The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17

! The Fire Department. respond:
cd toa false alarm turned in from
Box 8, at shortly after nine Wed.
nesday evening: Probably some
one wanted TO- see the new Chief
make a quick turnout, and, he did
it. {
!. The best fitting wrappers in
America at the Bee Hive.
Henry Thielen, who since the
establishment OF the branch dis
tributing depot of the Standard
Oil company in this city has had
charge of same, has resigned, to
take effect January Est, and will
return to his. home in St. Paul.
W. H. Eaton will succeed him as
manager of the conapany's inter-
eSts at TINS point.
Messrs. +. z. Griggs and w..
q. Eaton went to EveAeth We'd
hhsday afternoon to look over
the addition to school building at
that place and to attend school
meeting, called for the purpose
of allowing teachers salaries for
the present month. The next
meeting of the Board of Educa-
tion will be held in this city to-
morrow afternoon
The ladies Of the Swedish
Lutheran Church will tender a
grand rattle, auction and lunch
at the Hayes block tomorrow,
Saturday, evening to- which all
are cordially invited. During
the evening an elegant silk crazy
quilt will be ratified. Lunch ten
cents,
Chicken thieves, wood thieves
and clothes line robbers are re-
ported to be holding high carni-
val in the city this week. Some
one VI i'll get caught in the act
one Of these nights and be filed
with rock salt or sent to Duluth
for a change of diet.
The firm of Anderson & Gold
ish. of the Phoenix, was dissolv.
ed by mutual consent on Friday
last, Mr.. Anderson retiring from
the business and leaving yester-
day for Two Harbors, where he
has accepted a lucrative position.
Mr.. Goldfish continues The Phoe,
nix alone. having employed his
brother, l.. Goldfish. to assist
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Schools closed this afternoon
for two weeks Holiday vaca-
tion and many Of the teachers
leave tomorrow for their respect
i've homes. Appropriate closing
exercises were held in the vari-
Gus rooms, Christmas trees and
attendant jubilations being the
attractive feature of the exercls
es by the lower grades.
The first logs for the Bailey
mill are being hauled today and
the mill will be started tomorrow
or Monday. It is understood
that Mr.. Bailey has received or.
ders for large amount of bill
stuff for delivery during the win.
ter months.
The telephone line connecting
the Oliver Mining company's of:
fees in this city and Mountain
Iron is now ready for the irstru-
ments.
The Christmas Number of the
Duluth News. Tribune. published
Sunday last, is an attractive an6
| replete number. The title page
is a color effect of the Virgin
Mary and the Christ child, the
same as adorned their Christina as
edition ayear ago, but the repro
duction is easily pardoned by
one who appreciates it's true
) beauty.
, Fred Lerch lis reported quite
i'll at the home of his brother
on Central avenue. DR.. z. K
Brown is in attendance.
A cottage near the D. M. & N
track, near the south edge of thu
city, was destroyed by fire Tues
day afternoon. The cause of thu
condagration was a stove pipe
> running through the roof. Th'
, house belonged to and was occu-
pied by a Finnish family, whose
name we were unaole to learn.
The Virginia Cash Grocery
company. while not an EXTENSIVE
patron of the newspaper adver-
tising columns evidently believes
in the efficacy Of advertising ane
} does mot stop half way in the
matter. The latest method EN-
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