The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-11-29
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| Scarlet fever has broken ont in Crys
tai Falls.
The new box factory at Ontonagon ii
ready for business.
The Norway Current kicks on the
division of Menominee county.
Sheldon g. Holly, OF Hancock. viii
build a foundry at Ishpeming.
Ontonagon's new Jail is completed
and has been accepted by the county.
The name of-Crystal Falls new paper
is to be changed from Record to Cycle.
Elk Congressman H. W. Seymour will
spend the winter in Europe with his
family.
The Diamond Match Cos mills at
Ontonagon closed their seasons work
last week.
John b. Gotha was instantly killed at
the Chaplin mine. Tuesday, by falling
througha rock chute underground.
Richard Al, Parker, of Marquette,
will collect mineral statistics of the
Upper Peninsula for.the census bureau.
Escanaba parties are exploring for
coal on Capt. Stratton's farm, across
the bay from Gladstone, SO the Delta
says.
The proposition for calling q consti-
tutional convention received but small
vote throughout the state and was de-
feated.
The Peninsula Record publishes o
rumor to the effect that Geo. A. Newett,
of Iron Ore, will soon start q daily
paper at Ishpeming.
The Potts Salt g. Lumber Co. Of
Oscoda, are in financial straits. Mort
cages to the extent of 100000 were
fled TuesdAy. Liabilities 81 100000.
Bell g. Eyster, bankers, Duluth, sus-
pended payment this week. Their liza
bilities are somewhere near q million,
but the officers say depositors will be
paid in full.
William Silver, mate of the Wadena,
was SO severly beaten by two of her
crew, on her way to the 500, that he
had to be taken to tie marine hospital
at the 500, and will probably die.
Capt. Jay Hursley, of the 500, has
libeled the schooner Zack Chandler to
enforce his contract with the owners for
releasing her some time ago, by which
he was to have one-ha!f interest in the
boat.
The creditors of r. G.. Peters have
decided to let Peters continue his salt
and lumber works at Manistee. His
outside investment will turned into cash
as rapidly as possible to pay off the in
debtedness.
A couple of toughs at Iron Mountain
stole from Swede o bank check of
800, forged the payee's endorsement
and then traded it off at q store for
clothing and cash. One of them is now
in jail and the other skipped to Wiscon-
sin.
There will be force of about sixty
men employed in mining on Isle Royale.
James Pascoe, formerly captain of the
Champion mine, will have charge OF the
work. The men will get their mail
during the winter via Port Arthur,
Ont.
A'gang of men are working on the
stone quarry dock. The Brownstone
Co. expects to have it ready so as to ship
stone by water by the opening of next
seasons work at the qoarry. When
completed the dock will extend out in
the water about 1000 feet.--Alger Co.
Republican.
FIGURES do not trouble the Escanaba
Mirror man co any extent. Big adverse
majorities vanish before him into thin
air. He will have Semer elected not
withstandipg the fact that Stephenson
got thousand or two more votes than
Semer. McKenna is genius.
+. L. McGraw who has been in the
employ of the Record Office the past
month left for the copper country
Tuesday afternoon, where he will get
material in order for the establishing
of new paper at Calumet. The paper
we learn will be called the Lake Super
ior Copper Miner, and will be 5-col.
quarto. Mr.. Sessions, of the Copper
Herald we hear will be the editor OF the
news paper. Peninsula Record.
Sparks from steamer set fire TO the
immense lumber piles ON the Cheboy-
gan Lumber Cos docks, and about 12,-
QUO, ,0C0 feet was destroyed, together
with The docks, tramways and logs in