The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-07-16
Items of Interest Taken From
Our Exchanges and
Condensed.
JOHN JONES NOW RECEIVER
He Assumed Charge of the Land
Office at Marquette
Monday.


ceiver of the Marquette land Office.
Mr. Jones came down from Ishpem-
ing Monday morning and went to
the Office where E. K. Halsey was
waiting his coming to make the
transfer. The ex-receiver has a
few days work to do figuring up
accounts and attending to little mat
tiers about the Office, but Mr.. Jones
is now in active control He spent
part of his time Monday listening to
the evidence in contest case. E.
+. Halsey, the outgoing receiver,
came to Marquette from L Anse and
took charge of the Office April l6,
1895. He was appointed to fill out
the unexpired term caused by the
resignation of Rush Culver. Mr..
Halsey is acknowledged by all who
have had business with the Office to
have made an excellent official. His
record as judge on contests can
hardly be beaten. In the little over
two years he was in Office he had
but three of his decisions reversed.
The first ofJuly the territory OF this
Office was increased by nearly 2O0,
600 acres of land in the lower PENN
sula. This increase was brought
about by, the adjustment of the
Grayling Office. The Grayling Of
flee suspended operations July /,
but the books and papers pertain
ing to its business have not vet ar
rived. AS the pay Of the register
and receiver is secured entirely from
fees, with maximum limit of SO, 900
which they are at liberty to take,
this addition of territory will make
the Office much more profitable to
the present officials than it has been
to any Of their more immediate sue
cessors. 1t has been quite a few
years since the Office has been able
to earn the maximum fees allowed.
With the business of the Grayling
Office added it will come much
nearer doing this than it has lately.
An echo of the troubles of a form
err administration in the Marquette
Office was given Saturday by the ar
rival of government check for a
settler. Rudolph V. Tavelet of ST.
Ignace is the first settler whom the
government has reimbursed for
money which he paid to a former re-
ceiver and which that receiver
pocketed and failed to make account
of on the books of the Office to show
that the money had been paid. The
government brought suit against
the bondsmen and forced them to
pay the total shortage. 1t is now
dividing this money among the set
tiers who were forced to make Sec
ond payments The Tayelet claim
is the first one paid, but others will
undoubtedly be lliquidated as soon
as the proper showings are made.
Mining Journal.
Rev. Father Anton Bodnick, of
Bessemer, was passenger on the
French steamship LaBourgogne,
which foundered at sea near Sable
island, off the coast of Nova Scotia,
on the morning Of July 4th, in col
lision with the Cromartyshire. The
Bourgogne cleared from New York
on July I'd for Havre, France, with
total of 725 passengers and crew,
568 Of whom were drowned. Father
Hodnick was on his way to Germany
to visit his parents, whom he had
not seen since he was young boy.
The disaster which befell the young
priest will be sincerely regretted by
people of all denominations on this
range, He was o splendid young
man, active, energetic, beloved by
his parishioners, and the friend of
everyone who knew him. -Ironwood
News-Record.
Houghton county contributed to
the regiments of Michigan in the
war of the rebellion from 1861 to
1865, AGO men. OF these 80 enlisted
previous to September, 1868; 100
served three years, Ii re-enlisted as
. NCpCl aus, WhllC Vic ophCto oCh NOu
for shorter terms, or were discharg-
ed for disability or other causes.
With the new recruits about to go
forward, the county will have fur
nished more than 400 volunteers to
aid in the present crisis. Can any
county in Michigan boast of such
record2
The present indications are that
numbering will not start in Mar
quette county as early this season
as it did year ago. Work was be
gun in the camps last year about
August ID. 1t is conceded that the
start will be made later this season,
but just how much later, is hard to
tell. The reason given is that job
bers have had trouble making their
settlements, and that some of them
find themselves embarrassed through
their last seasons business.