The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-21
LOCAL ITEMS.

his farm yesterday.
Hon. o. w. Robinson was down
from Chassell Tuesday
Mrs. NJ. ]. Stevens, of Ishpemng,
is visiting friends in town.
Albert Grabower WENT to Mar
quette yesterday on brief business
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. ID. Davenport
were in the copper country yes
terday.
W. d. Mannis, of Marquette, was
calling on the merchants in town
yesterday.
The hester estate mill commenced
operations for the season this
morning.
The platform scale in the street
in front of JOS. Cohls block has
been removed.
Edward Dorgan left for Oregon
Wednesday. He expects to be gone
two or three months.
William Hugo has secured posi-
ton in the Sturgeon River Lumber
company's mill at Chassell.
The SENTINEL is informed that
Lee Crebassa, who went to Detroit
last week, has joined a volunteer
company in that city.
The boardCof review of Baraga
township was in session at the
Town Hall Tuesday The board
will also meet again Monday, May
23d.
George Johnston, formerly tele-
graph operator at the d., S. s. &
. A. depot in this city, but now
stationed at Calumet, spent Sunday
in town.
Thomas Brady was over from
L'Anse yesterday. Tom is a
genuine, true-blue patriot, and may
yet decide to give the Spaniards a
whirl.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Wilcox and
children returned from Marquette
Monday evening. Mrs. Wilcox had
been visiting friends in that city
for two weeks.
Sunday last, which was firemen'
memorial day, the members Of
Baraga Hose Co. No |, marched in
body to Assinins, and decorated
the graves of departed brethren.
A game of baseball was played
at Assinins Sunday afternoon
hn pnr
Mission team. The game resulted
in score of 20 to 3 in favor of
Baraga.
The vacant store in the Norton
building, formerly occupied by l..
]. Gallagher, is being reprinted and
otherwise improved, and has been
leased by Jonas Johnson, who will
remove his saloon there,
Mrs. LaDue received word Thurs
day from Kenton that her father,
E. II. Ormsby was seriously ill.,
Mrs. LaDue has been living at
L'Anse since Mr.. Ormsby has been
at Kenton. She left for Kenton
yesterday.
A number of men employed by
the hester estate on the drive at the
Yellow Dog river, came in this
week. The drive this spring is
very difficult to operate, but it is
believed that most of the logs can
be gotten out, although at great
expense.
We neglected last week to men
ton the names of the newly elected
officers of Baraga Hose Co. No. l.
They are as follows Chief. A.
Girard; assistant chief, n. Theobold;
foreman, Joe Girard; assistant
foreman, John Cosgrove, jr; secre
tary, John Mcmillan; treasurer,
George Theobold.
Frank LaFreniere captured a
large black bear last week, about
one mile from his farm near New
tonville. He states that there are
several more in that locality.
Frank is an expert at the business
and when he gets through with the
bears in that vicinity he will doubt
less capture tiger.
During the heavy thunder storm
Wednesday evening lightning
struck Philip Foucault's building,
shattering one or two partitions.
The house in which John Peterson
lives was also struck and several
pieces of furniture were reduced to
splinters. Fortunately, however,
no serious damage was done at
either place.
Miss Ina Schultz, who for the |
past three and a half years served
as assistant in the postoffice here,
first for Miss Matte MINIS (now
Mrs. w. E. Doore), and later during
L. ]. Gallagher's term, and since
April 1st for Mrs. J. Mcintosh,
resigned her position on the 18th
inst. Miss Schultz was very
faithful and accommodating official,
as everyone who had business to
do with the Office is aware OF, and
all will regret her withdrawal from
the service. Miss Elsie McKernan,
If ' IL