The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-28

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sNEso7A,; FRIDAY; DECEMBER Z
'IlocAl NOTES AND COMMENT
by decision Of Secretary
Roke Smith in the famous sec
! tion 20 case, rendered on Mon,
! day, favors the plaintiffs in the
action. Section 20 adjoins the
Z crest Chandler mine and is said
q be worth >5, ,00O,00 BY the
/ decision. DR.. VIM. Alden, of this
Edty, is given lots 3, s and 6 in
said section, or about one third.
Ehe tract has been in litigation
several years, and this decis.
ion practically settles the dis.
pute. and the plaintiffs in the
action are all entitled to con.
gratulatio-s.
! tMessrs. John F. Gleason and
IT, y. Nelson formerly residents
81 the Mesaba iron range, Mimi
e:ota, have recently opened ele-
CANT Offices in the Ford block,
iHthis city. Mr.. Nelson IS sup.
erintendent Of the Cherokee
Mining Go. and Mr.. Gleason is
secretary. The former will
look after the exten 'ive mineral
interests of the company, which
promises TO do much toward de.
velopins the rich deposits of
lead and zinc trib atary to this
place. The latter will besides
attending to his duties as secre-
t4ry o. the company. will con.
duct = general city and farm in.
saIance: business, having al
raa3y secured the agency of six
told line companies. We wish
the gentlemen unbounded sue.
cess in their new field aud pre-
dict for them bright and sue
|cessful future.-Fairland. Il. T.)
Reflex.
| 5Messrs. w. J. Lawrence and
l4 A. Grierson opened their rink
on Christmas day, and although
the weather was somewhat sev.
ere ano the ice rather rough q
good crowd enjoyed the exhila-
rating exercise. Since that
time, however, tho rink has been
flooded and the ice is now the
finest. Electric lights have
been put in for evening skating
and from now on there will be
plenty Of sport. ..,..n..
w. r. Lawrence. VIII , has leld
" position Of druggist at the
ll Virginia Drug Co.
since its opening. left On Wed
nesday for West Duluth where
he has accepted the position of
manager of a drug store in
which he was formerly en-
ployed.
The menu card of the Hotel
Virginia for Christmas day was
somewhat novel, the gastric
failings and other shortcomings
of the REGULARS" being depicted
in rhyme. The card will be
preserved by many as a souvenir.
Hibbing and Mountain Iron
now have water works and de.
sire insurance. Take warning
by the example of the original
Virginia, gentlemen. and get in
sarance and al! you can.
The first of the series O! par.
ties given by the Virginia Assem-
bly, at the Virginia Hotel on
Wednesday, was attended by
about 30 couples and a very en-
joyable evening was had by the
participants. Future parties
under the auspices of this soci-
ETY. will be looked forward to
with pleasure.
A cold snap overlook the sum-
mer resort of the Mesaba on
Wednesday night, and the mer-
curry dropped-well. We couldn't
say but it dropped clear through
to China.
A little dog fight and what ap.
.peared to be the probable con.
sequences thereof created a little
stir on Chestnut street Wednes.
day afternoon. but the owners
Of the qu;d:upeds ceased action
before going 30 far as the dogs.
The state legislature meets on
Monday, January 2 The U. s.
senatorship will keep them busy
for a time, and until such time
,, the various candidates will keep
busy as nest of hornets. The
name of Hon. o. D. Kinney is
being strongly presented as a
successor to Senator Washburn,