The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-04-14
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too economical 10 take lis home paper,
but sent his litile boy to borrow The
copy taken by lis neighbour In his
haste the boy ran over four dollar
stand OF bees and in ten minutes looked
like a warty summer Squash His cries
reached his father, who ran 10 his assist
ance and inilng 60 notice barb WIRE
fence, ran into that, breaking IL down,
cutting a handful Of lishbaIt from ms
anatomy and running pair OF Jour
dollar pants. The old COW took advan'
tage OF the gap in the fence aud got into
the corn field and committed suicide 10y
eating green corn. Hearing the racket
the vile ran, upsetting IA iour-gailon
churn full OF rich cream into basket OF
kittens, drowning the whole litter. In
the hurry she dropped n sevcn-dollar set
al false teeth The baby, left alone,
crawlcd through the spilled milk aud
into the parlor, running a bran new
twenty dollar carpet. During the excite
ment the oldest Girl ran away with the
hired man. the dog broke up eleven set
chewed the tails OF from four fine shirts
That the {. 4 NV. R'y company is
going to enter into strong competition
with the T.. &. L. S. R'y in the timber
trade up in the district along the Esca.
naba and Ford rivers seems 10 be n
settled conclusion in view OF the com.
pnny's plans to build branch line over
into that district. The line is 90 be built
from Beaver, station eighteen miles
north 81 the Escanaba over 20 the
EScannba river. 1t will cross the river
and tap the Tine timber belt lying be.
tween the two rivers which will give the
g. INV peopledirectaceess into a terri
ritory on which the f. q l.. s. R'y now
has monopoly.
A minister called on family where
only the vile was IL member OF the
church Tile good preacher remained to
tea, and 81 course, asked the blessing
A I-year-old Girl was tho pride Of the
family, nnd after tea The preacher took
the littlo gir on his knee and was
nstonshcd TO hcar the child remark
that he did not say grace the way her
papa did. "IIow does your papa say
grace" asked tic good man. why,
said the child, "papa tum homo 20 din
ner esterday an set down to the table
looked all over cversing aud en- looked
at my mamma und said, bod, what
dinner"
The New York Times VIII publish IN
American newspaper on the grounds Of
the Paris Exposition will appear in
it's usual form and viii be printed on a
large, latest improved web-pcriectng
prcss and II complete printing Office. in
cludirg battery % iyposcttiog
machines, will be installed in the
center OF the American Annex Co the
Building Of Liberal Arts and Mechanical
Industries twill be gratuitously dis.
tributed and il will hc the only paper
published On the Exposition grounds.
Lawrence G Rothie, Of Saunders, was
in the city several days visiting friends
Mr.. Rothie is huokkpepcr ior the IIattc
berg Veneer < Panel company aud runs
"a store in connection Rumor SAYS That
Mr. Rolhie's visit here was ID perfect
plans Tor the CARRYING oii ~ one ~ our
young ladies and SIC were going To tel
our readers what i Nllnn DE Is aud Zip
him up the back but have since learned
that the young lady il question has no
tf
congratulations Instead
The laws provide that the computn.
tion Of taxes ou the earnines Oh Michigan
ra ilroada shall bcmndc On May , euch
year. Commissioners Osborn has been
poking up the roads to get in their an.
nual reports, and they are now nearly
MI in and tic work 81 computation will
be begun Ia few days Ga account Of
The greatly increased earnings Of the
Michigan roads during the past year, it
Is expected that the tax will be larger
than for several years past.
L. y. Berg. the popular caterer has
got settled in his new quarters aud will |
be in position to serve the people 81 /
the city in FIRST class style this summer
His ice cream parlors arc well arranged
md will be very inviting when fnishcd.
Ladies' can enter ut the side door great |
convenience for many a lunch counter
will be u now Il lture Of the store Oar.
ins the week Mr. Berg hus put in place
the finest soda Nntcr fountain ever
seen in tie city.
In almost every ncighhorhood there *
some one whose life has been saved by
Chnmberltin's Collie, Cholera and
Diurhoca Remedy, or who has been
cur,d OF chronic dinrrhoen 10y the use Of
that medicine. Such persons make IA
point Of telling Of il whenever opportuui.
~ offers, hoping that Il may hc the
means of saving other lives. For sale