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. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ ____________________________________________________________________ 1873 July - December Issues - Earlier issues may be missing. ........denotes there was more to the article and the article with in is a shortened version. Note* The following entries until July 24, 1873 may be the end of transcriptions to July 11, 1872. Frank Anthony drove his team to MORALEE and OLDS' saw mill and left it standing unhitched. The horses ran into the lake, and striking quick sand, were both drowned before they could be reached. Peter PARROTT and consort, some weeks ago, opened a questionable "wayside inn" on the road leading from Portage Lake to the Atlantic mine,...................... Henry BROSS, employed on the ferry boat Niagara, on Sunday morning, started toward Pilgrim river carrying with him a revolver belonging to John MARTIN. As he was crossing Pilgrim river..........he accidentally discharged it................... The steady growth of business in town as old mines are being opened and new ones projected has caused an increased firmness in, and demand for, real estate, houses and stores. The house and lot on Shelden street, recently occupied by J. TREMBIRTH, has been sold to James WILLIAMS, of Hurontown, for $2,500.............. Start of year 1873 PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 24, 1873 Died: At Torch Lake, July 15, Emma ELLENBACKER, daughter of John B. and Emma ELLENBACKER, age 2 years. Hancock: John LABARE, for an unprovoked assault upon John PALM, was sent to the county jail by Justice Finn for 30 days................ PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, July 31, 1873 Calumet: A man, whose name is unknown, visited the residence of Stephen PAULL during his absence and insisted on having a square meal.......... Last night fire was discovered issuing from around the smoke stack of HAHN Bros's brewery..........The entire neighborhood packed up their things....... The other buildings burned or injured were the house and outbuildings belonging to Gottlieb HARTMAN and occupied by Fred. FESING who saved most of his furniture; and unoccupied building in course of repair, owned by R. SHELDEN, and the house of August DALLMEYER.......The arrival of Joseph GREGORY's tug Calumet, which took a scow to Hancock and brought to our aid the fire engine and company from that side. The of Caspar SHULTE escaped destruction............ Among the prominent arrivals at the Douglass House the past week was D. L. DEMMON, president of Franklin-Pewaabic, Boston..................... The organizaation of the Congregational Church at Calumet, was perfected on Sunday last by election of J.N. WRIGHT and James WRIGHT as deacons C.C. CROOKS has opened, directly in front of the stables, a lumber yard................. S.C. SMITH has given a sum of money to the first white child born in the slate region of Houghton county, and to claim the same for Thomas Arvon KELLY, and in case of his death before he is 21 years of age, to claim it for his brother, Patrick KELLY. The amount is to be placed in the hands of Superintendent John J. WILLIAMS for deposit in the First National Bank of Houghton until said Thomas Arvon KELLY is of age. These are the children of James and Honora KELLY, and the first white children born in the slate region. Yours, James KELLY As a party of men were coming to Hancock from Calumet on Sunday last on one of PIERCE's stages they stopped at PIERSON's for a drink. Part of them were Swedes and the remainder Irish. Words were passed between them it is saide that one of the Irishmen drew a pistol and shot one of the Swedes in the back...........the victim was John E. SMITH, a Hecla miner. The user of the pistol is Denis GOGAN. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Aug 7, 1873 Keweenaw Co:................An accident occurred at the Copper Falls mine, which unfortunately proved fatal to a Cornishman named John OATS. Calumet: Joseph CHAMPION, a miner and relative of Capt Thomas WILLS, died very suddenly last week. Feeling slightly indisposed he quit work and went home, and was soon after taken with a coughing fit, broke a blood vessel and died in a few moments. A German, named Anton GEPP, who works at the Calumet mine was accosted while wending his way home. James THOMAS, with a party of friends from the Atlantic mine,... and for want of other amusement, confiscated a plow and harnessed his jolly chums to the beam, taking the handles himself, and proposed making a vegetable garden of the streets of Hancock. The watchman, though appreciating the need of such improvement in this vicinity, objected.. Justice FINN fined James KELLY and Theodore HALVERTON $5 and $3 and costs tor being drunk and disorderly. Henry GUNDRY, a stranger here, was this morning arraigned before Justice MCDONALD, charged with breaking into the house of Mrs MCKINNY, of Calumet. He was allowed his freedom on paying a moderate fine and costs. PORTAGE LAKE MINlNG GAZETTE , Aug 14, 1873 On Sunday last, at Calumet, John BIER, while carelessly shooting at a mark, wounded a man in range of his gun in the side. He surrendered himself to the officers and awaits the return of the District Attorney to give him an examination. The sketches and incidents in the life of the Jesuit, Father MENARD, who was one of the first white men who set foot upon the Lake Superior country, are from the able pen of Father JACKER who is an enthusiast in historical research Frank WEAVER was arraigned before Justice REES for burglariously entering a building upon the Atlantic mine location, and taking a small amount of copper therefrom............ Henry ZENGELEAR appropriated to his own use for a short period a horse and wagon belonging to another person................. Birth: On Sunday morning, Aug 18, 1873, at Quincy mine, the wife of Mr Daniel KLOCKNER, of a daughter. A large black bear has been seen for some time past prowling about the woods above the Atlantic stamp mill. Two young Germans, named Charles KETTENBEIL and August HENKE, determined to go for the ugly brute. Last evening they met his bearship face to face, when a well directed shot from Charles' rifle toppled him over, and a charge of buckshot from August's gun gave him his quietus. The carcass, weighing about 400 pounds, graces the front of Noble's meat market. Lovers of bear steak can be supplied with the delicacy tomorrow. John Q. BARNARD has been appointed custom house officer, and vessels (from the port of L'Anse will in future report and clear from the office there. Charles LICKLER and Wm. O'DONNELL, for being drunk and disorderly, were fined. Michael MCCARTHY displayed an unfortunate taste for tropical fruit.... when (took) cocoanuts from the steamer Pacific PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Aug21, 1873 .......the tug Ed. Galliger, while towing a raft in Torch Lake Friday evening, exploded, instantly killing Mr James OLDS, of the firm of Moralee & Olds, lumber manufacturers and dealers.........His foreman, Mr INGRAHAM, was near in a small boat..........He had been a resident here for a great many yrs. Congressman HUBBELL, on Friday last, appointed Julius N. ST CLAIR, of Humbolt, Marquette county, to a cadetship at West Point. He is the youngest son of the late Dr St Clair, of Marquette, a scholarly, active young man, 20 yrs of age, who will undoubtedly pass the necessary examination at the military school Frank A. DOUGLASS received notice...of his appointment as postmaster, in place of E. F. DOUGLASS, deceased.......he had filled the position of deputy postmaster Death: At Torch Lake, on the 15th last, Mr James H. OLDS, aged 36 years. Death: At Schoolcraft Mine, Houghton county, Mich, James Regis LORANGER, infant son of James and Kate LORANGER, aged 6 mos and 3 days. On Monday afternoon, at Copper Falls, a young German girl was visited by a countryman of hers insisted upon her renewing a marriage engagement between them. He had sent for her to the old country, but when she declined to keep her word, he drew a pistol and deliberately shot her. The name of the murderer is Edward HERRING. His victim's name is Bertha KATHOLI Calu met: A week ago last Sunday W. W. CURTISS was ordained at Calumet and installed as pastor of the Congregational church of that place PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Aug 28, 1873 Died: The schooner F. Morel I arrived in port Saturday last with a cargo of coal for James A. CLOSE. While at Detour a deck hand, named A. J. PEARSON, fell overboard and was drowned. The Upper Peninsula will be represented in the State Constitutional Convention, new sifting at Lansing, by J.R. DEVEREAUX, of Houghton, in place of S. P. ELY, of Marquette, declined. Drowned: A Frenchman named W. POGUE went on board the Lotta Bernard at Ontonagon on Sunday and hid himself in the hold. Toward morning when nearing the ship canal.......removed his hat, coat, and shoes......... he ran across the lumber on deck and jumped into the lake. A boat was lowered, but he could not be found. Death of Bertha KAELL: he young German girl shot in a fit of jealousy at Copper Falls by Edward HERRING died on Sunday morning last........ PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Sept 4, 1873 Loss of life on the Meteor.....It was believed at the time the steamer Meteor was destroyed by fire on the afternoon of the 7th of June last, while lying at Buckley and Co's dock, foot of Second St, that no life was lost......When the hull was raised and water was pumped out, the bones were found and supposed to be those of Andrew BRIGGS, a colored man, who was serving as waiter on the steamer. These were taken charge of by his friend, Richard M. JOHNSON, who was barber on the Meteor up to the time of her destruction. At 6:30 this morning, in Hancock, Joseph Hervey, infant son of Mr and Mrs J.H. CHANDLER, aged two months and 24 days. Funeral from the residence tomorrow at 2. Calumet: A miner by the name of James WILKINS was injured in the Hecla end of the Calumet & hecla mine on the 26th mt. by being struck upon the small of the back by a rock which fell from the hanging wall. