The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-03
BARAGA
CITY ITEMS.
IFrom toaay.s pemocrat.1

E.A.Critchfield was at L'Anse Thurs
day.
John hester returned from Detroi
Wednesday.
E. Burgess, of Marquette, was in tn,
the city Tuesday.
Charles Price conducted the service,
at the M. E. Church last Sunday even
ing.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society will
hold a regular meeting at the Town
Hall next Thursday afternoon at I
o'clock.
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Aid Society will be held at the residence
of Mrs. j. Schultz next Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock.
1t is understood that some of the
leading horsemen of this city, antici-
pate engaging in some lively races on
the ice in the course of u week or SO.
A basket social and dance will be
given at Granville Hall Monday even
ing, and all who attend may be sure
of having a grand time.
The Maccabees held regular meet
Tuesday evening. Their will also be
another regular meeting next Tuesday
member attend.
Business men and private citizens
should endeavor to keep the sidewalks
in front of their respective places as
clear from snow as possible. The
walks in many places are very bad.
The members of Nester Hose CO. and
quite mum Der of other people from
town attended the grand ball given by
Protection Hose Co. at L'Anse last
night.
thinks the fire laddies ought to be paid
a salary. Certainly they ought where
the town can afford it. They ought
certainly be recompensed when fight
ing fire. --Ontonagon Herald.
Mrs. John A. Foster met with pain
full accident at her homestead residence
last week Friday by falling down the
cellar stairs. Fortunately her injury
was not of "A serious nature. and she is
again able to be around.
Master Albert Lacasse. the l4-year-
old son of l.. j. n. Lacasse, of this
place, possesses considerable ability as
an artist. He has drawn number of
pictures of buildings and persons here
in the city, and the artistic manner in
which they are executed is truly some
thing remarkable. If the boy is given
n chance to advance in the art, he
will undoubtedly become frst-class
artist.
With winter half gone, the ice be-
tween Baraga and L'Anse at the head
of Keweenaw bay is so thin that cross
ing is extremely perilous, and very few
take the risk Manistique News.
The above paragraph has appeared in
several different papers throughout the
upper peninsula, but it is decidedly
wrong. The ice on the bay is thick
and perfectly reliable and teams are
crossing daily.
The following notice regarding
postal cards has been given out:
The large size cards are not admis-
sable in foreign mails except at letter
postage. If two cents is prepaid chat
is one extra stamp in addition to one
card there will be collected of adj
dressee double the amount unpard of
six cents. All persons using cards for
foreign correspondence should be sure
to use the smaller cards"
Every likes an active boy--one
who has the spirit of the age-a hustler.
A lazy. plodding, snail-paced chap
might have got along in the world fifty
years ago, but he can't do it in these
times. We live in an age of quick
IDEAS Men think quick, eat, sleep,
court. marry and die quick. " Go ahead
if you burst your boiler" is the motto
now days. Boys. strive to catch the
spirit of the times; be up and doing,
not gaping and rubbing your eyes, half
asleep. but be wide awake for whatever
may turn up. and you will be somebody
before you die. Eek.
A surprise was rendered to Martin
Cosgrove and family at their homestead
Saturday evening last by several OF the
gentlemen from Peter Girard's camp.
The occasion was IA very pleasant one.
Martin Cosgrove and John Foster
were down from their homesteads part
of the week. Both gentlemen have
several acres of land cleared and are
busily engaged in cutting wood. As
soon as they have sufficient land cleared
they intend to commence filling the
soil and become genuine farmers,
which, by the way is about as indie
pendent u life as man can lead. Sue
cess, gentlemen.