The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-01-11

When VIM. Neshitt entered his bag
gage car Wednesday morning ne fell
over sixteen dogs and picking him
self mp he again stumbled over half
dozen guns stacked up in his way. He
proceeded ~ investigate before again
laying himself liable 10 fall On
looking around he heheld John Erik
son, o. NJ. Brown. JOIN Hooper, Chas
Henderson and John Parks all logged
out for rabbit hunting. Stager was
the Mecca Of this rabbit contingent
but Erikson and Brown declared that
they were out on a little business trip
and got on at Railroad lake The re
mainder Of the party got off at Stager
and scattered out into the bush. Every
thing went merry rs O marriage bell
and all We're confident OF bringing
home enough rabbits 10 make pies for
the balance Of the winter In fact to
a person at distance il would seem
that they We're getting a lot of Dummies
from the amount of shooting being
done. Everyone was banging away
excepting John Parks, Search AS he
might no rabbit came within the
horizon OF hisvision. re was getting
near train time and he was getting
desperate. What will those fellows
say il | return without a rabbit, he
was saying to himself when. all at
once he saw something looking desper-
ately like a rabbit ia the bush few
rod distant. The opportunity had ar
rived. There WAS no time 10 lose.
HE gun was to his shoulder in a
twinkle and bang The answer TO
the shot was an unearthly canine howl
and Mr.. T, FASTENED to investigate
when he found that instead of shoot
ing rabbit he had filed John Hoop
er's dog full of shot while the poor dog
was caught in a trap He liberated
the poor dog aud started for the depot
where the others had proceeded him.
After his arrival they took inventory
of thei- gana and found !. the whole
pile 70 he ono rabbit and a dog
The Wor.saen are increasing by
leaps and bounds ana if Mr.. Davis re-
mains around here much longer the
lodge will not only be the largest of
the order ia the county but will have
the largest membership of any lodge
in the city us we'll The only way to
escape Davis is to lock the door when
You see him coming and then run
down cellar and hide for IL You re-
main in the light he will surely find
you.
We call the attention OF our readers
TO the large al OF the Greater New
York store ON the fifth page of this is
sue. Mr. Harris, the enterprising prop
rietor of this large establishment is
Offering you some bargains that You
can't afford to lose sight OF Read the
nd over carefully pick ont the bar
gains and when you visit the store.
don Z forget 60 tell Mr.. Harris that
you read his great offer in the Diamond
Drill
School was resumed in the city
schools last Monday morning aud
everything is running along smoothly
now. The semi annual promotions
will occur about the latter part of Jan
nary at which time there will be
changing in the corps Of teachers so as
to fill up the gap left by the resignation
Of Miss Roman
The long talked Of tournament divi-
dend was dished out yesterday morn
ing. tho disucrsenent amounting 60
thirty per cent There IL q little more
money left about so % aud 800 cots
TO dispose Of A meeting Of the stock
holders will be called in the near future
TO determine what II 10 be done with
the balance II the property.
NJ. II Moriarty returned from his
lower Michigan trip last Tuesday.
He was accompanied by Mr.. c. ID.
Dryer the young man who takes the
position 0f stcnographer in Judge
Office.
A. Lustfield went 20 Menominee
Monday uevening to see that little
nephew that arrived nc Emil Guens-
burg recently. Emil's many friends in
this city extend him congratulations
Herman Buenger showed us box of
cigars that he had made purposely for
the Webb silver wedding that was GER
tainly n novelty. The box IL silvered
over and the cigars are wopnd with
silvef paper