The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-29
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS.
cLIPPEp AND CONDENSED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES.


EXCHANGES.
The Hawley mill has had it's boiler
capaeity increased.
Escanaba will celebrate Labor day
this year for the first time.
Pryor. Hall e. Co. have their new
planning mill at Houglhon in operation.
John King has sold his saloon in Iron
Mountain and will turn professional
wrestler.
Negaanee is to have planning mill,
sash and door factory, local capitalists
have put up the money.
The slpeming Press is authority for
the statement that new daily paper to
be known as the Evening News, is to
started on Sept. 1st, ut Marquette.
Andrew Remlinger, while working in
his pop factory Saturday afternoon, was
instantly killed by the l.ursting of the
bottling machine. His wife was present
and saw the accident.
The st. Ignace News prints an old
cut of the Sioux City corn palace as n
representative of the proposed agIicul-
tural building that Mackinac county in
tends to erect. This Is enterprise for
you.
Timothy Sullivan, yard master Mt
Crystal Falls for the Chicago & North
western Railway, died from injuries re-
ceived while attempting to make u
coupling. Two cars passed over his
legs, mangling them badly. He had
been in the employ of the company u
number OF years.
The past week we have had several
showers--enough TO Quench for the
present at least the forest fires, and il
followed by more rain would soon be
felt in the streams. Work in the woods
is being carried forward wherever the
fires were in the spring. and next month
will see great many men in the woods
unless the mill mon are discouraged by
the outlook for next season.
Mrs. P. II. Mcclure was appointed
assistant lightkecper of the lighthouse
near Marquette. She did we'll enough
for time, but then became lazy and
shirked her work, making her husband,
the lightkeeper, do all the work. Be-
sides this she sent all the money to her
sisters III Chicago and thought she
owned the place. On complaint of her
husband she has been fired from Uncle
Sans pay roll.
Henry & Balch, of Minneapolis, have
the contract Tor the extension of the
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Westerns
Ontonagon branch Is miles. It is
thought that this road will ultimately
make junction with the Duluth, South
Shore " Atlantic near Trout Creek,
which will he but few miles from the
end of this branch. The road at pre-
sent will end Mt the mouth of Sucker
creek on the Ontonagon river, where
preparations for the erection of large
mill have already begun
Gilmore G.. Scranton has commenced
suit in the United States court in eject
ment, claiming $50, 900 damages against
T.. p. Wheeler, superintendent of the
government canal at the $500" Scran-
ton claims the southwest pier, which is
built out quarter of mile, encroach-
es upon the lines OF his riparian rights,
and the case will be heard at Marquette
before Judge Severens. In preparing
the defense, charts and maps, bearing
the approval and signature of jeff.
Davis, then secretary ot war. Indian
treaties and much ancient history is
taken into consideration.
A farmer fifteen miles southwest of
Marquette in crossing Masey's creek,
discovered the body of man hanging
to u tree by the left leg while tied to
the right wrist was bottle contained a
paper. The body was in such horri-
BILE state of decomposition that it was
unrecognizable and he could not APP
proach near enough to get the paper.
The place is four miles beyond the last
settlement. William Fred, who ran
across the body, came to the city and
reported the case, and the office of the
Marquette prison sent out a party to
ascertain if it was not one of the con-
victs who escaped recently. There is
no one else in this vicinity missing.