THE MINING GAZETTE (under various names) of Houghton County, Michigan Copyright © 1999-2001 by Dick and June Ross. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ____________________________________________________________________ 1874 May - August Issues - Some issues may be missing. ........denotes there was more to the article and the article with in is a shortened version. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, May 7, 1874 Probate Order: 4 May 1874 In the matter of the estate of James W. Kila R. Ambrose P. and Charles H. OLDS, miners. On reading and filing the petition, duly verified, of Elizabeth A. OLDS, guardian of said minors.................. Probate Court: 4 May 1874 Estate of George SAMPSON, deceased.... Susan SAMPSON, widow of deceased, praying that she be appointed administratrix. Mr. S. D. NORTH, already at the head of three mercantile firms in this county, has formed a co-partnership with a gentleman named GARDNER for the purpose of carrying on a general merchandise business at the Island mine, Isle Royale. L'Anse: Mr. James TELFER has secured a patent for attaching safely a lamp to a sewing machine. A Determined Suicide: A man name Richard RETELLICK drowned himself in a pool of water not more than a foot deep, last Friday night, on the Calumet location. No cause is assigned for the insane act. Mr. H. K. COLE, who is going to take charge of the office work at the Island mine, Isle Royale, is in the district awaiting transportation to his field of labor. Declined the Honor: Mr. R. UREN, who was elected supervisor of Franklin township at the last spring election, failed to qualify, and the town board has appointed Dr. I. M. RHODES in his place. The examination of CORNWALL and SLATER, before Justice REES, charged with being accomplices of MCGUI RE, the bogus Calumet & Hecla draft scamp, was concluded Wednesday. On account of a lack of evidence CORNWALL was discharged. SLATER was bound over, in the sum of $2500, to appear before the next term of the Circuit Court. Mr. Louis BRUSON is a respectable, hard-working man, and resides at Calumet. Last Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, while returning, along the line of the Mineral Range railroad, to his home from the Osceola mine, where he had been spending the evening in the company of a lady friend, he was waylaid by two masked desperadoes, who demanded his money........ he handed over to them $130 in money........... Mr. John WIEDENHOOFER has purchased the Sauer lots on Reservation street, and intends erecting thereon a large building. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, May 14, 1874 Mr. James CARSON and Mr. Thos. W. BUZZO, pioneers in the copper region up here, are now carrying on an establishment known as the "Galena smelting works" situated on the Jordan river, a few miles from Salt Lake City..............Capt. Thos. H. LOW, also a well-known Lake Superior man, is the general manager of the works, and is accredited with making certain improvements in connection with the cupola furnaces in use that are valuable.................. .....A ten years' lease of the lake end of Quincy street was granted to Mr. John T. MARTIN, for ferry purposes, at an annual rental of five dollars............. Obituary: Died, on Apr 28th, 1874, at the New York mine, Ishpeming, Mich., Captain Solomon CUNDAY, aged 61 years, 2 months and 10 days. He had been suffering from the lung disease for a year past He was an old settler among the mines of Lake Superior, having emigrated from Hazel Green, Wisconsin, to Eagle River, Mich., 22 years ago, at which place he has a brother and sister living................... In an obituary in the Iron Home, on Captain Solomon CUNDAY, who died at Ishpeming, Apr 28th, occurs an historical error..........the vein known as the "Allouez conglomerate" was discovered in June 1858 by Edwin J. HULBERT and William H. STEVENS, who had in their party of explorers at that time Amos H. SCOTT and Charles MELLOW. Capt Cunday was selected by Mr. HULBERT as mining captain.............A. P. THOMAS, is the present superintendent Mr. J. H. THOMAS, superintendent of the Mineral Range telegraph company, has accepted the appointment of overseer of the Houghton office of the Northwestern telegraph line. This new arrangement goes into effect the 15th inst. Mr. THOMAS will retain his position on the Mineral Range line. Among our local notices will be found the advertisement of Mr. W.J. HAMBLY, which notifies the public that he is now prepared to act as public auctioneer in this county. