THE MINING GAZETTE (under various names) of Houghton County, Michigan Copyright © 1998 by Dick and June Ross. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ pg. 15 PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 3, 1871 Mr W.D. WILLIAMS, of Ontonagon, has been appointed resident attorney for the H.& O.R.R. Co. Mr W. will hereafter make this county his home. Mr Samuel P. HODGE, founder, machinist and engine builder, of Detroit and Portage Lake, has received the contract for constructin the engine and boilers for the copper rolling mill manufacturing company, of this place. Died: On Monday last an elderly Frenchman name DEWEMY, was standing near some men who were chopping wood in the vicinity of the Calumet & Heclas mine, when a branch from a falling tree struck him on the back of the neck, causing his death almost instantly. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 10, 1871 Former citizen of Portage Lake drowned: In the Owyhee Avalanche of July 22d, published in Silver City, Idaho, the painful intelligence is recorded that George LLOYD, brother of Samuel and Joseph LLOYD, of this place, who formerly resided in Houghton county, was drowned in that Territory on the 24th of June last when his boat was upset in a whirlpool............Deceased was aabout twenty-eight years of age, and a native of Bristol, England, where his father at present resides. He went from Virginia City, Nevada, to Owybee about a year ago, previous to which he had resided six or seven years in the mines of British Columbia. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 17, 1871 There is a letter lying in the post office in this village, addressed to J.P. BRAY, Franklin, Marquette Co, Mich, which will be sent to the dead letter office, at Washington, unless the writer thereof puts a three cent stamp on it. The celebrated PEAK family, bell-ringers, send word that they will appear at Miller's Hall, in this village, an the 29th and 30th of the present month. Blanks for school inspectors' and directors' reports can be procured from Mr James NANKERVIS, at the post office, in the village of Hancock. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 24, 1871 Drowned: A young man, named Adolph CHARTIER, employed as fireman on the tug Mary E. Willis, fell overboard into Torch Lake, on Wed, Aug 16th, and was drowned. Drowned: A lad about eight years old, the son of Thos. POLMEAR, was drowned in Portage Lake, last Friday, near MORALEE & OLDS' saw mill, Hancock. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 31, 1871 Today Mr BUZZO’S connection with the Calumet & Hecla mine, as supply agent and superintendent of the concern, ceases, after a duration of two years and over. He resigned to take his wife to California to a less rigorous climate............. Mr BUZZO is succeeded by Mr R.J. WOOD .... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Sept 7, 1871 Master William BENDRY, a lad about fourteen years old, nephew of Capt J. BENDRY, of L'Anse, while hunting in the woods with another boy, near Portage Entry, last Friday, discharged the contents of his shotgun into his arm, which left a hole large enough to admit a finger. The accident was caused .... by carelessness Last Thursday, Mrs REDING and her son Peter got on the hind end of the caliboose of the rock train.... at the Calumet & Hecla mine......Each jumped off and were seriously wounded......................... The dwelling house which Mr LLOYD started with from this village, on scows, for L'Anse, arrived there in safety last Tuesday, and is now one of the adornments of the new town. We understand that Mr James JOHNS, of this place, intends moving a dwellinghouse he owns at Eagle River from that place to L'Anse, on SCOWS .... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Sept 14, 1871 General Joseph HOOKER a distinguished soldier in the Northern army during the late rebellion, was a passsenger on the last trip up of the India. Rev. John WERTIN, for some time at the head of the Catholic Church in Houghton, has removed to Negaunee for the purpose of taking charge of the chapel at that place Mr R.M. HOAR and Mr P GOTTSTEIN, of this village, have purchased the 12 acre lot of land adjoining the town of L'Anse from Mr E. SANTINAULT. We do not know what disposition these gentlemen intend making of their purchase. The ground is well situated, and is altogether an attractive site. Died: In this village, Wednesday morning, Sept 15th, Hannah, wife of Joseph WALLACE. Funeral from her late residence, Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Two thousand persons bearing the name of HOWE, with and without the e, met in solemn conclave lately, in Massachusetts, to find out How many of them were related. How they must have jabbered! File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dick and June Ross.