The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-23
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS
CLIPPED AND CONDENSED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES.


The first boat from below arrived in
Marquette Wednesday.
The latest estimate places the cut on
the Menominee this year at 500, 900, COO
feet.
There are fifteen million bushels of
wheat in Duluth elevators awaiting
shipment,
Menopineo and Dickinson county
Democrats have declared for Cleve-
land for president.
Marquette is going to have "sand
brick" manafactory. They have lots
of sand to make into something.
The first boat to pass through the
500 canal this year was the Castalia.
She passed through last Monday.
The Polish woman who was cremated
at Iron River by the burning of the
jail at that place, lett $1,000 in cash.
Only once since 1858 have the straits
opened earlier than this year, which
was in 1878, the date being March l5.
McFarlane, ihe deIaulting treasurer
of the Escanaba lodge of railway train
men, was acquitted in the ciIcuit court
this week.
Mrs. q. w. Brown, wife of Mayor
Brown of Sault Ste Marie, died Tues
day from the effects of the grip. She
was we'll known throughout the state.
The splendid little iron steamer Ivan
hoe, which ut one time piled between
Houghton and L'Anse, was burned tc
the waters edge a few days ago at
Chicago.
Mary Perry, aged 3, OF South Mar
quette, was attacked by vicious roost-
er and seriously injured. Her hair
was torn from her head and her cheek
was cut to the bone.
Thieves entered an Ishpeming store
through an open transom, and after
. capturing everytl ing they could carry
left painted sign on u bale of goods in
effect that transoms should be kept
closed in the future.
Chase S. Osborn, of the 500 News,
has purchased the Tribune of that city
from G. A. Chapman. This deal heals
the gap in the Republican ranks of
Chippewa county, and the local leaders
are correspondingly happy.
Henry and Jones, the two toughs
who are accused of assaulting aud kill
ing Truman Barber, of Menominee, in
a Marinette saloon, with brass knuckles,
have been arrested in Denver by Pink
erton men and are now i'll Jail at Mari
nette.
William and Nellie Mcdonald, man
and wife, were arrested at Crystal Falls
Oh larceny charge. They are accused
of taking email trunk from the up
stairs rooms of Alexander Dalpra, an
Italian saloon keeper last Saturday
night.
A wreck occurred on the long bridge,
south of Chassell, Friday, on the D., $.
S. & A. R'y. The tender of the loc-
omotive and one car we're thrown
from the track, and the bridge was
damaged for some 30 feet in length.
The engineer and fireman jumped into
the swamp and escaped with cold
bath.
The charred remains of several hund-
red dollars in paper money was found
at noon Wednesday in the rock dump
near the Cleveland mine Office at Ish-
peming. 1t is supposed to be the
motley taken from the vault on the
night of Cashier Gleason's death. There
is strong presumption of suicide, and
that Gleason destroyed the money to
avert suspicion.
II the present low stage of water con-
tinues, it is doubtful about getting the
logs cut last winter on the Ontonagon
river to the mouth here. There is yet
quite quantity of snow in the woods
we are told, and with the spring
showers, which are sure to come, the
river banks ought to fill. It certainly
will require copious showers, for the
river is now rs low as at any time
during the summer months. -Ontona-
gon Herald,
The st. Ignace Republican says
that certain cid school bonds Of the
city of st. Ignace, we're paid, and sup
posed to have been cancelled, have
come to light out in st. Helens, Oregon.
The bonds amount to $4,000. and the
supposition is that the secretary at
tba 'in,n kept these bonds uncancelled
and N.i ~ ~ nrt west as collateral
security ~ sa.,,s b., had made. Not
being able 20 ply .. neyer intended to
pay, the holders have been compelled
10 realize on them