The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
LOCAL NOTES AND COMMENT

1LoCAL NOTES AND CoMMENT,
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y. B.. Pratt 4 Co., our busy
IgrooDrs AID clothiers, have re-.
moved their entire and wolf as.
sorted stock Of clothing, furnish.
ings and boots, and shoes from
their branch store at Biwsbik to
their store in this city and are
offering great bargains in same.
In place of the stock removed
from their Biwabik store they
have put IN complete line Of
drugs, patent medicines and sun
dries. MI. Seeley, manager OF
the Biwabik branch, and Mr..
Pratt are both registered ph.r'
macists In Michigan. aud with q
little brushing up on back mum
bers, either could easily swing
in under the requirements of the
Minnesota code.
| Attorney McNeel Is now ou,
for the land, and has this week
built his home and 'squatted''
on a piece Of land near Ely lake.
Nc looks like . typica! home
steader, and to Judge from the
amouut of provisions he takes
out to camp he must be blessed
with the acute digestive powers
and other necessary qualitics.
t,ons peculiar to q frontiersman.
The Christmas Bazaar held by
the Ladies' Aid Society of the
M. E.. church in the Mesaba Bak-
cry building on Tuesday and
Wednesday, was = success from
every point. The ladies had an
elegant assortment of fancy ar.
ticles. the result Of their handi-
work, and more staple articles
in great variety. We failed to
learn the net proceeds of the af.
fair, but suffice it to say that the
ladies' arc we'll satisfied.
Oscar Korby has decided to
close out his business in this
|city, and having leased his build
ing from January 1st he offers
exceptional bargains in every
department, to close. Mr.. Kor.
by willhereafter devote his at'
tention to business in Eveleth.
where he is connected with Mr..
S. A. Erickson in = general mor'
chandise establishment.
The Duluth News-Tribune has
~" ~--+ 81 =, ~'~'* for illus.
pearance Y. some of Duluth's s
promlnent people now gcaces It's
ipages from time to time. This
evidence of new enterprise will
do we'll for 9 time, but we warn
them to beware Of that day whe:
those more or less illustrious
personages will tire of seeing 8
poor picture of tho bung-hole Of
a beer barrel irreligiously label
ed, and then will be outpoured
whole vials of wrath,
LosT.-A small grip between
the Virginia Hospital | and Chest
nut street, containing medicine:
and tooth forceps. Finder viii
receive a reward by returning
same to The Virginia Hospital
In It's last issue The Enterprise
neglected mention of the fac
that Marshal Mcpherson is out
again after the tedious seige oc
casioned by the accidentin which
his foot was jammed while jump
ING between cars sOmo weeks
ago. Dan lost some toes, bu1
still has q good chunk of a foot
left, and complete recovery will
nearly or quite obliterate all ap
parent evidences of the mishap'
|CThe first number of the Eve
leth Star, published by P. Ellart
Bowling, has reached our table
Bearing uImistakable signs O
being printed in the Iron Jour
nal Office it is, geographically
meat. Its publisher states tha
revenue is the prime object of it:
existence. So also with mos
newspaper enterprises. which &C
counteth for the usual sad an'
melancholy expression, as of un
requited love, which markell
unerringly the phizzes of th
fraternity.
How are homes built? Il i
not by q concentration of capita
and energy to one purpose? Ce'
tainIy it is. How, then, ar
towns and cities built? Is it nc