The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.
Virginia merchants are buying
elegant spring stocks.

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elegant spring stocks:
Indications point that the Vir'
ginia school building will be
FULLY occupied and found none
too large. during the spring term
E S. Smith and Thomas Nor.
ris have been doing some mason
work at Hlbbing this week.
I The third-:party rendered by
the Virginia Assembly at Crock
ett's Opera House on Friday ev.
ening last was one of those en-
|joyable events long remembered
by all participants. A groat
many from Biwabik and Noun.
tain Iron were in att ndanee.
A grand ball at Skramstad's S
nall tomorrow evening.
] A grand masquerade is booked
for Pakkala's hall for tomorrow
night.
j. Adv;ces are that the iron dis.
tricts, and particularly the Me-
saba, will receive much attention
from legislative. committees in
the near future. The question
OF properly entertaining these
prospective and distinguished
visitors would prope rly come be.
fore the Business Mems Union.
Virginia cannot afford to over
look bet of this kind, and should
make the most of it.
The Fred Nj. Prescott steam
pumping machine has long since
passed the experimental stage.
The machine is a better one than
the one made by old established
manufacturers, aud If you doubt
thus statement confer with the
superintendents whose mines
are equipped with Prescott's
pumps, and then hear the praise!
~News-Record.
Rumor, apparently with more
orsless foundation, says that we
are to have another saw mill for
Virginia in the spring, to be 10.
Gated o. the north shore of Vir-
cinia lake.
Judge Prince returned Tues
dan from Duluth, where he has
been for the past three weeks in
attendance upon grand jury bus
inass.
e Cody and Beaver, the bogus
cheo:. operators who came to a
halt. through the shrewdness of
Solomon Sax in this city some
weeks ago, were convicted in the
Duluth court on Wednesday
They will receive their sentence
at the end of the court term.
A. w. S. Calderwood, of Sag.
nav, Michigan, was in the city
the first Of the week, looking af-
ter his property interests here.
Mr.. Ca]derwood has great faith
IN Virginia. and a few months
hence will doubtless see him
more closely allied with Virginia
and her interests.
Hib5:ng will have an elegant
new school building, at a proba
BILE cost of $4,000. Bids from
contractors will be received until
Monday evening next.
The many friends of Mrs. Stu.
art Bates are pleased to learn
that she has so far recovered
from her long and critical illness
as to be up once more.
D. H. Moon came up from st.
Paul yesterday. He says he is
just taking a few days lay~off on
the contract of moving the state
capitol to Virginia; that the sled
ding is very good Just now and
he has Neil hitched in single
harness and feels assured that
the gentleman from "Owen's
Sound" will make good progr IS
during his enforced absence.
S. E. Rolph, sales agent for
the Sickle Cigar Co., Plattville,
WIS, was IN the city Saturday
last.
The Gogebic is boasting of
spring robins already. Great
winter resort. that Gogebic.
Virginia has been incorporat-
ed as city; she will also pur-
chase and manage her water sys-
tenn and electric light plant. put
IN a system of sewerage and do
some street paving. Virginia
has more en- erprise to the square
rod than any other place of it's
size in the state.-Mountain Iron
Manitou.
The order of Knights of Pyth
las was thirty years old on
Wednesday.