The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-01-23
LOCAL ITEMS.
Lent begins Feb. 18th.

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Miss Lizzie Beehler returned Fri.
day evening from a weeks visit in
Calumet.
Miss Louisa Smith, Of Houghton
was the guest OF Miss Theresa
Menge this week.
Attorney 1. A. Randall, of Hough.
ton, transacted business in L'Anse
the fore part Of the week.
Miss Elsie McKernan returned to
her home in Houghton Friday,
after few days visit with friends
in L'Anse.
Mrs. A. w. Langdon and Miss
Alice Reynolds went to Skanee
Tuesday to visit Mrs. c. Fl. Ander-
son for few days.
Lewis Reynolds returned home
last week from Lawrence, Kansas,
where he had been for nearly three
years. During his absence he
acquired the blacksmith trade.
Samuel McKindles andidaughter
Laura left Friday night for Sault
Ste. Marie, to attend the hockey
games between the Portage Lakes
and Soos, Saturday and Monday
evenings.
The Misses Florence and Rebecca
Campbell entertained number OF
their school friends Tuesday even
ing at a party at the home OF their
uncle, w. L. Mason. A very pleas
ant evening was spent.
A diamond drill to be used at the
Taylor mine explorations south Of
L'Anse, arrived Monday. The vari-
Gus portions of the outfit were load
ed on sleighs from the cars and
transferred to the mine.
p. O'Brien, editor of the Iron
River-Stambaugh Reporter, and S.
L. Sherman, of the Butler County
Times, of Bristow, Iowa, spent a
few hours in L'Anse Tusday, and
made THE SENTINEL Office pleasant
call.
County Clerk Voetsch issued a
marriage license Wednesday to
David HI. Persons, of Covington, and
Miss Minnie C. Bray, of Ishpeming.
Only two marriage permits have
been issued in Baraga county thus
far this year.
The county treasurer annual re-
port of liquor taxes collected in
Baraga county is published in this
issue of THE SENTINEL. The report
shows there were nineteen saloons
doing business in the county during
1903, for which total tax of nearly
$40, 900 was collected.
Although Easter Monday is
several weeks distant, the members
OF l. 'Anse Camp. NJ. W. OF A., have
planned to give dance on that
date. At a meeting of the lodge
Tuesday evening a committee on
general arrangements was appoint
ed, and the boys propose to make.
their first party hummer.
N. r. High, representing the
Kerredge theater at Hancock, was
in L'Anse Thursday, making ar
rangements TO secure enough
patrons for a special train to be run
to Hancock next Wednesday even
ing. The attraction at the Kerredge
that evening will be Daniel
Sully, in "The Old Mil Stream.
Mr.. High secured the names of
sufficient number to warrant run
ing special train.
George Degagne, who has con-
tract to put in about one million
feet OF mixed timber from a tract of
land two miles from this village, is
making use of the large barn,
near Fall river, formerly owned by
the L 'Anse Lumber Company, as
camp for the men. The logging
operations are so near, that the men
are in town every evening. A crew
Of twenty-five men is employed.
Mrs. Fl. c. Guck, OF Calumet.
visited at the home of her mother,
Mrs. G. f. Beehler, the past few
days. Mrs. Beehler was IS years OF
age Sunday, and Saturday last a
number of her friends assembled at
her home to appropriately celebrate
the event. A very pleasant after
noon was spent, and all united 10
wishing Mrs. Beehler many more
anniversaries. She is one OF L 'Anse'
noble aud honored women.