The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-09
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Menominec isplacing her telephone
wires underground.
The Allonez nina will be permanent
]y closed down next week.
Leo nj. Geismar wal reelected
supervise Of Mcmillan township.
The Lake Superior Soap company
has been organized at Horgh,on with
capital Of $4,000.
Henry Jackson and jacob Kramer,
both pioneers and respects citizens OF
Marquette, died this week.
The Iron Bay works of Duluth at the
head of which are the Merritts, former
ly of Marquette, has made an assign
ment for the benefit of creditors.
The straits of Mackinac are now on
tirely clear Office and navigation is open
to both lakes. All the float ice has
been carried out by the gale OF the
past few days.
Boats arrived last year on May 1st
at Honghton. This year they are ext-
pected in April and money is offered
to back this expectation by the ones
who talk thusly.
Stein, who murdered Pat Carey near
So.rnia Iloo Dikl, Il 4
circuit court at Iron Mountain, and
was sentenced by Judge Stono to %
years in the Marquette prison.
A glove contest took place at Even
last Saturday between prof" Lewis,
of Minneapolis, and Fitzpatrick, the
Detroit cyclone. After seven ruunds of
slugging the IN: tch and $500 was
awarded to Fitzpatrick.
DIR. Harry L. Keller has resigned
his position as professor of the chemis-
try i'll the Michigan Mining school,
to take effect Mt the close of the present
school year. Family affairs and the
care of II widowed mother are the sole
cause.
John G. Brown, operating in
Ontonagon and Marquette counties, is
one of the big log iobbers OF The
country. Last season he put in so, 1000, 900 |
feet, this year he has banked 40, 900, 900,
feet in Marquette county alone, employ
ing 700 men and 40 teams.
Tle body Of George Rowe, 10 years
of age, was found Thursday on the
banks of the Menominee river. He !
wandered from his home in Iron Noun.
tain one night last November He was
crazed by grief, having just lost his
father.
The stockholders of the flooded |
Ludington mine held % meeting at Iron |
Mountain on Tuesday to consider the |
matter of unwatering the mine, but |
adjourned without taking any action.
1t is not considered probable that this
mine will resume operations this year.
At Ashland Wis, w. Il. Durfee, |
Republican, is elected Mayor over
John II. Knight by 400 majority. Col.
Knight is Senator Villas right hand |
man in northern Wisconsin and is an
aspirant for congressional honors. He |
attributes his defeat to the Hill faction
headed by Mayor O'Keefe.
Charles Waldron, an engineer on
Prvor's dredge, committed suicide In
the Houghton Jail, Thursday morning,
by cutting his throat. He had been J
brought to the jail about midnight in a
beastly state of intoxication He was
found dead in his cell the next morning.
He was a single man about 35 years
old.
The trill of "Gil Guinan, who was
arrested at Ishpeming on charge of
assault aud battery preferred against
him by Napoleon Delaria, was heard in
Justice Kennedy's court Monday morn
ing. Guinan was found guilty and
was placed under bonds for the sum of
5000 to keep the peace for year. He
also paid the costs of the case.
At meeting OF the Northern Land
s. Mining Co. an executive committee
of G. A. Wright, Ernest
Bohman and Joseph Hambitzer was
appointed to sell timber aud let options
for explorations. There was no other
particular business done. This com
paay owns over 5000 acres of mineral
lands in Houghton, Marquette, Bnraga,
Manon,inee md Dickinson n, c,unties.