The L'Anse sentinel., 1900-05-05
LOCAL ITEMS.


part OF the week in town.
F. Sengebusch and H. ]. Seifert
were at Houghton Wednesday.
Supervisor Charles H. Anderson
was in from Skanee Tuesday.
]. W. Aston, of Laird, trans
acted business in L'Anse Wednes-
day.
D. Levitan has rented Jacob
Beehringer's residence on Broad
street.
Angus Smith, of Detroit, son OF
S. L. Smith, was in town Saturday
and Sunday.
Capt. w. Been and August Paul
son, of Skanee, were in town the
first Of the week.
Rev. ]. H. DeLacy, OF Baraga,
spent few hours in L'Anse Thurs
day afternoon.
Jacob Boehringer intends to go to
Marquette in few days, where he
will make his home with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Sundberg.
1t is understood that the night
trains between Calumet and Mes
toria on the South Shore road will
be resumed in about two weeks.
Miss Adeline Beehler, who has
been visiting relatives in Calumet
for a few weeks, returned home
Friday, accompanied by her niece,
Florence Guck.
Sheriff Girard is having the dwell
ing rooms in the Jail building
kalsomined and put in neat condi-
ton, which is q much needed i'm
provement.
The annual tax sale began at the
Court House Tuesday morning and
County Treasurer Menge was kept
exceedingly busy for three or four
days. The sale was well attended.
Mrs. W. T. Menge and son, ac-
companied by Mrs, Nenge's mother,
Mrs. A. Wahl returned from the
copper country Tuesday, where
they had been visiting friends for a
number of days.
Saturday last J. B. Belanger
finished the planting OF fifty bushels
of potatoes on his farm about one
mile from town. Pretty good for
this northern country in the month
ofaApril,
W. H. Farrell, lumber inspector,
who has been at Baraga for some
time, was in L'Anse Tuesday. Mr..
Farrell went to Dollar Bay this
week, where be has large contract
of injecting for the Dollar Bay
Land & Improvement Co.
Word was received Monday that
Miss Edith Williams, clerk in the
Office Of the secretary of state at
Lansing, is i'll with typhoid fever,
which is indeed unwelcome news to
her many friends here. Miss Annie
Williams left for Lansing Thursday.
Trout fishing season opened Mon
day. Bright and early on the
opening day, no less than twenty
five men and boys could be seen
scattered among the logs and on
the bridges of Fall river, all striv-
ing to make the first catch of the
season.
The official proceedings of the
meetings of the township board OF
Covington township, will be pub
lished in The SENTINEL for the en-
suing year. Both the township
board and school board have taken
the proper step, by having the pro-
ceedings OF the meetings published,
which action will certainly be APP
preciated.
Joseph Belanger has our thanks
for a fine, large brook trout, which
he caught early Tuesday morning
and presented long before the
breakfast hour. Joe got up early
and doubtless has the honor OF
catching the first trout in this
vicinity on the opening Of the
season. 1t weighed over two
pounds and was beauty.
The census enumerators appoint
ed for Baraga county by Robert J.
Bates, supervisor of the census in
the twelfth district, are as follows:
August Gilman, Arvon township;
Harry Wilcox. Baraga township;
Richard J. Howes, Covington town
ship; Martin voetscb, L'Anse
township; James NcKercher, Spur
township. The enumerators will