The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-05-29
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

3D. OF LOCAL INTEREsT.
I'll. Mayhem went to Duluth Thursday.
County Commissioner Jackson visited
Duluth this week. s
Noel Hamlin Of Lutsen was in town
the first of the week. B.
Assessor Carhart visited L utsen.on Of.
fetal business this week. 4
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
q. O. Monker NJ onday morning. i
Mrs. Woodbury. came down from West
Superior Sunday to visit her homestead
Mrs. John Matheson is visiting with
the family of County Commissioner En-
gelson at Carlton Peak.
Frank Laufenberg and Frank Pearson
came in Wednesday from three weeks
stay on their homestead.
Jas. A. Tucker, Dan Spillane and San
der Jentoft returned last Saturday from
Mr.. fuckers homestead.
John Carlson and family arrived here
from Duluth Sunday evening to spend
the summer on their homestead.
. A. J. Scott returned from his trapping
grounds last Saturday WITH fine bundle
of fur which included magnificent bear
skin.
Mrs. Longbody, mother of Nijoda and
Adatagi, died last Sunday morning of
tumor in the stomach after an illness of
over 25 years.
Dan McDouough went up to johnson
& Engelson's cedar camp Monday to
complete the job Of hauling the ties out
to the landing.
=. Mrs. John Mcclure and daughters, of
Lutsen, have returned from visit in ST..
Paul. Mr.. MCGUIRE remained there,
having accepted position as engineer.
Mr.. Riches, an old explorer, passed
through here on the Dixon Thursday on
his return from three years, sojourn in
Labrador. For over year past Mr..
Riches has been suffering from lock jaw .
Miss Frances Allen who was taken to
Duluth from Lutsen short time ago is
reported to be improving IN health. She
has been i'll nearly all winter, and for
several weeks before being taken to Du-
luth was not expected to live.
When the tug Efie L came down from
Duluth to attend the dredge she brought
with her the government inspector and
two of the dredge hands. This fact was
reported to the customs office and the
tug was fined $500 for carrying passen-
gers without license.
In addition to her regular runs, the
Dixon will make trip between Duluth
and Grand Marais every Friday hereaf-
ter. She made the first of these runs
yesterday, arriving here about eight
o'clock in the evening, and departing
about nine on her return to Duluth.
In our last issue we omitted an item
noting the arrival from Duluth of l.. @.
--A>ShAtlEl3 Wiz OAONSuUr Will u1u dill lis
lives took and household effects and will
make his future home on his farm, six
miles north of town. Mrs. Dahlman,
who is visiting at Detroit, Mich, will
join her husband as soon as he gets
things Strengthened around on the farm.
The first message ever received from
the forty persons who persisted on the
steamer Manistee, nearly fourteen years
ago, was discovered near Bayfield, last
week by James Taggart, Iumberman ).
1t was a note carefully enclosed in a
heavy glass bottle which was worn thin
from beating against the sandy shores of
Chequamagon bay. The writing on the
note was faded from the lapse of years
and read as follows:
November, 1883. Left Bayfield, at lilo
p. m. just in sight of Michigan light.
house. We may not survive the storm,
Heavily laden and hard to turn in the
storm.
"CAPT. MCKAY,
Steamer Manistee. -