The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-07
PENINSULA POINTERS.
Marquette has a population OF s.477,
an increase OF about 400 In four years.

an increase OF about 400 In four years.
The population OF Sault Ste Marie is
7,ls5, q gain Of rs per cent over last
census.
Ironwood claims population OF 0, 800,
an Increase Of about 1000 In four years
notwithstanding the hard times.
The population Of Iron Mountain, &C.
cordlng to the official census enumerator
is 1900. This is decrease OF 900 since
1890, the last national census.
The population OF the township. OF
Calumet is 1G,709: Calumet Village, in
cluded in the above, 3,2420 Red JACKIE:
village, included in the above, 2,292.
Census Enumeration Mcdonald, from
Duncan township, reports population
OF 9s4. The towns give the following;
Crystal Lake IS, Kitchie rs, Kenton llS,
Whitney 1874 aud Sidnaw 344.
Iron Mountain will have q "hot'
Fourth OF July celebration. The prizes
for the principal sporting events are .0O
and so cents, respectively, and that doesn't
include ginger bread or pop corn.-lroD
Mt. Journal.
Miles Berry organized circus In the
copper country and got as far as Traverse
City on his travels, when poor business
forced him TO quit. The band had to
walk home to lshpeming, not having re-
ceived one cent salary from the time they
left home.
The Chicago d Northwestern railway
company contcmplates building an ex-
tension northwavd through Shawano,
Langlade and Forest counties, Wis,
and the preliminary survey Is now being
made. The line Is being run north from
Shawano to iutersect the Watersmeet
ana Powers branch Of the Northwestern
line.
Six men and one woman. all Austrians,
left for their native land today. Two of
the men were Jacob Engranch, clerk IN
Joseph Wertin's store, and Jacob Lock-
ner, clerk in Haas clothing store. Three
Of the party, including the woman, gave
John B. Wertin between So, 500 and s3, 900
to forward to them to Austria-Copper
Country Evening News.
Six hundred members Of the Federation
OF Labor marched to Bessemer last Mon
day for the purpose Of inducing miners
and helpers employed at the Colby mine
to join in the strike. The demonstration
was signal failure. The Colby men re-
fused to leave their work and night
shift went underground at z o'clock as
usual.
Work on the Toledo, Ann Arbor &
North Michigan transfer slip, at kensm-
inee, Mich, is rapidly progressing. A
steel bride is being built to connect the
boat landing with the mainland, and the
slip is being lined with 6x10-inch oak
timber. Graders are at work on the
spur railway that will connect the trans
fer slip with the railways OF Menominee
and Marinette, heimmediate connection
being with the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul. on Main street. Meneminee. The
transfer slip Is said to be the largest aud
most complete ever constructed on the
lakes. 1t is expected that the work will
be ready for use about the first of July.
The dangers OF entering the chill water
of this region, even in the height of sum-
mer, are well illustrated by recent drown
Ing accidents in Houghton county. Chas.
Erickson, an expert swimmer, plunged
into little forest lake for bath. He
came up, called out some sportive words
to his companions on the bank, dived
again and never came to the surface.
Another man fell of tho dock into Port
age lake. 1t does not appear that he
was injured in any way by the fall, but
he too, never came to the surface alive.
The cold waters 10 this case as In the
other seems to have made the victim help
less almost INSTANTLY Marquette Mining
journal.