The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-21
PENINSULA POINTERS.


discontinued and the men discharged.
Army worms and grasshoppers are
destroying crops In the vicinity OF Flor
ence.
A young Frenchman died at Menomi
nee last Monday from the effects OF drink
ing ice water.
The Burtss mill at Marquette has been
shut down for an indefinite period. Nc
logs to saw.
This years celery crop at Newbe Try
promises to be big one and shipments
have already commenced.
Chippewa county adopted the county
road system by large majority at O
special election held last week.
The Newberry furnace has been at.
tached by Mason Bros. Of Hancock, who
want si4, 900 for wood furnished.
A boy Of IA years named Powerful Mar
shall was drowned at the mouth OF Choc-
olay river while In swimming last Tues
day.
The Anna River Brick Co., Of Mar
Quette, has been awarded the contract
for furnishing the brick for the asylum at
Newberry.
X. r. Gooddell, Houghton county land
agent, has concluded deal by which $ll,
600 OF Houghton county pine, situated IN
Baraga county, is sold.
While going from Gladstone to Esca-
naba on the steamer G. w. Moore, Satur-
day morning, Nellie Scheam jumped
overheard and was drowned. Her body
has not been recovered.
Chas. Magnusen, a Marrinette Swain
OF 2S, was Tilted by his sweetheart. He
bought vial of carbolic acid, and in the
presence of his faithless girl, drank its
contents and will probably die.
Ira A. Niles, who for many years WIS.,
tied the Upper Peninsula as travelling
salesman for the tobacco firm of John j.
Bagley & Co.. of Detroit, died at San
Francisco last week of appoplexy.
Ontonagon county, according to the
late census, has population 6,75s, an
increase since 1890 of 5000. This is a
big percentage OF increase in four years
Old Ontonagon must be getting back to
her former greatness.
The population OF the principal cities
and towns in the Upper Peninsula, ac.
cording TO the census just finished puts
Menominee at the head Of the column
with 1865. Next comes Ishpeming
with 11,7s6, Marquette with 0,476, Iron
wood with 9,S4O, Iron Mountain, 1900,
SAINT Ste. Marie, 7,lS5, Escanaba, 6, 500,
Negaunee, 1854 and Bessemer. 2,661.
The champion girl CT the period lives
over in Iron County, Mich. From May
1 to June Is, this year she planted three
acres of potatoes, did all the cooking and
sewing for the family. MIXED four cows,
fed the calves, pigs and chickens, shot
three chicken hawks and wildcat, set
the dog on eighteen tramps, attended
thirteen dances and three picnics, read
five dime novels and sat up four nights
IN the week with her ''feller."
Frank Nelson, OF Trout Creek. has
occasionally amused himself by logging
his wife. He was recently arrested and
fined SAT for the offense and placed in
the county Jail. His wife relented and
paid the fine. Frank soon repeated the
operation, and the neighbors then took
q hand. He was tied to birch tree,
stripped of his clothing and given dose
Of his own medicine. He was informed
that all the birch branches had not yet
been used up.
Gogebic county ha been restrained from
executing the $4,000 road bonds sold
last week to White & Co., Of New York.
This action was taken by all of the
largest tax payers in the county, who
allege that the proceedings relating to
the issue of the bonds are illegal. The
city and county are heavily bonded al.
ready, and the heavy taxpayers propose
to prevent bankruptcy. There is small
need of better roads 10 that county, and
the election was carried by non-free-
holders, who expected to thereby got
plenty OF work.