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Sept 11,1873 .......On Sunday last, a young man about 22 or 23 years of age, who has a father and three sisters living in Detroit and an uncle somewhere out on Keweenaw Point, fell overboard from the tug Northern Light. His name was Peter SCHMELTZER. The body of Edward HERRING, the unacceptable lover of Bertha KATHOLS.... was found with a half mile of the scene of the tragedy.......with the same pistol which he used to shoot the unfortunate girl, he killed himself. Thomas JACKSON, so long and favorably known to travelers while living in L'Anse and Eagle Harbor, has returned to Eagle Harbor and opened a public house again PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Sept 18, 1873 In the 170 fathom level of the Cliff mine they are finding considerable mass copper, and the mineral yard has something of its oldtime appearance .....At the Phenix Mr DELANO, the clerk, will succeed the present agent, Mr G.F. WHITE, when the latter gentleman will some time hence move to the Osceola....... At Marquette, early on Sat. morning last, lightning struck the rod on the residence of C.C. EDDY, a merchant of Negaunee, passing down the rod and leaving it at the peak and passing into the house, penetrating every room. Mr EDDY, his wife and a child, were asleep in one room. The fluid passed over them, inflicting severe injuries, Mr Eddy receiving a heavy shock, and at 9 o'clock he was in a critical condition. The child was first supposed to be dead, but is now recovering. Mrs Eddy is not dangerously injured. The house was completely demolished Burchard AHRENS, for passing upon Henry BOCHNE at the canal one of the $50 counterfeit greenbacks, so lavishly distributed some weeks since upon the lake, is being examined before Justice FINN..............the money was traced through the hands of several parties to AHRENS, and it now remains for him to account for its possession. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Sept 25, 1873 Death: On the 18th last, at Independence, Kansas, Mrs Ann CULLYFORD; aged 71 yrs. Death: On the 19th of Sept, at Houghton, Alice Edith, youngest daughter of Graham and Alice H. POPE; aged 17 months. Wanted: A situation as Cook, either in a hotel or private house. Thomas JENNINGS, Houghton. (address) Mr Thomas CULLLYFORD has assumed charge of the books and accounts of The Gazette office.......Mr CULLYFORD is a practical printer and will give any needed information regarding work to be done. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Oct 2, 1873 Obituary: At Trenton, Mich, Sept 27th, at the house of his brother, Capt James E. TURNER, of Cleveland, Ohio, late commander of the steamer Arctic. A Finlander by the name of Mathias GESTIE met with an untimely death, Saturday night last, by walking into and drowning in an exploring shaft on the old Red Jacket location.. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Oct 9,1873 We learn that Spencer F. BROWN, of this place, is an aspirant for the position of passenger conductor on the Mineral Range railroad....... On Monday afternoon last the first load of freight was carried through to Calumet, and on Sat afternoon at 4 o'clock the first passenger train will be started from Hancock, returning at about 7 o'clock....... On the evening of the 3d inst, a boiler, on the premises of the Lake Superior iron company, exploded with tremendous force, killing the engineer and a fireman named DOWNEY, and burying the body of a third man named JOHNSON in the ruins................... The examination of Charles EDWARDS for the shooting of ALLEN was postponed, by desire of the prosecution, for two weeks from Monday last. Married: At residence of bride's parents in Rockland, Oct 8, by Rev K.L. CHURCH, Mr C.E. RAYMOND of Houghton, to Miss Hattie N. CHYNOWETH, of Rockland. A happy party of friends gathered at the house of Capt. John CHYNOWETH, of the Central mine Rockland, yesterday morning, to witness the marriage of Mr C.E. RAYMOND, an attachee of the National Bank of Houghton, to Miss Hattie N. CHYNOWETH. The many friends of the young couple both here and in Rockland offer cordial congratulations and hearty wishes for their happy future. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Oct 16, 1873 Osceola mine: We regret to learn of the serious illness of Captain Phil. SULLIVAN, John RYAN's right hand man, and trust he may soon build up again and return to the interesting work he has to supervise. Henry LAPP and Dannie SHEA pleaded guilty to the charge of creating a disturbance in the streets of Hancock and were each fined $5.00 Pat MURPHY, living at the Boston and Albany commited an unprovoked assault upon his brother-in-law, Abe UREN, and wife................ Died: At Houghton, on the 14th inst, John Wales, son of Charles W. and Mary BRAYTON, aged nine months. