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. ____________________________________________________________________ 1876 January - July 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, Jan 13,1876 Mr. and Mrs. D. D. BROCKWAY are reminding their numerous friends by a sent announcement, printed on a woolen fabric, that on the 21st last, they will have been married forty years............ PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Jan 20,1876 Mr Wm. CONDON is attending the Grand Lodge F. and A. M. at Grand Rapids, as delegate from the lodge in this place. Through M. GAUJOT, of Keweenaw Point, we learn that M. Francis A. ARTAULT died at Paris, Dec 15, 1875 at the residence of his sister, Mdme. ROUSSEAU. The early visitors to Lake Superior will recollect M. ARTAUT, who was in trade at Sault Ste. Marie some twenty-three years ago. From the Soo he moved to Ontonagon county, where he identified himself with the mineral developments of the lake, and assisted in calling the attention of France capitalists to this region......................... He was about 66 years old when he died. Married: On the 15th inst. by the Rev IH. BARNARD, Theodore LANGE, to Minnie DALLMEYER. Married: On the 17th last, by same, John ENGEMAN, to Matilda KOPP. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Jan 27,1876 Died: At Phoenix, Jan 15, infant daughter of M. A. and Nellie V. DELANO, age 7 days. Probate Order: Estate of Mathias MENZGHAR...petition verified of Anna MENZGHAR, relict............... Probate Order: Estate of henry F. d'ALIGNEY, deceased........petition verified, of Edward C. RIPLEY Probate Order: Estate of Mary H. HAHN, a minor.......petition verified, of Regina HAHN Probate Order: In the matter of the estate of Thomas SMITH, deceased. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Feb 3,1876 ............the new school building in Lake Linden At present there are in the neighborhood of 350 children attending school here. The following is the list of teachers: Wm. BATH, principal; Miss Belle WIDNER, preceptress and music teacher; Miss Anna B. STEWARD, preparatory grammar; Misses Julia JOHNS and Nettie DALLY and Mrs. GILBERT, primary. At the meeting of the stockholders, last Saturday, the Portage Lake Brewing Company was organized, and Messrs. T.W. EDWARDS, T. L. CHADBOUNNE, G. HARTMAN, Fred. WAGNER, and Joseph GREGORY chosen as directors........... At the skating carnival at Red Jacket, last Saturday evening, Miss Annie TORONGEAU, of that village, won the prize as the best lady skater in Houghton county, and Mr Geo. MENGIS, of Calumet as the fastest skater in Houghton and Keweenaw counties. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Feb 10, 1876 Probate Order: Estate of George BURKETTE, deceased......petition of John Q. MCKERNON Probate Order: Estate of George CHURCHES, deceased...........on petition of T. M. BRADY PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Feb. 17, 1876 The late Francis A. ARTAULT, so well known on Lake Superior, was the first to introduce daguerreotypes in this country. Mr. A., for a number of years, was associated with M. DAGUERRE, the inventor of the process for taking likenesses known as daguerreotypes. Died: Mon., Feb 14th, at the Clark mine, Copper Harbor, Marie Therese, the beloved daughter of Mary and Leon LAUVEAUX, aged 10 months. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Feb 21, 1876 Shadrach GILLETT, who came to Detroit upwards of sixty years ago, and who during nearly all of that time made this city his constant home, died at an early hour yesterday morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Jacob HOUGHTON, No.51 Elizabeth street, aged seventy-five years and twenty four days. Mr Gillett came from Connecticut toDetroit in 1815, at the age of fourteen years. His first employment...In 1840 he was elected to the lower house of the State Legislature on the Whig ticket, and in 1858 he gave up active participation in business. He then went to Portage lake, Lake Superior, where he remained about seven years. In 1867 he entered the City Controller's office..........and held his desk until a few days ago.......He leaves one son, Thomas S. GILLETT, of St. Joseph, Missouri, and four daughters, Mrs. Jacob HOUGHTON, Mrs. Henry W. LORD, Mrs. F.C. HOWARD and Mrs. Ambrose C. SMITH. - Detroit Free Press A wood-chopper named Feliz SPAR, employed on the Allouez mine, was caught under a falling tree, last week, and received