The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
LOCAL ITEMS.
June roses.
School closes.
Commenceme Mt poses.

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Marquette last Saturday.
Miss Annie Sterk returned from a
visit to Calumet Friday.
Miss Selma Menge went to Hough-
ton Monday to visit friends.
John Dalzell, of Detroit, was in
town part of the week, on business.
Charles Foster, of Thompson, Pa. /,
visited relatives in town Tuesday.
Miss Mary Wallace returned to
her home at Houghton Monday.
Roger c. Williams was in the
copper country on business several
days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Allen and
daughter, of Marquette, spent Sun
day and Monday in town.
A new sidewalk has been put
down front of the O'Connor resi-
dence and the lot is being graded.
Miss Della Menard went to South
Lake Linden Friday for month S
visit with friends and relatives.
The interior of the psstoffice
building has received much
needed renovating. 1t now pre-
sents very neat appearance.
M. Wallace was down from
Houghton the fore part Of the week
angling for the finny beauties ia the
neighboring streams.
Mrs. L. B. Armstrong returned
to her home at Houghton Wednes-
day, accompanied by her sister,
Miss Rose Blankenhorn
Roger Gamache has the leading
part in dialogue to be given at the
school entertainment Saturday
evening, June 10th, entitled, II am
a maa" 1t will be interesting.
On Monday, John Brogan, a
pupil in the grammar room, was
struck in the face by a stone
thrown by boy playmate, infict-
ing slight wound.
The Chicago Journal says: EN-
ployers look at the boys fingers
now when he asks for job. If the
fingers have yellow stain on them,
the boy doesn't get it. Cigarette.
The friends of DIR. Geo. McElveen,
who is we'll known in L'Anse, will
be pleased to learn that he has been
appointed assistant surgeon of the
Third Infantry, Michigan National
Guards, with the rank of captain.
Last night was held the regular
meeting of the Christian Endeavor
society for the summer. Next
Friday night special meeting OF
a social nature will be held at the
the residence of Rev. j. M. Shank.
At Ironwood last week four
year old boy was kicked by horse
and killed, as result of system oi
using the public streets for pastur'
age purposes. Ironwood is not the
only town in the upper peninsula
where the streets are used for such
purposes.
The reasoning of children is some.
times akin to logic. Papa" said
small Oracle, "why does the minister
always have glass of water on the
pulpit?" "To quench his thirst, ]
suppose, replied the father. "Oh, y
said the little observer, Il thought
it was because his sermons were sc
dry. School Moderator.
The millions of people who have
frequent occasion to transmit sums
of money under five dollars through
the mails are at present without
any cheap and convenient means Of
doing it. A bill is now before con
gress to remedy this state of things
This bill, known as the post clerk
money bill, provides that all treas
ury notes and coin certificates now
in existence shall be replaced by
notes and certificates of similar
style bearing on their face blank
spaces for use as checks when de-
sired. Under ordinary circum
stances these bills are to circulate
as currency, with the space lef,
blank. When the holder Of one de-
sires to transmit to another person
the sum represented by his note OF
certificate, he writes after the
words pay to" the name and ad
dress OF the payee, and sends the
paper, which has now become 9
draft on the treasurer OF the United
States, by mail.