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, May 21, 1874 Mr. Christ. HAUG, an artisan who enjoys an excellent reputation as a manufacturer of silver and gold ware, has opened an establishment in this place in the building formerly occupied by DALLMEYER, the tobacconist. His specialty is making native silver rings, mounting pipes, etc. Mr. Haug will soon have in his employ a first-class watch repairer. Melancholy Case of Drowning: Last Saturday night, while Mr. Harry C. WILCOX, in the employ of the M.H. & O.R.R., was endeavoring to catch a line thrown to him on the end of the merchandise dock at L'Anse, from the steamer Winslow, he lost his balance and tumbled into the bay, and was drowned before assistance reached him. Search has been made for the body, but so far it has not been recovered. The deceased was a son of Mr. E. N. WILCOX, of Detroit, and was well thought of in the community he resided. He leaves a wife, to whom he was married but a few months ago. The first steamer - Superior, Capt. W.S. PEASE- entered the port of Sault St. Marie in 1827. It was eight years after that date before another boat ventured near the place. Miss Nellie GRANT is to be married at the presidential mansion, Washington, today. This will be sad news to the bachelor proprietor of the Marquette Journal. The first lease issued by the Federal government to work a mining claim on Lake Superior is owned by the Hon. John HARMON, Detroit. Two weeks ago there appeared in these columns an account of the death by suicide, at CaIumet, of Richard RETALLICK. The amended verdict of the jury was "Death by accidental drowning." The steamer Metropolis, on her last trip to Isle Royale, had on board some 400 people who have gone over there to work in the interest of the Island mine. The majority of the laborers were Swedes. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, May 28, 1874 Married: In Detroit, Monday, May 18, at St. Ann's church, by the Rev. Father ANCIOUX, Miss Mary R. DESROCHERS, of Houghton, to Mr. Charles I. RULO, of Detroit. Died: At Houghton, May 27, Emma C, infant daughter of the Rev J.H. BARNARD. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 4, 1874 ........the people hang upon the dulcet strains turned out by a first class professional organ-grinder, and the lavish manner they bestow shekels for his difficult and masterly performance. Don Salvina SASAGO, the skilled musician who has been playing around here for some days, informs us that he studied his instrument night and day for some eight years before he felt competent to appear in public. Joseph MARTIN and a man named SIMMOCA were the persons who found the body of young WILCOX, drowned some time ago. L'Anse: Messrs. D. D. HENDRICK and Alfred GUCK have commenced manufacturing cigars. This makes two industries of the kind in L'Anse. Last Monday morning a young man named GARRANT, while engaged in loading lumber on a scow at Morales and Olds saw mill, fell into the lake and was drowned. His body was recovered a short time afterward, and was taken to friends at Hurontown. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 11, 1874 Last season Mr. SHAFER, of Baraga, raised 787 bushels of potatoes on one and three-quarter acres of land. M. S. gives it as his opinion that land properly cleared and cared for in this country can be made to yield at least 600 bushels of potatoes to the acre. Marquette county's three cities- Ishpeming, Negaunee and Marquette - show a population of over 12,000. Death: at his residence in Houghton, on the morning of June 5th, of bronchitis, Alexander POPE, aged 39 years and 11 months............he was a resident here for over fourteen years........On Sunday last his remains were followed to the grave by representatives from all the Masonic lodges in the county, the firemen of Hancock and Houghton, besides a large number of other sorrowing friends. Died: At Houghton, Thursday, June 4th, Harriet Eliza, wife of Myron GLAZIER, aged 42 years. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 18, 1874 The Company will Have Order: Last Sunday David GOGGIN acted in a boisterous manner and refused to pay his fare, when he was requested by the conductor to leave the cars. This he refused to do. While putting him off the train, John CASTIGAN, Philip SULLIVAN, and John HARRINGTON came to the rescue. A row ensued, in which two of the attaches of the road received some slight injuries. Goggin was brought before Justice FINN last Monday and fined $25 and costs. On Tuesday last HARRINGTON, SULLIVAN and COSTIGAN were arrested and gave bail. A decree was issued from the United States Court, Detroit, June 4th, proclaiming W.H. STREETER, late banker of Hancock, a bankrupt. Capt Thos. HOATSON, underground superintendent of the Calumet & Hecla mine, and wife, left this port last Monday, en route for Scotland. