The diamond drill., May 21, 1898, Image 1

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TWELFTH YHAR No. 18.
CRYSTAL FALLS. MICHIGAN. SATURDAY. MAY 2 180.
SUBSCRIPTION $3.00 PURYUAk
FROM THE FRONT.
Two Intertating Letter From Lebaron Margin -n
Now at Inland Lake.
Camp Katon, Inland I,nkc, . Ma li.
I May 'A, 1S1I8.
Our life in camp in not very Mt; it t yrt,
x'-Ojut HH Ho(rV oh we 111 uic t ml into tho
vwjjuMr nrmy the tulea id l;vei vtrict.
I ' It .1 A . I "... . .. .1...
tictlll vommivn'O uc vircn 111 mu
nut ion yesterday and it h exectcd Ihat
iim noon ita e ha ve panned the exam'-'
tit ion we will t a ordered t- the coat
iiinidixtt a week Oif boy in the l-'ifMi
JteKiuunt utand today 111 the I jut d nl
itl ; make the tx'Ht hi nMarai)ce and it
w.lhu In alth'ot and utionft Keuimcnt
in Michan. Thr 1101 theru boyn t nl
the weather dov u hero Iwtt v than the
Uiyi that I've In re. We a'o have a
proinirtO that ve wM lie kept together
mid U thu liM to l'o to the front , if any
I ImmIv hoc. Mavlx; the loyn don't feel
proud of it! They can hardly keep from
it lchratii'? U right hen; in catnp. Sun
ilay thero weio about lf,00d jicoplo
Cv from nil over the lower-part of the
at4. (iovemor Pnceo win hero and
watched oh iJi 'M. Wo ilu'n't have Gov
rrnor'a inspection on account of the
weather hcintf ho rough. I win on guard
all day ho noWd tho fun. 1 ion't nee
what th pajHTM want to puhlinh hucIi
reporta about r Ik.''"'; nhort of pro
vision for. We have all 1 11.1t we ran
cat and more to. Offcou.v we don't
huvo pie and cake, three tinea a day,
but we have plenty of potaloca, U-hiih,
ineatH of a" W : f hJh, eaiied goods, cut nup,
pin and cake once a day and fiuit
occasionally. We nlecp eight in a tent.
Wi have two 1 .ck-i and a bla Vet each,
ho you nee we don't Buffer from the cold.
You don't want to iM-Iieve n!l the re
port you M-e in the paper.' Tlicy put
ttuch nwWM mi j"Ht to nell them. The
average hciv'ht of the boy that -deep
in my t ;nt, in live feet eleven and n ha'f
i when and the average weigh 17 pound
bo von can imagine what Kind of a
crowd w ar Well, the bugle he
Hounded and I wi'! have to no and net
ready for drear parade.
May 1L lS'JS.
I went through the exnn:;rtution yea
tenlay O. K I don.t K low ji--t. when
we will Ik? hu h4 'ted in but j, e"H it wi'l
lie about Monday and lh 11 we expect
order to move at once; just where, we
don't know. The Flint and Second
regiment of Midrgun volni'i'iH will
""N'o to Tampa, I lorida, ind from liere
Jltrnn-hl to I'uba. It in l ored that
the Fifth nvment w.M pi to Tort Wan
ner, at Ik-'roii, for awhile, but wt, don't
know bow U ue it m. The l-'itat and
Third regiment are out on drenH parade
now and I tell you it look nice to wr
them and hear the band playing.
There wa an order iMiied to allow no
More liquor on the ground which m a
good thing a the bo lined to I e I'nrk
ing a'l the Mine when they were not on
duty.
