THE MINING GAZETTE (under various names) of Houghton County, Michigan Copyright (c) 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. ____________________________________________________________________ 1877 January - April 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 4, 1877 Mining safety squibs:..........In 1870, the late Mr S.H. DADDOW - a mining engineer of great practical experience - devised a simple, ingenious squib and match which are now generally used throughout the coal regions and are much safer, more reliable and economical than the old straw squib, or than fuse................ The people of this place are to be congratulated. Mr F.A. DOUGLASS, postmaster, after a long search has finally succeeded in securing quarters for conducting the business of the United States postoffice department, which are as good and comfortable as any in the State. The new postoffice, which is in the store formerly occupied by Mr GILBERT as an apothecary shop, is light and airy. Several new letter boxes have been added and other improvements made in the interest of the public. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Jan 11, 1877 The mineral tract embracing a good portion of the north half of section 19......... And known as the St Louis mine, has been conditionally let to an old explorer in these parts named Dick PETERS, to examine. Mr Peters enjoys the reputation of being the discoverer of the Calumet conglomerate. As soon as the proper season arrives work will be commenced. Obituary: BAGLEY - Died at the Windsor Hotel, New York, on the 1st inst. George Frederick BAGLEY, age 41 years. Mr BAGLEY was well known on Lake Superior. As a member of the late firm of MOORE, FOOT & Co., wholesale grocers of Detroit, he had extensive business connections at one time in the copper and iron districts, which he used to visit quite often.........Mr BAGLEY was the brother of ex-Governor BAGLEY and leaves a wife and one child. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Jan 18, 1877 Mr D.D. HENDRICK, of Calumet, has filed his caveat covering what now appears to be a great improvement in the manner of dressing mineral. Mr HENDRICK has succeeded in combining the "vanning" and "jigger" motion, and if the machine works as he expects it will, he....................... Annual meeting of the Miners and Mechanics Benevolent Society:.....the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Thos. KELLY, chairman, Franklin; Henry BENNETTS, chairman, Calumet; John S. HOSKING, secretary, Franklin; Wm REYNOLDS, secretary, Calumet; Thos. TAMBLYN, treasurer, Franklin. Ticket No. 1453, held by Miss Hattie NORTHY, of this place, won the $650 piano which was offered as a prize by Messrs. HOAR & GUOIN at their dollar store, Red Jacket. The drawing took place last evening. Died: MAYWORM - At Houghton, Wednesday evening Jan 17, F. A. MAYWORM, of Softening of the brain, aged 36 years and 8 months. Funeral takes place from Trinity Episcopal church, next Saturday at 2 o’clock P.M. Mr Carlos D. SHELDON, of this place, has received the appointment of collector of internal revenue, for the district which has been cut off from the old one. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Jan 25, 1877 Last Monday night the house of Daniel SHEA, at L’Anse, burned down, consuming the bodies of his wife and three children. Mr SHEA and his family formerly resided in this locality. At the time of the accident the unfortunate husband and father was up here. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Feb 8, 1877 Mr George CONWAY delivered a lecture before the Young Men’s literary club, Hancock, on Wednesday evening, Jan. 31, which is spoken of as one of the finest efforts of the kind ever heard in these parts. Mr CONWAY is an assistant teacher in the high school Hancock. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Feb 15, 1877 Probate Order: Estate of P. H. HOLLISTER, deceased.....petition of E.S. HOLLISTER,... that James ROSS to be appointed administrator........ Probate Order: Estate of William TRATHEN, deceased........petition of Joseph PRYOR, special administrator........................ PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Feb 22, 1877 Mr Louis DEACHAMPS, postmaster, Lake Linden, has been notified by the department at Washington that on and after the first of March next, the mail service between Calumet and Lake Linden will be increased from three to six trips per week. Mr Ed. C. HITCHCOCK, of Hancock, in a prize skating match with Mr D. BARNEY, of Marquette, at the rink last Saturday evening, was awarded the one hundred dollars for being the best and most graceful performer on ice............ A letter was received here the other day, asking if any of the county offices showed any record of a Will made by Fred. L. CASE, who died on Lake Superior some time in 1861-62. Died: LASIER - Sunday, Feb 11, 1877, at 1:20 o’clock A.M. Harriet Chase, wife of Thomas J. LASIER and only surviving daughter of the late Right Rev. Bishop Cariton CHASE, D. D. of New Hampshire, aged 34 years and 5 months and 8 days. (from the Washington Star) Obituary: Died, at his residence in Hancock, Sunday, Feb 19, Dr W.W. PERRY, age 50 years. He has been a resident of Hancock a long time. For a number of years he has been a partial invalid. In the winter of 1875 he received a blow on the head one evening while going to his home, which greatly tended to undermine a constitution already impaired............. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Mar 1, 1877 Birth: DUNSTAN - At the Central mine, Friday, Feb 23, Mrs T. B. DUNSTAN, daughter of Capt Samuel MOINSON AID (?), Hancock, had born to her a son.. Michael CUMMINGS, Joseph MONAHAN and Michael LUDWITH, three of the men implicated in robbing that jeweler’s trunk in this place a week ago last Sunday night, have been committed to the county jail, in default of $2500 bonds, to stand their trial at the circuit court, which convenes here on the second of April next in extra session. Wm. MALOCH, the fourth man engaged in the steal, who turned State’s evidence, is out on his own recognizance. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Mar 8, 1877 The following village officers were elected in this place last Tuesday: President, Carlos D. SHELDEN; Treasurer, August KRELLWITZ; Attorney, Thos. M. BRADY; Marshal, George OSBORNE; Trustees, Joseph CROZE, Joseph HENNES and Josiah PAULL; Assessors, Joseph P. EDWARDS and Gottlieb HARTMAN. On Tuesday, at the village election, held in Hancock, the following officers were elected: John GIBSON, President; George WERTIN, M.M. MORALES, and H. DRITTLER, trustees; M. FINN, recorder; Jacob BAER, treasurer; Thos. M. BRADY, attorney; John FLEMING, marshal; A. RUIJI and Wm. R. NOBLE, assessors. Peter LARKIN, at one time a resident of this locality, who removed to Virginia, Nevada, years ago, was arrested some 20 months since on the charge of murdering a man named CORCORAN. A woman and jealousy were the alleged causes of the crime. The testimony at the trial was all circumstantial, and the jury rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree. On the 18th day of last January, Larkin was executed, and up to the last moment protested his innocence. His bearing to the last showed the man to be very brave, and opinion at the time concerning his guilt was equally divided............... Superior City, at the head of the lake, has a new paper, called the Gazette, published by Richard RELF. Its venturesome proprietor must be a man of more than ordinary pluck. Mr Henry OBENHOFF’S soap factory, back of the Atlantic mine, caught fire last Monday morning and burned down. At a meeting of the school board in this place last Friday, Mr. R. M. HOAR was elected director, in the place of the late George BEESLEY. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Mar 15, 1877 Master John REES, of this place, who was appointed last year as a naval cadet from this district by Hon. Jay A. HUBBELL, and was prevented from passing on account of being one inch too low in height, has been designated again for the position, and as he is now "full five feet," his chances for entering the naval service of the United States are excellent. In his examination, Master REES’ mental ability was conspicuous. When he leaves he will go direct to Annapolis, the site of the Naval Academy. Probate Order: Estate of W. W. PERRY, deceased.....petition of O. W. Robinson praying that the widow of deceased and himself be appointed joint administrators.............. Probate Order: Estate of George BEESLEY, deceased.........Petition of Harry S. BEESLEY......... