The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-16

we unucIStuhu tiiub Gar iouu VI
carts, scrapers and other tools and |
utensils was received by freight yester.
day to lie used on the construction
work Of the Baraga & Waters,neet rail
rond. This certainly has business
like appearance.
VIM. Coach has got his drive below
the falls OF the Otter, and is working
his way down slowly hut making
clean drive. Tho water il low and the
work somewhat 4 fiicult on that account,
but he will "get there just the same.
Mr.. Enoch G. Bowling. treasurer of
fine Baraga & Watersmeet II. r.. COM
pany., of Detroit, came mp Sunday
night to look over the town and its
prospects. We understand he closed
the deal for the Foote property and re-
turned home well satisfied with the re-
suit OF his tlip.
The Late fa1 in dime savings banks
has created quite scarcity in this use
full coin, in this vicinity, but the people
will gain by it in the end. These banks
holds just IS worth of this coin and the
dimes can't be removed until the bank
is full. Harry Coddington has the
agency for these savings blnks.
Surveyor A. l.. Tonson and Pat.
Murphy, of the Baraga & Wntersmeet
railroad, left Thursday for Toledo to
procure new outfit, their surveying
instrumen having been destroyed, to-
gether with their camps and equip
ments, by forest fires last elk. They
expect to return by next Tuesday.
"A game of ball is to be played to
morrow, weather permitting, between
the Stars and the first nine. A small
admission fee will bc charged to pay for
the balls that will be lost in home runs
and the bats that will he broken.
There will he lots of fun as the Stars
are getting to he strong team. A
large crowd will probably attend.
About 700 feet of the railroad bridge
at Chassell was burned last Friday, and
in consequence the side tracks at this
place are crowded with freight cars
bound west. The piles under the
burnt portion had to be sawed off and
the bridge built ND anew from the bot
tom. The work of repairing was CON-
pleted sufficiently last Monday to allow
trains to pass.
The Baraga base ball club held q
meeting last Saturday evening, when
Henry Laird was elected manager and
treasurer for the eneuing year, with J..
Davenport, captain and l.. j. Gallag-
her, secretary. Mr.. Laird was present
ed with a fine silk umbrella with his
name engraved OH the handle, as a
token OF esteem from the club land pro-
badly a reminder to come in out of the
wet should the club get downed) The
club is to be fitted out in good shape
and the grounds raked, leveled and
fenced, the back stop repaired and
seats constructed for spectators. When
MI contemplated repairs are completed
Baraga will have Us good ball
ground as any amateur club on the T..
| p. and a nine to match it.
SUNDAY was another ball day for the
Baraga boys, the first nine being pitted
against the Stars. The latter held
their own until the seventh inning when
the regulars" got ON to Burns curves
and hammered ont six runs, thus win
ming the game. Quite number OF
two-bise hits were made on both sides.
The following il the score by innings
1-2-3-4-5-6--7 o.
Baragas 2 l 2 7-32
Stars o 8 o D 5 5 0 Ola
Cox, Rathburn and Real, battery foi
the Regulars, and Burns and johnson
for the Stars. When Joe Courtney go,
in connection with the ball in the eighth
inning it put hin, in mind OF college
days. 1t was "a clean home run with
half an hour to spare before the ball
was found.