The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-07-30
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Luce county has organized an agri-
cultural society and will hold fair at
Newberry.
Lake Linden has raised $40 for the
Rockland fire sufferers, and promises TO
do still better.
Luce county raises most of its crop
with hawsers and cables, but it announ-
ces fall pumpkin show just like the
agricultural counties.
The people of Even, Ontonagon Co.,
have voted to bond the village in the
sum of $4,000 with which to erect a
brick school building.
The postofllce at Calumet has been
discontinued, and hereafter one Office
will servo both Calumet and Red
Jacket. 1t will be made free delivery
office.
Iron River, new town on the D., S.
s. 81 A. railroad in Wisconsin,, was
almost totally destroyed by fire last
week. The fire was supposed to have
been started by tramps.
While making repairs on the lines
between Calumet and Lake Linden,
Saturday afternoon, Tightening struck
the wires instantly killing Daniel
Devierge and iniuring some others.
Richard Thomas had both arms
crushed and received fatal internal in.
juries by large mass of vein rock fall
ing on him in the fourteenth level of
the TamaraclS mine about o'clock
Monday afternoon.
A Marquette pastor wants his house
papered and kalsomined and engaged a
paper-hanger to do the job. The latter
started in and made splendid Job of it
only to find, however, that he had got
hold Of the wrong house.
The Pioneer furnace. at Ncgaunee,
which has been in blast almost contin-
ouosly since 1857, closed down perma-
nently this week. The company will
build O new and modern furnace at
some favorable point on the penin-
sula.
Nixon, Herman Kickbush and Maurice
Ford esciped from the county Jail at
the 500 Wednesday morning by saw
ing out the bars of q window. They
are still at large. Outside accomplices
are supposed to have aided in their
escape.
A Marquette Hungarian is looking
wildly for wife who was his until the
other man stole her. He told the Of
ficers he didn't care much about the
woman herself, but it made his blood
boil to think he had lost such good
cook. The hungry lord has two wee
children left.
The question of pure water supply
is now the all-important question with
Lake Linden solons. Joseph Gregory
has spring on his premises which flows
about 100000 gallons per day with
which he proposes to supply the village
at Is cents per 1000 g lllons, and the
offer will propably be accepted.
Thomas Little, aged "a years. while
bathing in the Calumet dam Sunday
about o'clock got beyond his depth
and drowned. He was carpenter by
trade ana member of the Odd Eel
lows. The b ody was sent Monday to
his homo in Lucknow, Ontario, in
charge of Mathew Parrish by the Odd
Fellows lodges.
At the wrestling tournament in con-
nection with the Sons of st. George
celebration at Iron Mountain Joe
Muller of Red Jacket took first prize
Jos. Lawrence of Iron Mountain, sec.
ond; John Morgan OF Red Jacket,
third; Alfred Harris of Crystal Falls,
fourth; Cy. Beard of Iron Mountain,
fifth.
Fred Bob Imam, while bathing in an
unused mine pit at Negaunee was
drowned. 1t is supposed he is at the
bottom of shaft. Efforts have been
made by the city to recover the body
but without result. The pit will be
pumped out. The deceased was q
years old and carried over $4,000 in
surance.
The great work of pumping out LAX,
Angeline, near Ishpeming, to secur,
the iron orc beneath has been begun
The pump throws 1,440,000 gallons o
water an hour and the lake is lowering
at rapid rate and much faster thar
was at first expected. Large crowd
visit the place daily and express them
selves surprised at the simplicity o
the work. The pump is situated on
strong raft that is housed over, and j
built in a very substantial manner
The boiler is set in solid brick work
ane the raft and machinery will answe