The L'Anse sentinel., 1898-04-09
CITY ITEMS.
Tomorrow will be Easter Sunday

Harry Mack returned from Mar
quette Monday, where he had been
visiting for few days.
e. f. Halsey, receiver Of the land
Office at Marquette, is visiting
relatives and friends in town
Charles Peterson has secured n
position as delivery man for T..
Brennan S general merchandise
store.
w. w. Manning, OF Marquette,
agent for the j. c. Aver estate,
timber and mineral lands, was in
town Wednesday.
G. f. Fisher, OF Pequaming, has
secured a position as engineer IN
the sawmill at Dollar Bay for the
ensuing season.
The April term of circuit court
for this county will convene in this
city Monday morning, April llth,
at 10 o clock.
Sheriff John H. Hid had the mis-
fortune to sprain his right ankle
iodlul ohN aP ~ 'N'Nr' -
confined to his home,
Miss Lizzie Beehler left for
Seattle Tuesday to visit her sister
for six months. She stopped at
Duluth for few days on her way
to the coast
While playing in the school yard
Monday, Milton Botsford bad, the
misfortune, to sprain his right
ankle. He is confined to the house
with a painful, but not serious
fracture, and expects to be out in
few days.
OF the 3, 900 students attending the
University of Michigan, 1,754 or 60
per cent are registered from some
part of Michigan. The upper penin-
sula furnishes l23 OF them, Al of
whom come from Houghton county.
Born, to Lieut.. and Mrs Evan NJ.
Johnston, OF Fort Wayne, Mich,
Sunday, March 9th, a son. Mrs.
Johnston is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. f. c. Seaman, formerly
res sidents of this city.
A meeting OF the executive com
nittee Of the u. p Firemcn's as
sociation will be held at Hancock
today, to complete arrangements
for the tournament to be held at
Houghton in August. There will
be representatives OF twenty-s2yen
companies present
4 Michigan man recently sent the
following letter to the supcrintend-
pnt Of schools: Dear Sir, nv boy
Johnnie come home today with his
head broke open by a bigger boy.
wish Won would look into it. My
boy comes to school to learn brains
and not TO have them knocked<Qpt -
The village OF Even, Ontonagon
county, probably has the distinction
of being the only village in this
state having among It's officers
lady, Miss Sarah Trotter having
been elected TO the position OF
clerk at the last election. Miss
Trotter is well known to many
residents Of l. Ansc, she having
resided here up to about nine years
ago
John Lyons. who has held the
Office of supervisor OF Covington
township for q number OF years,
and who was reelected Monday,
was shaking hands with friends in
town this week Mr. Lyons makes
an excellent supervisor, and the
voters of that township displayed
good Judgment in retaining him
in that important Office.
Reimund Holzhay, serving a life
sentence in the branch prison at
Marquette for murder, has confessed
that during one of his raids he held
up the stage coach at Pulcifer, Wis,
shot two passengers fatally and
robbed the mail bag. Otto Risum,
ex-postmaster of that village, was
indicted on the charge OF robbery
and this confession clears him.
Holzhay says he robbed and killed
for the purpose of relieving nervous
tension.
Arrivals at Hotel Thomas during
the week: NJ Frank, John Brown,
j. A. Pridmore, j. A. Fuller, Chica-
cago; M. w. McNally, New Rich
mond; Fred S. McCurdy, Detroit;
j Maurice Rugglcs Bronson, Mich.
J, f. Hambitzer. Houghton; II. O.
McMain, w. w. Manning, f. 6.
Truscott, Marquette; c. A, Hurd,
Buffalo; J. b. Haviland, Geo. Nc
Kenzie, John Rothwell. Pequaming;
VIM. Moore, = Michigamme; James
Travelling, o. W. )Bccn, Skance;
f. w. Errett, Grinhell, Ia; Leslie
Pierce, ] G. Buckland, A. f. Toal,
Milwaukee; S. H. McGregor, Burt
Miller, VIM. W. Duncan, Edward
Nichols Edmund Nichols, VIM. H.
Reid, Harry G. Burton, Ncstoria;
Sam Gillespie. Hancock; 7. a.
Starkey, st. Paul; c. g. Spencer,
Duluth; Gus Mearo, West Depere;