THE MINING GAZETTE (under various names) of Houghton County, Michigan Copyright © 1999 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 ************************************************ 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.......... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Sept 3, 1874 Clark mine: ...Mr. Jas. D. REID, takes the position of agent, and it is believed that Mar. R.M. MULOCK, now at the Osceola, and Capt LETCHER, of Copper Harbor, will respectively take charge of the work above and below ground. A cow, trespassing on the premises of Mrs. Donald MCAULIFF, of Hurontown, has been taken up, and is held by her for charges. Said cow is all red, with white star on forehead and white under jaw. Circuit Court: John EDDY, defendant, vs. Margaretha EDDY, defendant; divorce. Circuit Court: Mary L. CHASE, complainant, vs. James CHASE, defendant; divorce. The family of Mr. James A. CLOSE contemplate taking up their residence below for a year or two. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Sept 10, 1874 Mr. Wm. SHEA, one of the oldest iron workers in Marquette county, was found upon the beach near the Bay Furnace company's works at Onota, dead. Supposed cause of death, apoplexy. Marcellus BARRIE, a Frenchman living at Calumet, had been on an extended spree for several weeks. His wife left him some time since, and accompanied friends to her old home in Canada, since which time BARRIE had been habitually drunk. Sunday morning last, parties on their way to early mass discovered his body lying face down in a mud-hole in a vacant lot, with hardly water enough in it to cover his face. He had apparently crowded his face into the mud and effectually smothered all of life and worldly cares.... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Sept 17, 1874 Miss Glendora PENFIELD, late of Cleveland, Ohio, who is now leader of Trinity church choir, proposes...to give instruction, the coming fall and winter, in vocal & instrumental. Among the Douglass House arrivals this week were J.H. FORSTER, John S. BLAIN, R.H. RICKARD, and S.W. HILL, ancient Lake Superiorites, and M. ESTEVANT, of France. Rev. Edward JACKER, so well and favorably known among the people of this locality, is visiting district. Mr. JACKER is settled on the Island of Mackinac. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Sept 24, 1874 The school board of district No 1, Portage township, met last Tuesday, and elected Dr. Geo. FULLER, moderator, Geo. BEESLY, director, and T.W. EDARDS, assessor. Miss Kate BARRY was employed as assistant teacher at the Hurontown public school. Married: At Houghton, on Friday evening, Sept 18th, by the Rev. J. H. BARNARD, at the house of the bride, John P. HUNT, of Hancock, to Mrs. Jane SEWELL. Killed: Last Friday a Scandinavian named POLA, fell down a shaft in the Quincy mine and died soon after from the effect of injuries he received. He leaves a wife & family. Capt. Phil. HARRINGTON, who has been identified with the exploring and mining interest of Isle Royale for some years, has retired from his late field of labor, and is now in this neighborhood. Mine Accident: On the 19th inst. a party of miners in the Island mine were working around a hole that missed fire, when it exploded. Martin SCHULER's face and breast were so fearfully cut up that he died in a day or two after. A man name Joe BOWERS lost one eye and had the other greatly injured. Patrick MURPHY, who was present at the time of the accident, escaped without a scratch. File contributed for use in Houghton Co. USGenWeb Archives by Dick and June Ross. jross@eee.org