a terrible face wound and a broken leg. Died: At the residence of her son-in-law, Mr Z.W. WRIGHT, on Thursday morning, Feb 17, 1876, erysipelas, Mrs. Hester Ann TOWNE, age 63 years. Died: On the morning of the 10th of February, of congestion of the lungs, at Harvard, Illinois, William Bowen, infant son of W. V. and Julia D. STEVENS, aged 7 mos. 18 dys. Died: On the morning of the 14th of February, of bronchial consumption, in this city, Mrs. P.H. STEVENS, ages 55 years. - Janesville, Wis., Gazette. (The two deaths immediately above relate to the son and mother of Mr. STEVENS, for a number of years a resident of this section, and employed as superintendent of the Mineral Range telegraph line. - Ed.) PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Mar 2, 1876 Mr Alexander AGASSIZ, president of the Calumet and Hecla mine, has been elected to his father's place to the Zoological Society in London, the Linnean Society of London, and the Imperial Society of Natural History of Moscow. The following aliens were admitted to citizenship at the last session of the circuit court: Florence LEARY, Michael KELLEY, Joseph MINTEAR, Mark LEARY, Cornelius MURPHY, Charles SCHNAUFFER, John J. KELLEY, Jeremiah KELLEY, and John HECKER. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Mar 9,1876 Capt. James HOATSON has been appointed underground superintendent of the Delaware. Mine Accidents: Last Monday a man named Timothy SHAUGHNESSY was engaged in the Quincy mine in tamping a hole, which exploded, killing the unfortunate man almost instantly. His partner at work, Patrick RUSSELL, escaped with but little injury. On Friday last a couple of miners, father and son, named MOFFAT, at work in the Calumet and Hecla mine, were considerably injured by a premature explosion. Young MOFFAT had his leg broken, and was otherwise maimed. Obituary: Last Sunday, Mr Michael FOLEY of this place, while attending a meeting of the St. Patrick's Society, Hancock, was taken down with a stroke of paralysis, which resulted in his death on Tuesday. This was the second attack..........Mr. FOLEY was an old resident of Lake Superior, and had lived in Houghton for the past seventeen years. At the time of his death he was 48 years old. He leaves a wife and large family of small children. The deceased is to be buried today - Thursday. The public schools are closed today as a mark of respect to the memory of Mr FOLEY, who has been one of the schoolboard for several years. On the outside of today's issue will be found a report of a sermon, delivered by the Rev. P.H. HOLLISTER, at the funeral services held over the body of the late Mrs. Geo. RULISON, of Hancock. (on 17 Feb 1876) Married: COOPER - CHIDSEY: At the residence of the bride's mother, Detroit, March 1, by the Rev. C. W. KICKERBOCKER, of Wayne, Mr. James R. COOPER, of Houghton, Michigan, to Miss Virginia J. CHIDSEY. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Apr 6, 1876 Mining Captain's Report, Atlantic Mine, Jan 1, 1876: In conclusion, permit me to say that the mine is in good condition for future operations, and the prospect seems quite favorable. Yrs.,...William TONKIN, Mining Captain Among the arrivals in this place during the past week were Mr. S. L. SMITH and Mrs. C.C. DOUGLASS, who were suddenly called here on account of the sickness of their sister, Miss Anna SMITH, who is slowly convalescing. The ladies belonging to M.E. church of this place have organized a society to look after certain interests of that religious body, of which they are members. The following are the officers for the coming year: Mrs. Richard EDWARDS, president; Mrs. J. B. STURGIS, vice-president; Miss Ernma GAGE, secretary. Married: At the residence of the bride's parents, in Hancock, Mich, Wednesday evening, Apr. 5, 1876, by the Rev J.H. BARNARD, Mr Ed. F. DOUGLASS, of Houghton, to Miss Jennie L. BRELAFORD, of Hancock. