The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-07-25
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS.


CLIPPED AND CONDENSED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES.
Crystal Falls will have saw mill
built by local capitalists.
The Wolverine has called an assess
ment OF fifty cents share.
The Salvation army will make an at
tack upon the fortress of sin at Crys-
tai Falls.
Vincent Barratoni, an italian miner.
was killed in the Chaplin mine,
Wednesday, by fall of ground.
The Metropolitan, Iron and Laud Co.,
owners of the great Norrie mine. has
declared dividend of $l.25 per share.
Whitton, the Even postof1ice robber,
has been convicted and sentenced to
the Detroit house of correction for two
years.
George Beams, the last one OF the
trio who escaped from the Manistique
Jail last week, has been recaptured and
locked up.
The steamer Empire State of the
Transit hne cleared from Marquette
down last Friday and went ashore dur
ing thick weather at Point Sauble.
III. f. Anderson, lately Of the Crystal
Falls Diamond Drill, has taken charge
of the Clipper of that place, and will
endeavor to make it a paying institu-
tion, which E. p. Kibbee failed to do.
/; A Scandinavian minister, of Iron
wood, .has been sued by society of the
same denomination for $4,000 libel.
His comparison of the society to the
Italian Malta brought on the suit.
Owen Sheel an, the catcher of the
Marquette base ball club, was struck
on the head by pitched ball during
Saturdays game. It took the doctors
four hours to restore him to conscious
ness.
G. M. Fairchild, editor of the Marin
cite North Star. was run oter by an
omnibus while riding on bicycle last
Saturday and sustained injuries that
will cripple him for life. One of his
legs was broken in several places.
Fire broke out in the shaft house OF
No. 5. pit of the Republic mine, Mon
day morning, and, despite of the
efforts of both mine and village fire
departments, the flames spread to the
timbers Of the shaft below and consider.
abe damage to the mine resulted.
The heirs of the late John Burt are
likely to get big haul from the govern
ment-s100,000 or more-for infringe
ment Of patent on mechanical device
for operating canal locks. An official of
the department of justice has been ex-
amining the 500 locks and will report
in favor of the plaintiffs claim.
The United States marshal at Ash
land, Wis, has been serving warrants
for timber stealing. He first arrested
p. p. Ferguson, who claims he is an
innocent purchaser of the land from
which he has taken logs. He bought
from Weyerhaeuser. who purchased
from the Wisconsin Central.
Ainsworth & Alexander have begun
the construction of their new mill at
Sault Ste. Marie. The mill building
will be 40x130 feet, and the mill will
have capacity Of 100000 feet day.
The firm has dock 600 feet long, and
boomage loom for 5000, 900 feet Of logs.
They have secured timber enough to
keep them busy for five years.
A Chassell farmer, after blowing
some stumps ont of his land with
dynamite, had some cartridges left
over and buried them in the field for
safety. A Finn watched the proceed
ing, and thinking it something valuable,
proceeded to dig it up after the farmer
was gone. One Of the cartridges
exploded and blew out lis left eye.
On Friday evening two Firms were
fgting on the road from Chassell TO
Paradise when third Finn triedto
part them. He got into the wsy OF the
ever ready knife and received o cut
which extended from the back of his
neck to the side of his mouth, deep
enough to lacerate some of the arteries
and veins. The man is in very critical
condition.
A prize fight at Crystal Falls, last
week, ended in q robbery and murder.
| VIM. Daniels, of Rhinelander, aud
James aicTnrmick, of Crystal Falls,
met in the ring for ten rounds. The
latter was knocked out in the sixth
! ronnd and was terribly abused. Dur