The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18

~ tAe MenOlnnee and GOgebi
ranges.
Rev. S. A. Jameson, of Du
luth, will occupy the pulpit q
the Presbyterian Church Sunda,
next, morning and evening.
Mrs. Sarah McGrath has be
gun suit against the village o
Hibbing for $4,000 for the deatl
of her husband, Patrick Nc
Grath,, who fell in the villag,
we'll Oct. 2.
The supper given by the La
dies of the Catholic Church a
the Byrne block Wednesday eve
ming was a decided success
about s23 representing the ne
proceeds.
The Moon & Kerr Lumber Co
was as Wednesday evening":
council meeting given permis
sion to- set telephone poles or
Poplar street, to connect the,,
Office with the D. M. & N. depot
The men who stated in 1896
that farm products could not ad-
vance without the free coinage
OF silver are saying nothing
about the fact that wheat sold al
81. 10: in Chicago a few days ago
Frank G,otorapis. an Austrian
miner employed at the Genoa,
was killed by a fall of ore Tues
day. deceased was a single man,
abouti30 years of age. Funeral
ceremonies we're held yesterday,
the remains being inferred in the
Virginia cemetery,
The stock piles Of the Mime
sofa Iron company's mines at
Soudan are now nearly as large
as when shipping began last sea-
son. ! "A new tram IS construct.
ing from No. g to the Alaska
dump, which, it is expected will
greatly increase the output OF
that mine.
It's to be hoped that the Oma
ha World-Herald will hasten tc
obtain "editorial transportation
which will enable Mr.. Bryan to
visit the trans-Mississippi ex-
position at Omaha. He will be
interested in thai room papered
withcancelled farm mortgages
from single county of his state.
Peter Biaaza, Emanuel Naimo
and Michael Sadia were killed
in the Newport mine, Ironwood,
Saturday night by an explosion
of giant powder. It is thought
that one of the men had adjusted
a cap on a stick of powder and
that it accidentally struck some
thing causing the explosion.
The rumor of the proposed ex.
tension of the Wright & Davis
road and the building of docks al
West Duluth, has been revived.
The independent mines of the
Mesaba certainly furnish a prom
Using. field for an independent ore
carrying line, and the independ.
ent operator will find little relief
in carrying charges until such a
line shall become more than a
rumor or newspaper myth.
James Sullivan has, upon the
request of many friends, par
TALLY concluded to give up his
candidacy as alderman of the
Third, and pull off his coat and
enter the race for the mayoralty
The campaign is still in it's in
cipiency, and while Mr.. Sullivan
is thus far the only avowed can.
didate for the Office there may
yet bob up other aspirants fol
the highest honor within the gif
of the voters of the city.
Mrs. J. r. James entertained
at cards last evening in honor O.
her friend, Miss Ketcham. Those
present we're the Misses Anna
and Lizzie Martin, Marie Ober
Emma G. Stevens, Letitia M
Joyce, CLARA E. Fay, Mrs. Grace
Woolcoek, Messrs. G. E. Bailey
Erwin Iierch, Ned K. Farrand
DIV. Freeman, G.. Hudson Fan
ning,i A, Newton Brown and E
2. Griggs. A luncheon of coffee
ice cream and cake was served
and the evening was an enjoya
bic one to all participants.
A number Of our young peo
pie, principally teachers in thu
Virginia school, enjoyed a pleas
ant sleigh ride to the Moon s
Kerr camps Saturday last, th'
guests of Messrs. Moon & Nc
Don nell. The day was an idea
one, and the party, after viewing