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Apr. 13,1876 Cliff Mine: In commencing a report of this mine, a quotation from the last report of the directors of the original company will not be out of order: The Pittsburgh and Boston Mining Co, was organized as a joint stock company on the 2Oth day of May 1845, and under that name was incorporated by the legislature of Michigan on the 18th day of March 1848, with a capital of $150,000, divided into six thousand shares. The number of shares was subsequently increased to twenty thousand, and without any increase of the capital stock.......................... After the date of the foregoing, May 12, 1870, the mine was shortly stopped, and allowed to fill with water. In the fall of 1871 the mine was sold to the present proprietors, who early in 1872 began pumping out the water. In September, 1873, mining was fairly under way, and from that time to the present has been successfully conducted. (my note: lengthy article follows.) Probate order: Estate of Timothy SHEEHAN, deceased.......... petition of Margaret SHEEHAN, relict... Probate Order: Estate of Michael FOLEY, deceased......petition of Katherine FOLEY, relict. About twenty-five adventurers left this district for the Blackhills last Tuesday. Dead: Mr John EDDY, well known in these parts as a composer of verses and a very worthy blacksmith, died at his residence in Hancock last evening. Mr Otto OBENHOFF, who has been sojourning in the East for nearly a year, returns to us with a new enterprise, a long felt want in Houghton county. He will open a first-class city clothing store under the name of the "Boston One Price Clothing Store" PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Apr 20,1876 Joseph MCLEARY, one of the stage drivers in the employ of the L. & H.O.T. Co, met with a severe accident at the company's stables in this place, last Tuesday evening. While watering the horses one of them became frightened and kicked MCLEARY, striking him a severe blow, cutting a deep gash on the head and fracturing the collar bone. He will be about in a few days Obituary: Mr John SITSON, the late general freight agent of the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon railroad, died in Marquette the other day, after a short and painful sickness. Mr SITSON was an efficient officer and a genial gentleman, and died regretted by a large circle of friends. University of Michigan: We are under obligation to Col. C. B. GRANT for the yearly calendar of this vigorous and famous educational institute. Among the list of students from the Upper Peninsula are M. L. EASTERDAY, Sault Ste Marie; Thomas Francis CUDDIHY, Hancock; J. A. MCMAHON, Marquette; W. W. ANDERSON, Hancock; Nellie A. BROWN, Sault Ste Marie; Alfred DESJARDINE, Marquette; John McLean MCDONALD, Calumet. Vestry election: At the annual election of the vestry of Trinity Church, in this place, held last Monday, the following gentlemen were chosen vestrymen for the ensuing year: Mr Jay A. HUBBELL, Mr P. R. ROBERT, Mar R.M. HOAR, Mr T.W. EDWARDS, Mr Wm. CONDON, Mr D. WILLIAMS, and Mr S.M. MCDONALD. Married: At the residence of Paul JENKINS, Esq., Atlantic Mine, Apr 14th, by the Rev D.B. MILLAR, Mr Wm HOSKING of Atlantic, to Miss Harriet OLIVER of Houghton. Drowned: A little boy named Thomas H. MARTIN was drowned in a creek back of Pewabic stamp mill, last Thursday. He was attempting to draw water through a hole in the ice, when he fell in head foremost and was unable to get out again. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Apr 27,1876 School of Mines: We are indebted to the Journal of Commerce, St. Louis, for the following interesting sketch of the school of mines at Rolla, Missouri, two of whose professors, Chas. P. WILLIAMS and Geo. D. EMERSON, were at one time well- known residents in this section............... Mine Accidents: Last week Ulrick JOHNSON was killed in the Calumet and Hecla mine, and Maties JOHNSON and a man named HENDRICKS were more or less injured. The cause of accident, the same as usual in such cases - charging a hole the second time. Miners will continue to follow this practice, so that the blame, in case of accident, must fall upon themselves. Card of Thanks: The undersigned would return thanks to the friends who were so sympathetic and kind to them during their late bereavement caused by the death of their mother, Sophia HOFEN, who departed this life last Sunday, age 70 years. Signed: John HOFEN, Barnard HOFEN, Mrs Frank HAHN, Henry HOFEN. Houghton, Apr 27. Two enterprising young men, Masters Harry SEWELL and Fred KROLL, have the right and erected near the approach to the bridge, a small but neat store, which will be devoted to the sale of harmless refreshments. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, May 4,1876 Mysterious disappearance: Michael ST. JOHN, of Torch Lake, left his home some days ago for this place, and has not been seen since. It is feared that he attempted to walk on the lake and has fallen through. Mr ST JOHN at one time was a resident of Houghton. