Mcrulncy came down froi
he Annsu Ca iranract suuic business, nr
irr ni tlr anir tnlr 90 ten ihc boys q