The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11

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on the tapis at Escanaba, charg,
es having been preferred involv.
ing the chief of police, the com
mon council and q majority 81
the executive officers Of the city:
The charges cover almost every.
thing from winlting at crime to
sharing in the proceeds and
owning interests in shady re.
sorts. -<17' =.
! Frank Carlson bas moved into
the house recently vacated by
| Frank Breckenridge. at the Oil:
YER. -.
j. D. Taylor has been reap:
!; pointed to the position Of assist.
ant county attorney, under Coun.
ty Attorney Arbury. i: ..s::s Il:
!! In the Duluth courts the FIRST
Of the week J: w. Crockett u Dc
awarded q Judgment Of some
$500 . ,ainst one Willyum Perrin
for a beer bill contracted before
the fire. ''~:
The Grand Rapids: Herald and
Magnet have got tangled up in q
little jackpot, but as a newspaper
man never cares what an oppon.
ent may say of him we do not
consider the published evidence
as any sign of a breach OF per-
sonal friendship between our
fraternal brothers..
Supt. Florada. of the Oliver,
came up from Duluth Tuesday.
Virginia lake is being rapidly
filled with logs for the D. Fl.
Moon Lumber company. q The
logging roads are ia excellent
condition and some monstrous
loads are being hauled.
The newspaper, advei itisement
is built for hard work and should
be used not only in good times
but in hard times as we'll, when
a customer has to be knocked
down with hard facts, kicked
into insensibility with bankrupt
prices and dragged jim with the
irresistible slaughter sale before
he will spend a cent, These are
the days.
A pair OF bogus check swim
dlcrs have been operating in a
number of upper peninsula cities
and are reported as finding plen-
t. of suckers. The gamestors,
dressed as woodsmen, enter Q
store after banking hours and
make some trivial purchase, pre-
sentins in payment check, os-
tensibly by some local lumber
man, pocket the change and go
on their way rejoicing in the
thought that they still have left
the golden opportunity of being
washed whittier than snow.
Judge Robinson was over from
Hibblrg on Tuesday.
Thursday afternoon a briefly
worded but very acceptable tele-
gram was received from Milwau.
kee, by Supt. LARSON, saying
that the Aragon mine was to
continue operations and not to
close down on the 18th. h.-Norway
Current.
N. J. Cavanaugh, well-known
to many Virginians, has resign.
ed his position with Murphy
Bros. at Mountain Iron and Hib-
bing, and will covet fortune IN
the wilds of the Rainy Lake r: :
gion.
DR.. G. w. Miller returned on
Tuesday evening from two days
business trip to Duluth and on
his return brought with him a
trained nurse from St. Luke's
Hospital to attend on Mrs. Stuart
Bates, who has been so critically
i'll for the past three weeks. May
her kindly efforts materially aid
in restoring Mrs. Bates to her
usually good health and to a
large circle of friends and neigh
bors who have so anxiously
awaited any news of 8 better
mont in her condition.. -
In Michigan a foreign born
person must have full papers in
order to vote hereafter.
The K. 0. r. M. boys will ten.
der social reception at Crock.
ett's Opera House on Georgie's =
bi rthday.
w. r. McGarry visited Hib.
bing the fore part of the week.
Here is a new commandment
for the new year: Thou shalt not
60 away from home to do thy
trading; thou nor thy wife, nor
thy sons nor thy daughters,
that they may deal with strang.