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Oct 23, 1873 A miner by the name of Isaac W. SIKERSEN was terribly blasted last week, both eyes being destroyed, wrist smashed and arm broken. Mr SIKERSEN is highly respected and has the sympathy of all in his misforturne. Obituary: Died, at Hancock, on Saturday, Oct 18th, M.H. MANDELBAUM ....He has for nearly 20 years been known to residents upon Lake Superior, coming to Lapointe in 1855 and to Hancock in 1860, where he commenced as clerk for Leopold & Co. In 1864 he started in business for himself, and has identified himself with the growth and interests of that town he will be mourned for by a family consisting of a wife and five children, the youngest only 10 days old. The body has been taken to Cleveland, Ohio, where his mother and brothers reside, for interment. George DANIELS, a painter at work upon HOAR & Bros store, fell from a ladder on Monday and received injuries that will disable him from work for a few days. A party of Swedes... worked themselves into fighting humor in Hurontown, on Monday evening, and one of them, named John HOLSTROM, was badly beaten and stabbed by John PALAM PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Oct 30, 1873 Col. C.B. GRANT, the future law partner of Mr J.H. CHANDLER, has arrived. The new firm are to have their offices in DALLMEYER's building on its completion, as also will the well known firm of HUBBELL & CHADBOURNE. Died: On Sunday afternoon, Oct 26, at Copper Falls, Fred, only child of Mr and Mrs. Fred E. SMITH, after a brief illnes; aged two years and four days. Died: At the Paul House, Ontonagon, on Wed, Oct 22,1873, Mr DeForest FORD, aged about 53 years. Died: At St Marys Hospital, Rochester, N.Y, on the 9th inst, Mr P.L. PHELAN, aged 47 years. Mr Patrick H. PHELAN was among the older settlers upon Lake Superior, coming upon the lake 25 years ago, he sometime after was a clerk in the store of Carson & Close, at Ontonagon, afterward kept a store at Forest Landing, then moved to Rockland, and for a short time was connected with J. HOAR & Bro, at their South Pewabic store. A bachelor with some eccentricities of character, he nevertheless shared the confidence of business men, and was actively interested in many early lake enterprises. He leaves a brother living in Ingersoll, Canada where Mr Phelen has considerable property. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Nov 6, 1873 ...the state road, which is now being built from L'Anse to Skanee ....a distance of seventeen or eighteen miles. The town or location of Skanee is a settlement of Swedes organized by Capt Walfred BEEN, and is located on the south shore of Huron Bay, six miles from the head, in a very fine region for agricultural pursuits Last Saturday afternoon Mrs Lyman HART, of Calumet, accompanied by her little girl, being at Torch Lake on a visit, started up the incline on foot...stepped between the two parallel tracks in order to let the trains pass...the wind, generated by the rapidity of their motion, drew their clothes, and finally themselves, under the cars where they were mangled and bruised in a frightful manner..... Frightful accident: Yesterday morning, at about 7 o'clock, an accident occurred at the Sturgeon River lumber company's mill, in Hancock...A piece of 2x8 scantling, while passing through the "edger" was caught in the saw and thrown with great violence over the machine, striking one of the workmen, John MCDONALD, full in the breast, causing his almost instant death. It also hit Henry BARNES on the side of his head, cutting and bruising it badly and rendering him insensible...MCDONALD was about 21 years of age, has a brother residing at Hancock and a sister at Calumet..... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Nov 13, 1873 John OLSON, a Swede, with a wife some years his junior, whom he married in Connecticut about two years ago, has been living upon the L'Anse road near Pilgrim river, where he found work as a wood chopper....Mrs OLSON found hidden away on the premises a bundle of letters, some of a late date, from another wife living in Iowa, who implored John to return to her...Justice bound him over to next term of court, to answer the serious charge of bigamy. John RICKER sailed the lakes upon the steamer Phil Sheridan, until last Sunday, when his boat lay at the ship canal awaiting suitable weather to continue her voyage. Ricker took a stroll on shore and by the aid of poor whisky wrought himself into a frenzied desire to demolish Daniel SHANON's house........ Mr Peter MALONE, an old Lake Superiorite, is in charge of the lights required at night on the Portage Lake and Lake Superior ship canal. Death: At Hancock, on Thursday morning, John V., son of Jeremiah and Bridget CRONIN, aged 2 yrs and 10 mos and 13 days. Funeral tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Death: At Houghton, on Sunday, Nov 9, Herman, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob BELAWANGER, aged 6 yrs and 10 mos. Henry GUNDRY, for using insulting and abusive language, a fine of $5 and cost will act as a bridle to his tongue for the future. