The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-10-15
Items of Interest Taken From
Our Exchanges and
Condensed.
THE REMAINS DISCOVERED
Body of Mrs. Nick THOMPSON
Found Near Portage
Entry.

A Houghton dispatch states that
the remains of Mrs. Nick Thompson
were found at Portage Entry Tues
day morning not far from the house.
A coroner S jury was impancled and
the inquest adjourned two days.
Three physicians examined the body.
Thompson is still in Jail at Hough
ton whore he was taken under sus-
picion when his wife disappeared
ten days ago.
Hon. TCB. Dunstan, of Hancock,
left this week Nor New York and
Boston, TO be present at the organi-
cation of the Adventure Consolidat.
ed Copper Co. Two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars will be placed
in the treasury for working capital,
and work will be started immediate
ly after the organization is com
pleted.
Miss Staca Corners, an estimable
young woman of Iron Mountain.
used gasoline stove polish on the
stove. The stuff ignited and in an
instant the unfortunate girl was en-
veloped in flames. Her clothing was
burned off, and before assistance
reached her she was dead.
Monday, Antonio Dota, of Iron
| Mountain, was breaking rock with
hammer at the Cundy mine, Quin-
nesec. The hammer struck the hang
ing wall and, rebounding, hit Dota
on the head, fracturing his skull.
He died in few moments.
The passenger steamer Peerless
of the Lake Superior line, was pick
ed up by the steamer r. E. Schuck,
and towed into the port of Mar
quette Tuesday. The Peerless was
drifting helplessly from disabled
machinery on Lake Superior, when
sighted by the Schuck.
Jabel Stephens, of Calumet, was
struck by timber while at work in
the bottom of the shaft in mine
Monday. He lived but few mo-
ments. He leaves family in Eng
land.
The copper country seems to be
quite popular with English capital
lists. The latter part of last week
w. f. Fitch, general manager Of the
ID. S. S. d A. railroad, with his
special car, was accompanied by
Lord Wolseley and son, Baron Nc
Masters and J. M. Duff, an expert
electrician, on his trip up here. They
are interested in the development of
the water power at the 500, and
came up in this part of the country
with an idea of investing. They
both control manufacturing plants
in this country and England. They
are very much taken up with this,
the northern part of the country,
and that probably means business.
Calumet Evening News.
A Houghton dispatch to the De-
troit Journal states that the lumber
| ing season is opening unusually
early throughout the Lake Superior
district, u number of camps having
been established already this year.
The lumber business has picked up
wonderfully this year and with de-
mlnd brisk and stocks smaller than
for five years everyone engaged in
the lumber trade, from the mill
owner to the last "swamper" feels
encouraged over the prospects.
There is scarcity of men and ex-
pcricnced hands will get higher
wages than usual. 1t is doubtful if
there will be single OK team em-
ployed in the upper peninsula for
ejts the coming winter. Twenty
five years ago all skidding was done
with oxen, it being thought that
horses would caulk themselves in
the deep snow, and that they could
not handle the heavy logs. This
was found to be erroneous, and
| horses are now used exclusively for
numbering work, except where steam
skidding machines are in use, which
is at but few camps, the steam log
gers being better adapted to south
ern forests where snow is unknown.
SPURR AND MICHIGAMME.
Special correspondence to THE SENTINEL.
f. w. Read & Co. started lum-
bcr camp north of Spur Monday
Frank Scaddcn, of Crystal Falls,
was in town Tuesday looking over
some mining properties.
A dance was given in Odd Fellows
hall, Michigamme, last evening, by
the young people. A very pleasant
time was had.
Notices have been posted for
Republican caucus to be held in
Michigamme township at Odd Eel
bws hall Monday evening to elect