The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-12
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS
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! " - 'P'''Vu, VIII 40 zol leet y
inches high above an eight foot stone
abutment.
Menominee has beer peddler who
should be in Wonderland. He lifts
400 pounds with ono finger and drives
tenpenny nails with his fist.
The Ewou Recorder, recently burned
ont, vii! not be revived. Stewart
Bros, lato propr.e,ors, have gone to
Chicago.
Asbe tos has been discovered near
the Ropes gold mine IN Marquette
county, which is said to be of rich
quality. The fiber is very fine and
tough.
Although the greatest efforts are be-
ing made to prevent the spread of
diphtherA at lIenommee, two deaths
and several new eases were reported
Frida..
A married man nj the 500 paid too
much attention TO another woman.
His wio met tho woman ono day last
week and went for her "a Ia John l..
Sullivan.
Marshal Dolan, Of Crystal Falls, has
a method Of dispo3,ng of the vagnbond
dogs that is both simple and effectual.
He loads them into empty cars and
ships them to Iron Mountain and
Florence.
The failure of Corrigan, Iycs q Co.,
ore brokers, OF Cley Gland, las had APP
parently no effect whatever on opera
tions 1T mines in which members of
said firm are Interested on the AIesaba
range.
j. Maurice Finn, Who tried to run
for Congress last fall, has written that
ho is III California, where he owns
good claim, after selling which he Will
return to the Upper Peninsula and pay
his douts.
Chief krAtz, Of the Menominee fire
department, thought that city ought to
haye No. 3 Ere-engine house He
drew tho piaus the hremen built the
house, the city put in an Amoskeag en-
gine, and theu the fremen presented the
chief with gold badge.
The 500 IS IN bad shape financially.
All stree wogk has been ordered sus-
pended ana also all other work pre-
viously ordered. except tie extensisfif
ofwater mains and the building of std5.
sidewarSsas pyolssty owners are viii
ling to pay for. -"
Thg Duluth s. Winnepeg rA
eoIaluss 49, ,srqEsg 3. a., lease of the
j ss Tiha g. f. ssss1rsymnb :,
>aIH>6pN9n to purchase the lfhc at 9Ssf''
pace. il tgolte months. The, Belt
l;ne is'six miles in length and furnishes
an outlet from the-Duluth & Winuepeg
road to its ere docks on Allouez Bay.
There i3n probability that O'Rourke,
OatonagoG's champion wrestler, will |
meet Jack King sometime in the near
future. There are maoy lovers of
wrestling in f1e Upper Peninsula who
would be pleased to see these two
champions meet, as they have often
threatened to do.
The upper stories Of tho Gabriel and
Roach blocks at the 500 were gutted
by fro early Friday morning, entailing
damage to buildings and contents,
mostly merchandise, estimated at $780,
600, which is partially covered by in
surance. Among the greatest losers
are the Gabriel estate, L. W. Roach &
Co., j. j. Gordiner, II. A. Harrison,
A. u. Runrels and W. J. Ball.
The Buffalo DEinisss scanpany failed
to pay tho discharged.Ininers the three
months wages duogthcm as agreed.
Tho miners are in conference with an
attorney and will ;Sftempt tho collec-
ton of claims AMOUNTING to $4,000
for labor throughSlegal process. Many
are already subsisting on a diet barely
sustaining life and will suffer for food
Of any Essrf in q few days. The mine
properly Is being vigilantly guarded
day and iigBG.by q posse of special Of
6cers SF''
M, SlSN,, which tbe late Justin III.
Rathburn, founder of the order knights
of pythias, lived at Eagle Harbor. and
whero ho wrote the first ritual, burned
down some four years ago. Mr.. Q. h.
Berry. of Lake Linden, visited tho
place on Monday and found in the ruins
the end Of a timber, about foot in
length, which he brought home with
btp, Mr.. Berry proposes to make two