The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
MARQUETTE COUNTY,
MARQUETTE.

| Mr.. s. A. kearns, OF Chicago, has OBJ
tanned the contract for building the ore
dock at Presque Isle in connection with
the Ishpeming & Marquette railroad.
Work on it will commence at once and
be pushed forward with all dispatch so
as, il possible, to have it ready for use by
the time the railroad is completed. Mr..
kearns and family will take up their resi-
dence here. having hired the Larke place,
during the progress OF the work.
IsHPEAfING.
The school board find there is nothing
like truant officer to bring the hood
lums to book, for since Deputy Marshal
Nolan, who knows all Ishpeming's bad
boys, was appointed to that office he has
gathered in very many of the street loaf
ers. Supt. Hardy says there are more
than 700 children who should be attend
ing school, but who are conspicuous by
their absence.
Lieutenant Thielman, OF the Calumet
Light Guard, was here on Wednesday and
visited the SPOT where Private Heimes
was killed by a falling tree. He found
the mound monument, erected by the de-
ceased's comrades, in much about the
same condition az it was when the soldier
boys were called home. The lieutenant
had with him drawing OF the monu-
ment which it il proposed to erect to
Private Heimes' memory in the cemetery
at Calumet.
Darby, according to the lieutensnt's re-
port. is doing nicely. He is attending
school regularly and is now at the head
oil bis class and shows much fondness for
music, being quite good singer.
Darby is well looked after, the
Calumet Light Guard paying his board,
while Lieut.. Thielman keeps him supplied
with books and clothing. Darby has
quite NICE little sum to his credit in one
OF the banks. He lately had his portrait
taken and from its sale, which be sold at
90 cents copy, realized more than $50.
A shed behind the Robbins block caught
fire on Tuesday evening, but the flames
were soon extinguished; not, however,
before half of the shed and some of it's
contents, box OF straw hats and rub
bers, valued at about $25, we're DESTROYED.
Mr.. Frank p. Mills he's resigned the
agency OF the Cleveland and Iron Cliffs
mines and will leave here with his family
very shortly for Colorado Springs, hay
ing obtained a very lucrative position in
the west.
On Thursday morning an accident
occurred at the open pit of the Cleveland
Co.. lake mine, by which Swan Erickson
was instantly killed and his partner,
Andrew Aho, seriously and perhaps
fatally hurt, as his back Is broken beside
receiving other injuries. The two men
were working Immediately under where
the frost had caused crack in the hang
ing. An attempt was made to loosen
the ground bv blasting, but only some
OF the dirt came down. The men were
requested by Capt. Buzzo to leave of
work until the loose ground was taken
down and they did 30, but for some rea.
son returned to their work and almost
Immediately several tons OF dirt fell
burying them up with the results given
above. Erickson leaves wife and four
children. Aho is single man.
NEGAUNEE.
All the fee owners are not 30 exOr.
bitantly greedy IA those OF the Queen
mine, for Messrs. Barasa 4 Msrcbette
have reduced the royaly on the Barasa
property from 80 cents to % cents and
as the Barasa iron mining company has
paid all claims against 1t, work, thanks
to the decency OF the above named gen
tiemen. will probably be resumed. The
Barasa IL on the same vein as the Ne
gaunee mine and It is expected that 1,
will pay well to work. The ore, which
was located by means Of n diamond
drill is less than 500 feet from the sur
face. The old shaft ran into quick
sand and In consequence IL is prepared
TO abandon that and to sink one to tn,
north and which 1t Is expected will h,
started with at once and 80 give EN-
ployment to few men thrown out O
employment by the greed Of the fee own
ers Of the Queen.
The agency for the Western express
company has been transferred from Mr.
j. G. Dougherty to Mr.. Shields. the sgen
OF the Duluth, South Shore n Atlantic
railroad.