Ll IIAKON M MMJ'SON
An Important Point Settled
The Hiipreiiai court nllirnnsl the de
ciion of the lower com t in the ca-e of
.1. A. May v.-. Fiedei ck Thorn in. Thi
i 0110 of the numerou hi-'N growing out
of the bank fa'hiie and nettle n very
important point relative to the pledm,'
if tock. U. .1. ('It liind n iHd a number
of hhare in the liarmu' kuiUinj; work,
which he pltnlu'i'd at the lnphi'm c ounty
bank. TM win Hiibe4pint l.v lev ed on
Mild Hold at nhetirr h.I. to Thorn m,
who claimed title becaua the b ink had
failed to have the transfer of thu ntock
rironled. The eou.t 'low Ha'd he
bank ha I a prior richt to t tf to k ami
thoui(kt no transfer was neiesay. Tho
cahc i important l.ecauso it -etile for
Mlltitno, in M'rhiau, what a pledge
miint do. - Ho need tint ha vp a t annfer
made on the book, when ntock i pie'
id at a bank
O
Attention Ploaso.
We would renecl fully call tho atten
tion of tla county road commissioner
fo tin) condition of tho road in front of
Urm. Tark' fa tin. 1 he hole in tho road
Mt Unit plj 'p are vny krp and rapidly
lipproai bin? thu ap curanceof tent pit.
U'p wohM Hfetit I hat j' Jlju coitntv
1 011, 1 i to I continui'd in iU r''H4nt
Cdiirw thoMe hole oi:;ht to bti (illeil
ttnd, if it i the inb-ution of the commit
nioner to abandon lliatpaitof.it they
hhould notify the minp iu-i ector nnd
have thoe tent pit fenced.
Tho Running Team
Til Crytal Fal' liie depaiunent will
have 11 team in the ra:e at the next
Ojjjurnumt'iit and they w:'' npare no
iffort to cnptu a pru. A m-lection
tt the men to rcprcHent thi department
trim tua le a hort titifo njo. Thi '
upponed to lie the pick of the depart
I ioii t and rontaiis hoido vei.v good men.
The name of the member of the team
fi iv l follow ;
h- A. If nry lia-V Ifof nan
j;i Maia Ju. HarlMM'-
Frank Ha'! Jr. J. (Jut ey
Fan ile Her ("ha. D.icnb"ry
0 it Lund;ion Jo, riamin
lieo. JohiiHon Hhii Johnson
J H4. Hooper Otto t'iban
Khinchart Uibrn.
Our Navy In a Nutshell.
Wo have tho only ram tho Katnh
lir.
Ththipaan; now paintnl a lead
color.
Five battlehhipH are now under con
Htiiiction.
The oldent iron voHHcl i the Michigan
built in ISM-
Tho Aini iican navj' bun practically
all been bu 't hmicm IKS.i.
The Hrooklu and New York are our
ai uiotisl cruiei r.
A captain in t 10 navy runk with u
colonel in the arinv.
Sailor are paid from $9 .HO to $12.50
per month and their lioard.
It cot $."()() every time one of the
bin kl,c on board a hip i fired.
Hthind the armor there i a pal.ling
of either torn V''' rciM-oa hiirtk.)
A Hiibmarino torp,?do boat to lx
known a Thinner i now under
construction.
At present the total enlited force of
the naval mil'tia. i '1,870 ollicer and
men.
We have live armored battlehipa
the Indii na, Iou, Maathuet t, Tex
a and Or. 11.
The lio 'er of the Iowa have a heat
inj; Hiitfa e cf cinbt acre! and hold .'tO
ton of wut r.
Five hnndntl and twenty-ix men and
forty otlicer are required to man the
cruier New York.
A bin battle nhip ha on iMiaid an
electric plant capable of linhtinn a town
of fi.OOO M-habitant.
Theu.'sr a battleship can carry
fnim h: ' 1 1 velve in h, hurliun a hot
weihin half a tor
Marine 1110 the po'i e on board Hhip.
Orin'na'lylhey weie employed to pre
vent mutiny amomj tho aailor.
The "i,con" rat 'n wa aliolinhed in
1 Hi:5, nnd ;'ic then the crew ha Urn
foi bidden to d. trk while on duty.
