The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-05-20
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Ontonagon has crack base ball team
going around with chip ON its shoulder.
So far no other team has dared to knock
it of.
There are still piles OF snow and ice
FROM four to ten feet deep in the shady
places between the buildings OF Red
Jacket.
The Menominee river has gone out
over its banks and is five feet above its
usual state. The log drives are
abandoned for the present.
The Steamer Nipigon, which went
ashore above Whitefish Point was re-
leased late Sunday night by fishing
tugs without anv great damage.
John Bankstrom, timberman, was
killed under ground in the Tamarack
NINE about 5 o'clock Monday afternoon
He was struck by falling gronnd and
killed instantly.
The Northwestern Guarantee Loan
company, of Minneapolis, is in an en-
barrassed condition. 1t has q capital
stock of 81 $50, 900 aud holds $1,000
600 OF commercial paper.
A large number OF miners have been
thrown out of work temporarily by a
cavern ut the Prince of Wales mine
near Ishpeming. The upper levels of
the mine were considerably damaged.
The deadlock in the prices in the
ore market is reported broken, About
100000 tons of ore were sold at Cleve-
land last week, the Metropolitan COM
pany selling about one half OF the en-
tire amount.
The Ontonagon river will produce
this year about 76,00O.O00 feet of logs
if the drive comes ont as expected.
Of this amout 50,00O,O00 feet was put
in last winter, the rest being logs lett
from the previous years cutting.
Willie Golden, switchman, was kill
ed at the South Shore railroad yards
ut Houghton Saturday afternoon by
falling between two box cars. His head
was crushed and body mutilated, He
was single, aged twenty-five, and his
b., 81 nGn ;,,1
Messrs. Dunstan and Hanchette have
commenced replevin proceedings for
their client, Mrs. Florence P. Hill,
against the Nester estate of Baraga, for
the recovery of 5000 logs in Trap Rock
river that were cut from piece of land
that she purchased from the South
Cliff Mining Company. Hancock
journal.
An old lumber. shower named Tom
Stewart was found dead in bed at the
Lakevew house Menominee. He was
pensioner and spent most OF his
money for drink, 1t is thought that
death resulted from the effects Of late
spree. Stewart has wife and two
sons in Bay City, where the remains
were sent for interment.
The Hancock Lumber Co., has been
organized at Hancock, Edward Ryan
being president. The capital is $780,
600, all paid in. The company will do
retail business in lumber, sash and
doors and building materials, and is
arranging yard and warehouse room.
AS the stock is mostly held by local
men and Hancock is growing rapidly,
the success of the enterprise seems as
sured. ~
Charles Kinney, aged about thirteen
years, son of J. s. Kinney, farmer
near Stambaugb, was drowned on his
way home from fishing trip about B
o'clock Wednesday evening. In COM
pany with an elder brother he was on
some logs in the Iron river about half a
mile west OF the Nanaimo mine. When
some distance apart the elder heard his
brother call but when he turned around
the boy had disappeared.
Notice has been resolved at the Office
of the State Board of Health of the
arrival at the port of New York, May
II, by the steamship Gera, from Bremen
i
of immigrants destined for places in
Michigan who may be carrying infection
from smallpox which developed on
board the esteamship in voyage. Twenty
nine immigrants we're bound for Detroit,
fourteen for Sand Beach, eight for ST..
Joseph, six for Wakefield, one for
Alpena, one for Manistee, five for Calu-
met, one for LIE Roy, one for Lapeer,
nine for Negaunee, six for Saginaw, one
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