The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-07
LOCAL ITEMS.

Bert Sweet, OF Detroit, called up
on the merchants Wednesday.
M. Saxby, of Houghton, was a
Baraga visitor Thursday.
u. Byers has been in Chicago
and Milwaukee theTpast few days.
Funke's mill will commence opera
tions for the season in few days.
John Dalzell, lumber buyer OF De.
troit, was in town part of the week.
Joseph Wolf and Philip Dexter, OF
Pequaming, were in town Wednes-
day.
AL Lyons left for Saginaw Sun
day, where he will visit friends for
several weeks.
The schooner Anna Belle Wilson
loaded with shingles at the hester
estate docks this week.
William Morrison, of Saginaw, is
visiting his daughters, Mrs. p.
hester and Mrs. Charles Boyle.
The steambarge NJ. Sicken took
on a cargo of lumber at hester s
docks this week for eastern ports.
II. Nesbitt returned from lower
Michigan Thursday, where he had
been on a business trip for two
weeks.
1t is understood that Baraga will
have no ball team this season, which
fact will be greatly regretted by
a large number of people,
The postoffice was removed to the
new building south of the Byers
block, last Saturday evening. The
room is large and neatly fitted up.
The months old daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. William A. Graham
died Tuesday morning after a brief
illness. The funeral was held from
the NJ. E. church Thursday morning
at 10 clock, Rev. H. Gillingham,
of L Anse, conducting the service.
Alex Martin has again leased the
Mckinley hotel in this city, and is
rapidly getting the house settled.
His goods arrived from Green Bay
Thursday. Mr.. Martin conducted
the house for over three years, re-
moving to Green Bay last fall. His
many friends in Baraga will well
come him back.
Nicholas Theobold, who con-
drcted the sample room in the
Berg block during the past year,
has formed a partnership with
Frank Foucault and is now located
in the Mcintosh building, where
the firm will at all times carry a
complete line of the best imported
and domestic wines, liquors and
cigars. They cordially invite their
friends to call.
Dan Mcmillan drove to the Belt
mine near Rock land, Tuesday, but
before he was quite ready to start
for home his team became little
hasty and left him. Dan supposed,
of course, that the horses had gone
straight home, but upon his ar
rival found that they were not here.
and the following day went in
search Of them. Dan says the
horses will never play that trick on
him again.
r. Frenette, of L'Anse, assumed
charge of the Chappell House Sat
urday last. The house is being
thoroughly renovated and every
room put in excellent condition.
Mr.. Frenette is a thorough and
competent hotel man, and will con-
duct a first-class house in every
respect His rates will be 81 and
so per day. Special rates by the
week or month. See his adver-
tisement in another column.
The Ontonagon Herald of last
Saturday says. Patrick hester,
representing the hester estate, al
rived here Monday last and set a
crew of men at work erecting a
building on the Cash farm, which
will be used during the summer by
the firm IS boom crew, it being the
intention of the firm to sort their
own logs this season The timber
for replacing the booms removed by
the ID. Nj. Co. last season has ar
rived by rail and will be placed as
fast as possible. For this work,
which will be in charge OF Louis
Cbevrier, the Nesters will keep a
crew of about fifteen men here dur
ing the summer.