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 25, 1874 Phoenix items: On Friday and Saturday, June 19 & 20, Brother W. CHAMPION, D.D.G.W.C.T, assisted by Fro. J. PENHALLIGAN and others of the Union Temple of Honor, Calumet, organized the Eureka Temple, at Phoenix, and installed the following officers for the ensuing term: James HOSKING, W.C.T.; Nathaniel TRENGOVE, W.V.T.; John H. RULE, W.R.; Alfred TAMBLYN, W.U.; John TEZZEY, W.D.U.; John MCPHEE, W.F.R.; Henry CURTISS, W.G.; Edwin EDWARDS, W.S.; James POLKINGHORN, Treas; Richard ROGERS, W.C; John A. RULE, L.D.G.W.C.T. Obituary: Died, of an acute infection of the throat, at the Calumet & Hecla mine, Houghton county, Mich., June 20, 1874, Dr. M. D. SENTER. Dr. Senter was born June 30, 1824, so that he lacked ten days of being fifty years old at the time of his death. Twenty-three years ago he settled in the Keweenaw Point district, where he commenced the practice of medicine, and laid the foundation for professional eminence, which entitled him in after life to rank among the best physicians in the land.........He leaves an interesting family of six children, who are now indeed orphans, their mother having died some months ago. Last Sunday Dr. SENTER's remains were taken to Eagle River and buried. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 2, 1874 Last Monday evening the common council met for the purpose of authorizing the immediate repairing of the streets damaged by the flood on Sunday morning. Mr. Gottlieb HARTMAN was made street commissioner Skanee: The Swedish colony located on Huron Bay is in quite a flourishing condition. Skanee is the name of the settlement, which is made up of a thrifty, hardy set, who receive inspiration from their intelligent leader, Mr. Walfred BEEN. Farming and preparing timber are the principal industries carried on by the colony............ Mr. John SLAWSON, a Lake Superior pioneer, and for a number of years agent of the once famous Cliff mine, is now trotting over his old stamping ground. Early Sunday morning the "flood gates" of heaven opened on this locality with such violence as to inflict considerable damage throughout the county. This village suffered the most from the fearful rain storm. Whenever Huron creek, which lies south of this place, overflows, Dodge and Isle Royale streets seem to be the natural aqueducts for the surplus water. In less than an hour after the rain storm commenced, both of these streets resembled rivers, so great was the quantity of water that found an outlet through them.........A number of people living in the course of the overflow sustained loss in the way of damage to furniture, etc. Mr. Adam HAAS, brewer, lost several hundred kegs of beer. The heaviest loser by the storm is the village of Houghton........... Married: On Tuesday evening, June 30th, at the residence of the officiating clergyman, Rev J.H. BARNARD, Capt. George MCCULLAGH, of the steamer Ivanhoe, to Miss Agnes HOATSON, of Calumet. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 9, 1874 Probate Order: ...In the matter of the estate of Francis MAYWORM, deceased.......Richard M. HOAR and August KRELLWITZ, administrators of said estate........... The Concord mine, which has been worked for some years past on shares by Messrs. SCHEUERMAN & Co., but abandoned by them lately, has been let again to Mr. HOSKINGS, on a restrictive lease. Mr. Henry LEWIS, formerly of this district, but now residing at Atlanta, Ga., is visiting friends in this locality. Mr. William ANDERSON, of Eagle River, has the contract now for transporting the mail from Portage Lake along the mineral range to Keweenaw Point. Obituary: Died at Ontonagon, July 4, of a malignant attack of biliousness, William WILLARD. Mr. Willard was one of the prominent businessmen of Lake Superior. For a number of years he was the senior partner of the firm of Willard & MERCER, commission house, of Ontonagon and Duluth. At one time he represented this district in the State Senate.........The remains of Mr. WILLARD passed down last Monday, on the steamer Metropolis, en route to Utica, N.Y., his former home. The deceased was about fifty-five years old. He was never married. Killed: William DESBORO, a carpenter, fell from a scaffolding on a new building, at the Osceola mine, last Friday, and died soon after from the effects of his injuries. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 16, 1874 Married: At the residence of the bride's parents, Hancock, Saturday, July 11th, Mr. Emil E MATZELD, of Houghton, to Miss Rosa SCHEUERMAN. After the ceremony was performed, Mr. and Mrs. MATZELD held a reception at the Germania Hall, where a large number of friends called and wished the newly wedded pair all sorts of happiness. Out of fifteen applicants in this county for teachers' certificates, only the following ladies and gentlemen passed the necessary examination: Miss Mary KELTY, Miss Mary MCDONALD, Henry DOIDGE, James DUNSTAN. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 23, 1874 ....the recent count of every man, woman and child as required by State authorities shows a population in Houghton county of 19,027. