The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
Sunday Street Fights
Are a Common Oc-
CurrenCe.
Authorities On the Lookout
And Intend. hereafter. 10 PINT Forth
Unusual Efforts aud stop such
DIsgraeeful scenes.

DlH&rhfthul ScFhte
The Laurium authorities have decided
that Sunday street lights have got to
stop and unusual efforts will be putforth
TO that end OF late hardly Sunday
passes but there is a row or two OF some
kind and the officers have determined TO
put an end TO il and the utmost vigilance
will be used with that end in view. Last
Sunday fight occurred on Osceoa street
that was a disgrace 10 the town. Two
men who were evidently somewhat under
the influence OF liquor began 10 quarrel
on the street and made so much noise
that they attracted considerable atten-
tion Deputy Sheriff Renwick, who hap
pened TO be passing by at the time col
Jared the two puglis and ran them in
the village Jail. They were I'D before
Judge Murphy last evening and were
given good big dose OF Laurium Justice,
having to pay fine and the costs OF
court in preference 10 going to the cOun.
~ iallat Houghton.
Work on the sewerage at the north end
OF the village is progressing very favor
ably and the contractor IA pushing the
ditch digging so that the entire JOB will
be completed by the middle ofSeptember.
Yesterday the men commenced to lay
the pipe on the old Torch Lake road and
the ditch digging has extended nearly all
the way along. 1t is intended that the
system when completed will drain all the
north end of the TO wn from Third street
down TO the old Torch Lake road. This |
part of the town needs some sort of
sewerage and needs it bad while the |
other end which If higher will not have |
anything until the city is in better finan.
cial shape than at present as the needs
there are not as pressing as at the north
end.
Judge Murphy performed his first mar
riage ceremony last week and says there
ia more money in il than any other part
OF his official duties. The contracting
parties were Dominick Supino and Rosa
both born in Sunny Italy.
Dominick was a bashful groom OF Is
while Rosa, the bushing bride, had seen
81 summers. but the difference in their
age counted for nothing. The Judge il
said to have tied the nuptual knot with
the manner and bearing OF a preacher
who made marriage speciality.
Two well known painters working on
in the Florida addition got in
TO dispute yesterday over some work.
10 seems that one oil the painters had
.odRn a contract to paint house and
the other had made some remnrIkss 4, a iJtyrtt I
the ork which the first did not like. |
The second painter was going to do some |
paper hanging in the same house .and |
while on his way 20 the place was met by
painter No. l, whose ire was up With
out word he Jumped up on bis fellow
craitsman's wagon and waded into him,
several body blows before
No. knew what had taken place. Con-
stable Nike Day saw the fracas from a
far and made all haste 60 the scene of
action, arrestiDg the painter who had
done the assaultiDg. He was brought
before Justice Murphy and fined So and
costs which he paid. Painter No
thinks his wounds have not yet been
fully settled for and is talking OF making
complaint for assault and battery.
There were no bids for the work OF
the catch basins for the |
Laurium sewerage system and the viii
lage will hire man to do the work by
the day. The local contractors were all
too bu y with other jobs TO take a con-
tract where only the price OF labor was
concerned, as the city furnished all the
for the work.
Work was commenced this morning
excayatiDg for the foundation for the
new warehouse end barn to be built by
the Bosch Brewing company in Laurium.
The contract has been let to a Chicago
irm.
Examination Postponed.