The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27

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been the owner ever since. He
claims that on or about January,
1891, the defendants entered
upon the land and took possess
sion and have since held it
wrongfully. He asks that poss-
ession be restored to him. Dra-
per, Davis & Holllster are his
attorneys and Davis, Kellogg &
Severance, of St. Paul, have
been ASSOCIATED as counsel. .
The real gist Of the case does
not appear in the complaints.
Vandervort's title passedto
ris Thomas by a deed given I'M.
mediately after he procured the
land from the government. There
was at that time no suspicion
that there was iron on it; it was
sold for the timber on it and it
brought only d few hundred dol
lars. Now Vandervort claims
that he never transferred the
land and the deed to Thomas WAS
not executed by him, but was a
forgery.
1t IS understood that the pend
ing suits, however, will in no
man ner conflict with the contin-
uance of the work now going on
at this property.
Citizens CvNventt0aa.
A Citizens Caucus and Con-
vention was held on Saturday
last, the caucuses in the various
wards beng held according to
the call at 200 o'clock p. M,
while the convention was called
to order at 500 o'clock p. M,
by H.>J. Eaton, M. G. Palmer
being elected as temporary chair
man while F. J. Rinnert' was
elected temporary secretary. ::
The chair appointed a ccm-
mittee of four, on credentials,
one from each ward,
consisting Of E.. S. Smith
Fred Rossom, E. z. Griggs and
Cast Johnson, who brought in
the following delegates:
1st Ward-L. L. Prescott, E..
T.. Griggs, John Beatty W B.
Pratt, ". c.. Carr. =
I'd ward--Gus., johnson. Axel
Pakkala, MIC. Palmer, Thos. A.
Clark, NJ L. Fay.
-3rd ward-J. T. Cameron. Jas.
Chesser proxy of John Chesser,
F. J. Rinncrt. E. S. Smith, Gus.
Erickson.
4th vard-Fred Rossom, D. M. =.
Mouser, B. O. Wiggen, Axe1
Carlson, @. A. Lundstrom.
Upon motion the report Of the
committee Was adopted and the
temporary organization made
p ornament.
It was moved and supported
that the vote be vivi voce, which
motion WAS amended to vote by
ballot, the amended motion
prevailing, the chair .appointing
T. A Clark and W. B. Pratt as
tellers.
The names of J.C. Jackson and
W.B. Pratt where placed in
nomination for mayor, Mr.. Jack
son receiving Is to Mr.. Pratt's 5
Oh the informal ballot, which
w'as declared formal and J. G..
jackson declared the nominee
Of the convention.
John Costin, Jr. and DC.
Christopher were placed in
nomination for recorder, the bal,
lot standing II to 9 in favor of
Mr.. Costin. The informal bal
lot was declared formal and. Mr..
Costin declared the nominee.
For treasurer, but one candi-
date appeared upon the horizon
and J. R. James was nominated
as his own successor by ACCLAIM
nation.
The first ballot for municipal
judge was declared illegal and
void, 81 ballots being cast. The
next ballot resulted: Chas. E.
Nelson 12, H.J. Eaton 5, Vivian
Prince 9, NC. Palmer 1, and up
on motion the ballot was made
formal and Mr.. Nelson declared
the nominee.
Upon motion the organization
of the Citizens committee, as
perfected, was made permanent
for one year.
The chair appointed a COM
mittee of three, consisting of
Messrs. Fay, Pratt and Griggs.
to await upon Mr.. Jackson and
cnndl1ct him to tho hill mharo