The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-02-13
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The Tanarack Mining company has
declared II 81 dividend, payable March
TO-
The Centennial mine, near Houghtor,
has been closed, throwing $50 men out
of employment.
Last Saturday County Clerk Smith,
of Marquette, issued naturalization
papers to 466 aliens.
The Ashland county board has de-
cided to pay no more bounties for the
killing of wild animals.
Gov. Winans has appointed W. G..
Teller, os Iron Mountain, county sur
veyor of Dickenson county.
The schools at Ironwood have been
closed to prevent the spread of scarlet
fever. which is prevalent at that
place.
A new boiler weighing 20 tons and
costing $4,000 is part of the new
equipment Tor the Calumet & Hecla
mine.
Michigan turr ed out $40, 900 bar
rels of salt last year. There are 113
firms in the state engaged in the manu-
facture of salt.
The mails from ST. Ignace to Macki-
nav Island were carried across in q
rowboat this week that portion Of the
straits being clear of ice
Ishpeming is in the midst of big
snow field. Two locomotives are re-
quired Tor all passenger trains, and
electric street railway traffic is greatly
impeded.
The 500 and South Shore lines are
enjoying their usual winter railroad war
MS they have the Michigan Central
to buck. 1t will not accept 500 Line
ticke $ and baggage at Mackinaw,
claiming to have been forced to take
this position by rival Chicago lines.
Camp No. OF the Menominee Bay
Shore Lumber Co., hauled and banked
S39, ,l50 feet of logs in one week. Nal
colin McEachin. who was formerly
foreman for the Nester estate, has
charge of this camp and is q hustler at
tae lumber business.
Edward Tipping, aged IA years, was
drowned Tuesday afternoon while skat
ing o. unsound ice off the ore dock, at
st. Ignace. His body has not yet been
recovered, being in forty feet of water.
aIen with ropes tried to save him but
could not get near him in time.
A gentleman writes from the Nation
al Capitol: IL have had many oppor-
tunities in the past II months of put
ting Salvation Oil to the severest test.
1t is .he very best remedy for rleum-
atism that has yet come under my
observation. ::
Saturday forenoon Gus Oxemburg, Il
painter of Marquette, while at work in
the Longyear house was badly burned.
He was cleaning out an oil can and
when he threw the refuse and waste in
to furnace the flames burst out burn
ing his face and hands badly.
Jacob Perala, Of Maple valley, Wis,
brother of Alexander Perala, the
man who was killed by Marshal May
otte at Lake Linden, is much incensed
over the manner of his brothers death
and on Wednesday went to Prosecrt.
ing Attorney Rees to mako a complaint
against Marshal Mayctte for the kill
ing.
The first woman to be sentenced to
state prison at Marquette, was Sophia
Anderson, sent from Escanaba last
week for killing her infant child. She
got five years but the warden refused
to take her because he had no matron
Later he reconsidered his decision and
Sophia is now working for the st ate.
Marquette Times.
1t is reliably reported that bids have
been asked for the construction of the
G. M. & ST.. p. branch from Sagola to
Sidnaw, Contractors have already
been looking over the ground wi h
view of bidding, and active work will
probably be commenced about April I.
AS ii is intended to complete the branch
before next winter. Ssgola will have q
grand benefit the coming summer
Iron Mountain Journal
On Saturday morning last as special
freight Of which Robert McCourt was
conductor, was doing some switching at
Holls, a station midway between Indian
town and Wilson on the G. & N. w.
Frank Derouin, employed as brakeman
was running beside some cars loaded
with logs to connect them to car
which hi,g' r",s' the siding. When the
cars came il..p "'i,. ar was sufficient
to break the mak vn ono of the log
cars and the logs rolled of and upon