The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-01
KEWEENAW CO.
EAGLE RIVER.

sioner Blight regarding the penalty they
had incurred by driving over the high
bridge; one OF the men paid the penalty
which was So. the other not only refused
to pay, but abused the officer, pastine
in which he was assisted by a lady (?)
who accompanied him and who, between
drinks, consigned the officer to a place
somewhat hotter than the Klondike.
The name OF the party, who halls from
Grover, is known and if he does not set
tie up in a short time he will pay some
thing more than the bare penalty.
Now that the wide guage road is
through to Calumet and the mail reaches
there at 2 O'Clock, there is no good rea-
son for our mail laying over at Calu net
for the night and il behooves us to get a
move on ours lives, get up petition aud
sen6 it 10 the proper authorities asking
for our mail service 10 be soimproyed
thatwe eau get our mail on the same
day on which il arrives at Calumet. Our
reading matter will not then be ancient
history by the time it reaches US The
change will result in a saving of time in
mail going TO and coming from western
points OF nearly forty-eight hours as our
outgoing mail will catch the afternoon
train going east and we should get the
incoming mail the same day.
A hiavoIe m 40 nf mona tbon
interest will take place next Sunday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock between George
Iouall, of Central Mine, and Andrew
Jackson, OF Allouez, the reason of so
much interest being manifested is because
1ouall has SO far defeated all corners and
Jackson's friends think him speedy
enough TO do up the present champion
The race will be for purse OF $50 and
will be from Trudells TO Central and re-
turn. IL vii be TO. the championship of
heweenaw county and the scribe offers
this prediction that the winner will give
The speediest rider in Houghton county |
the highest race he has ever had, that is, |
Iuc.N ;cJ III ~ TOdl race.
The scribe has received letter from
CENTRAL mine for publication regarding !
he party recently held there, but does
lot deem the matter OF such great public |
moment that it should be published. II |
me young man got left when he wished
% escort his lady home and the lady in
urn was laughed at for her pains it is
'nly history repeating itself and will en-
lure as long as this sad old world lasts
md therefore the qualification OF the letter
will do no good aud would doubtless
ause considerable modification to the
artIes interested.
EAGLE HARBoR.
Andrew l.. Twoby OF West Superior,
Wis spent last week revisiting scenes of
is youth here and at Copper Harbor.
lie is Grandpa Raley now, as w. T.
'aley OF Butte, Montana, was presented
" Mrs. r. with ten pound boy a short
ime ago.
A ten pound baby also arrived at the
ONE OF Mr.. aud Mrs. Justin Seager OF
'uluth last week and Justin promptly
elegraphed the cigars to the boys.
A very sad death took place last week
& Detroit, when Mrs. Will Rick ard
"eathed her last. The deceased lady
vas but % years old and leaves no fam
y except her husband, she having died
} giving birth to her first child
Wednesday OF last week was day for
ccidents in keweenaw, three men hay-
~ met with painful injuries, as follows:
like Knopekka had his hand smashed
Y a drilling machine at the Arnold
line, James Chinn was badly bruised by
fall of ground in the Central mine and
Will Chapman had a cultivator tooth
riyen through his foot.