The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-04

TIE CITY NEWS.

a traveller for Lilibridge & Co.,,
was here Monday.
John S. Leary came up from
Br!mson Saturday night for q
touch of city life.
Did you hear about that ghost
in the post office?
March came in with an angry
howl, but before the day was
half over the atmosphere became
balmy and Spring like again.
E. j. O'Rourke went to Du
luth Monday.
Vivian Prince states that he
considers the mayoralty toga
would lily fit his rotund form but
that he desires, through the COL
umns of The Enterprise, to an.
nounoe that he is before the vo3
ers Of the city as a candidate for
the Office Of City Recorder. Mr..
, Prince needs no Introduction TO
the voters Of the city, as his quail
iications and ability are known.
Rev. Duncan, president of the
famed Craggencroft school, at
Duluth, will occupy the pulpit of
the Presbyterian church in this
city on Sunday next. Mr.. Dun.
can is reputed to be an eloquent
speaker, and good audiences are
assured him.
If The Enterprise is better or
more newsy than usual this week
just charge it to the absence of
the editor.
Herman Krause expects to go
to Duluth tomorrow, where he
will spend O few days before
leaving for Klondike.
The Drake & Stratton Co. will
commence work on their new
stripping contract at Biwabik
the latter part of the month. The
contract is for a half million
yards aud will. keep them busy
for two seasons.
DR.. Stuart Bates came in from
the Klonkykc on Monday. and on
Wednesday went to Duluth.
Geo. Hosling, proprietor of
the "Eveleth" Saloon, was d
visitor in Virginia Wednesday.
He had legal business in Judge
Princes court.
| Henry ookwith, village,
marshal Of Eveleth, passed
through the city on Monday hav
: ing III charge a dead beat who
had beat his board bill, enroute
for Sheriff Sargent's boal ding
house at Duluth.
Walter OFT, the pop man. was
a visitor to Eveleth and Sparta
Monday.
Louis Kahlo, who has a pop
factory at Sparta, was in the city
Wednesday making arrange
ments to take charge of the Vir-
ginia Bottling Works.
Judge Prince took flying trip
to Hibbing on Friday where he
went to meet H. w. Stevens,
editor Of the Maccabee official
paper, the Beehive. Judge
Prince is the representative of
the state of Minnesota at the Sa-
preme tent at Port Huron. Mich.
! DR.. G. w. Miller, of the Viz
g1uia hospital, left on Monday
to look after his interests on the
; Drake & Stratton works at Mile
Post 46.
Dame rumor has it that Nels
Fordham has bought the license
of Nelson & Johnson and will
distribute small doses of the
ardent at the Bodega in the fu-
tire.
Miss Cragnell, Of Ely, was in
the city the early part of the
week. She is caIvassing for a
we'll known publishing house
P. A. McNaughton, who closed
his business here last summer
aud went to West Superior, was
in the city on Monday looking
up old acquaintances. He has
disposed of his business inter.
ests at West Superior and in
formed The Enterprise that he
will establish himself in the
gents out-fitting business at
Walker in the near future. He
regards Walker as the coming
town of the new northwest. His
host of Virginia friends wish him
we'll in his new home, and con-.
graduates the town on the &C
QUESTION of such hustling bus
mess man as McNaughton is
known to be.
B. Levin went to Duluth Tues
d&y to meet q representative OF