The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-07
The L'Anse Sentinel.
BARAGA.

hou'e Ni"oo"oi, vi murque1tc, was 10
town Wednesday.
Fly nets, lap robes, single harness al
the harness shop. 25 If.
An addition is being built to. the resi-.
dence Of Mr.. John Funke.
Mr.. p. Nester returned from lower
Michigan points Monday evening.
Quite number of Baraga people were
at L'Anse this week attending court.
Quite number OF people came down
from Lake Linden to spend the 4th.
The rooms in the upper story of the
Grabower block are finished and ready
for occupancy.
No mail or express was received from
Chicago on Tuesday on account of the
great railroad strike.
Col. Worden, special agent of the U. s.
land department, of Graylug, Mich,
was in the city on business this week.
On account OF the railroad strike at
Chicago some Of our merchants are short
of butter, eggs, -four aud meat this week.
Our streets presented gay appearance
an the 4th. and were crowded all day with
strangers who came here to take In the
celebration.
Cour ty Clerk O'Connor issued mar
riage license to Mr.. Andrew Fisher and
Miss Ella d. Williams, both Of Baraga,
this week.
Matte Cunningham received some
very severe injuries last Saturday by
falling from platform 10 feet high. He
is all right now. ~
The Nester fleet of lumber carriers ar
rived in port Monday evening. The
steambarge Schoolcraft did not remain
here, but went on to Ontonagou.
A typographical error escaped the ct
tention OF the proof reader In giving the
population OF the village according to the
recent census, last week. There was
only one figure wrong, but that one error
made heap Of difference. The number
OF inhabitants was stated as 1855, but it
should have read 1885.
One OF the greatest games of ball ever
played here was that between the Barasas
and Hancocks, Wednesday afternoon, for
prize OF 500. The Baraga boys won by
score of to 0. The game in the fore
noon between the Rivals of L'Anse and
the Stars of Baraga for prize oil $40 was
won sby the Rivals by score of TO IL.
The crew of the tie train on the D. 5.
S. IL A. railroad, working In the vicinity
of Baraga, struck last week, not for
higher wages but for lower board.
They were getting S1.a5 per day and
paying "a per week for board on the
boarding car. They demanded that the
charge for board be reduced to 50 per
week.
w. 3. Hoar has chartered the tug Val
erie at his own risk to go to Baraga on
july 10, TO institute lodge OF X. OF p.
He has placed tickets for the round trip
at the ridiculously low price OF 81 ana
undoubtedly enough will go to insure Mr..
Hoar in the venture. The tug will leave
Hancock at 4:l5 and Houghton at $3.50.
uished included in the passage price.
Mr.. Hoar is very anxious to have good
number go along to help him in the cere-
monies OF nstltution.-Copper Country
Evening News.
Another stabbing ARRAY occurred
about midnight after the 4th, near Fou-
cault's saloon, in which Swede named
Oserg was badly cut in the left arm and
wrist, and also received cash on the
left ear. Deputy marshaIs, Peter Nelson
aud Pat Avov, were summoned and
undertook to arrest Finn named John
Juvell. when the latter turned upon
them and with his handy knife slashed
Pete Nelson in the right breast, cutting
through his coat, vest ana outside shirt,
but did not reach the skin. He also
slashed Pat Avoy In the back, cutting
81 his coat below the waist, but he. too.
tSCdpcu uUuhTulou. 1ucy Huuiy suu-
dued the beligerent Finn and took him
into custody together with two others
who are supposed to be implicated in
the melee. They will have their hear
ing before Justice MCCLELLAN next Tues
day.
The 4th of July was a great day In
Baraga this year. 1t opened suspicious
with bright clear morning. A show
the night pravieus had nicely laid the
dust and cooled the atmosphere, aud the
decorations lavished upon public and pri-
vate buildings gave the streets u genuine
national holiday appearance. The
parade formed at s o'clock with the Bar
aga cornet band at the head, followed in
order by handso decorated wagon
containing the goddess Of liberty and
thirteen young ladies representing the
thirteen original states, then the Cali
thumpians representing several unique
and original characters. At the grand
stand the declaration OF independence