The L'Anse sentinel., 1898-09-24
CITY ITEMS.

III tOVh Oh ouOihNoo ihoAoeeJ'
Clark Young, OF Marquette, trans
acted business in town Wednesday.
A number of Lake View Desert
Indians arrived in town this week.
Supervisor John Lyons, of Gov
ington, was in town part OF the
week.
The passenger train from the
east was over two hours late
Wednesday evening.
Charles Frederichs, of Houghton,
transacted business in town this
week.
Peter E. Ruppe, of Calumet, en-
ioyed few days partridge hunting
in this vicinity this week.
The L 'Anse Pressed Brick Com
pany shipped carload OF fine brick
to the copper country this week
John Campbell is having extern
sive repairs made to his house on
Main street, near the Nj. r. church.
Jacobson & Levitan S store will be
closed Monday until 6 o'clock p. M,
in observance of a Jewish holiday,
Give a man the little he says he
wants here below and he'll kick him
self because he didn't t ask for more
Mrs. G.. F. Beehler returned from
Calumet Wednesday, where she had
been visiting relatives and friends
for number of days.
Charles Cullnan, formerly of
L'Anse, but a resident OF Dollar
Bay for the past year, has sold his
saloon business and property in
that town.
The annual report of the board of
education of the township OF l. 'Anse
for the year ending September 9th,
1898, compiled by Clerk Voetsch,
will be found on page eight
Mr.. E. W. Hebard who has spent
the past three years in California,
gave very interesting talk on
California and the gold fields at the
Opera House Thursday evening.
Adam was certainly in luck. When
he got a wife he only had to give up
a rib: but now it takes all the back
bone some men have got just to
think of getting married.
An infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bodin died Wednes-
day afternoon at O'Clock. The
funeral was held from the Sacred
Heart church yesterday morning
at 9 O'Clock. The child was only
about three months old. AZ
The internal revenue department
decided that the holders of an un-
stamped check may stamp it and
cancel the stamp, that the check
need not be sent back to the maker
to be stamped. This is common
sense. The object of cancellation is
to prevent the reuse of the stamp.
Highway Commissioner Robert
Reynolds, of this township, with a
force of eight men, commenced the
construction of road, Wednesday,
from the Taylor mine to Vermilac
Siding, the latter .;nown as Worm
Lake, a distance of about eight
miles Mr.. Reynolds states that it
will take about four weeks to
complete the work.
Rev. FIR. w. H. Joisten, formerly
pastor of the Sacred Heart church
in this city, but now presiding over
a congregation in Bessemer, visited
friends in town part OF the week.
FIR. Joisten states that his new field
of labor is very pleasant. The peo-
pie of Bessemer are indeed to be
congratulated upon having secured
such an able and faithful pastor.
Arrivals at Hotel Thomas during
the week: HI. G.. Work, Watertown,
Wis. w. r. Smith, H. L. O'Neil,
Chicago; Fred G. Rogers, Pequam-
ing; j. H. Neoman, Paul Wahlsurch,
Milwaukee; w. A. Currie, G. G.
Spencer, Duluth; G. B. Gale, Calu-
met; T. +. Tracy, st. Paul; H. c.
Barnes, St. Joseph, Mich; Oscar
Zellen, Skanee; Walton McNeel, st.
Louis; Samuel Phelps, Detroit.
The sixteenth annual fair Of the
Marouettee County Agricultural
society will be held in Marquette
city Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day of next week, September 18th,
29th and Both. For the occasion the
D., S. S. & A. railway has made ex-
tremely low rates for the round
trip from all points, tickets good
for return passage until October Sd,
inclusive. The fare from L'Anse
and return will be only $3.50, and
from Baraga $2.70.
Everyone knows that furlough
is q leave of absence granted a
soldier, yet few are aware that it
requires special permission at the
present time,to don citizen s dress
while on furlough. The com
manding officer can issue furlough
at almost any time If the circum;
stances are declared sufficient. Yet
this same officer cannot grant
authority for his subordinate to
drop his uniform for the time being
If a man desires such permission
the request must be forwarded to
Washington and be acceded to by
tie war department. -Ex.