The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS

UPPER PENINSULA NEWS
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ExCHANoEs.
The Ishpemipg & Negaunee electric
street railway Is nearing completion.
Ishpeming'. fax levy this year
amounts 10 $134,37t. A pretty snug
sum.
The Menominee boom company has
sorted over 400 10000 feet Of logs this
season.
Another saw mill is soon to be erect
cd 1t the mouth Of Pilgrim river near
Houghfon.
d. w. Brownell hae sold his interest
In the 500 Democrat to his partner j.
e. Burchard.
Marquette takes another industry, .
big saw mill and box factory in the
western part Of the city.
The water in the Sault canal is ex-
tremely low, fourteen feet one inch be-
ing the best mark in ten days.
A Scandinavian paper i, to be started
at Iron Mountain soon. and il is said
that Charles Line will be connect
cd with It.
Houghton county furnished twenty
two insane patients to the state institu-
tions which care for such people, during
the past year.
The big Trout Greek mill has been
started. II has two band saws and
gang, and can turn out 1OO.0O0 feet Of
lumber daily.
The Murphy Lumber co. will bank
about 10, ZOO, 900 feet Of logs on the
Paint, 20 miles west OF Nestoria, the
coming winter.
One E. 8. Wilson has been swindilng
ChocoIa farmers by inducing them to
join farmers club" and charging
them one dollar entrance fee.
A young son OF Mrs. Jorgenson, Of
Menomines, was rnn over by farmer 3
wagon, Saturday, and instantly killed.
Tho farmer has been arrested.
VIM. Perryman, q miner, was instant
ly killed by premature blast in the
North Buffalo mine last Wednesday.
Three others were more or less injured.
An italian miner named Jumpero fell
$50 feet down q shaft in the Great
Western mine and escaped injury. As
jumpe er % he can't be beat.
The Lake Shore extension from In
terror to Sucker Greek will be complet-
ed this week. II il reported that On
extension will be pushed on to Even,
on the d. 8. 8. q A.
st. Ignace is going TO have electric
lights and has figured things 50 fine
that the corporation will be ut very
little expense for It's lights after private
users have paid their bills.
Ironwood no longer has variety the.
ater and Hurley by the same token has
new one. Being driven out by the
sheriff from the Michigan town il took
refuge in the stuff" town across the
line.
William F. Riggs, prosecuting attorney
Of Schoolcraft county, must pay the ex-
penses Of his suit against Editor McMur-
ray, OF the Msnistique News, for libel.
The jury brought in verdict for
acquital.
Crystal Falls firemen gave o dancing
party that was poorly patronized, and
a' this about the only means they have
for raising revenue they have conclud-
ed that their services are poorly sp-
preciated.
The prevalence Of typhoid fever at
Iron Mountain is very alarming, nearly
500 cases having been reported mp to
date, this fall. The city authorities are
consulting rs to the best means OF put
ting stop to the epidemic.
In the horse race at Hancock last
Saturday Lookout was distanoed In the
first heat and Dynamite took the money
easily. An exhibition trot was given
afterwards in which Dynamite lowered
his record aud left Lookout far behind.
The American steel barge company
will begin at once on the building Of It's
immense dry dock at West Superior.
II will be 500 feet long, capable Of ac-
commodating the largest vessel afoat
on the lakes, and will be ready for bus
| iness next spring.
Two fishermen from Portage Entry,
named Constance Kaupila and Solomon
Ruonajs, lost their lives Last week
while trying to raise their nets off
Keweenaw point. The boat capsized
with four Ashermsn but two escaped by
cliuging 10 the bottom Of the boat.
Il
Eugene st. CLAIR Is engaged IN get.
ting out timber near Nestoria for the
export trade. The logs are hewn into
square timbcrs and ara shipped by boat
from one Of tho Lake Superior ports 10
Quebec or Montreal. AZ this place they
are transferred 70 ocean steamers aud
are carried direct to English ports.
]. p. Andrews, Of verde antique fame,
has come to grief. It has recently
been discovered that his name d not
Andrews at all; that no has Served
time in Washington prison, but escap-
ed after several weeks durance by some
technic,lity. and that he il bigamist.
He has go.o with wife No. 2 to foreign
lands.
A black bear II pet and special
attraction ut brewery in Menominee.
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