The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17
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was owned aud Operated ~ 'ne 9'"'o
Michigan the cost OF maintaining II was
met by tolls paid by the vesselnen, inc
W.. h.ina TO collect only a sufficient
,,mo1nt 20 operate the canal and keep
Il IN repair. However, when the ean"l
,sa. turned over TO the general
,,,srnmeut there was 100000 remain
;ns. - the special fund. There il remain
20, until 1897 when it was convertedln'"
the general fund OF the state alter an
effort was made TO appro-
,,y,ate il for Il Marine hospital az Tue
500. AT that tune the citizens 81 the
500 looking upon the states action az
little short OF 4 steal, claiming that the
money never belonged 10 Michigan
having been raiscd for canal PURPOSES
ouly Now Tie general government Is
nrepniring 10 make a demand on the
statefor tic SEQ 900. Attorney -Geucml
oiriccs having instructed District Attol-
nov Gordon 10 proceed IN the matter,
and the latter having enlisted theserylces
Of CITY Attorney shino,oi the 500. The
claim ol the United States II that when
the government purchased the canal Vt
acaniied possession 81 this fund, ana
everything else pertaining to that water
way. A singular feature OF the.sltuatioh
il that District Attorney Gordon. VINO
now represents the general government,
was speaker 81 the house when the
legislature appropriated tie fund while
Attorney. General Oren, who must now
defend the action 81 Tie state, WIS then
The attorney Tor tie 500, who opposed
the passage Of the bill Z
There ia no better medicine for the
bibles than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It's pleasant taste and
prompt aud ciiectual cures mike IT q
iavoriie with mothers and small chill.
dren. II quicl,iy cures theircoughs AMI
colds. preventing pneumonia o. other
serious consequences. Il also cures
Group aud has been used ~ tens I'll
thousands OF cases without q single
failure 80 far ns we lave been able tu
learn. II not only cures Group, bul
when given as soon is thucfoupy cough
appears, viii prevent the attnck. Ia
cases Of whoopng cough i iiquelles the
tough mueus, making il easier @ eNPee.
torate, and lessons the severity aud
frequency os the paroXysms oiconsliins,
thus depriving thatdiseasc Oh all danger
Gus consequences For Sale by Coie.a
Pharmacy
WIN. Parks horse became frightened
Yesterday morning while tied 70 4 post
in front Of the Parks Mercantile COM
pnny's store, broke his tie strap and
started down the sbaier track ~ the
direction oi The Monitor. lie crossed
the long culvert near Che Youngstown
and ran on to Tie Bristol mine where,
in passing between two lumber piles, be
got loose from tic cutter aud ran down
ON the location One 81 Tile men caught
him and put him IL tile burn Outside
OF a few scratches There Wells no damage
done the horse aud bat ltdc IS the
cater.
The Parks Mercantile company has
Just placed 10 their store very fine
ICE box Tie size % the box is l2Nl3
aud il contains two compartments, ont
Tor cut meats and another far storing
meats. There Is p4iecl yettllalieQ
inside the box, and il i-plncod right un
against one end ~ tho new ice house 81
that the ice can simply be showed right
from tic icc house nte ihc place rcscry-
cd ior it IN thc boN Wucn loadcd, the
cooler contains Two cords If ice. Z I,
handsomely trimmed withmarble and 4
a dandy ia every respect
What X really q miraculous escap,
from death happened 60 tile pfsscncei
on tie west bound y n TRAIN
at Ncstora last Saturday wien three
coaches rolled down au embankment q
fifteen feet landing n thediteh uu their
sides Will one side tomuut If some Il th,
conchcs and every window light broker
IL nll 81 them There were "a number
of passengers aboard but not ONE was
killed or had limb broken ALTHOUGH
several received some bad bruises.
Marquette had n SCI 10000 Gre las
saturday Tie ffe broke out IN th
basement ol Van Alslync q Cos stor
IN the opera house block mud before i
was got under control Ito stock O
cluthing owned BY Alstync q Go. WI
totally destroyed The excellent worl
81 Che Gic department kept the tirc from
spreading M got il under coutol bcIor
any 81 tie oilicr tenants - the building
suffered any loss.
Supt Lawrence team INDUCED in d
runaway last Tuesday that. iortunatet
for al concerned, dil 90 damage othe
thnn broken whiils tree Ia turninl
around at Tho Mononeohela tile cutie
struck lug cnusiug tho break an'
setting tho horses lnosc They ran &,
Eldlcd's barn whore they stopped o