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Mar 22, 1877 On Friday last Daniel MAHONEY and James MANAHAN, employed in the Quincy Mine, were "picking" a hole that failed to go off, when it exploded, killing the former and badly injuring the latter. Musical entertainment at Hancock:........Miss Gertie HOAR and Miss Annie WALLS will perform several solos on the piano. In addition, Miss Jennie NICHOLS will sing a pleasing number.............. Married: OBENHOFF - TREVETHAN - In Houghton, Wed. evening, 21st inst. at the home of the bride’s father, by Rev John SWEET, Mr Otto H. OBENHOFF and Miss Mary Emma TREVETHAN. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Mar 29, 1877 Lieut. J. M. INGALLS, of the United States army, who has been ordered to this point to give drill instruction to the High school pupils, has reported for duty. There’s lots of tender and loving romance in this world. Some five years since, Harry ODGERS, a miner from Truro, Cornwall, England, arrived in this locality. Before leaving home he loved a certain lass, the only daughter of an inn keeper, to whom he proposed marriage, but was rejected. Two years ago, Harry, who was employed at the Delaware mine, met with an accident by which he lost his eyesight. The news of his terrible misfortune didn’t reach the ears of his Truro sweetheart until quite recently. She thought of the man who once told her he loved her, and her woman’s heart softened. She wrote to a friend in Keweenaw county and, in time, got a history of his condition and the sad plight he was in on the distant shore of Lake Superior. The other evening a quiet little woman arrived on the stage from L’Anse, and before many hours she was at the house where the blind and maimed miner was stopping. She is as modest as she is good, and doesn’t want to be advertised as a heroine. She came to take Harry back to England, without any fuss or noise, and, if he’ll allow her, she intends to care for him as his wife the balance of his days. Monday’s stage took Harry and his old sweetheart on their return to Cornwall. She doesn’t want to be married until she gets home. If there is one seat better than another in heaven, we know a little woman who will be entitled to it when she leaves this world. One Gertrude HOOST, of this place, is inquiring through the Detroit papers for the whereabouts of one Jacob GOLITZ. At a special meeting of Rose of Sharon Lodge, No 3, I. O. of Philanthropies, Calumet, on the 25th day of March, 1877, the following preamble and resolution were adopted: Whereas,..........death..........has stricken down in the midst of his usefulness our highly esteemed brother, John GLANVILLE.........He leaves a father and mother.........and sisters to mourn.............. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Apr 5, 1877 Capt John HALLORAN, an old Lake Superior steamboat commander, died at Detroit last Monday. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Apr 12, 1877 First class fare from Portage Lake to Deadwood, Black Hills, is $50. Earl EDGERTON, of L’Anse, appears as one of the heirs of the great Newberry estate in Chicago, which is said to be worth millions of dollars. The late Captain John HALLORAN had been a sailor, man and boy, for forty years, during which time he was more or less connected with the navigation of Lake Superior. Judge BELL, of LaPointe, Lake Superior, has been a resident of this region forty-one years. He and Mr. Jas. K. PAULL of Ontonagon, are probably the two oldest residents on the lake. It is now ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt that John SKELTON and Thomas DUBAY, two men employed in carrying the mail from Isle Royale to the mainland, who have been missing since about the 20th of last December, were lost in crossing on the ice. SKELTON was from Ontonagon county and DUBAY lived at Duluth. Dr J. M. MEAD, late of the Cliff mine, has located at Hancock, where he intends to practice his profession as physician and surgeon. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Apr 19, 1877 Fifteen years ago a carpenter named WHITEHEAD, employed at the Jackson mine, swallowed a 3/8 inch copper tack. Last Monday a doctor at Negaunee dug it out of his shoulder blade. The dead body of a man was found floating near the Osceola dock last Saturday. The cadaver had the appearance of having been in the water for some time. The body is supposed to be that of an Indian named John PIQUOITE, who disappeared from these parts some weeks ago. File contributed for use in Houghton Co. USGenWeb Archives by Dick and June Ross. plh 2001