The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-07
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS
CLIPPED AND Condensed FROM OUR
EXCHANGES.

EXCHANGES.
There are twenty applicants for the
position of mine inspector of Marquette
county.
Iron Mountain people are rejoicing
over the prospects of securing an iron
furnace.
The Newberry furnace was closed last
week for repairs, which will give il still
greater capacity.
The corner stone of n new $4,000
German Catholic church was laid at
Menominee Sunday afternoon.
The electric street railway is to be
extended from Ishpeming to the Win.
thorp mine, distance of four miles, this
season.
Julius Ropes. of Ishpeming, has been
appointed to take charge of the Upper
Peninsulas mineral exhibit ut the
Worlds Fair.
The Allouez copper,mine spent $737,
900 in operating expenses and has
finally closed up shop without paying
dividend.
The Iron Mountain city council has
approved of 81 liquor dealers bonds
tnis spring with the back precincts yet
to hear from. The inhabitants of that
burg ought not to go dry this year.
Joseph Winter, wealthy citizen of
Negaunee, still has in his possession
the first dollar that he earned after his
arrival from the old country. He can
now count his cartwheels by the thous-
auds.
There is nothing mossy about the
farmers of Luce, Chippewa and Mack
mac counties. They will band together
and organize a Mutual Insurance Co.
organization. The headquarters will
go to st. Ignace.
The Hollister ranch near Iron Noun
tain was given to the flames last Tues
day. The dive was set on fire and the
incendiary did his work well for the
flames licked up everything. He de-
serves rich reward,
A. b. Aroeson, well known here and
at Menominee, left last Monday for the
Red Lake, Mimi, reservation, where
he will take up homestead. J. Fl.
Fitzgibbon and Charles Line expect to
leave on the same errand the first of
May.-Iron Mountain Tribune.
The mil owners of the Menomi nee
river are becoming greatly exercised
over the outlook for successful sea-
sons business, which at the present
writing is far from encouraging. The
low stage of water in the river is the
cause of no little anxiety on the part of
the mill owners, and, unless heavy rain
storms follow shortly, the work of driv-
ing the logs to the mouth of the river
will be greatly delayed as q result.
Many people declare that Florence
was visited by small sized earth quake
at about s o'clock last Monday evening.
1t is said that the shock was severe
enough to perceptibly jar and shake
small dwelling houses, and that the al
legged "quake" was accompanied by
noise resembling the ruMble Of distant
thunder. The jan was felt and the
noise heard by quite number of
people living IN different parts of the
city. Many persons were consider
ably alarmed, while theirs paid little
or no attention TO the occurrence,
naturally thinking it was caused by
heavy blasting somewhere in close
proximity to town,--Florence News.
The following sensation which is
clipped from the Michigamme cor
of the Iron Herald would
indicate that the moral atmosphere in
and about Michigamme is not as
healthy as it might be. The institu-
tion referred to is probably located in
this county and if so, it invites the at
tention of our officers by this publicity:
A sort of sub-rosa sensation is being
enjoyed immensely by a portion of the
community at the expense Of another
portion. Some time ago rather pre-
possessing looking woman claiming to
be sister-in-law OF Reid Lewis, put
in an appearance here. She was arm
ed with Photograph OF his brother
Joseph, whose wife she asserted she
was. She took rooms Mt the Mhchi-
CANINE House, and very soon had
place in society. She was introduced
to good people and accorded all the at
tention to which respectable new
conner is entitled. Later on suspicious
were aroused that called in question
her virtue, and but little time was re-
quired to satisfy those about the hotel
that she was q scarlet women of the
most confirmed cast. She wa, uncere-
moniously fired from the house and
were further evidence wanting ms to
her character, it was furnished in
abundance by the fact that she immedi-
ately became I'm inmate of the. bangnlo
situated short distance southwest Of