A" the crti'se . are named in honor
of cit; , .'";d ' i-. bettlcvhip, except the
Keari-atn ;,i honor id wtatH.
UaUli-,,; in' j for the heavy work,
crJser are he t ()tr,nei"e ihst-oyctn,
mor tiira h ' ' o"'y for coat de
fer sp.
The If 'von could he ' outnide Sandy
Hook ami throw ,'J00-pound nhot into
New Yoik it the rate of four a minute.
The fas -Ht veHel in the Americati
Nay rti the torpedo boatn l'orter ami
Dupont, each of which can travel U7.fi
knot an hour.
Some of the iri;v in the navy can flit
a hhot 1 2 mi'1 , fur' Iter than a man can
oe, for the k ti a-e aimed and ninhtcd
by machinery.
HattlehipH coHt from $2.r.()0,0()() to
fL'JoO.OOO and cru'si r from ?a0,000
to SIJ.OOM.OOO. A nood torjHilo lmt
coMtaover $1,000,000.
The orinin of the navy department
m.ip Ih a id to date from Oct lH7o,
when cor 'jre authorized the eipiipment
of t vo cm' TH.
In a bat "e ''.- woodwork and all
nilicleHof wochI nie either ntowttl lielow
or thrown overboa -d lest tho men U
injureil by Mp''ntr.
Our battleship have a Hpird of from
lo to 17 knot an hour. Cruiet make
10 to 21 knot, wh:V tho monitor ran
travel oidy f to 7 knot.
Tho amount, expended by the navy
department in 1S'.7 wn $.'tt,rHl ,r1.).
Thi i a laincr Hum than ha Inh ii cx
ponded in any year nince 1HI.
Si xiy-one merchant voHrtel llonj to
the ai'ni'iaiy navy. Thoo Hhij are
Hub'ulir.ed and by contract must be
uiven to the t'rited State on demand.
Ilarnacle lorm on I he hull of a Hhip,
imH'iidinn it HHid. A nix month
cruio will d'creao I ho HMi'd of a hip
lo ier cent, and it must then no into
ilry iloik.
Tho binnent n" 'i in the navy are III
feet long, bin enough for a man to crawl
into; 4 feet in diameter at their IiirgPHt
part, weight l.'l(i,.r00 pound or there
al k 1 it.
Tho Iowa wi inh nearly 12,000 ton
and a 2fl tor I tho avi-rn lad of a
freinbt car, and 12 cant i a good load
for a locomotive engine, it would take
f0 Io. omotiv'"' to haul the great hUh'I
Htructuro.
Iron Gqunty f oaphori.
At the hut county teacher' cxitniin
at!n tho foltowir t'acliirt received
cei tilica'- .
Second n lo . Mr, llancorn, CryHli'
Fa''; (Jeo. Feriell, Iron Kivcr; Luman
S. l.oacb. Dann. Third grade H: John
Putcell, Sbimbaunb; Fdward Carroll,
Iron Hiver; Cha. Ureri, Joeph Doupp,
Iaiy Hetty and Harry M)rron,
I'ryHtal Fall.
The following teacher are condition
ed n one or two Mudic and will no
doubt brirj up their utanding o a to
get cert'licati ! August. Sirond grade,
pora (!u';: en and Anna Hennane, Iron
liivcr; Lulu Morr'son, Sarah Munn
and Ane McCtujrt, (yta1 VnU.
Tbirtl UT( lo. Tilly Honljoiii and Joseph
Whl,o, tibonbiuigh ; Florin Light foot,
Iron liivrr; Agne Waitp, Mary (iaffney
and Ida I'aro, Oyntal Fall.
An olllcial list of Iron county teacher
will he isned from the ofllce of the
county coraralssioncr ucxt week.
TERSE TOWN TOPICS.
