The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
September 17, 187

Ishpeming

& Lively Locality

Fifteen years ago Clarksburg, a little village ten miles weot
of Ishpeming on the DSS&A had nearly as many people as this ci
and bore the reputation of being just as tough as any town of
its inches in Mi. At that time the place had a sawaill, planing
mill, charcoal furnace, and other industries, employing a large
humber of iene Later on the furnace and the mills were closed,
and for the past len years Clarksburg has been a quiet hamlet
of perhaps 200 people. The work of building the extension cf the
CRN hyeming to Michigamae has brought a great many hard
characters into the countye Several hundred of them are camp-
ed not far from Clarksburg, and they make that place their head-
quarters on Sunday. There are saloons in the place, despite
its decadence, and when these bad men get inte the saloons ard
outside of a certain amount of fighting whiskey there is bound
to be a row. last Sunday one man had his arm broken, another
had his jaw fractured in two places and another had several fin-
gers broken at Clarksburg. There were ts without number,
and the respectable ople began to think of moving out of the
place. The authorities have taken th ter in hand, and
will prohibit the sale of liquor on Sundays if the fighting
and drunkenness continue.

 

 

 
    

 

    

 

 

  

   

   

     

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