The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-31

lshpem'ng High School, came
up Friday last to spend vacation
as the guest Of his father. NJ. F.
Maj. Is q member of the High
School foot ball eleven, playing
alt>back, and has gained an en-
viable reputation by a number
OF plays in several contests the
past season.
VIM. Hayes, Gonzague Thoin,
Capt. J. A. Mcleod, JOS. Doyle,
Jas. McGrevy, Will and Vivian
Prince. Jr., were among those
| who came up from Klondike to
spend Christmas with their fam
lilies and friends in this city.
Mrs. P. McAlpin, formerly Of
this city, is reported to be dan.
gerously ill with typhoid fever,
in Duluth. She has many kind
friends here who hope for her
recovery.
J. Mesberg and family yester-
day removed from the Taylor
cottage on Central Avenue to
the Florada cottage on Birch
street, recently vacated by r. J.
Ryan.
Miss Burkhart, whose resigna-
ton as a teacher in our public
schools became operative at the
close of the past term, departed
today for Rhinelander, Wis.,, for
a visit with relatives and friends.
j.. J. Beatty has practically
completed his Eveleth school
contract. aside from some exter-
ior painting which cannot be
done before spring. The seats
are being put in today and the
new rooms will be in readiness
for the opening of school Mon
day.
Patrick Henry McGarry may
have put up several hotels with
so cents and wind and came out
with the hotel and plenty of
wind left to build an additional
wing to the capitol, but there is
an end to all things. Creditors
galore seek payment of bills con-
tracted in the construction of the
Pamela, at Walker, and the God
of Walker will have to either
come 10 center or lose his entire
cash capital of so cents shortly.
Virginia creditors are among
those who hold mechanic s Hens;
against the place.
Unless a deal is consummated
for the purchase of the Hibbing
News plant by company of To- .
cal men who desire to see Hib :
bing have representative news
paper, a new paper will be start
ed in that borough the coming
month. Some people of that
place, at least, do not appreciate
the slungullion that has been so
generously dished up to them by
the gully gut of the News since
since Editor Smith severed active
connection with the sheet.
Misses Maude and Sadie Gar.
land aud Raymond Grifdths, of
Sidnaw, Mich, arrived in the
city Monday evening and are
guests at the home of their aunt,
Mrs. M. l.. Fay.
An exchange tells of a minis
ter who related the following
story to his audience: "On one
occasion I preached to a congre.
cation where there were 81 won
en- and 4 men present-this was
a prayer meeting. On another
occasion I preached to 1926 men
and 3 women-thisowas IN a pen.
itentiary.
klondicitis is getting a strong
grip on a number of Virginians,
and the early spring will see sew
eral of our citizens headed for
the new gold fields.
Kerosene is quoted at $45 per
gallon in Klondike. The charge
for electric lights is not given.
The Duluth l. Iron Range road
has established a passenger ser.
vice to Sparta, connecting at Nc.
Kinley with the evening train.
The report is prevalent that
boys at the camps of the Moon &
Kerr Lumber company did not
enjoy as excellent a Christmas
spread as had been anticipated,
but it was through no fault of
Mr.. Moon, who had made ample
provisions therefor. A drunken
cook, who is now nursing mum.
erous patches on his trousers
while seeking a new field of Ia
eor, furnishes the key to the
disappointment of the boys. But
what they lost on their appetites
xr,o q sko lya,a o,,t ~ soficfaofi0n tho