The cou ity comtnTioner of hcIkh)
recei veil, from the committee luiv'-r-: in
charge tho eivctiot; of th Ma'ne monu
ment, blank to cigned by r'l of the
hcIiooI chihlren of thi county. It i
propocd to eontuict a vai;'t in he base
tt the mo j'nent h which w l U de
liositotl the ni'iat'' 'M)f all 'he nehool
children in the Uui..i! Stat h. Thi i
a great leon in pntrmtiVtn. Next
Thurnday, the 2Gth int., ha U-en net
upon tho day when the children will
place their nignatu'i iiMin tho blank.
Appropriate exorc'-o will lie held in tho
t'ryntal Fall hcIioo'-i and a many of
the pa mt n ate able to vinit tho
hcIiooI upon that day ought to at end
tho exercise.
Tiik Diamond Dmi.L job depatitnent
ha ln.rn bi'sy part of th wck ipon Mie
brief of Attorney Ablwitt in the casi o
tho to n-hip of Crytal Fa'l agait
tho Iron Star company. TM i tVcuit
U-gun by ex-eieaur'r Wel-se to collect
the taxe for iH'.hl. Tho real esta tax
that year amount d to $ll)'.M) 7.". i'd
the ciHonal tax to S.VJI.,0. The liea
mirer attacltHl t'ie tock-pMo Kr the
taxi anil the eompany bro :ht i. plev
In. Tho cae wa triinl in the circuit
court and the towr-hip won. The com
pany then appealed to theuprrnerou'-t.
ThcraKO will In called at Lniiin about
tho 7th of Juno
The railroad men reprt having had
ipiito a time down the line lat Tuenday
morning. A numlier of tecruit were
taken from Menominee and F.eanaha
to fill tho rank of the upper H iiiiiula
companie which had U'en thinned out
by tho exami' Mig wurgoon. M.inpjetle
Bent a quota a'o. The Menominee and
Kcanahn recruit went to Manpi- t b?
and from the o to -dnnd Lake.
1). W. Ho ha re4 red from leer
biiHine and will in the fur ire devote
tnot of hi t:me to the development of
the farm which he purchased from Cna
Hebatd lat fal'. The Uohh farm '
locaUil on the Iron Kivcr road about
three fourth of a mile thi ide of For
tune Lake. Mr. Kos contemplate
building a house upon hi prof erty at
once.
We made mention lat fall of the pri
vate f'sh iHind of A. (!. Merriman,
of Marinette, near Heecliwooil. The
pond i at the head water of the Iron
Uiver and i kept well ntocked with
trout. Lat week Mr. Merriman can "lit
a trout from thoo water that weighed
live pound a very remarkable weight
for a trout.
W. W. Si inner, of Minnekaunee, Wi.,
wa in Crytal Fall tho latter part of
the week looking after the landed inter
et of tho Menominee liivcr LuiiiIht
company. The company ha property
in all of tho township of this county
and Mr. Skinner wa before all of t It
hoard of review.
Last Saturday wa pay day at the
Dunn. A mentlomsl in Mh-ho colon -v
mime time ago, tho Dunn Mining eon
pany pay their men on the Saturday
tiearcHt the 1Mb of the month now in
htead of waiting until the last a ha
been tho custom herealHiut.
Fml Snow, chemist at tho Foluuibii
mine, paid a viit to tho Manpiet
ratigo early in the week in searc h of men
for the Columbia. He retormil Tuch
day with one man. Men aie Hear0
upon all id the rangi and csp-'-jn'lv in
the Cryntal Falls c'itrict,
Ham Jnhnuou wn before JudgoMuniiH
hint Saturday n reused of iiHsanlt and
battery upon tho H.'t-on of John Kani.
merer. The Judge looked upon 0
aault a meriting a putvshmcnt of
about nine dollar and coN whi' h wa
fully adininisteriHl.
Hy pun haing five dolla worth of
merchandise you can get a picture of
youiHolf or anyono of your family en
la rged frit of cot at the New Yoi k ntoie.
A lino Lilt or mahogany f'-arne 1(5x12
for the picture wi" lie nold for 5?2.00.
