The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-14
General Notes and Comments,

General Notes and Comments,
If it happens in Virginia you
will find it in The Enterprise.
A Dakota editor eased himself
of the following in describing
what he saw at the Atlanta Ex-
position: "And when we Watch.
ed the hundreds of incandescents
that diademed the dark as if the
javelin of some god had made so
many glittering punctures in the
black robes of the night, a SER
pent Of fame wound itself about
the white tower of the lake, the
water showed the dazzling aspect
of the sky, and by the gods I
swear it looked as beautiful as
does the sun when it breaks
through the tail end of North
Dakota blizzard"
A representative of this paper
was recently shown as fine a
specimen OF bituminous coal as
the eye would desire to rest on,
and the gentleman who exhibit
ed it assured him that there was
an inexhaustible supply where
it came from, and it was not so
very far from Carlton either. If
our informant's expectations are
realized, a boom is in store for
this section which will far ex-
coed the dreams of the most
nguine.-Carlton Co. Vidette.
While not very much noise is
made about it now work is being
pushed right along. J. J. Nc
Geehan. the contractor who is at
the head of the work, states that
there are now 500 men employed
at various points on the new
road. Mr.. Mcclellan expects
that the entire road from Ash
land to Mason, twenty-five miles,
will be finished and ready for
trains by June /, which would
connect with the South Shore.
Hurley Miner.
D. Z. Anderson, publisher of
the Carlton County Vidette, was
the object of a dastardly assault
a week since, his assailant BEN g
L.Peters, business man of that
thriving burg, a pail of slop with
a mixture of drugs, being used
The gentleman should have been
treated to dose of doubIed-bit-
ted axe, or some other drastic
remedy for an irascible temper.
The social at the Presbyterian
church last Friday evening was
we'll attended and was a decided
success, both financially and
otherwise. The short program
was we'll rendered to an atten.
tentive and appreciative audi.
ence, especially the numbers by
Mrs. Turnbull and Prof. Wheel
err. Coffee, cake and sandwiches
were then served and pleasant
social intercourse INDUCED in.
The Ladies Melted the neat sum
of $4,000.
Carlisle B. Marsden, the pop
ular clerk at the Virginia Drug
Store, and Miss Hannah Booth
were united in marriage at the
par1ors of the Hotel Virginia on
Sunday afternoonslast, Rev. o.
j. Gary officiating. The young
people are well-known in this
city, and The Enterprise joins
many friends in the wish that
they may have a long life of
welded bliss.
Miss Mae M. Gill, for three
years, or nearly so, a teacher in
the Virginia schools, has been
transferred to the Eve)eth school
by the BOARD of District No. %.
Her position in the local schools
has been filed by Miss McDon-
aid, of Ypsilanti, Mich.
The schools and the banks re-
n1embered Lincoln's birthday.
The finest line Of lamps on the
range at one-half price at the
New Cheap Store, all next week.
M. E. Levy & Bro Props
A vote will be taken to organ
ize the township of Ely Lake, on
February 25th..
The Return Leap Year Party
at Crockett's Opera House this
evening promises to be success.