The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-07-28

J. C. Rapson has discontinued his
confectionery business and will
henceforth run restaurant in the
Saint building on First avenue.
The l. o. o. F. picnic and attend
ant festivities to be held on Aug. 20,
promises to be one of the most en-
joyabie events ever inaugurated.
Jock NJ. Brown and wife are rusti-
eating at section 80 for a week or
more. During Jocks absence. Fred
Stockbridge is doing the honors at
the Exchange bar.
The whaleback baseball nine were
defeated in a game Sunday with the
Missabe Consolidated nine. Fred
McQuade caught for the Whalebacks
and the papers in mentioning the
game are loud in their praises fo-
Fred.
The Hoelscher Concert company
will appear in this city on August 20.
under the auspices Of the /. O. o. T.
The company is from Duluth and
will come well recommended by press
and pulpit. The concert promises to
be treat.
| The very latest in ladies' and
misses sailors at o. G.. Korb.
| Isaac Kannuty, a Finnish miner
at Soudan, was buried Saturday hav-
ing been killed the Thursday pre-
Vious by a blast at the Montana
shaft at the Minnesota. He was a
member of the Finnish band at Sou
dan and well known in this city.
John Dollar, of Tower, came up
Saturday and will spend few weeks
in the city. Mr.. Dollar is disciple
of the art preventative and is this
week helping out the MINER force
He is also paperhanger and painter
and later will assist A. P. Johnson in
rush of work.
Electrician Lowe is this week
stringing the wires for the incandes-
cent lighting system being put in by
the city. The work is progressing
rapidly and within few weeks after
the private wires are put in the city
will have lighting system Of which
il can well feel proud.
| VIM. VanMeter, or" Billy the Cook
left Ely Monday morning bound for
the harvest fields in Dakota. He says
after he gets through in Dakota he
will go to Tennessee and visit his old
stamping grounds. He was accom-
panied by "Scotty" who will take in
the harvest before returning to Ely.
Dick Polkinghorn had the misfor-
tune to have load of wood slip from
the wagon Sunday morning. precipi-
tating him from the load under the
wheels, one Of them passing over his
hip, injuring him quite seriously.
He is recovering rapidly however, and
soon win be able to be about again.
| The recital given Tuesday evening
at the Opera house under the aus
pices of the M. E. church by Miss
Mamie Gilbert was well attended
Miss Gilbert rendered some very
choice bits Of elocution and several
well-played.violin solos. The recital
was satisfactory to those who at
| tended and all went home well salts
fed.
| 1t is said that men are the salt of
the earth, women are undoubtedly
the sugar Salt is necessary sugar
a luxury. Vicious men are saltpeter
stern men are rocksalt, nice men are
table salt. Oldmaids are brown
sugar, good natured matrons are loaf
sugar, and pretty girls the fine pull
verified sugar. Pass the pulverized
sugar. please.
Manager Glode Of the Ely Baseball
| Association has had crew Of men at
work this week again building the
grand stand at the ball park which
several weeks ago was blown over and
demolished. The manager also
thinks be will soon be enabled to
make suitable arrangements for sew
eral games with Duluth and Superior
on the home grounds.
Uncle Sam has generously provided
Rainy Lake and Koochiching with q
tri-weekly mail service, summer and
winter, beginning Monday last, while
our Canadian cousins at Fort Frances
get but two mails a week during the
summer season, and but two mails a
month in winter. while Mine Centre
and Bell city have to worry along
with two Canadian mails month.
This is remedied by maintaining a
private mail service from Harding by
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