The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-01-09
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thing in the Jewelry and Optical line.
]. A. Dresser, the expert accountant
OF Detroit. was in the city the fore
part Of the week checking up the ac-
counts of County Treasurer McGillis,
Mr.. Dresser is rapidly getting his,
name up throughout the state on ac-
count of the numerous and intricate
cases that he has probed. His last
exploit Of prominence was the check
ing of the treasurer of Macolmb county
whom he found to be several thousand
dollars short.
Circuit court opened in dickinson
county last Monday morning Judge
Stone presiding. The docket is an un-
important one with the exception of
the VanGorder case. VanGorder Is
the man who is alleged to have fired
the shot that killed John Schalter in
one Of the public streets of Iron
Mountain last summer. The case at
tracted great deal of attention at the
time.
Prof Murtaugh announces Leap
Year Party for Friday evening next
Jan. 18th.
Harry Hatch won the shot gun
which Dan Boyle raffled off last week.
What Harry wants with shot gun
cannot well be surmised. He paid
thirty seven cent for mis- ticket and
Ed. Watts is lead to remark that
thirty seven cents is big price for all
the game Hatch will ever shoot.
There is talk Of another horse race.
The blood Of the several horsemen
was warmed up by the hns work and
the close work of the horses of Robert
Munns and H. J. McLaren on the ice
last New Years day and there is talk Of
another race for a purse of $3.50 be-
tween Munns and McLaren.
Leap Year party next Friday.
If you happen to see JAS, j. Gaffney
with a fine meerschaum pipe in his
mouth just remebmer that he drew
it in the rattle that was held at
Hams restraint and don't forget il
for he told MS to say So
The Masonic lodge Of Escanaba has
now in hand project for the erection
of the finest Masonic home in the mp
per peninsula. The cost OF the struc-
ture is TO be $l5, 600 II will have
three stories and basement
John Ward. who is confined in the
hospital with broken leg has been
very unfortunate of late. He contract
ed slight cold that developed into
pneumonia and has been very sick.
Cigar. Ii. @. Buenger Mfgr.
Misses Lucy and Anna Brann, of
Sturgeon Bay, are in the city the
guest of their sister, Mrs l. II. Jack
son They will remain here the great
er pant of the winter
The school teachers returned from
their different localities in which
they were spending their vacation and
were on hand for work last Monday
morning.
Leap Year party next Friday.
Miss Clara Dawson returned to her |
school at Green Bay after spending |
her vacation with her parents in this
city.
Misses Daisy and Cora Uren and
Ruby Rowley returned to their school
duties last Sunday, Miss Cora going to
Ironwood and the others to Elgin.
G. M. Rogers is busy these days
paying taxes for the Sawyer Goodman
company, for which concern he is the
local representative.
Myrtle Wills held the lucky number
on the gold watch offered by the
Henderson Bros. The drawing occurr-
ed last Saturday.
The sale OF the Harris bankrupt
stock will take place on the 25th Of
this month as will be seen by notice
in another column of this issue.
Smoke la Plante, Zoe straight
Clyde Henry and his sister Mrs.
Rothie, returned TO their school duties
last Sunday
Ed. BTeggar drew the handsome
silver pitcher that p. Landfeld q Son
rafiled last Tuesday.
Miss Flossie McPhail, of Rodgers
vile, Wis, is in the city visiting with
friends
Joe Doran has severed his connection
with the Iron Mountain Tribune after
a number Of years Of faithful work.
Mrs Robert Uren, of Butte Montana
is in the city a guest Of Mrs Jno.
Koepeke.
Mrs l.. Leiringer Of Negaunee,