The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-03
LOCAL ITEMS.

Peter Clyne has been very sick
with pneumonia for several days.
DIR. ]. G.. Turner, of the Arcadian
mine, spent Sunday with his family
here.
Frank Plover, OF the M. f. Mis-
sion, is confined to his nome oy
illness.
James II. Huling, OF Skanee. was
shaking hands with friends IN town
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Alex. G. Shields went to
Lake Linden Wednesday to visit
her daughter, Mrs. j. Albert Smith,
Grace Harris, Marion Halsey and
Donald Young were confined TO
their homes this week with the
Group.
Walter Edgerton, who has been
employed at Houghton for the past
two years, returned home last
week.
Frank Hall, Of the NJ r. Mission,
brought in two fine deer Saturday
last. He had been hunting near the
Silver river. ~
Miss Edith Williams returned
from the copper country Wedncs-
day, where she had been sojourning
for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Thomas, of
Pequaming. visited Mr. and Mrs
Allen Johnston Thursday Mr.
Thomas left for Houghton Monday
Miss Maud Aller, teacher in one
of the schools at the Quincy mine
location. IIoughton county, spent
part of last week the guest OF Miss
Libbic Columbus.
The members of Meadow Brook
Hive, L. Q. T. NJ. will give their
annual ball in the Town Hall on the
evening of January I'd. A grand
time may be expected.
II. T. Ingersoll, formerly in busi-
ness here, but who has for several
months conducted "a grocery store
at Houghton, has sold his business
to c. p. Hill, of Appleton, Wis
Mr. Ingersoll has not as yet decided
upon any definite plans for the
future.
No door is thick enough to keep
out the newspaper and its advcrtis-
ing; no chamber is too remote or
too quiet for the family paper; no
surveillance is too strict but the
newspaper isadmitted and it brings
its message of wars and rumors of
war, of election, accidents. marriages,
births and deaths and advertise
mentS.
William r. Nengc. county
treasurer.elect. resigned the Office
of treasurer Of L'Anse township,
last week, and Michael Culliney
was appointed by the township
board III his successor. MIR. Cul-
liney filed his bonds Monday and
has entered upon the duties of his
office. He is young man well
qualified for the office, and com
mands the respect OF the community.
His appointment meets with gen
eral approval.
George IT, Jackson. a member Of
Co. l., Thirty-fourth Michigan
Volunteers, who was mustered
out OF the service OF Uncle Sam at
Marquette Friday of last week, was
shaking hands with friends in town
Sunday. George was right in the
front during the hot times at
Santiago, and also had siege of
necessary he would cheerfully brave
the hardships again. He is now
travelling agent for ST.. Luke S
hospital, Marquette.
The open season for deer having
closed, the farmers who live any
where near the haunts of the fleet
footed animals may now come out
of their cellars and go about their
ordinary work without fear of stop
ping some stray bullet. And the
hunters who escaped from the woods
with their lives might also observe
sort of supplementary Thanksgiv-
ing day in gratitude for their
escape.
The postoffice department an
nounces that hereafter private postal
cards will be admitted to the mails
for Canada and Mexico at the do
mestic postage rate of one cent
each and to the mails for other
foreign countries at the postal union
rate of two cents each. This is an
extension of the privilege granted
to the public few months ago of
printing private postal cards OF a
certain dimension and design for
use in the domestic mail. The con-
ditions under which such cards may
be used are, that they shall not ex-
ceed 81 by 5t inches in dimensions;
that they must be at least 2 Is l6 by
A 1916 inches; that they shall be
substantially of the same quality as
the regular government postal card,
OF n white, cream, light-gray or
light-buff color, and the words,
Private mailing card, authorized
by act OF congress Of May Is, 1898, :"
be printed on the address side. The
postage is to be attached.