The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-09-19
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS

CLIPPED AND CONDENSED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES.
The Allouez stamp mill closed again
last Monday for lack OF water.
The saloon Of jones Ryan. at Iouglr-
ton, was burglarized of 500 Sunday
night.
The Newberry oh smical works turn
ed out over 7,100 gallons OF alcohol last
month.
Dyer Bros. have ordered an electric
light outfit for their new shingle mill at
Champion.
Escanaba's electric street cars are
now in operation. The first Car was
run Saturday.
It is reported that the Carruthers
manufacturing and supply company of
Corinne, Mackinac county, has failed
A Marinette sucker is out $500 on a
"green goods" racket. The Star
doesn't print his name bnt it ought to.
John @. Brown the Saginaw iobber
has begun operations on the Peshek-
emie river, putting in three camps
there last week.
A Finn, supposed to be Gustave
Apola, stabbed Jacob Liiled at Han
cock, Sunday night, while the latter
was asleep in saloon.
Irowood, Ishpeming and other U. p.
towns are kicking on their telephone
service. It wont do any good; the
monopoly is on top now.
Leo Miller was stabbed at Houghton,
Sunday night, by Huber Rosenblatt,
while trying to protect the latters wife
from Rosenblatt, who is insane.
The product of the Calumet &c Hecla
mine last week was 1,007f tons. This
is the largest output for one week in
the history of this great copper mine.
Gus johnson, the Swedish miner who
struck Nels Noed on the head during q
Finnish wedding at Marquette, last
winter, killing him, has cen acquitted
of murder.
The wrestling match between Cirkeek
and King at Red Jacket, last week,
was won by Carkeek, King getting two
out of three falls. They will play
again today for purse OF $3.50.
Peter Allie. of Marquette, was sin rle,
and two women asserted that he was
morally bound to marry them. Peter
took the woman who he thought would
otherwise make him the more trouble,
and No. 2 then had him sent to jail.
Several parties have been looking
at timber along the Milwaukee & Nor
thern's Ontonagon branch with view
to stocking Wisconsin mills from there.
The road is now hauling q train Of logs
daily for mills along the southern part
of its line.
The stage of water in the 500 canal
as an average has been lower this sea-
son than ever before. August this year
has seen water 1 inches lower than last
year on an average while the tonnage
through the canal has been the largest
in its history.
Those who claim to know say that Fl.
B. Nease & Son, of Sault Ste. Marie, have
purchased mill site on the Ontonagon
river, half mile above Even. There
is large amount of timber tributary
to that stream. and a mill ut that point
would undoubtedly be profitable.
A baby tipped over lamp in the
house of an Ironwood laborer and it
and its mother. who attempted to save
it, were so badly burned that they died
the same night. The father and num-
Der Of spectators were severely burned
in attempting to put out the flames.
A gypsy told George Lee, of Sault
Ste. Marie, where he could find gold,
and only charged him $1.00 for the
Information. Lee spent three months
in digging hole which, ut the depth
of 72 feet. began to fiji with water, and
he's of the opinion now that the gypsy
was an arrant fraud.
Iron River had cyclone Monday
morning. Trees were torn np. windows
blown in, roofs blown off and many per-
sons who were caught had narrow es-
capes from injury or death. The roof
of Pettingills hotel was crushed by
falling trees and some of the occupants
were severely cut and bruised.
Labor dnv and evening, Mrs. Henry
Jackson, of Marquette, aged "a years,
was run down by crowd of drunken
rowdies. Her husband, nearly 80 years
old, Witnessed the affair and the shock
brought on paralytic stroke. Mrs.
Jackson has since died from the effects
of the injuries received and Mr.. jackson
is very low and not expected to re-
cover.
The johnson Lumber Companv's
mill is on Teal lake, from which Ne
gaunee draws its supply. Recent cases
OF typhoid and other fevers having been
traced to the use of the water, the city
council objects to the presence OF logs
in the water, and has ordered their re.
moval. The lumber concern will have
to make extensive alterations in its
mill to enable it to comply with the
councils requirements.
Houghton is about to increase it's
water sr~rlv. Engineer j. p. Edwards
has just .a~'oted plans and spec
ifications To bring the water from
Dacotah spring to the Huron spring.
from which the present supply is
drawn, distance OF 1860 feet. The
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