The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-16
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Capt. Johnson Vivian has resigned as
superintendent of the Franklin mine.
The Milwaukee, Lake Shore s. Wes-
tern Railroad has declared dividend
of 81 per cent.
Menominee citizens spent nearly
half million in new buildings, last
year, and it was no boom year either.
Elk. Gov. Campbell, OF Ohio. is not
out OF job. He has just been elected
president of an iron mine up the lake.
The Commercial hotel. Escanaba,
was destroyed by fire Sunday morning.
Loss 81 1000, partially covered by insur-
ance.
Donald Macarthur was murdered in
a saloon brawl at Corinne, near Trout
Lake, Wednesday evening by three
drunken woodsmen.
The new railroad from Manistique to
Negaunee is surveyed. The distance
is ninety one miles and the route passes
through elegant hardw ood timber.
Fire broke out in AIetzger's clothing
store at the 500, Wednesday, and be-
fore it could be brought under control
it had spread to the postoiiice aud en-
tailed loss Of s33, 900 all told.
Last year the Marquette water works
earned over and above expenses, in
terest charges and cost Of maintaining
fire department $4,000. A very credit
leshowing for municipal affair.
Ishpemipg and Negaunee are fishing
for new industry, to be located be-
tween the two cities. 1t is to be the
manufactur9 OF new wall plaster said
to be an Improvement upon adamant.
The Cleveland Cliffs iron companies
have offered a reward of 81, 800, in adj
dition to the 81 900 offered by the Ish-
peming common council, for the appre-
hension OF the murderer OF John Glea-
son.
The Ishpeming Press thinks il would
be cheaper for Marquette county to
q. public hospital than to pay
the bills that are coming in from pri-
vate institutions and the Press is pro-
baby right.
BY the explosion of o boiler at the
North Pabst mine, last Tuesday, one
man was killed and two fatally injured.
John Hughes, a drum man, was blown
fifty feet aud died Instantly. John
Carney, pump man, was being lower
ed into the shaft. The shock broke the
cable and he fell to the bottom.
The health officers of the city of
Menominee has finally taken hand in
the dispute between the hospital and
the superintendents of the poor over
the burial of the body of John Mclean,
q pauper, who died three weeks ago
and has lain in the morgue ever since,
by ordering the hospital company to
bury the body and let the question of
expense be settled afterwards.
Captain McDougall, inventor OF the
whaleback, is figuring on applying the
vessel to war service. adapting barges
to coast defense. BY means of water
ballast they can be submerged. leaving
only small turret for lookout for
ward and the bow above water. In the
bow two heavy guns will be placed and
while one is being fired the other NAV
be charged below in the vessel. Cap
tain McDougall has taken out patents
on the vessel in this and all foreign
countries.
Saw mills and shingle mills are go
ing up so fast in the southern end of
Ontonagon county that it is hard mat
ter to keep track of them. The one re.
Gently located on Sucker creek is about
and will com mence cutting
soon. Nowwe hear that another will
be built near there soon. The NJ, L.
s. s. w. railroad has been extended to
That point and will reach out still far.
ther. First thing we know another
slice will be cut off of old Ontonagon
county to make new county, with
Even as the county seat. Stranger
things have happened.
One Oleson, a photographer of Menom.
NEE, went to the Northwestern depot
TO bid good bye to bis best girl, Hildl
Henricksen. and carried revolver in
his overcoat pocket. In taking out his
hand to shake hands with his depart
ing gil IL accidently drew out the re-
volyer " F,ts'rsnned TO the; platform
and was dIs ts ~. The ball passed
through tl,s \. sg rat Of Oleson's
arm, ont away a portion Of Miss Hen
ricksen's jaw and plowedt III f'rrcv mp
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