The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-30

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Dr.. Nelson P Hulst, of Mil
Yankee and J. D. Gilchrist, 81
Mountain Iron, Of the Oliver
company, are in the city today.
President Buskirk was over
from Eveleth Monday.
Note the new ,ad. Of Joseph
Ahearn, practical house and
machinery mover. in this issue.
D. T. Denton lis erecting ten
new co itages for the Fayal Iron
company, at the Fayal location,
for rental purposes.
HIS. Clark, the shirt man. is
in the city today. +, i
The city has received advice
from Trowbrldge, Mcdonald q
INiven, the bond brokers, that
the issue Of $4,000 of city in
debtedness bonds will be taken,
and that the bonds are now be.
ing printed in Chicago. The
money for same will doubtless
be in the city treasury by the
18th Of October. T.
There are many ways to argue
In favor of silver, says an ex-
change. One way is to tell the
people that fifty cents worth of
silver is as good as = dollars
worth of gold, and another is to
kill q man and shoot an opera
house full of holes. Charley
Towne clung to the former text
at the time of his visit to this
city. =:
The Enterprise notes among
other eencomiiims thrown at the
Hon. v, r. Dolliver: by; a range
contemporary that he is accred
tied with having a "broad schol
arly phisique." We presume the
remark was intended as one of
respectful admiration, but we
confess our inability to translate
the fruits Of erudition displayed
by. our brother into tangible
Anglo Saxon.
: Judge Prince was on Wednes-
day the recipient of q letter from
Capt: Robert j. Bates. of Co, H,
34th Michigan, in which he men.
.tions Private j. A. Prince as
lone of the best men that ever
stepped into q uniform Mr..
Prince naturally feels proud Of
these words OF praise accorded
his son. .ss sz,c = y. i. -. =.
Chas. E. Fay desires to rent
the ground floor of his. building,
next door to the postof6ce. The
location is a good business stand
and MIR. Fay will rent same at
reasonable terms.
Mrs. Charles Waters died at
her home on Maple street Wed
nesday, after q long illness The
deceased leaves two small child
rem. The remains were inferred
in the Virginia cemetery yesteer-
day. .., X. -@.s.-<' .....'.
County & Commissioners Morcom
made Virginia one of his infre.
quent visits Monday, and in com
pany with Mayor Scott, who is
in charge Of the wood choppers
on the trunk road extension.
drove out to inspect the work
being done. Mr.. Morcom states
that the $17oo appropriation will
cut the road through to the in:
perception of the Tower & Itasca
road. giving Virginia winter
communication with the Rainy
Lake district. He expects to be
able at. q later date tn obtain a
suitable appropriation for the
needed improvement Of the road
between this city and Nc Kinley.
He went from here to Hibbing,
to view the work being done ON
the Sturgeon lake road. >$:
We have gained in5wages dur
ing the past year at least twelve
per cent in all avenues Of busi-
ness, The average wage paid to
all classes OF labor throughout
the country is not far from $40
per month. II we have twenty
million Of wage earners, then we
have IN annual wage Of eight
hundred million dollars. The
increase or gain for the past
year being twelve per cent means
to the working class Of the U. s..
nearly one hundred million dol.