The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-06-18
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS
cLippED AND CONDENSED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES

/ EXCHANGES.
Albert u. Stearne has been appoint
cd postmaster AZ ClarLsberg.
On account of dull markei.the Clevo-
land iron mino las laid OIL 500 men.
! JOS. Gokce, son OF Eir. and Mrs.
Gokee, was drowned at Chassel June
4th. The deceased wa. IL years of age.
Manistique reop!e are agitating the
! question of water works. II is pro-
! posed to to get the supply from Indian
Lake, about three miles distant from
town.
The Hears irge rock house and boiler
house were destroyed by lire Wednes-
day night, which will stop work at the
mine for some time. There was no in
surance.
Captain Edwards, Of the Osceola
mine has been arrested, charged with
assault with intent to murder. The
brother of the striker whom he shot
1 inuuc CON l)Auint.
John Borgetti, the italian who mur-
,dered his wife in fit of jealousy the
other day 10y stab 1ing her, was captured
in the woods near Iron Mountain by q
posse Of police and citizens.
| Hubbell 81 Hiles have closed their
mill at Coleman, Mich, AMI are ship
ping the machinery to Pori, Houghton
county, u. p, where they have pur-
chased tract of timber.
AT 2 o'clock Wednesday morning fire
broke out in the basement of Hamilton
Stuart's furniture store, at Hancock,
and it was damaged $4,000, mostly by
smoke and water. Fully Insured.
The Upper Peninsula wishes to
hold fair in 1894, with the Worlds
Fair exhibit as an attraction. A
stock company is being formed ut Mar
quette to carry out the program.
Last Week $4,000 worth of court
house bonds drawing 5 per cent were
sold by supervisors Of Chippewa county
to n, w. Harris s. Co., Chicago, who
paid a premium on same of $3.50.
Work on the aammoth steel plant to
be erected at EScanaba will he COM
menccd June Goth. The Mirror is
particularly clsted and predicts that
another railroad will reach Escanaba
Within year.
The brukemen on the 500 Line who
were arrested under charge of con-
spring to steal from the company, had
u hearing at Escanaba last week. and
were held for trial ut the next term of
court in Delta county.
Patricl, Ryan, switchman on the
Duluth South Shore & Atlantic, fell be-
tween two moving fiat cars ut Negaunee.
He clung to the brake beam and was
dragged thirty feet. He was bruised
considerably, but will recover.
Mcintosh Bros, OF Milwaukee, have
been given the contract OF building the
NJ. q n. extension frcla Sagola to Sid
nav, connecting the main line with the
Ontonagon branch. One thousand men
will be at work upon tie fifty mills be-
fore the end of the month.
Last Monday morning tho body Of
John Hailam, who has been missing
since last April, was found floating on
tho surface Of Marquette harbor. There
is some evidence that he was murdered,
but the coronor's jury could not decide
whether death came by accident, murder
or suicide.
The Pioneer furnace, which is owned
and operated by the Iron Cliffs company,
practically closed down on Saturday
night. The furnace is an old one, hay
ing been in operation all of 30 years.
One stack will be kept in blast until all
the ore lying about has been cleared
away when it will shut down and the
plant will be idle.
John Mcdonald, engineer in Kimmel
g. Robcrtson's mill, Crystal Lake. was
accidently drowned while bathing in the
lake, Sunday night. He was under
water only five minutes, yet all efforts
to resuscitate him failed. Mcdonald
was 30 years old. His parents reside
at Owen Sound. where the body was
sent for interment.
The Sault Lumber company, ut SGult
Ste. Marie, has purchased the Johnson
& Goss mill plant at that place, and
will give il through overhauling. The
power will be more than doubled steam
feed viii bo applied to carriage and
other new machinery added. Tho mill
viii be q single circular, apd will have
a capacity of 10000 feet daily. The
company will also operate q retail lum-
ber yard at the $500"
john Berchelti of Iron Mountain so
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