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, 11 MAY 1876 Last week a Scandinavian, named Paul SIMONSON, who was at work in a shaft house at the Allouez, was unfortunate enough to permit a large piece of rock to fall on him, which killed him almost instantly. He was informed of his danger by his fellow workmen but did not get out of the way of the unloading skip in time. PORTAGE LAKE MINUNG GAZETTE, 18 May 1876 Tomorrow - Friday- at 1 PM, the funeral services over the remains of Mrs Graham POPE will take place at her late residence, East Houghton, and not today, as has been inadvertently stated. The Rev Edward SEYMOUR, of the Episcopal church, now residing in Marquette, will officiate. Isle Royale: In an extra issued last Friday we gave the leading points of news from Isle Royale. The name of one of the men who was drowned in attempting to get a mail from the Island to the main land was JOHNS, it appears instead of JONES, as we gave it. He leaves a wife and family in Hurontown. Mrs Wm G. THOMPSON, who died at Detroit last week, was formerly a Miss Adelaide BRUSH, who gained considerable notoriety at the time the propeller Pewabic sunk - on which vessel she was a passenger - by saving the lives of some of her fellow passengers. Died: In Houghton, May 16, Alice H., wife of Graham POPE, and daughter of Dr. George and Eliza B. FULLER, aged 29 years and 5 months. Mrs POPE was born on the 13th of Dec 1846 at Kirtland, in Ohio, and came to Houghton with her parents when 12 years old. She was married at Houghton on the 11th of August, 1864, and leaves her husband and four young children to bear the great grief of her loss Fatal Accident: Yesterday (Wed) afternoon a boy names Edward VAN RIPER was almost instantly killed at the Osceola mine. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, May 25, 1876 Fatal accident: Last Thursday the tug Agate, owned by Mr James MERCER, Ontonagon, was upset the strong current in Ontonagon river and sunk while towing a loaded scow from the steamer Keweenaw to the dock. Two men, named Michael HEBERT and William HELD were drowned. There were fourteen men on the Agate when the accident happened, and it is fortunate the loss was no greater. Railroad Accidents: Joseph SHAFFER was run over and killed on the Hecla and Torch Lake railroad, last Tuesday, and a little daughter of Mr. McINTYRE, on Monday last, had one of her legs crushed from being run over on the same road. Patrick RONEY was arrested last Friday by Marshal OSBORNE for being drunk, and was fined one dollar and costs by Recorder HITCHINGS. The fact that this was his first offense recommended him to the mercy of the court. Mr WoIdmar MERTZ has associated himself with Mr Christ. HAUG, under the name of MERTZ & HAUG. The new film will conduct business in this place and Hancock, in the latter town at the old stand of F.S. WIDL............... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 1,1876 Died: James H. QUINN, one of the captains in the Quincy mine, while helping to move a large mass of copper underground, last Friday, met with a terrible accident, from the effects of which he died the following day............On Capt Quinn's arrival at the surface, Drs. SHEPHERD, OVERFIELD, and PERRY examined the wounded member and although the captain was very weak from the loss of blood, concluded that immediate amputation of his leg was necessary........The late Captain Quinn was in the employ of the Quincy mining company for the past seventeen years, and was highly respected........... When he died he was about 45 years old. Six children survive him, he having lost his wifeabout a year ago. On the night of Saturday, May 20th, the house and provision store of Mr Thos. BURROWS down the lake about eight miles was destroyed by fire PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 8,1876 The death of Mr Simon MANDELBAUM has interfered with certain explorations on Isle Royale which were to have been carried out this season. Miners who have left this section for the Black Hills are coming back to report for their illustrating the truth of the assertion that a "rolling stone gathers no moss." They declare the new El Dorado to he a snare and the worst kind of a delusion. