The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-19
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS
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FHmersin Schoolcrart county report
ed several heavy frosts last week,
darqu ttc county has decided not to
hold any asricul uraI fnir this year.
4 stock company has been organized
at Maniatiqae for the purpose OF build
iag a. cnerl, house in that city.
Tho Sagolo Lumber Co.'S big mill at
Sagola has closed down on account of
the pooe condition of the lumber mar
kef.
Joseph Gtrlne", farmer Of Kin
ross, near the 500, shot dyc good.sized
bears one day Inst week within an
hour.
Harrison Beach, near AIanistinue,
on lndian lako, is now summon re-
aor-
Esc14aha's big stove factory which
tl,e city was to get gor $25 GOO bonus,
didn't materialize.
Thc Y. p. members Of the Ancient
Ordoror Iibernians win hold reunion
a Marquatte on August 26. The prin-
cipal speakcr will be Hon. Jno Finerty
Of Chito@o.
Braces Crossing, station on the D.,
SIS & !. three miles east Of Even,
was rar0ric,l DESTROYED by forest fires
one LAY this week.
Over 50 "oiohths" of beer were sold
at Garmap picnic at Iyon Mountain.
Officers vera on the the ground all
day, but The beer had so little effect ou
the people that not one man was ar
rested
The fttlc village OF Matchwood,
about twelve miles west Of Even, was
completely swept away by forest fire
AIoadar. Every building in tho village
including ,ho South Shore railway sta
tioa, DAVIS Bros.'s and Harts sawmils,
was burned md the Insurance is small.
Matchwooj had about one hundred
ponulajion aud contained two or three
general stoyo- aud about fifteen dwell
ings.
Three prisoners escaped from the
3ienomiGeo county Jail Monday after.
noon whi'etl turnkey was bringing
them from tile bathroom. They are
Mirheel Pietak, who was held for at
tempted iauydor, i G.. Mullican, who
robbed tile Chicago 81 Northwe8te safe
in Menomince about six months ago,
aud Mrs. phllen WHO was being held
for highway robbery. The latter was
cllight few minutns after the escape,
but 5Iullican and Piotak are still at
large.
lAe staGuation in the lumber carry
ing lusinesa is growing worse. The
. lumber companies are now using the
, entire available space for piling and
portions of their yards are being util-
lied that uevor held board before
The Kirby carpenter company has 7O,-
O00OO0 feet Of slock on hand, about
10000, 600 feet more than it carried at
any time last scason.-bI bIenominee-
Democrat.
Not onlyi is the Calumet & Hecla cop
(. per mine one Of the greatest on earth
but its management is the most pater-
mel. Il contributed D large lump sum
wl,cn the minors relief fund was estab-
lished, ana contributes $4,000 annual
IL in addition. The recent report to
stockholders says; "The amount OF
copper smelted ior the year ending
April so, 1898, was 30,2l4 tons; for the
previous year, %, 2jS tons. -Four divi-
dends of So each were paid during the
year CASH on hand, $51 ,206; value OF
conner on hand, SO, 179,6SS. Bills pay
able. S5i3,O00. The boilers of the
company can develop 10000 horse
power. The real estate of the company
embraces ., 500. % acres of mineral land
in Houahton county and 2O,352.3o OF
timber land. The stamp mill site and
grounds ut Lake Linden embrace 9oS,-
l 10 acres. There are owned by the
company 69S houses, of which 57S are
on the mine location, LOG at Lake Lin
den and % at the smelling works.
There are twenty churches on the COM
pany's property. Nearly all OF them
have been assisted materially by the
company. Excluding the village OF
Red Jacket there are 20 miles of streets
in the mine location and over III miles
outside, including the wagon road to
the water works and to Torch Lake.
The mine location is connected with Its
mills at Torch Lake by the Hecla and
nt1,.,l, r Tolxo roilroad which has q main