A bane ball nini composed of nn.l
boy came over from Iron I';ver Ia
Surujay iukI )hiyctj a iiw wijh iv V.v.
lulnf t,'ti city. Th r.oio it(od
twenty-eight to y'even-iu favor of Cryi
tal Fall.
A Hah and It k exert from r-tiit
looked over and cleaned tho links in the
Iron (Vanity Hank last Saturday. Mr.
Corcoran ha a t Hiding conn a" I wi"
thollrmto care fj" the lock- jrj i;
bank,
.llirle i. May wood, of F1 nt. will In
in own for a week or ho about Juie 1st.
He in an exNrt piano tuner and t hot-j
having intruuieut to U tuned will lind
it to their advantage to cngagj hi
Hcrvice.
Don't lay atiiilo thy jviinr without
looking t tho new ad of tho Ilea Hive
Hlock' old wtand. The proprietor
offer the fluent inducement of any ntore
in the city to their customei.
Work wi" lo begun whipping Went
ern utockpilo Monday morni: g. The
loading will lie done princia''y with the
Btcam iibovel. A crew of about tifo.m
men wi'l I employed.
A. L. Flewelllr-i paid a vl-iit to A'
kiiiMon lust Monday nnd (ishcl K'tw.en j
train. Ho icturnc 1 Wii!netlay with a
basket fu!' of trout! did you say?
Oh ! no. Fi h Htc. K.
Ztibina McColeman, of Atkinnon, tho
well known ci uitser wa in toe city never
al day tho pa it ween look i-: 2 over the
township roll in the mt ,rcHt of tho Le
wtnaw tiNHociatio.i.
Tlie ('hrisvo.i h .iduvor SiK-iety will
give an ice creo fi mil ca '0 hoc in I next
Friday evenie, May 27tn, at the
Miner and Lumlimi i' bu!M;ng. Ad
uiisnion ten cent.
A LustllcM i offering c prina for the
lieHt IVntnar jhip to hili r -hool pup1'.
A bniut'fi'' H'iir! hefiiMisl, ho!m gold pen
onexhibi on in one of U v ndow at
Ihe F-v-.
Frof. M. II. F.u nelce, fo irlv of
Iron Uiver where h ; v as Hupct a4 mdent
of Hchools, was riTently elected, to the
Huperintendeucy of the Clnulott Mich.,
(school.
Al. H. Wa'ti? win nn I on Kiver visitor
the foie part of n week when- ho par-
chosed 11 considcral ' ) ivnooct of bve
ntoelat a tnoi 20 ;e a'e.
We ba e tot) lu j , uliirt wais' on
tin nil. II v!l, b i ' slueat ion 5 -1 price.
('all early a el gi your choice of pal "i n
and Htyle .tv Th" Fa
Jol 1 Knrkwi, of Iron Mountain, was
inton'ihu day l.: k ig up business
for h'm company, th. .Mtna IViw Ier com
pany. A game of bar ba ' w'l b pl.iye i;t
the ill iving park toniu: ';w I"1t"h the
Iron Kivcr club and .1 : ub f.om ('i.v tal
Fall.
The Iioifd of rev .e-v for thi? township
was in wnnion h:-t Wed'ux'ay and wi'l
bo n ceiiou nain ihe foie part of next
week.
M. H. Mc(i it turned jr-'-ida.V from
Fort Hi "on whei j no at .c led the tin et
ing of the (J-amI ('ommandry F. it
M.
Mr. Ja riki, 01 tloi. a , s vi". ig
her brother, l. l Hollow of th's city
She i ivcompanied by her on, I :h r.
G . D Hbien nt ll.Hi-y i-.d Iron
wood Hc"tr 1 piclu1 e of f'ie Maine, lb
repot is lav ng had a good br-inen.
M. J. Lnday wo bi'iy tl ! fore part
of the week put, '4 m a. new nidewnlk
n front of J. 1). How ','h '' ntoie.
