The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-03-21
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS

CLIPPED AND CONDENSED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES.
The Duluth Herald has gone to the
wall. Liabilities 100000.
A new township of Manistique county
has been named "Doyle" in honor OF
the 500 representative.
The Franklin mine engine house
burned down Thursday night. The
stone walls are standing but the
machinery is wreck.
Ontpnagon's much needed bridge will
soon materialize. The bill authorizing
the township to issue bonds passed the
legislature few days ago.
The bill to create Dickinson county
was killed in the house by decisive
vote, In consequence the Iron Mount.
ain Journal is draped in mourning.
Jacob Schimberg, dock carpenter,
was instantly killed on ono of the Es-
canada ore docks, last Tuesday, by the
accidental falling of spout under
mich he was working.
The Iron County Reporter has been
leased by Sam r. Lee, its former fore
man, Mr.. O'Brien finding his official
duties too exactiug to give the paper
his personal attention.
Three men were blown to atoms, at
the Ashland mine, Tuesday, by pre-
mature blast. One Other was fatally in
jured and several seriously hurt. The
powder was ignited by spark from q
drill white tamping.
The men at the Schleshinger mines,
Negaunee, not having received pay for
over two months went out on strike
last Monday. They were paid for JAN
uary, the next day, so they again re-
turned to work.
The dead body of John Mcclure was
found Monday in the snow three miles
from Mansfield. He started for his
mine, five miles distant, over u pc L
trail last Wednesday and rerished in
the snow. He was postmaster ut Re-
ublic under Cleveiand's sdminis,ra,i
and the discoverer Of the Inter Range
mine.
The Mining Journals Kitchi cores
pondent gives the partic liars of IL bold
and successful robbery which was com
mitted Near that place Monday evening
by O young man named John Martin.
who was Temporarily stopping with
James A. Prentiss at his homestead
Mr.. Preutiss, who was not feeling
well, was lying in bed at about & clock
an the eveuaag, and had fallen AISLE p,
when his clothing, hanging near his
bed, was rifed Of a fine gold watch and
two pocket books C mt ming money, by
Mirtin, who. upon leaving the cabin,
took tho precIation to lock the door
behind him. He then went TO the Kitrhi
house where he presented letter pur.
porting to GENE from MIR. Pientiss to
Mr.. Patterson, the proprietor of the
hotel, asking Tor loan OF sos, saying
the writer vas unable to come himself.
Mr.. Patterson, snspecting something
wong, refused the money, but kept the
note. Mr.. Pre"tiss thinks he slept
about half an hour. Upon awaking
and finding o young man absent he
arose and upon dressing missed the pro-
perty aud sta ted in pursuit OF the thief,
but was d layed by the locked door
until n could break the hinges. He
reached The hotel only about twenty
minutes after the young scamp had left.
He wGs ut once trac d to Crystal Lake,
yer for S1.5O which was Unidentified as
belonging to e. Powell from whose
house At was stolen Il week ago. From
Crystal Lake he was traced to Silnaw
where he was captured ut about III
o'clock the same evening by Constable
and Alex Patterson. As there
was no sac place to put the prisoner,
the constable kept HIM in custody until
While in Rynn's bar room,
in VIII oh were several persons, the con-
stable stepped out for two or three !
and upon his return the pris-
oner was gone, and, strangely, without
his absence being noticed by anyone IN |
The room. Up to noon yesterday no in
formation Concerning hls whereabouts
had been received Age 90 years height
, IT,, ID in; weight about 140 pounds;
light complexion; the right hand has a
peculiar defo mity, at least three fingers
ire without nails and are much shorter
han those on the left hand: he is
dressed in dark clothes and wore gray
,versocks with lumbermens rubbcrs.
Mining Journal. T.. S. Martin was
'aptured Wednesday ut Ishpeming.