The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-01-27
LOCAL ITEMS.

F.F. Webb was over from Baraga
Friday.
ID. Levitan spent Monday and
Tuesday at Dollar Bay.
w. r. Harris, OF Elm River mine,
spent Sunday with his family in this
village.
D.J. Caven, of Marquette, auditor
OF the d., S. S. 4 A. road, was in
town yesterday.
Miss Eliza Turner came down
from the Arcadian Thursday to
visit relatives for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. p Blankenhorn
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. L.,
b. Armstrong, at Houghton,
The mails for Peqaming and
Skanee now leave at IL a. m, near
ly two hours earlier than formerly.
Lent begins this year on Febru-
airy 2Sth. Ash Wednesday falls ON
that day. Easter Sunday will be
April 18th.
Attorney S. l.. Lawton. OF Dun
stan & Hanchette law office, Han
cock, made a business trip to this
village Wednesday.
George Bowen, who has been visit
ing friends in L'Anse and Houghton
for number OF days, returned to
his home at Marquette Sunday after
noon.
On another page of Tue SENTINEL
will be found a complete list OF the
acts and resolutions passed at the
late special session OF the legisla-
turc and signed by the governor.
Mrs. NJ Hansen and son went TO
Hancock Thursday morning, where
they will reside, Mr.. Hansen having
secured Il position in Wendell 4
Schultc's general store in that city.
The fourth annual meeting OF the
Upper Peninsula Educational AS
sociaton was in session al lronwood
Thursday, Friday and today A
number of teachers from this county
were present,
Nelson st. Angc came in from
Covington Monday Since last fall
he has been numbering in that
vicinity, and at present is engaged
in getting out mining timber He
returned to Covington Tuesday
Attorneys =. r. McKernan Of
L'Anse. aud Charles Il. Button, OF
Marquette, were busy at hearing
in the probate court AZ lioughton
Thursday on "A claim OF Harvey
Seldcn. of L'Anse, VS.. the Ruppe
estate. Mining Journal.
The Gogebc Daily Journal, which
has been published in lronwood
since last May, announced a sus-
pension of publication last Saturday
evening, the reason given being that
the paper has not been a paying
venture.
Do not miss attending the pro-
greSsive pedro party To be given in
the Town Hall thus evening under
the auspices of the Young Ladies'
Social club. An admission fee of
% cents will be charged, which will
Include refreshments. The pro-
ceeds will be used for the benefit of
Sacred Heart church.
Rev. FIR. Collins, pastor of Sacred
Heart church in this village for
nearly "a year, left for Quebec yes
terday. 1t is not known at present
who will be his successor here.
During FIR. Collins residence in
L'Anse, he made many warm
friends, who greatly regret
his departure. Thursday evening
number of friends met at his
residence to bid him farewell
1t doesn t appear to be generally
known that when man draws a
check to his own order he needn t
put two-cent stamp on it. If you,
for instance, want to get some money
from your own account, all you nee d
to do is to change your check so
that it reads like receipt. Write
received of" in the banks name,
cross the words "pay to the order
of" and then fill in the spaces with
the amount of money required and
sign as usual, and you have there G
check that is legal without stamp.
The government decided that this
could be done last August, but it
gave no great publicity to its de-
cision, and probably not one private