The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-04
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items of Interest Taken From
Our Exchanges and
Condensed.
FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN
Went Over the Lake Superior n
Ishpeming Railroad Sat
urday Last.


The first passenger train of the
Lake Superior d lshpeming r. Il.
ran over the line Saturday last, con-
veying party of prominent citi-
zens from lshpeming and Negannee
to Marquette. Regular train SER
vice began Monday The road was
built in 1896, and until now has
been purely an ore hauling road, but
legal steps have been taken by the
grantors of the right of way to
force il TO do passenger business.
The case is now in court. Another
addition which is about to be made
to the equipment of the road con-
sists OF. 40 steel ore cars capable OF
carrying 30 tons each They will
be the first steel ore cars in the
! Lake Superior region. The carry
ing capacity is 20 tons greater than
any other cars used.
A cave-in occurred at the Dunn
mine near Crystal Falls Saturday
last that may result in the stoppage
of work at that property for some
time. The men were up for dinner
when it occurred. thus avoiding any
lives being lost. a portion OF the
shaft is affected.
Washington dispatches to last
Sunday papers announced that
President Mckinley appointed John
Jones of lShpeming receiver Of the
Marquette land Office. Mr. Jones
was recommended some weeks ago
and his appointment made prac-
tically certain, but the actual APP
pointmcnt was not made till Satur-
day last He will have yet to secure
his bond before he can enter upon
the duties of the Office
Some fakir has been flooding a
number of lumber camps with cheap
watches. He has been receiving
from SO to $lJ for the watches
which are almost worthless. They
will run but short time and the
case is made of a composition to
represent gold, which is not even as
good as brass. In less than Il week
after receiving the watches they
turn sort of u cheesey green.
A sailboat with II men on board
capsizcd Sunday at Seul ChoiX
Point. near Manistique. -Four men
were drowned. The wind came
from the northwest and was blow
ing gale. The men were ON the
way to the point TO raft logs for the
Mackinaw Lumber Co. of St. lgnace.
Robert n. Shields, Houghton
county ) genial and popular
clerk, was rendered and has accept
ed the position of chief clerk for the
Arcadian Mining campany. How
ever. Mr.. Shields will till out the
uneXpired portion of his term as
county clerk.
One of the most destructive fires
that has occurred in Escanaba in
many years took place Monday
night, when a large department
store was burned.
A fish new to Lake Superior is
being caught this season-the sal
mon of the Pacific coast 1t was
question with the officers of the
American Fish commission whether
the salt water Salmon would thrive
in fresh water Superior, but the
lake was big enough to fool any fish
into thinking it was an ocean. and
its tributary streams are all rapid.
cold and clear spring water rivers.
Several million of the fish have been
set free in the lakes in the last few
years, and the fish commission has
been awaiting developments. This
spring fishermen began to bring to
the coasting steamers of the big
fish companies new variety of fish.
| The fish looked like brook trout,
only they were not speckled, aud
they had rich crimson flesh, and
were very palatable. In weight
they vary from eight to fifteen
pounds. They are now being caught
in very considerable numbers, and
bid fair to prove most important
product to Lake Superior.