The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-06-08
LOCAL ITEMS.

L'Anse Thursday.
William Van Orden, OF Houghton,
spent Monday in town.
Jos. Gauthier, Jr., was down
from Dollar Bay Sunday.
John Brennan left for Chicago
Thursday for a few days,
A new bridge now replaces the
old one on Main stree, near Fall
river.
Miss Ella Steinbach and Miss
Laura Brennan spent Sunday with
friends at Keweenaw Bay.
Mrs. Frank Pequette left for
Odanah, Wis, Tuesday, to visit
friends for a few days. -
Miss Eta Shields went to Lake
Linden today to visit her sister,
Mrs. j. A. Smith, for a few weeks.
Henry Russell, of Marquette, the
well-known land locker, was in
L'Anse Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Jacobson came
down from Dollar Bay Sunday to
visit friends. They returned Mon
day.
Gus Londberg, who has been at
tending school at Rock Island, ILL.,,
returned to his home at Skanee
Tuesday.
The L'Anse Junior ball team went
to Baraga last Sunday to play a
junior club of that village. The
L'Anse "kids" were defeated-19
to 8.
p. r. McKernan, W. 7. Menge
and G. 0. Beehler went to Hancock
Tuesday evening to attend the IN
stallation of a lodge of Knights Of
Pythias.
Among those who availed them.
selves of the excursion rates to
Houghton last Sunday were the
Misses Mary and Gertrude Bulger,
Kate Shea, Pearl Cole, John Sterk
and Fred King.
Fred G. Bennett has been en-
gagged to sing at the commencement
exercises of the L'Anse High
School on the 2lst of this month.
He will sing two solos. .-Ishpeming
cor. Marquette Mining Journal.
1t has been decided by the courts
that if bicycle rider falls and sus-
tains an injury on account of dog
barking and swapping at him, the
owner of the animal can be held
responsible for the damages.
The new issue Of Pan-American
postage stamps are now on sale at
the postoffice. The two-cent denomi-
nation illustrates the Empire State
Express, and the .one-cent stamp
contains a picture Of steamer, (pre-
sumably on her way to Buffalo.)
Willie st. Ange returned from
Flint Thursday, to spend his
school vacation at his home in this
village. Willie has been attending
the school for deaf and dumb at
Flint for the past three years. and
is making rapid headway in his
studies. He is an exceedingly
bright little fellow.
j. G. Thomas, OF Ironwood, grand
overseer for the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, for Michigan,
was in town Wednesday and was
present at q meeting of L'Anse
Lodge, No. ia, held that evening
Mr.. Thomas is visiting all lodges of
the. order in this portion Of the
peninsula. 1t is his first trip up
this way.
Nearly fifty men from the Huron
river drive, operated by the Ed
ward Hines Lumber company,
arrived in town Tuesday. The
Hines company has nearly com
pleted operations on the Huron
for this season, the timber having
all been driven down to the bay.
The men were given their checks
at the company's Office in
this village as soon as they ar
rieed, and most of them left for
their homes, some going to
Chicago and others to points in
Wisconsin and lower Michigan.
1t is said that the amount paid
out in checks by the company
to the men who came in Tuesday
aggregated nearly $4,000, which is
but fraction OF the total sum
distributed during the past winter.
This practically ends the operations
OF the Hines company here this
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