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 30, 1874 Probate Order: In the matter of the estate of Peter KEISER...administrator, John RICE. Probate Order: In the matter of M. D. SENTER ........Administrator, John SENTER... Mr. Joseph CROZE has purchased a dry-dock site on the lake front, in East Houghton, to be used as a yard for repairing scows, tugs, etc. Drowned: Last Friday afternoon, Quinlan, son of Cornelius MURPHY, of this place, a boy about 11 years of age, while playing on a plank, near the shore of Portage Lake, in front of the Shelden-Columbian stamp mill, fell off and was drowned. The body was not recovered until Saturday afternoon, and to Joe DANIELS belongs the credit of rescuing the corpse from its undesirable resting-place. Drowned: Last Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, Ernest FESING, brother of Fred and Charles FESING, of this place, while attempting to jump, it is supposed, from a tug to a scow, in Torch river, struck the latter with such violence as to render him insensible, when he fell into the water and was drowned. The body was soon rescued, and has been sent to his parents' home, Sheboygan, Wis., for burial. Ernest was a young man who was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends in this locality. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Aug 6, 1874 Probate Matters: Estate of Eliza NANCARROW, deceased; will proved, Elizabeth OSBORN appointed executrix. Probate Matters: Estate of Michael HANNEGAN, deceased; petition by Kate HANNEGAN that she be appointed administrator.... Died: Last Sunday evening, at Hancock, a lad named Napoleon FONTAINE, in his efforts to elude a man named KAUFMAN rushed into a stall in the stable of Mr. John HOCKING, which was occupied by a horse, and was trampled to death by the animal......... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Aug 13, 1874 Mr. EAGAN, of this vicinity, has discovered a vein in Sec. 35.........and is now opening on it, immediately south of the Atlantic road........Mr. EAGAN, who has leased the land from the owner, Mr. R. SHELDEN, is going to start a shaft down at once......... Internal revenue agent Walter FINNEY, of Marquette, in company with a Mr. Wm. A. GAVETT, who is connected with the same department, is now in this district, looking after mining and other corporations up here that have been issuing inland bills of exchange for the better accommodation of their business............ Next fall the people of this state will be asked to decide the question of woman suffrage in Michigan. This subject has assumed a more formidable fron?? in Michigan than any other State in the Union, and judging from the excited tone of the press in the Lover Peninsula, we should say the matter was regarded with more than ordinary interest. Mrs. M. A. HAZELETT, a lady enjoying considerable reputation as an earnest and eloquent advocate of woman's rights, will address the people of this vicinity at Miller's Hall, tonight, and we hope our citizens will turn out and give her a full house. The lecture is free. Monday, Aug 31st, the high school in this place will commence its fall and winter term.... Mr. M.J. WHITNEY, county superintendent of schools......... Mr. F. W. ANTHONY is now running regularly, between Houghton and Hancock, a line of omnibuses for the accommodation to the traveling public.......... Official Directory-County Officers: County Clerk and Register - R.H. BRELSFORD; County Treasurer - J. B. STURGIS; High Sheriff - Wm. WERN; Prosecuting Attorney - A. W. HENSSLER; Judge of Probate - Will A. CHILDE; Circuit Court Commissioner - A. W. HENSSLER; Coroners - John DYMOCK and Adam HASS; Died: Mr. Wm. PAPE, of this place was thrown from his wagon, near the Atlantic stamp mill, on Monday last, and so badly injured that he died on Tuesday. The unfortunate man was returning from his farm, on the south side, at the time the accident occurred. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Aug 20, 1874 On Tuesday last a scow, with about 100 squares of slate from the Huron Bay quarry arrived here. The new engine-house in Hancock, Peter RUPPE's store, and the dwelling of Wm. WHITESIDES, are to be covered with it............ PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Aug 27, 1874 Judge A. N. HART, of Lansing, an early settler in Michigan, died on the 22d inst. Mr. J. F. ALLEN, of Humbolt, has leased the store under the new Odd Fellow's Hall, in Red Jacket, and will open a drug store. He will continue business in Humbolt. .......Charles CHIMM, deckhand on the Winslow, was badly injured on Tuesday when a pile of freight fell on him Probate Order: In the matter of the estate of George BURKETTE, deceased......petition duly verified, of Rosalie BURKETTE, praying the Jos. LAMBERT of L'Anse, by appointed administrator of said estate... Probate Order: In the matter of the estate of William PAPPE......petition of Josephena PAPPE....for administrator.......... File contributed for use in Houghton Co. USGenWeb Archives by Dick and June Ross. plh revised 2001