The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-03-15
LOCAL ITEMS.

Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. b. Nelson,
sf Pequaming, Friday Of last week,
. ten-pound boy.
A delegation Of Eve or six from
Pequaming attended the hockey
games at Houghton this week.
J. b. Settle, who represents the
Singer Sewing Machine Co., at Ish,
peming, Was in L'Anse this week.
The heavy rainstorm OF Monday
evening, was something unusual for
the Lake Superior country in the
fore part OF March.
Two infant children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred w. Hebard, at Pequam.
ing, have been quito i'll. A trained
nurse is in attendance.
Calumet and Marquette" are
the names Of the two new sleeping
ears which the @. /, NJ. &iSt. p. R'y
has put on the run between Chicago
and Calumet.
Three years ago last Wednesday
occurred one OF the worst snow
storms the upper peninsula had
known in many years. There was
quite contrast between March IL,
1893, and March IL, 1902.
The examination in justice court
Of the two young Indian boys held
on the charge OF criminal intimacy
with . young Indian girl, has been
further postponed until Wednesdsy )
next. Bail has not yet been fur
nished.
Several OF the "kid" sports OF the
village went to Houghton to witness
the hockey games between the
Portage Lake and the Pittsburg
Athletic Club teams. The games
we're played Monday and Tuesday
evenings, Houghton winning the
first and Pittsburg the second.
Marshal Cosgrove, OF Baraga,
brought over another boarder for
the sheriff Tuesday. His name is
Charles Anderson, and he got on
board an overdose OF bad whiskey
Sunday, going on rampage.
For his fun he will sojourn for ten
days in the "cooler. !"
An old barn, formerly used as a
slaughter house, loca ted on S. l..
Smiths townsite property half a
mile from town, was destroyed by
fire about 5 o'clock Monday morn
ing. 1t is presumed that tramps
set fire to the place.
d. N. Davis, deputy for the
Modern Woodmen, who was in this
vicinity last summer injecting GIN
ger into the life OF the local camps,
is at present working in the towns
of Iron county. His latest success
was at Amasa, where he succeeded
10 getting twenty applications for
membership in lodge to be organ.
lied there.
Preparations are being made for
an early resumption OF operations
at Chas. Hebard & Sons mills at
Pequaming. Ben Brink, superin-
tendent OF operations at the mill
properties was in the copper coun.
try this week.. making purchases
of new machinery. and material
for repairing parts OF the mill
plant. When improvements and
additions OF this character are con
stantly being made, it would seem
that all rumors of the firms removal
from Pequaming ought to be dis
PEELED.
THE SENTINEL has been favored
with a copy OF the 1902 edition o
"The Copper Handbook" manua
of the copper industry OF the world
compiled and published by Horace
]. Stevens, Of Houghton. Thi'
valuable book contains 416 pages
besides advertising section, ant
would seem to be indispensable t,
the average person desiring to &C
quire a knowledge OF the copper
mines and the industry as it Il
carried on today. It is the onll
work published that Is devoted ex
clusively to copper and coppet
statistics. There are listed ant
described some 700 copper mines o
the world, the length OF the descrip
tions varying from q few lines Il
unimportant properties to dozel
pages i'm the case OF the larges
mines. The author, Mr.. Stevens, !
recognized authority OF matter
pertaininQ to the copper industry