Tho niuiual mret'r : of "io Sos of
Heiman will b held nt Ho' ;htou on
Augiint lt nnd 2n'.
Jan. II. Johron has ii( o t .led D. M.
Uoh a agent for ho Upjr Michigan
Hrew'ng compnny.
Joi. Fnu'hou no has b- n down fie
bne ho"5' picf'"'. . " t" i' fited
bat' 'ehhip, Maine.
Mierwin wiiuatn p"ni,tlie lient in
the wor'd, brushe', et" at Wche'
Btoie
ThcCiyHtal Fa" S ver ' (iia i Hand
will pract:c' in the I inn no re bui'diri;
for the Humnier.
Ladien' ilk vct at eventy-live cent
i the latent th'ng out at The Fair.
Wi'U pa'r, late ntyle from four cent
up to fifty rent n-v oll at Wi iise'.
(Jet 3o " picb red i-n'iii-'d ' m at the
N"w Yoi k More.
Ttio Summer Norn.nl,
A litter i' eeived from tho Sta4 Suprr
intendent Jason F. H"ninond w'l be
of coiiiderahlo in' -. t to tho hei.s
(J thu county. Ho hear. -v endoi f ho
Hummer norm''! and , i,. louaty
comursHioner that ' ie 0 hm nl nke,H
for from tho wtato M b lot hcoii'
Ho recommend, a the eo idueto.- of t o
Hchool, Sup' W.jtJ. Cobc 1, of tho V. ill e
Ctwt-k nchoo'1 '". Cob- a i a p i. hi
nto of tho iir:v. : i.y of .V tl aid is
one of tho prominent tvluraton of 'ie
Btato. Tho on'v 'h'' tn i n lin n; to
miko the hcIiooI nn a . dit.y is f e
appropriation on 'e pa .o''ie board
of Hiipei vmoi . Tin' Imi'nI h never
fefu-rsl in Mepmf o n -t. -1, v lUit
oftliccoi ity roni' ' si.,er 'or mo nr. r
to I o iixed for the we a.-of:'io hot f.-i
of tlo county umJw'M 10 dou!.t ) ,ant
the Hun, y 'm for o tuio.
Ulcyclo Haco Tomorrow.
Tomortow w"l Ik: n "ho' d.y" inCiy
t ! Fa" npoi lir x cii .I-. Tho o. c'tin
of it all is 4 he bicycie r , nt Iba ib iving
park, I t ween I lolt, of A' n-a, and
I'l tka, of the Da t tie. Fj'lott is a
-j dy Ji'''' a .i I ' ll. a is nut hIow by
any mean ho u x o :h nit t ,
w'l k mt,- : ' ;ni ta t t. f ib.
There' to- od"able ill imt of th
w ame-ol 11 e 1 1- '. e l laim , n
formerly of No, .my but now id S ht .
Flat ,i g r v i hei i.-it S"aday and
lonki! the l oural over. Frlott nay
th it ho i ipiito ce. rain that ho can win
out agair st Flanig in a-id local iort
wi'l back him for 11 af f h rtiow up
in good form toinoi. w.
For Sato
Tho large healing ntovoinlho Miner'
and LumlMrin'Mi' More building. The
Ktove i made of IkiiKt plate nnd i
largo enough to takw h four foot tick of
wood. For price and particular nprly
to CAHI'ti U AUCKLK.
THE PARKS MERCANTILE COMPANY.
SEEDS
SEEDS
SEEDS
MILLET, CLOVER, TIMOTHY, WHEAT,
PEA, BARLEY, OATS,
ONION SETS
: AND ALL KINDS OF ,
FLOWER and
GARDEN jMI-
The Parks Hercantilc Company;
Tlic t'lTorts of lift; is to
Tho chann of lifo is :i tnn;
HEART n
Hut tho staff of lifo is
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The Host IUatul of Flour on the Market.
For Sale hy the
CRYSTAL FALLS
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