The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-26
BARAGA,


town Friday.
Hugh Nesbitt and wife returned from
the Worlds Fair last Monday.
The schooner Melbourne is taking on
cargo of lumber at Funke's dock.
L. w. Schwalm and j. Il. st. Ger
main left last Monday for the Worlds
Fair.
The hester fleet of lumber carriers
are expected here next week for car
goes.
j =. Edwards, of Houghton, has
been doing some surveying here the
past week.
George hester and wife arriv ed last
Saturday from Detroit, and will visit
here several days.
Mrs. L. n. Law left yesterday for
Manitoba in the interests of the
Women's Christian L temperance Union,
lecturing and or1anizing.
We are the sole agents for the Cur
tbs s. Wheeler shoes. They are match
less for beauty of style and perfection
of fit j. GoTTLIEBsoN & Co.
w. b. Wallace of Michigamme, has
taken contracts to raise buildings for
Capt. Bendry, Jas. Byers and NJ Git
zen He commenced work thereon
this week.
hester Hose Co. has ordered two
thousand pound bell for their new hose
tower. 1t is expected to arrive soon
when the boys will have quite job to
get it in place.
House and lot for sale in the vii
lage of Baraga, suitable for store,
boarding house or saloon. Enquire of
Z. II. ORMsBY,
soft Baraga, Mich.
Prof. Jas. i. Edwards, university of
Notre Dame, came up Thursday even
ing to spend day or two with the
hester brothers and Joseph S. Courtney
who were all students of that famous
institution Of learning.
The bali given by hester Hose Co.
last Friday evening proved to be very
successful affair both socially and finan-
cially. The hall was handsomely
decorated for the occasion and the
music was said to be the best they have
ever had.
Arrangements are being made for
an Excursion to Marquette on the
steamer Osifrage,. Sunday Sept. End.
The steamer will leave Houghton at
about seven o'clock a, m. and take on
passengers here and at L'Anse and
Pequaming. She will stop at Mar
quette about five hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. G.. Jackman ar
rived from Marquette Monday last and
will take up their abode in the upper
story of the Bendry building. The
lower story contains the printing office
recently acquired by Mr.. Jackman. He
expects. to have the first issue of the
Baraga Democrat out next week Satur-
day.
1t is rumored that the hester Estate
contemplate building a logging rail-
road in the near future, from Baraga to
the Sturgeon river in Sec. 81, L. 80. r.
80, about II miles southwest. This
project has been thought of foI some
time but has not taken definite shape
yet, but is likely to in the near future.
1t will make available large tract of
timber
Miss Matte MINIS recently received
the appointment as postmistress Of
Baraga, and as her bond has been filed
and approved it will not be long before
the Office will be turned over to her.
We understand that she is having the
room recently occupied by VIM. Fer
gusen, in the west end of the hester
boarding house, fitted up for the pur
pose of an Office.
Two half-breed Indians named John
Hartley and George Curtis were arrest
ed and brought before Judge Ormsby
for trial yesterday on charge of
larceny. 1t seems that Hartley had |
stolen calf belonging to his sister Til
lie Hartley and arranged with Curtis to |
take it to M. Kenefc, the butcher. to
sell. Curtis sold it for $500 and divid-
ed the money with Hartley. When
Title discovered the loss of her proper
ty she came and demanded it from Mr..