The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-04
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS
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500" people are talking of erecting
u big summer resort hotel.
9. l.. FASTER, Of Lake Linden, IS I'M
der arrest for dispensing drugs with
out u druggists license.
The Newb rry furnace smelted 2,232
tons of pig iron during the month of
February,a large increase over any
previous month.
The Menominee river will soon be
spanned by magnificent bridge, cost
lug 100000. 1t is being erected by
the G. q N. W. railway.
A Gogebic county Chinaman has
been arrested and taken t. Grand
! Rapids on suspic;oa that he struggled
himself into The country.
1t is estimated that the cipital in
vested and employed in tie Lake Su-
perior iron orc mining and transpor-
tation is nearly $1T6, 900.
The Cofrode Sc Sayler company,
which constructed a large part of the
D., S. s. 81 A. railro, I'd, has been de-
clared insolvent and receiver appoint
ed. The principal Office of the COM
pany is in.Philadelphia.
About 2)0 men were put on half
time at the Norrie mine, Ironwood,
owing to the depression in the iron
market. 1t is thought it is but tenn
porary however. and that the men will
be put on full time again as soon as the
shipping season opens.
The central school at Iron Mountain
has been declared nuisance bv the
local board of health and will be
closed. Most of the diphtheria cases
are supposed to have their origin in
that building on account Of its poor
sanitary condition.
The Menominee city council has
granted franchise to local company
to put in gas plant. There appears
to be considerable plumber OF people
left who prefer gas to electric lights.
The company has capital of $4,000
and will commence operations at once.
Upper Peninsula lodges of Knights
of Pythias have been formally notified
that arrangements have been made for
the maintenance Of Pythian head
quarters at Chicago during the fair.
A cheap, commodious and secure
lodging place will thus DO provided for
knights, to say nothing of the fratern.
ity OF feeling that will prevail.
The Gladstone Company, composed
of Chicago, Boston and Minneapolis
capitalists, with capital of IS, 900, 900,
has just completed the purchase OF
about 5000 acres of land on Little Bay
d. Noe, including nearly all the unim-
proved lots in the City of Gladstone.
Gladstone is the Lake Michigan term.
inal of the 500 Railway. 1t is the pur-
pose of the company to continue the
development of Gladstone city.
Gov. McKinley's losses by the
Walker failure at Youngstown. o.,
will amount to 100000. Mr.. McKin
ley's entire assets will not aggregate
more than $4,000, leaving the govern
or heavily in debt after his obligations |
have been met, which he declares he
will do without assistance. Fl. X.
Taylor, n heavy stakeholder in the
Crystal Falls mine, is ono of the re.
ceivers in the Walker affair.
Thursday night train of eighteen
cars arrived at the 500 from Mime
apolis, which might be described as the
"banner train" both sides of each car
being gaily decorated with banners,
red aud blue lettering upon white cot
ton, and with large pictures OF eleva-
tors and Touring mills. The cars
were loaded with fonr, consigned to N.
T. Swezey's Son g. Co., New York.
The whole presented an appearance of
q panorama on wheels.
Walter Nugent, for five years mana
ger of Armour & Company's branch
house in Ironwood, is under arrest on
a charge of embezzlement. The
shortage is in the neighborhood Of
$500. Armour & Company have been
lenient with Nugent for some years
back, as he was an EXCEPTIONAL bhrewd
business man. A little over o year
ago Armour sent him to Dwight, where
he took the gold treatment, returning
home apparently reformed man, the
pork packer paying all expenses.
Nunget kept up his old associations,
however. and disgrace has followed.