The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-18
CITY ITEMS.

PartridgeS are Sald 10 Oe plentl-
full this season.
Grapes, peaches and other fruits
are plentiful
Miss Nellie Trim, Of Houghton, is
,be guest of Miss Annie Murphy.
WAGES in the woods, it is claimed,
will be better this winter than last.
Miss Clara Real, of Baraga, was
the guest of the Misses Shea this
week.
Mai. and Mrs. w. X. Hayiland,
of Pequaming, were in town Thurs
day.
George W, Hayden, of Ishpeming,
was in town on legal business
Thursday.
J. w. Fordney and daughter.
Miss Josie, returned to their home at
Saginaw Monday
A special meeting Of the L. O.
T. NJ. lodge was held at the X. of
P. hall Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Harris, of
Houghton, spent part of the week
with relatives in town.
G. p. Prey, of Webster City,
Iowa. special United States Indian
agent, was in town part OF the
week.
William Haviland, OF Pequaming,
returned from the copper country
Thursday, where he had been for
several days.
Mrs. f. Scheurman, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Geo. c.
Jackman. for the past two months,
left for her home at Saginaw Thurs
day morning
Rt. Rev. Bishop Vertin, of Mar
auette. arrived in town Monday
evening, and Tuesday morning ad
ministered confirmation to about
fifty children at St. Joseph S church.
Great Commander Frances Burns
OF the L. O. T. NJ, will give a school
of instruction to Meadow Brook
Hive No. 554, next Tuesday after
noon and evening. All members
are earnestly requested to be
present.
There will be no services at the
NJ +. church tomorrow evening
on account of the absence of the
pastor, Rev. II. Gillingham, who is
attending conference, which has
been in session at Port Huron this
week.
Miss Rose Blankenhorn returned
from Milwaukee Wednesday, where
she had been visiting relatives for q
number of weeks. Mrs. Albert
Bankenhorn, of Milwaukee, ac-
companied her, and will visit
relatives here for several weeks.
George Smith, Jr, and brother
Asa. of Baraga. took spin on their
wheels around the bay to this city
Monday. and continued on to Silver
river as far as the falls. On their
return trip they made the distance
from the falls to L 'Anse in 30
minutes.
Andrew Dahlgren, who removed
with his family from this city to
Lake Linden a few weeks ago, is
reported to have met with slight
injury in Gregory sawmill at that
place last week by being hit on the
head with a piece of timber He is
in the hospital at Hancock.
There was game of base ball last
Sunday afternoon between a L. Anse
team known as "Auge's Darktown
Nine" and club composed of boys
from Pequaming and the NJ. E.
Mission. Seven innings were
played, resulting in favor of the
former by score of IL to D.
Now that the schools are open it
is the duty of parents to see that
their children attend regularly. Let
everybody do all they can to make
the school a success. Help the
teachers by properly instructing
the children at home. If you have
criticism to make, be sure your
children do not hear you. 1t can
not do them any gooo and it may
do the school harm.
One of the laws enacted at the
last session of the Legislature, and
which became operative several days
ago was the act relating to the dis
position of offenders against the
peace and dignity of the state. II
provides that all male prisoners
over 16 years of age who are SEN
fenced to Jail in the upper peninsu
la for more than ten days shall be
compelled to perform manual labor
during the term of their imprison
ment, but. not be required to work
upon the public highways. The law
applies to all criminals, whether
sent up by justice of the peace OF
by circuit court. All justices In
each county will be notified tt
sentence their prisoners to Jail al
hard labor. A couple of years age
the question arose, what shall we
do with our tramps2" for life in Jai
to them meant ease and luxury, un