The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-21
LOCAL ITEMS.

r. G. Williams was at the copper
country Friday.
Henry Murphy returned from Du-
luth Tuesday, after an absence of
about four months.
The snowfall of the past week has
been the cause of much delay in the
arrival of mail trains from Chicago
and Detroit.
Circuit court for Baraga county will
convene at the Court House in this
village Monday, Jan. 9Th. AS usual,
the term will be short, no import
ant cases being on the docket.
The L'Anse public schools will
close Tuesday afternoon for the holi-
day vacation, to reopen on Thurs
day, Jan. End. This allows the
teachers and scholars only a weeks
vacation this year.
W.K. .Haviland, Jr., returned from
Portland, Ore, Tuesday. He left
Wednesday for Pequaming to be at
the bedsids of his mother who has
been very i'll with typhoid fever.
1t is understood that Mrs. Haviland
| is slowly improving.
Mrs. Chas. Cullnan, formerly OF
L'Anse, who went west with her
husband some months ago, for her
health, is reported to be regaining
her strength rapidly. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cullnan are at present located at
Spokane Falls, WASH, where they
expect to remain until spring.
Jas. H. Huling, an old time resi-
dent of L'Anse, arrived in the
village Thursday evening from
Williamsport, Pa, where he had
been visiting friends and relatives.
Mr.. Huling makes his home at
Lewiston, Idaho, and will leave for
there in a day or so. He left this
town four years ago.
Christmas services will be held in
the M. E. church Sunday evening.
There will be special music and o
Christmas sermon by the pastor,
Rev. J. M. Shank. On Christmas
eve, the annual Christmas tree
celebration will be held at Pequam-
ing, to which everybody is given a
cordial and welcome invitation.
The train from the east was about
four hours late Friday morning.
The cause of the delay was owing
to the Chicago & Northwestern
trains. AS consequence the
Pequaming and Skanee mail stages
were about two hours behind
schedule time in leaving L'Anse,
this being the distributing point
for the mail pouches destined for
those places.
Services of semi-dedicatory
nature are to be held at the Central
M. E. Church, Iron Mountain, on
Sunday, Dec. 29th, in honor of the
many improvements which have just
been made to the edifice. 1t is ex-
pected that Rev. John M. Shank, of
L'Anse, former pastor, will be
present and deliver an address,
Press.
Word has been received at Dollar
Bay from J.. H. Mclaughlin, who is
now in Denver, COL, for the pur-
pose Of recuperating his health.
that he is getting substantial bene-
fit in that western climate. Mr..
Mclaughlin was formerly resi-
dent of L'Anse, but on account OF
poor health sold out his saloon busi-
ness here last March and left for
Chicago, going from there to Den
yer. Mrs. Mclaughlin and little
daughter are at present residing
at Dollar Bay.
Calumet News: "John w. .Gunnis,
of Duluth, who was formerly in the
tug business when L'Anse was in a
prosperous condition by reason OF
its iron ore shipments, was in Calu-
met Tuesday looking up old-time
friends. He called on Bat Shea,
Ii. G. Guck, John G. Vivian and the
News reporter. Mr.. Gunnis is in
terested in very promising oil
property in Wyoming, which pro-
duces good quality Of lubricating
oil, of which he had sample with
him."