The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
NEWS AND NOTES.

John Gregor. of Biwabik, is in
he city and is doing the "chim.
uey sweep" act and is meeting
With the success which The En-.
terprise is glad to note, as it
shows q careful watch OF fires
and their origin.
rhos. Costin and Thos. Hou.
sen, of Ironwood, came up the
first Of the week to visit friends
and relatives on Monday.
While crossing the lake in re-
sponse to an invitation to an oys.
ter supper At the Lone Star Inn,
on Tuesday evening, one of Vir-
giuia''s citizens came near giving
the undertaken = job by walking
tosthe water where the ice, had
been cut. After several minutes
his cries arrested others who
were bent on the same mission
and the bather was rescued in
the nick of time.
James Conry, of Even, Mich.
was in the city on Tuesday.
Even is a hustling little lumb Der
town, full of vim and vigor, and
up to a few days was as full OF
gamblers as the ocean is OF
water. but the town board has
instituted q righteous order OF
affairs and the "sharks' arc
hunting for new holes.
.1Thos. Huddlestone, of the
Canton mine, at Biwabik, shook
hands with Virginia friends on
Monday.
"A. H. Holgate, of Duluth, was
a. Virginia visitor on Wednesday.
p. Macdonald. representing
the, publishing house of P. F..
Collier, Of St. Paul, was in the
city on Wednesday and took oc.
casion. to visit the local lodge
K. of P. in the evening. Mr..
Macdonald is a member of Uni.
versity lodge, Stanton, Mich,
and in Virginia finds several
members Of his home lodge.
w. J. Robinson has become a
ixtule behind the counters in
Jackson & Co.'s store.
We call attention this week
to- the new adv. of the Iron
Range Brewing Co., # Tower,
:WsGh firm has recently estab.
lished an agency in this city and
is mc eting with a merited patron
age. o
Our merchants have been en-.
gagged during the past week in
fixing up their show windows for
the spring trade, and are dis
playing handsome and we'll sci.
ected assortments. Virginians
need little that they cannot get
in Virginia.
Mrs. DR.. Alden and daughter,
Miss Priscilla, arrived in the
city on Saturday last, to join the
DR.. At present they are guest.
at the Hotel Virginia.
The new village board o1
Mountain Iron took their oath Of
Office, pled:ing. their support
among other things, of the con
, stitution and laws of Minnesota
In carrying out their oath, the,
make the saloons close at eleven
o'clock at night. and on Sunday:
and no gambling is permitted
A hot crowd of saloon-Seepers j!
the logical result, as we'll as :
big trade for Virginia saloon
keepers on Sundays.
John Owens, clerk of the court
accompanied the legislative par
ty on their trip to the ranges.
., w. J. Olcott, of the Consoli
dated, was in the city Monday.
.J.>F. Burke accompanied tn
state solons on their range junk
ct.
An eleven pound son filed q
appearance at the home Of M,
and Mrs. Geo. L. Stroup, o.
Chestnut street, last evening.
>Silas clements, of 1nterio,
Mich, visited here on Thursda
and expressed great surprise 8
) the growth of Virginia. MI
clements remarked that on
, lumber firm CT Interior wi
| make the enormous cut of 25
600, 900 feet this season. He
somewhat interested in this cit
l and Iron junction.
On. Sunday afternoon at fl,
o'clock the ''swamp angel
= brought out both fire companie
who. did some good work on th
residence of G. J. Ericksc
which had caught ablaze t
means of q defective stoye.pip