The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
BARAGA.

Jay.
James Mcmahon is numbered anon ,
the sick.
John Funke was at L'Anse wednes
day.
Mrs. J.H. Mcdonald visited Marquette
Wednesday.
otto Sengebusch was over from L'Anse
Wednesday.
Lee Crebassa was at Houghtou The
first OF the week.
The typhoid fever patients are getting
along as rapidly as can be expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank +. hester re-
turned from Detroit Sunday evening.
We understand that the hester Estate
mill will close down this evening for the
season.
j. Ii. Crebassa is again able to be
around, after being confined 20 his home
for about three weeks.
Mrs p. Curley, of Negaunee, arrived
In town Saturday, to care for her son
Michael, who i'll with the fever.
Quite number of Baraga people at
tended the funeral of the late Z. l..
Mason held at L'Anse last Saturday
afternoon.
Great preparations are being made for
the grand ball to be given by Baraga
Lodge, No. 1874, X. of T., Thanksgiving
eve, Nov. a7th.
Michael Ross was In town Wednesday
He was on his way to Lake Linden, hav-
Ing returned from Duluth, where he had
been for two weeks.
John Dillon, OF Houghton, was in the
city Tuesday on his way to camp, where
he has crew of men and teams putting
in timber from his homestead.
Tessy Vaughn. who has had a very
severe attack of typhoid fever and
whose recovery was doubtful last week,
is, we are glad to say, improving nicely
under the skillful care and attendance
of DR.. Turner.
Arthur Theobold. who had his arm
broken not long ago by falling from a
swing, and which had grown together
again ana was perfectly strong. fell
Wednesday afternoon while PLAYING
with other children in the school yard
and broke the same arm again ABOUT two
inches below the former place.
From the Ontonagou Miner OF last
week: John and Patrick hester have
been hele this week and have abandoned
the plan of taking away raft OF logs
this fall. Their tugs Gotten and Bruce
have been here for the past two weeks
endeavorine to make up a raft, bu, the
severe windy weather that has prevailed
has prevented them, the logs that have
been taken out OF the boom are being
pushed back up the river again and will
be sawed by the Diamond Match Co.
Well. well. II this Amt getting to be
noted town. The sheriff hinsef is not
safe from the depredations Of the thief.
While John Hid, sheriff of this county,
was in the city the other day, he was
prevailed upon to have supper wish u
few of his friends at the hester Hotel.
After good meal and a sociable chat
for an hour or so, Mr.. lili prepared to
go. but imagine his surprise and disap-
polntment when upon reaching the
street he found that his horse had been
stolen from the hitching post near
Reals drug store, where he had tied it,
A dligent search was made until late
hour without avail. when all at once the
horse was returned, and hitchei to the
same post by the same unknown hand
and Johr took possession ard drove for
home, vowing that when he came to
Baraga again. he woa'd keep his weather
eye open 10 catch the next fellow who
tries that game.
An accident happened "Wednesday
afternoon which might have resulted
very seriously. but as it was only
caused slight wound. Charles Dorsey.
who was preparing to 20 out hunting
Thursday morning had borrowed Il 3s
calibre rifle from one OF the Grard boys,
and before cleaning it thought he would
see II 1t was loaded He pointed it to-
ward the floor and side wall andi went
off There are two families living In
the house, Nelson Gotta and family oc-
cupying the lower rooms, and Charles
Dorsey and family the upper rooms.
Just az the gun went off Mrs. Gotta was
passing from the woodshed through
door into the house, directly under
where Mr.. Dorsey stood and the bullet
in its descent Just grazed her forehead,
and down one side of her face. inflicting
very painful, but not serious wound,
and then passed into the doorstep at her
feet. Had Mrs. Gotta passed two inches
further through the door before the gun
was discharged she would probably
have been killed. But luckily, the
wound was only slight and pronounced
by DIR. Turner as not dangerous. This
is another case of ''didn't know it was