The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-11-15
LOCAL ITEMS.

Monday.
Mrs. John Sterk spent Sunday in
the copper country.
Examinations were conducted in
the public schools during the past
week.
d. Levitan spent the week in
Chicago. He was accompanied by
his son Willie.
Mrs. L. A.. Columbus, of Battle
Creek, Mich, is visiting in town for
a few days.
Mrs. John O'Connor and daugh-
ter Miss Rose, visited friends and
relatives at Houghton Sunday.
Gust Carlson died at his home in
this village last week after "a long
illness. A widow survives him.
Wick O'Connell was the first
Houghton man to get consign-
ment of deer. He got two OF them
from L'Anse Sunday.-Gazette.
At special meeting Of the village
council, held Monday evening, Dr.
w. A. Zellen was appointed health
officer of L 'Anse village.
Two fine deer were shipped from
L'Anse to Lake Linden Monday
evening. They were bagged by
Fred Knepper, of the latter place.
Marriage licenses were issued
this week by County Clerk Geo. o.
Beehler to William Pihlaja and
Miss Ida Hutula, both of Covington;
and Christian A. Almli and Miss
Nora Nelson, both Of Pequaming
The board of canvassers met at
the Court House, in this village,
Tuesday afternoon, to go over the
returns from the various townships
in the county Of last weeks election.
A summary of the vote will be
found in another column.
Abner Sherman, OF Houghton,
spent part of the week on land
cruise in the vicinity of L'Anse.
He left for the woods Tuesday morn
ing, and provided himself with q
cowbell with the intention OF strap
ping it around his waist to lessen
his chances of being shot for deer
by some over-ambitious hunter.
Miss Mary Shea, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. C. d. Shea, OF L'Anse, who
has held the position of cashier in
the store of Hodgson Bros. & Hoar
Houghton, for the past two years,
has resigned to accept position
with the |. E. Swift Hardware com
pany, OF Houghton. Miss Shea
new duties will include stenography
and typewriting
The SENTINEL acknowledges the
receipt of souvenir booklet from
the National Grange in Michigan.
1t is brim full of facts, statistical
and otherwise, relating to the re-
sources, industries and institutions
of Michigan. 1t is illustrated, Civ
ing Michigan's representatives in
congress, state officers, and others,
and also gives map of the state
for 1902.
1t is said that some Calumet
hunters learned lesson last week
near this village. Hearing stir
in the woods near by they blazed
away and brought down the game.
But the animal killed proved to be a
horse belonging to a logging con-
tractor, who was near enough to
capture the hunters before they
got away. They paid him $3.50 for
the horse. 1t was dear hunt, at
any rate.
A group meeting OF the Methodist
Episcopal ministers of this vicinity
was held at Champion Tuesday and
Wednesday. Presiding Elder Rev.
C. M. Thompson, OF Marquette, was
present and about fifteen preachers
attended. Rev. b. f. Lewis, OF
this village, was among those pres
ent, and he reports that the visiting
ministers we're we'll entertained.
Rev. Lewis returned Wednesday
evening.
Fewer cigarettes are sold and
more smoked than ever before. It's
all in the rolling. Five or six years
ago cigarette smokers paid five
cents for ten cigarettes. Now the
five-cent packages OF cigarettes
have been forgotten for the ten cent
packages OF tobacco with the paper
free, and the once all-popular ready
made cigarettes rest in the show
4 case growing dry and dusty waiting
h'for the occasional customer.