The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-09
UPPER PENINSULA NEWS
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EXCHANGES.
Menominee's city council voted S5OO
Tor the starving miners OF tho Gogebic
range.
Menominee sent one hundred barrels
OF Hour to the needy OF Iron Mountain
few days ago.
Marquette will on Decerh,r I6 re-
celve bids tor II new city hall, a build
ing she is sadly in need of.
a new postoffice has been established
III hearsage, Houghton county and Bar.
nett Shearer is its postmaster.
The Native Copper Times is ten
years old and is one of our neatest ex.
changes. Continued success to Bro.
Wilson is the SENTINEL's sentiments.
Now that the deslitution on the Co
gebic range is being advertisediso liber-
ally 1t is likely that contributions will
( come in freely and the distress relieved
for the winter.
Men in the Upper Peninsula lumber
camps will this winter be paid from SIG
to S22 per month and board. From all
reports received it is believed the tim
Dor cut this year will he bnt little cur
tailed, if any.
a couple of Trout Creek toughs made
Themselves obnoxious at Sidnaw the
other day aud tried to iniimidate the
inhabitants w.t. revolver and billy.
They now languish in tine Houghton
county Jail awaiting the next session of
the circnit court.
". J. Cox at che time superintend-
edt Of the Hancock public schools, is
now editor of the Hancock Journal. |
Mr. Upton. the retiring editor has
done excellent work on the journal
Notwithstanding his infrmity in the
matt;rnf hearing.
Marquette has for many years had
branch of the Y NJ. G. A.,
hut the directors have been compelled
to close the rooms, owing to a lack of
interest shown by the people, resulting
in many uncollected pledges and un-
paid bills 1t is hoped to open them
up again later.
The Northev block Hancock, occupied
by Silverman & Levy with large stock
Of dry goods and gents furnishings
caught fire Monday night, and before
the flames could be subdued the stock
Of goods was pretty nearly destroyed.
There was no insurance on the building
The stock was insured for $4,000,
Loss on building about 81 300.
The Lake Superior Iron Company
.esumed work at No and No. shafts
Monday with 300 men. BY January l
his company will be running full force
If miners again, although at very low
wages. There is apparently no pros
oect of other mines in Ishpeming re-
uming before spring. There is gaeat
lestitdtlon among the idle miners of
and Negaunee, but their suf
ering will be relieved without appeal
ng for aid out side of the county.
The disappearance of John Clegg, the /.
lefaulting assistant postmaster Of the
Atlantic Mine, is as much mystery as ;
ver. Wednesday night of the week in
which his shortage was made public he
disappeared from view as completely as
hough the earth had opened and swal-
owed him, and all efforts to discover !,
lis whereabouts have proved unavailing. ,
/ will be remembered that just prior to
lis disappearance he sent his wife, who ;
vas in Illinois, several hundred dollars
which she returned as soon as she be-
anne aware that the money did not
,elong to him. 1t is thought by many
hat he committed suicide and that his
,ody is now under the ice in Portage I
lake. y