The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-07-25
BARAGA DEPARTMENT.

Chicago
A. L. Ely, of Laird, was in town
Thursday.
John Dalzell, of Detroit, was in
town yesterday.
O. W. Robinson, of Chassell, was
in town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Cohen, of Jack
son. spent Sunday in town.
Miss Clara Real and Miss Emma
Kelsey spent Wednesday at L'Anse.
Richard & Pringle's minstrels
nlayed at the Town Hall last even
ing,
Mr.. DeHaas, of Detroit. was
transacting business in town part
O. the week.
Ell. Stone was at Houghton be-
tween trains on business yester-
day
Hon. Wm. d. Gordon, of Midland,
Mich. speaker of the house at Ian
sing. was in town Monday,
Arrangements are being perfect
cd towards securing grounds for a
cemetery in Baraga.
The steamer Minnie E. Kelton
and barge Melbourne are loading
With lumber at Funke S dock.
August Martin, of the firm of
Martin Bros, ice dealers of Hough-
ton. was in town on business Tues
day,
Richards and Pringle's private
oar passed through the city Wednes-
day on its way to the copper coun,
try.
A marriage license was issued to
Josephine Maiwash and Charles
Kipsodin. both residents OF Baraga,
Wednesday, by the county clerk at
LAnSe.
Mrs. II. Hammond will leave for
Bordulac. n. d.. Monday to join her
husband. who is now located at that
place. Mr.. Hammond will meet her
at Minneapolis.
Patrick McArdee. a tailor, who
had been in town but few days.
was arrested Monday upon com
paint of +. II Ormsby, for assault
and battery. McArdee was sen
fenced to thirty days in the county
jail
\ northern Michigan editor says
he has two subscribers who fire.
ouen,iy get full. and every time they
are in that condition they come in
and pay year in advance on sub
scr.p,ion, One OF them Is already
eyrdi.ed to l94l. and the fraternity
throughout that section is crazy TO
find out wha, brand of whisky he
drinks Saginaw Courier-Heraid.
The Ontonagon base ball team
met a sad defeat at the hands OF the
Baragas al the park Sunday after
noon, the score standing 80 TO . in
favor Of Baraga. Alorrisey and
Ford OF Ontonagon, and Charles
AeAgr of l. Anse. constituted the
battery for the visitors. and Berry
man and Nugent for the Baragas
One feature of the game was the
base-running OF Dennis Mccarthy.
Of the Baragas,
The following guests were regis
pred al Hotel Vendome this week:
0ltonagon base ball club; j. l. Rus
sell. lshpeming; VIM, ID. Gordon
and wife, Midland; d. j. Norton,
Even; C, E. Cole. L. STANDARD, f.
R. Hasse. Detroit; j. W Richards,
Cleveland; H. f. Alexander. Mil
yankee; y. H. Slade. Detroit; G., n.
Reeves Hancock; ]. H. Joslin, Calu-
met; J j. Hayes, Chicago; ]. T.
Bond, Greenland; j. A. Kirkwood,
Detroit; f. ID. Lawrence, Oshkosh
The following is taken from the
copper country department of the
Mining Journal: "The recently
published article in the Detroit,
Evening News sent from Houghton
aad afterwards largely copied by
oiner state papers regarding the
murder about twentysiX years ago
Of Henry Hepert by Louis La
Ponies, "a half-breed Indian, and the
discovery of silver mine, bare no
resemblance of truth. La Ponies
never claimed to have discovered
silver mine but represented to Hep
ert that he had knowledge of rich
copper find. His only motive for
getting Repert to accompany him
Is said to have been to kill him.
regarding the silver mountain men
Toned in the article, it is located
llteeen miles southwest of Baraga
and half mile west of Sturgeon
f river 1t was explored early in the
fos, There was never any silver
found in paying quantities. The
property is homesteaded and no
credlt is given the statement sent.
olt That an eastern company is 10
commence work there.
A lady inserted the following adj
yertisement in a local paper: "A
lady in delicate health, wishes to