The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-03-14
LOCAL ITEMS.

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Next Tuesday will be st. Patrick 8
Day.
Olof Been was in from Skaree
Tuesday.
John Manning, of Marquette, was
In town Monday.
John Gamble, of Houghton, was a
L'Anse visitor this week.
Samuel McKindles was business
visitor at Houghton the fore part of
the week.
John Pote, treasurer OF Spur
township, was q L'Anse visitor
Tuesday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. Arm
strong, Of Houghton, Monday, a
son.
The subject of Rev. B. F. Lewis
discourse at the M. K. church to-
morrow evening will be: "The
Danger Point.
A four-year old son of Charles
Cullnan died at Dollar Bay Monday
T morning. Mr.. Cullnan and family
formerly resided 10 L'Anse.
Mrs. Glenn R. Hathaway, of Pc
quaming, left Monday for st. Johns,
Mich, her former home. She will
make an extended visit.
County school commissioners will
be elected for term OF four years
hereafter. An amendment to the
school laws passed in 1901, extends
the term Of the commissioner from
two to four years.
Edward Erickson. who resides
west of Baraga, was acquitted in
justice court by jury Monday, on
a charge OF having a number OF deer
hides in his possession, one OF the
hides being in the red coat.
George, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Shelefo, who reside near
Pequaming, died Tuesday morning
after a brief illness, aged 2 years,
8 months and "a days. The funeral
was held Thursday morning. Burial
was in tho pinery cemetery.
Mrrriage license number eight for
the present year was issued by
County Clerk NJ. Voetsch Monday,
to Thomas Marksman and Mary
Boyer, both OF the NJ. 4. Mission.
The couple were united in marriage
by Rev. B. +. Lewis.
The weighing Of mail matter has
begun on all upper peninsula routes.
The pouches will be weighed for a
period of no less than q month, when
an average will be struck, on which
will be based the amount to be paid
to the various roads for transport
ing Uncle Sam s mail.
The L'Anse High School girls
have organized basket ball teams
and contests will be had every
Wednesday and Saturday evenings
in the Town Hall. The teams are
under the instruction of Prof. G. A.
Davis. II we cant have hockey We
can certainly have basket ball.
The regular examination OF ap-
plicants for teachers certificates in
Baraga county will be held at the
Court House, 10 this village, Thurs
day and Friday, March 26th and
9th. At the same time, applicants
for admission to the State Agricul-
tural College will be examined.
Easter this year will be neither
very early or very late-April 18th.
The earliest date on which Easter
can possibly fall is March I'D, but
this has not occurred since 1918,
and will not again occur until the
year 1000 has been left well behind.
The latest day for Easter is April
25th. This was the date in 1886,
and will be again in 1943. April
18th is quite favorite day for
Easter. Besides in 1903 IL will
occur in 1914, 1925, 1896 and 1898
five times i'm one century. Good
Friday falls on April 10th and Whit
Sunday on May 31st.
Everybody likes an active boy
one who has the spirit Of the age
q hustler. A lazy, plodding, snail
paced chap might have gotten along
in the world fifty years ago, but he
cant do It in these times. We live
in an age OF quick ideas. Men think,
eat, sleep, court, marry and die
quick. go ahead II you burst your
boiler" is the motto nowadays.
Boys try to catch the spirit Of the
f;mes. no nm and doing. not gaping