The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-10-13
LOCAL ITEMS.
D. Levitan was at Houghton Fri


Axel Erickson, of Skanee, was in
town Thursday.
J. F. Holland, of Grand Rapids,
was L'Anse visitor Thursday.
Octave Seavoy was confined to his
home several days this week by
illness.
George Loosemore and John
McComb, of Skanee, were L'Anse
visitors Thursday.
Charles H. Menge and John Her
lick returned Monday from ten
days trip to Chicago.
Mrs. Joseph Sewell, of Hancock,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. P. G.
Murphy several days this week.
Miss Gertrude Mcdowell and Miss
Mary Brennan, OF Alston, spent
Sunday last with L'Anse friends.
Mrs. Frank Collins spent severa
days this week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Duquette, OF
Pelkie.
Miss Louise Blankenhorn re-
turned Thursday from a month S
visit with friends in the copper
country.
r. F. Hasbrook, publisher OF the
Bessemer Free Press was in town
Monday, and paid The SENTINEL a
pleasant call.
The chicken pie supper to be given
by the ladies of the M. E. church
society will be held Thursday even
ing, November 1st.
John McComb, of Skanee, has
harvested nearly six hundred bushels
of potatoes grown on less than one
and one-half acres Of land.
Mrs. B. F. jenkins, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. E. L. Mas
son, for number of days,S returned
to her home in Chicago Monday.
The tug boat Sheldon was in this
port Wednesday evening. 1t re-
turned Thursday morning with the
empty coal barges, for Houghton.
Thursday John McComb and
George Loosemore, Of Skanee, purs
chased a fine team of draft mares,
with colts by side, from Oscar San
regret, of this village.
Roy Nichols, for number years
circulator and reporter for various
copper country papers, was in
town Thursday. Mr.. Nichols is
now knight of the grip" travel
ing in the interest Of Chicago
paint concern.
Supervisors Olof Been, OF Arvon;
F. w. Schwalm, Baraga; John sklf-
man, Covington, and S. I. McKer-
cher, Spur, were in town the fore
part OF the week, in attendance at
the annual meeting of the county
board.
The cold wave, predicted by Devoe,
the celebrated weather prophet,
several months ago, proved true.
Monday the weather began to show
signs of a change, and Tuesday and
Wednesday this vicinity was visited
by a snow storm. Several inches
of the beautiful fell, but did sot res
main any length of time.
The Denver Express, a five act
drama, was presented in the Opera
House Tuesday evening to small,
but appreciative audience. The
show was portrayal of western life
in by-gone days, accompanied by the
usual amount of shooting, Indian
attacks, and love scenes, in
terspe rsed with severa
mechanical stage effects, and was 10
a general manper pleasing.
Sunday last was one OF the busiest
days at the new dock during the
season. Saturday night two large
scows, one containing about two
hundred tons OF coal for the electric
lighting plant, and the other the
hosting apparatus, arrived in this
port and was busily engaged in pre-
pairing to unload its cargo. During
the forenoon the tug boat Rogers
arrived with large raft OF poles for
the L. S. & p. l. Company, and in
the afternoon the Nellie Cotton ar
rived with raft for the Worcester
Lumber Company. Shortly after
the arrival OF the latter boat, the
Attention towed raft OF poles into
this port, All OF the above named
boats remained at the dock over
night.