The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-18
LOCAL ITEMS.


visiting friends in town.
F. G. Bennett, the candy man Of
Ishpeming, called on his trade in
the village Thursday.
Henry Johnston returned Sunday
afternoon from q brief visit with
relatives at the Arcadian.
Miss Rosanna Menard returned
Sunday from a months visit with
friends and relatives at Lake Lin
den.
Mrs. John r. Thomas went to
Marquette last Saturday, where
she spent the week visiting among
friends and acquaintances.
Miss Rose Blankenhorn returned
from Houghton Tuesday evening,
where she had been visiting rela-
tives and friends for several days.
George DeGagne, who left L'Anse
in July last for the west, returned
Tuesday evening. Mr.. DeGagne
will be remembered as the we'll
known lumberman who operated in
Baraga and Houghton counties for
years. He invariably jobbed for
Walter Prickett, of Sidnaw. He
went west on prospecting tour
OF the timber regions OF Washing
ton and Oregon, in the interest of
Michigan parties, and intends to
return to that region in two or
three weeks. While there he made
his headquarters at Portland, Ore.
He came east on business connected
with lawsuit in which some Michi-
gan and Wisconsin parties are in
volved. Mr.. DeGagne expresses
the opinion that there is a great
future for the lumber industry of
Oregon and Washington. He says
there are openings for all progress
sive young men with limited capital
in almost every branch OF business.
1t appears that some outside
papers are laboring under false
impressions concerning the prev
alence of scarlet fever and diph-
iberia at Pequaming, nine miles
north from L'Anse. From an item
appearing in the Houghton Gazette
Wednesday one would be led to
believe that the town was isolated
from the outside world entirely.
Such is not the case, and when re-
ports OF this character become
widely circulated they have ten
dency to injure the business inter-
ests of community. There is the
regular communication by stage
daily between L'Anse and Pequam-
ing, the mails are transferred as
usual, the postoffice and the COM
pany's general store have not been
closed as reported, and the diseases
have been confined to two or three
families. The public school in both
departments, however, has been
closed since December Oath, and the
holding of church services has also
been discontinued for the past two
weeks, but both will no doubt be
allowed to reopen next week. The
cases have been doing well.
A couple of individuals OF the
weary Willie" type, were observed
perambulating the streets of the
village Sunday evening, admiring
the architectural beauty OF our
residences and business blocks,
About the hour of 10 p. m. one OF
them pounded on the door OF a
residence on Railroad street and
applied for a nights lodging, max
ing known his wants in no uncertain
language, He was told that they
did not keep dodgers or boarders at
that house, but kept a dog and a
very reliable shotgun. Thereupon
the fellow made his way directly
across the street to the residence
occupied by Vim. LeDuc and
family. Mr. LeDuc inquired Of
the belated caller what he wanted,
aud received response OF an ex-
ceedingly personal nature, casting
particular discredit upon his
ancestry and present status in the
community. "Billy" resented such
calling down, and gave his visitor
to understand that he was fairly
we'll up in the art OF self defense,
and advanced toward the fellow In
threatening attitude, when the
"knight OF the road" disappeared
In the darkness, remarking as he
left: "Oh, you're oil right. 7"