The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-09

| Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where sht
was married Friday to James a.
Laughlin, a former resident of Ish-
peming, the ceremony being perform
ed at st. Anthony's church. Miss Dill
Ion held IA responsible position in the
postoffice at Iron Mountain for a
number~.o OF years and her associates
presented her with handsome chest of
silver upon her departure. The groom
is diamond drill runner i'm the SER
! vice of the Sullivan Machine COM
I pany.
Judge Cooper Busy Man
After having conducted term of
Ahe. Delta county circuit court at Es-
canada. Judge Cooper has returned to
hiss home at Ironwood. The magis-
trate will open the regular term of
court for Gogebic county at Bessemer
this morning and will dispose of q
large number of cases. several of which
are of great Importance. After COM
pc ing that term of court. Judge Coo
. will again take up Judge Stones
duties by presiding at the term of the
MenomiEee circuit. The. calendar is a
large cge.
llIirois Pastor Chosen
Rev. John H. Rheingans of Oregon.
Ill. has been appointed pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at NUM-
sing. lie visited Munising about two
weeks ago, occupied the pulpit morn
ing and evening October "a and dur
ing his short stay created "A very ia
vorable impression. He has already
resigned his pastorate at Oregon.
where he had been for the past two
years, and expects to arrive at NUM-
sing on or about Dec. list. Mr.. Rhein-
gans is about thirty-fve years of age
and has a wife and several young
children.
Damages of $3.50 Awarded
In the case of Roy Il. Cartwright VS..
the Northwest Cooperage and Lum-
Der company of Gladstone. tried i'm
ircuit court, a verdict of $3.50 has
been awarded by the jury. The plain
Tiff claims that on the evening of April
:, 1908, after ne had taken his faith
RS lunch to the mill he stepped into
pool of hot water on the sidewalk
his fright he leaped from the walk
md landed in puddle of scalding wa
er several feet deep. The youth sus-
aimed terrible burns and according {,
cveral physicians who testified for
'e plaintiff he will be crippled f.;
ife as a result. The defence disputed
he claim that there was hot water
the walk and charged the youth
With being negligent
eceVes Heavy Sentence
Twelve years behind the cold grey
ars of Marquette prison is the max
mum sentence that John McGirr, of
1scanaba must suffer, to pay the pen
lily OF one Of the most serious Of
'ences on the criminal calendar. He
vas convicted of assaultng little
girl Judge Cooper sentenced him to
IN indeterminate term of six to twelve
years. with the recommendation that
the prisoner receive the maximum
With good behavior McGirr can cut
this sentence down considerably. !
Touching briefly upon the evidence
and the harshness of the crime. Judge |
Cooper dealt out the severe penalty. !
McGirr stood before the judge, his
face ashen pale, and as the sentence
was pronounced his lips quivered and
he clutched the court table for sup
port,
Saloon Keeper His Target
game of dice in which he was
stuck" for the drinks. is alleged To
have been the cause for Alexander
Matson pulling revolver i'm the Palo
md Mackie saloon on West Portage
avenue, Sault Ste. Marie, ana using
me OF the proprietors. Joel Mackic.
, Sa target. Two shots were pumped
into the ceiling before Captain Henry
Coulter happened along and took
hand i'm the game. Matson. IL is said.
was not willing captive in the hands
or the burly police officer and made
an effort to pump n leaden pill into
him. At the station Matson said he
had been firing on the steamer Mari
posa, but forAd II too hot work and
deserted the vessel. The saloon keen
err, Mackie, has been in rather hard
luck this summer Only recently he
received stab in the back with a
penknife from a man who was later
deported to Canada. and last week no
was let out on $500 bail, after being
bound over to circuit court for keep
ing omen on Sunday.
Wounded Man Summons Train
Send engine and caboose. I am
shot" Supported on mattresses and
held within reach of the key. the tele-
graph operator at Gogebic station on
he Chicago and Northwestern road.
badly hurt by gunshot wound. sent
his message TO Watersmeet and In
forty minutes the equipment was on
and to take him to a hospital In
'essemer. Commissioner of Public
Works. L. A. Jansen. George Dore.
like White and Jack Leahy, n North
yestern conductor all of Milwaukee.
'ad conveyed the wounded man from
Whites Hotel. FIVE miles distant where .
had accidentally shot himself. Jan
on was awakened by two shots. Co
ng out OF his cottage he heard cries
NJ wounded man coming from the
lake shore. Summoning White ~