The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-23
PENINSULA POINTERS.
Even win celebrate the 4th.

Ontonagon Is going TO have water
works and telephone exchange.
Timothy Fagon died OF sunstroke Mt
ingalls,. Menomlnee county, last week.
Peter Grignon and Peter Rasmussen
were killed by lightning ut Menominee
iast Saturday.
A Bessemer miner is violently insane,
He insists that he is going TO marry one
OF the swell society girls OF the town.
Major w. L, Clarke, OF the MansiIque
Pioneer Is recovering from the stroke OF
paralysis with which he was stricken last
week.
j. II. ID. Stevens. of Ironwood, thinks
he would make an excellent auditor
general, and will try TO capture the nomi-
nation on the Republican ticket. Stevens
aims too high.
Ii. NJ. Pelham, the Iron Mountain law
yer, has been appointed receiver OF the
defunct state bank at Crystal Falls, IN
place OF Howard Brooks, who rendered
his resignation.
Madaline Pollard has been taking trip
around the lakes, and landed at the 500
few days ago on the steamer Peerless.
See tried TO conceal her identity but was
recognized by friends on the Peerless.
She left for Cleveland shortly aftei.
The express messenger and newsboy on
the through 81. Paul .rainfrom Champion
TO Chicago, carried Oft two of Fay Fosters
giddy blondes from Iron Mountain. Con-
duetOr Topping got wind of the affair
ana made the young men fork over two
cash fares.
Healy, the Ironwood T.. NJ, tcstiiies
that he made the changes which raised
the affirmative vote on the salary amend
ment In Gogebic county from 800 to 300
Handwriting experts testify that he is
.he man, although another witness claims
the honor.
A young lady in Lake Linden is so inn
partial In receiving the attentions OF two
young admirers that she can't decide be-
tween them; so the young chumps have
decided that Que must die, thus removing
all competition The weapons are TO be
swords and the only hitch Is the difficulty
of obtaining seconds. There is good
deal OF public clamor In favor OF letting
them XIII each other.
John Cassidy, OF Marquette. is a fugi-
tive, with prospects OF rough treatment
II he is caught. David Parr rented one
Of his two houses TO women OF alleged
unsavory reputation, and they were or
house soon afterwards. Cassidy didn't
know this. lie was told to stay away
but pushed in and attempted TO assault
Mrs. Parr, but was foled, He became
frightened and fled when he realized
what he had done. The woman had
one rib broken and was otherwise hurt.
j. ). The scoundrcl has been cap
tured aud now languishes IN Jail.
The Dickinson Co. Journal of Iron
tioa: A gentleman Of this city who re-
turned from Cripple Creek last week re-
ports as true the stories tina; j. Maurice
Finn can easily sell his interest there for
$4,000 or 100000. Our informant's
vcracity is undonbted. Finn left this
neighborhood less than two years ago
with only one shirt he owned two but q
hard hearted laundry man wouldn't yield
up the other one until the cash was
forthcoming. aud Finn didn't have the
lucre. He Is now Interested In a number
OF gold and silver mining ventures. is
practicing law, and incidently helped the
republican party to victory in local
campaign Il few months ago. Finn is
#4fe+e whale.
John II. Forster, who figured quite
prominently in the early history OF the
Upper Peninsula, died at his home near
Willamston, Mich, last Friday. lie
was member Of the Michigan Engi-
neers' Association and commenced york
as civil engineer as early as 1874 on the
the lake survey. In the year ls48 he
went to the copper regions in the Lake
Superior country. ln lS49 he resigned
from the lake survey, having obtained
the appointment Of first assistant engi-
neer on the survey OF the Mexican
boundary line. After finishing that
work he went to Alta, Cal, remaining in
that country until 1855, then returning
to Michigan, rejoining the lake survey
at Detroit, October 81. After this he be-
came Interested in the copper mines of
Michigan. In 1874 he settled on his
farm near Williamson, retiring from
active life. lie was well known and
highly esteemed by all who knew him
throughout this state and many will
mourn his death.
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