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 15,1876 Mr Joseph CROZE will make an excursion trip to the ship canal on the 4th of July, weather permitting. A tug and scows will he fitted for the occasion. A fellow of infinite jest and most excellent fancy. The friends of Mr J. Dwight A. PALMER, in these parts, will regret to hear that he is now at Cleveland, totally blind. Captain Joey TREMBETH, down the county road, is ready to show the curious a live hen, which he clams was "immersed" for five months last winter, under a snow drift. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 22,1876 A man named Patrick DOLAN, employed on the Atlantic railroad, had one of his legs crushed last Wednesday between a couple of rock cars. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, June 29, 1876 Maj. A. H. SIBLEY and family are now at Silver Islet, north shore, where they intend to spend the summer. Married: At Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw county, Mich, on June 29, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr John BOUCHER, of Delaware mine, to Miss Kittie L. BOWDEN, of Eagle Harbor, Mich. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 6, 1876 On the 1st inst. Capt. Jno. DANIELL took charge of the underground department of the Osceola mine. Captain DANIELL enjoys the reputation of being a skilled miner and an intelligent gentleman, so that the owners of this promising young industry are to he congratulated on this valuable acquisition to the responsible official force of their mine. Last Saturday afternoon about two o'clock, two young Germans in the employ of the Calumet and Hecla mining company, named Rudolph FELINGAR and Albert PFLUGE, were drowned in the dam near the old stamp mill site, Calumet...............Later that same afternoon, two men were in a small craft in the dam.... when the boat upset and one of the men, an Italian, named Maga Paulo JEALOLOTO, drowned. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 13,1876 It seems that the late Judge J.W. EDWARDS, who lost his life last Sunday on Lake Superior, by the burning of the propeller St. Clair, was on his way from Ontonagon county, where he had been examining the property of the Cleveland silver mine in the Iron River district A dispatch received from Chicago last night stated that Gen. CROOK had been killed by the Sioux Indians and that his army had been defeated. Died: At the Atlantic mine, on the 5th inst., of typhoid fever, William WEDLAKE, late of Redruth, Cornwall, Eng., aged 26 years. The Burning of the Propeller St. Clair off Fourteen-mile Point, Lake Superior, 27 lost: Passengers saved: John B. SUTPHAN, Minneapolis, Minn. Crew saved: Robert RHYNAS, captain, Goodrich, Canada Daniel J. STRINGER, first engineer, Duluth. Thomas BOOTHMAN, first mate Thomas FORTIER, wheelman, Sandwich, Canada Passengers whose bodies have been recovered: Capt T. B. MELLEN, Cornwall, Eng., Ishpeming;........COLLINS, Duluth; S. STEWART, Duluth; Alex. SHEA, Duluth; G.H. BEARDSLEY, Ontonagon; David LAWRENCE, Ontonagon. Crew whose bodies have been recovered: Wm. MCDONALD, 2nd engineer, Pennsylvania; Chas. FOREST, wheelman, Goodrich, Canada; Richard SHAKLETON, clerk, Detroit; Wm FRANCIS, cook, Bangor, Maine; John ---(Frenchman) shipped at Duluth; Samuel BURNS, fireman, Belfast, Ireland; Pat MANNING, lookout, Goodrich; Willie SMITH, cabin boy, Detroit; Passengers missing: Judge J. W. EDWARDS, Marquette; .... MCKINLAN, Duluth; H.L.EATON, Whitehall, Michigan; Neil LEITCH, Manistee, Mich.; two Scotchmen, names unknown, got on at Duluth and were bound for Prince Arthur's Landing; a man who was supposed to be Irish, was on his way from Duluth to Houghton and four passengers who got on at Ontonagon, names unknown PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE July 20,1876 Col. Chas. WHITLESEY, an old-time Lake Superiorite, is now in Ontonagon county with a view to finding an incentive to renew certain mining interest in the Carp Lake district. Last Tuesday afternoon the slaughter house of August DALLMEYER, situated in the west end of the village, was burned, entailing a loss of several sheep, hogs and six hundred hides. Mr B.T. ROGERS, a former resident of the lake, is in the district. Mr. David HODGSON, one of the old time mining captains in this neighborhood, is here. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 27, 1876 ..........Master PHILLIPS, of Calumet, received the appointment (for naval appointment of Annapolis...... Probate Order: Estate of William WEDLAKE, deceased...........petition of Emma WEDLAKE, relict...... File contributed for use in Houghton Co. USGenWeb Archives by Dick and June Ross. plh revised 2001