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Nov 30, 1873 The new steam fire engine will enter on its labors under the name of "R.M. HOAR.." A graceful compliment to a useful and respected citizen. On Monday morning notices were posted upon the doors of the Hancock Bank, owned and conducted by W. H. STREETER, to the effect that it had suspended and an assignment made to the trustees Messrs. Ransom SHELDON and John HOAR, who will have charge of the settlement of its accounts, as well as that of its branch the Calumet Bank, under the same control. The liabilities of Mr STREETER are said to be between $80,000 and $90,000, with assets as yet undetermined. Mr W.H. STREETER resigned his office as President and member of the village Board on Monday, and Mr T.M. MEADS was elected to his place, and Edward RYAN named to fill the vacancing occurring. Death; William CHELLEW, a miner, employed in the south end of the Calumet & Hecla mine, met with a serious accident on the 10th inst, from the effects of which he died on the 15th. While employed hoisting rock with a winzer at the bottom of shaft No 2, a stick of square timber fell down the shaft, striking him upon the side, breaking one of his legs in three places...and injuring him internally. Mr CHELLEW retained his consciousness until death, and realizing the fact that he could not recover, he sent for his wife and Children.....he was buried Sunday William DAWE, (Billy), the urabane and gentlemanly clerk at HOAR Bros, Red Jacket, has been seriously indisposed for some time past, but at present is slowly recovering A.T. STREETER, Esq, has returned from his visit below and assumed his accustomed place at the postoffice. It was generally surmised, when "Al" left that he was intending to join the order of Benedicts and become the honored head of a family, but he failed to unite, and comes back to us as single and singular as ever. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZATTE, Nov 27, 1873 Mr M. FINE, of Hancock, has been appointed United States Circuit Court Commissioner, vice E.F. DOUGLASS, of this place, deceased. Calumet: The announcement of the death of Mrs George D BOLTON, on Saturday evening last, came so sudden and unexpected that it has cast a gloom over this entire community. Her remains were taken to Houghton on Sunday, en route to Detroit, at which place they are to be buried .....Mr BOLTON has the deepest sympathy of all in his great bereavement. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Dec 4, 1873 Mr William BATH, principal of the Huron School, is arranging what will prove a most enjoyable evening's entertainment to take place at Miller's Hall, about Christmas time. Mr BATH will be assisted by his brother and Miss Mamie DOUGLASS, in the musical portion of the entertainment...The brothers BATH are accomplished musicians.... Mrs Clara MANDELBAUM and Max BAER are named as executors of the estate of M.H. MANDELBAUM. At a meeting of the village board on Monday evening, Mr T.D. MEAD was made chairman of the board of water commisioners, in place of W.H. STREETER, resigned, and Edward RYAN was selected to fill vacancy upon same board caused by the decease of M.H. MANDELBAUM. Married: On Saturday at the Catholic church, by Rev F. ELS, John WEALTON to Miss Johanna O'NEIL. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Dec 11, 1873 Died: at Red Jacket, Mich, on Sunday, 27th inst, after a lingering illness, William DAWE, aged 25 years, 8 months, 7 days. Mr DAWE was born in the parish of St Austell, Cornwall, En. He came to this country in June 1865, and commenced work in the store of Messrs. HOAR Bros, Houghton, and remained in their employ up to the time of his demise. For that past three years he has been connected with the firm's branch store at Red Jacket, and had endeared himself to a large circle of friends by his uniform courtesy and gentlemanly bearing. With few early advantages, he applied himself, outside of business hours, to the requirement of such educational attainments as would be of service to him as a business man. He mastered the French language and became proficient also in the German PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Dec 18, 1873 Edward RYAN has taken possession of his new store, in Hancock...it is one of the largest and handsomest business blocks on the peninsula... The front is trimmed with Marquette sandstone, and presents a fine appearance. The mason work was done by Richard OLIVER, the carpenter work by Joseph La FERVIA, and the counters were built by E. SILLER..... James MARTIN was arrested on complaint of John ADAMS for assault and battery. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE, Dec 25, 1873 Mr F.B. JENNEY, of Brooklyn, N.Y. a graduate of the Columbia school of mines, New York city, is about to take up his residence in the district for the purpose of engaging in the business of assaying minerals..He is employed in the interest of the Osceola mining company and the Portage Lake smelting works....... File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dick and June Ross. plh revised 2001