The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Attorney Palmer attends to le.
gal business at Sparta TODAY,

ealasoluslnesS at sparta today.
Mrs. and Mrs. M. L. Fay en-.
terta.ned at whist Wednesda,
evening.
CHI. Martz, chief engineer O
tthezD. NJ. g. N, was in the cit,
Tuesday.
Brian O'Rourke, the Hibbins
livery man, is in the city toda,
looking for teams to work in the
woods. 5z
n. H. Webster, editor of the
Vermilion Iron Journal, at Tow
or, attends to business in thu
city. today
j. J. Beatty has been engaged
in building t;estle and doins
other work d the Norman thu
past two weeks.
C. H. H,bbard, G. P. A. of the
ST. Paul & Duluth, has beer
hooking after the interests of his
line in this city during the week
=, The Hibbing correspondent o.
the News-Tribune gives it out
that G.. M. Atkinson will soon
start a republican paper at Hib-
bing.
J. McNabbe and Edward John
son were elected as members OF
the Fire Department at the
council meeting Wednesday eve.
ming.
BY the way, is tim Minnesota
or Oklahoma that the state law
provides for an American flag to
float from every school building
while school is in session?
Mayor Scott went to Duluth
his morning. He will appear
before the county board and
make one last appeal to have the
Miller Trunk Road extension
north from this city built.
The Rev. J. Tn. jacobson, OF
Stockholm, Sweden, delivered a
temperance lecture al the Swed-
ish M. E. Church. Mr.. Jacob
son is one of the leading orators
of Sweden and his discourse was
greatly enjoyed by those pres
ent.
John D. Murphy was elected
mayor of Tower at the city elec
tion Tuesday, defeating Capt
Elisha Morcom. Capt. Morcom
is not entirely be:eft of official
honors, however, as he still
draws his salary, at least, as
county commissioner.
ThesNews-Tribune made one
of its famous guesses on the Du-
luth election, and the result was
no surprise. Anybody is safe to
bet opposite the News-Tribune
in any matter of local politics.
Truelsen's majority was over
1000.
W. P. Mars left Tuesday for
Duluth, where he has accepted a
lucrative position as manager OF
the mining and milling machin-
cry department of the Marshall
Wells Hardware company. Mr..
Mars was numbered among our
pioneers and was ever an active
worker in any matter of public
interest and his departure is re
GREETED by many.
It is remarked by one who has
been through the mill and knows
whereof he speaks that "there is
nothing quite so disgusting al
the presence of a cigarette and {
two-for-a-cent dude pulling sim
ultaneously at each other" No
perhaps not; still either the Gig
arctic or the dude, if paid for
are entitled to give a brazen fac
ed dead beat cards and spade:
and continue in the lead in poin
of respectability or manhood.
The way to make a town pros
porous is to have vim. grit, push
snap, energy, schools, morality
harmony, advertising, cordiality
lfa question of right or wrons
arises. don't sit on the fence. B.
a man and declare openly wher'
you stand. Help to improve tn
town. Patronize it's business
help all public enterprises, fir
loafers, croakers and dead beats
Let the object be welfare. growt]
and promotion of your town an,
it's people. Speak we'll of you
public spirited men and be on
yourself. Be honest with you
fellowmen.
Last Friday afternoon Mrs
Reimme and her niece, Gust
Matson, both Finlander ladies
We're almost overcome with hea