The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-05
Henry Sondakoska and, Adam Karke-

capsized by terrific sauall. They
clung to the bottom of the boat all that
day and night. but Saturday morning
were rescued by the ting Dan L.
Hebard. They were nearly exhausted
from cold and hunger.
Up in Virginia, on the Mesaba range,
the town which WIS recently destroyed
by fire, it appears the losers are having
serious trouble with the insurance
companies adjusting their losses.
Many of the policies are not What they
emIto be, and men who thought they
would get ten and twelve thousand
dollars are lucky if they eet five.
Every person taking insurance should
read his policy oyer carefully.
Iron county, the first in the Upper
Peninsula to adopt the new county
roads system, held special election
~on Monday last at which d. O. Lock
wood, NJ. B. Waite and o. Helgorro,
republicans, were elected for road COM
missioners for one, two and three
years respectively, over H. J. McLaren,
NJ. NJ. Lally and Matt E. Gleason,
democrats. The total county vote is
about one thousand and the republi-
can majority is placed at 200.
The races at Hancock driving park
Thursday and Friday, although not
largely attended, were quite interest
ing. In the 3-minute class MARINA
duke" won first money. with ben ST.
second; in the free-for-all "Jim F."
took the first heat, and Sol. B." the
second heat, while "Champ X" took
the next three heats and won the race ;
best timo 2 All. The second day, the
gentlemans driving race was won by
Farmer" "Bay Fan" second and
Flying Cloud" third; in the free-for-
all, Brother Dan" was an easy winner
of first money; "Col. B." second, and
"Fred s. third; best time 2:a8: The
bicycle contest was between Glanville
and Willis, and was won by the
former. The track was in good con-
dition, and those attending were we'll
satisfied with the two days sport.
James Flanagan, of Menominee,
came home from work last Tuesday
evening, dinner pail in hand and wear
ing his overalls. It was raining quite
hard and seeing his barn door open he
went directly to close it without
stopping at the house. He had just
reached the door when there was a
blank in his existence, and when he
came to several minutes later be found
himself lying in the alley with badly
wrecked dinner pail in his hand and
his new overalls torn into strings. He
had been struck by lightning. He was
helped into the house and a
doctor called, and it was found
that although one leg and arm
we're severely burned he was otherwise
uninjured except from the shock. The
pail probably attracted the lightning,
but the wet overalls proved good con-
ductor and his life was saved. The
gentleman, who is about 55 years of
age, has received. many congratulations
on his narrow escape from death.
Whether Mackinac Island belongs,
geographically, to the Lower or Upper
Peninsula is settled by Ketchum of the
st. Ignace Republicans Island col
umns. He points out that the "deep-
water channel is the boundary line
and that the deep water is north of the
Island. He SAYS: "If ever the water
should subside seventy feet, we could
walk dry shod to Detroit while there
would be channel $50 feet deep be-
tween us and the Upper Peninsula. -
Iron Port.
A crisis was reached in the lumber
showers strike ut Ashland, Wis, Mon
day forenoon. The Shores Lumber
company sent word to Mayor O'Keefe
that they would commence loading
their boats Monday morning and asked
for protection by the police. The
request was complied with and Chief
of-Police Schwarz and several officers
we're sent to the docks, where they
were joined by Sheriff O'Brien with
several deputies. Work had hardly
commenced on the docks when the
police were attacked by mob of
strikers and hand-to-hand contest
followed. Several of the mob we're
arrested who we're afterwards rescued
by their brother strikers. The adj
vance of the mob was checked but the
strikers then swung down underneath
the tramway and made for the men
who were loading the boats. Hero