The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-31
THE Tilt CITl'S. GENERAL NEWS
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s. s9 Seen. Heard. and Reliered.
The oall game on Sunday last
between Ely and Virginia on the
home grounds resulted in walk
away for the Virginia boys, the
score at the close of the game
standing 13 to z. The game was
.replete with pretty plays, al.
though some cost y errors were
made on both sides. The heavy
batting by the Virginias and the
rank decisions made by the Ely
umpire were the most notable
features of the game.
The National convent ton of
the Finnish Brotherhood of Tenn
perance is now in session at the
Finnish Temperance hall in this
city. some fifty delegates being
IN attendance. Tomorrow sew
eral hundred members of the or
der from Tower and Ely will be
down, and in the afternoon in
conjunction with the local lodge
and the American temperance
society will march to the Ohio
grove, where temperance ad-
dresses will be delivered by Capt
Pepgilly, Capt. Gill. Miss Hob
house and !others, to which all
are invited.
The sale of the Duluth & Win
nepeg road in Duluth on Satur-
cay last and It's prospective ex-
tension and inter;7orking with
the Canadian Pacific system,
again arouses a hope of a third
road, not allied with mining COR
porations, for the Mesaba. Such
a line would receive the support
of every independent operator
not already tied down with iron
clad contracts and would do more
toward opening the smaller prop
critics of the range than would a
jump of 50 per ton in the price
of iron. The business element
of the range would also feel
friendly to a road that did rot
want the earth with a barb wire
fence around it to Keep the wind
out.
J. D. Taylor went to Duluth
on Wednesday to be in attend
ance upon the political festivities
of the week.
w. W. Browne, the Biwabik
attorney. was in the city on Sat-
urday.
Judge McGilvery was over
from Biwabilz on Monday.
Messrs. P. w. Scott, J. c..
jackson, S. Sax, D. G. McPher-
son, Chas. E. Nelson. Gus Erick-
son and Fred Rossom were in
attendance at the republican
county convention yesterday as
delegates from this city,
Gov. Clough may commute the
sentences of Verrlll and Soular,
the youthful Biwabik murderers,
from hanging to life imprison-
ment.
Mrs. Dr.. Alden and daughter,
Miss Priscilla, left today for
Boston, where they will spend
several weeks, after which they
!; go to Mrs. Alden's home at Port.
land, Maine.
Mrs. r. w. Mars and Mrs. D.
G. Prescott, of Duluth, visit with
the families Of w. P. Mars and
L. L. Prescott.
Jos. Inderbitzen rusticates for
q few days in Duluth,
E. S. Smith has secured the
contract for setting the two new
boilers to be put in at the Gin
cinnati mine.
Elmo E. Bickford, who has
been employed at the Drake &
Stratton works here during the
summer, left yesterday for his
home at Anoka.
E. H. Milham, Grand Chan.
cellor of the order of Knights OF
PythlaS OF Minnesota, was IN
attendance at the convocation OF
the local lodge on Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. McLain and children and
Miss Maggie Ross, of Miles City
Montana, who have been visit
ing at the home Of A. J. Ross on
Wyoming avenue the past week,
left yesterday for Canada where
they will visit for several weeks
before returning to their western
home. Miss JESSIE May Ross
accompanied them on their trip
to Canada. 49,.
| P. J. Ryan and family moved
into the new Florada cottage or
Birch street, Monday. =.