The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-29
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THE OUTLOOK is GOOD.
Congressman Sheldon Says Next
Summer Will BE q Hum
mer i'm the u. II.

|, Congressman Sheldon is in receipt
OF most encouraging reports regard
ing the outlook for the copper and
iron industries in the upper PENN
sula. To correspondent for De-
troit paper he said recently;
Judging from the latest advices
the upper peninsula will experience
a business revival next summer such
as it has not seen for years. Prep
arations are being made not only to
increase the output of the pig iron
and copper mines now in operation,
but to open up new mines and to
work those that have been unproit-
able heretofore owing to low prices
for the product A slight increase
in the price of iron ore, which is to
be anticipated before spring, will
give IA tremendous impetus to the
iron industry. "
Henry Pecor, foreman of the
Buckley & Douglas salt block at
Manistique, was passing between
two watts Saturday last, when sud
| denly the timber supports gave way.
| He was carried down with the plat
form, and one foot was pinioned be-
| tween two timbers. In this posi-
tion he was held, while deluge of
scalding brine poured over him.
Thick clothing partly protected his
| body and u thick Scotch cap his
head, while, by presence Of mind he
drew his face behind bulwark of
broken timbers. He succeeded in
wrenching his leg loose, leaving his
boot and sock still imprisoned, and
managed to crawl home, "a distance
of two blocks, where he collapsed
Pecor is seriously scalded about the
head, shoulders, back and legs, and
If he RECEIVERS, skin grating will
have to be resortcd to-
The work of rebuilding No. 4 ore
dock at Escanab ba, recently destroyed
by ltire, has been commenced in
earnest. A large crew of men arp
now engaged in removing the re-
mains Of the burned structure, upon
the completion of which work the
pile drivers will begin driving the
4,5OO piles necessary for the founda
ton. 1t will require, besides the
piles, something over $500, 900 feet
of timber, which will be Supplied by
w. II. Gilbert, of Ashland. Mr.. l..
O. Peppard, the contractor, is in
Escanaba experimenting the work,
and to a representative of The Iron
Port said that when the work was
fairly under way there would be en-
ployed about 200 workmen, a very
large majority of whom would be
Escanabans Iron Port.
The body of w. j. Oliver, of the
| Canadian 500, was found in the
chamber of the old canal lock at
Sault Ste. Marie Sunday morning.
The man had attended religious
meeting the previous evening and
was on his way home when the ac-
cident occurred. He was walking
alone on the lock and made a mis-
step which precipitated him 80 feet
to the ice on the bottom. He struck
on his face, which was terribly dis
figured. Oliver leaves a widow and
several children at Carleton place,
Ont.
A Washington dispatch states
that Congressman Sheldon was
treated with marked distinction on
the occasion of the launching of the
Japanese cruiser at Philadelphia last
week. He was shown about the
vessel by Commander Martha in per-
son, and at the banquet in celebra-
tion of the launching the commander
escorted Mrs. Sheldon to the table
while the Japanese minister escorted
Miss Gardner.
The big liners, North West and
North Land, of the Northern Steam
ship company, will not include Mar
quette on their schedule for the
season of 1898. To go into Mar
quettc it would be necessary for the
boats to make run OF 100 miles,
= which they now save by keeping
their course farther out in the lake
John Rowett sustained his title az
champion OF American Cornish
wrestling, at Calumet last Saturday
evening, when he defeated Jack
King, the former champion, who
was recently released from Mar
quette prison. Two thousand .peo-
pie witnessed the match. Rowqt
won in two straight falls.
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