The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-15
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS

Il. s. Democrat.
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS.
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EXCHANGES.
A white deer was recently captured
near Manistique. ,
The fall term Of the mining school
will begin with 100 students.
E. P. Kibbee now represents the
Ishpeming Daily Press in the copper
country.
Lake Linden is to have "hoss trot"
in the near future. A purse of 5000
hos been raised.
Now that Houghton has free bridge
and free canals the Gazette is looking
for new worlds to conquer.
Houghtcn will have modern club
house, to cost $12. 900 for use of stud
ents of the Michigan Mining school.
The City OF Menominee disposed of
its S05,OOO worth Of paving bonds yes
terday to New York banking firm for
6pei cent over par.
The Trout Greek Lumber Co
has the frame of its new mill at Trout
Creek pretty well up and has begun to
receive machinery.
Joseph H. Thomas who shot and
killed his friend at Even and was SEN
fenced to 25 years in prison, has gone
crazy through remorse and been sent
to the Ionia asylum for insane Grimm
ais.
J. Fl. Fowle, father of Sup't Fowle
of the Michieamme mines. dropped
dead of heart disease, at Michigamme,
Wednesday morning. He was IS years
old.
The dredges of Williams, Upham &
Co have been engaged to deepen the
channel 1T the upper Portage Lake
canal. The work will be commenced
soon.
The Nester estate has put on another
log train between O'Brien and Baraga,
the scarcity of water in the streams
maxine it necessary to rail logs to keep
the mill going.
In the band contest Mt the annual
celebration of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, Lake Linden
won first prize; Ishpeming, second; and
Negaunee, third.
They have struck another rich pock-
ct Of gold quartz at the Michigan Gold
mine. Some of the rock will assay
$40. 900 to the ton. Guess someone
wants to boom the stock.
Over s80.OOO OF the stock of the
Ishpeming & Negaunee Electric street
railway has been subscribed and the
company fully organized. The work
Of construction will begin at once.
A Finn miner was killed by lightning
ut the Peninsula mine Saturday. He
had been working night shift and was
in bed when the electrical bolt came
down the chimney. demolishing his bed
aud killing him instantly.
One OF the escapes from the Mar
qnette prison has been recaptured.
Dick Meservey, who took French
leave July %, was taken in by the off,
GERS of Marengo, Iowa, but not until
after desperate struggle in which
Meservey was shot but not fatally
wounded.
DR.. J. p. Jordan. of Ontonagon, had
q close call for his life last week. He
took q drink of carbolized water by
mistake, and not thinking he had taken
enough to cause alarm, paid but little
attention to the matter. He went to
his room and fell down unconscious,
and the local physicians, not knowing
the cause of the trouble, had hard work
to bring him back to life.
Escanaba is in another religious tur-
moil and regular riot occurred there
q few nights ago. Chiniquy, the
ex- Catholic priest who was to lecture
there was assaulted and knocked down
and some of his friends resisted the
assault with revolvers. Stones were
thrown through the windows of the
opera house and an attempt made to
burn IL. The mayor has issued q pro-
forbidding further meetings.
How is this for free American
The coast Of Chequamegon Bay
for seven miles north Of Ashland is
strewn with the remains of pleasure
yachts and fishing boats. It is impos-
sible to state how many Of these con-
tained human lives that were lost in
Saturdays cyclone. All those that left
Ashland have been accounted for.
One sailboat was seen to capsize about
a mile off Kaukaugan Point. It is not
known how many were in the boat or
where il was from.
At the session OF the Grand Legion
Of Select knights of the state OF Mich
iqan, held this week, the following
officers were elected: Grand comman-
der, VIM. B. Marcellus, Of Bay City;
vice commander, DIR. John Anderson.
Of East Saginaw; lieutenant comman-
der, John d. Cuddihy. of Red Jacket:
standard bearer, F. A. Roster, OF Ish-
peming; recorder, Jas. Pitcher, of East
Saginaw; treasurer, VIM. Hall, OF Es-
canada; grand senior, workmnn, August
Menge. OF L'Anse; junior workman.
John III. Digg, OF Red Jacket: medical
axaminer Chaq III Roda nj Rad Jackek