The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06

CHASED 10y ltOtbeFt blel Oh NhnlcaSb. WHOSE
associates ilf the project are Portland.
o.: and Chicago capitalists. The hp,,,s
will soon be closed and will be entirely
renovated
Everyonc in Newport is dining every
me else. "Du.;h treat" d.nuTs are
.gafii to the fore fer while they seem
n'p,:lur, b. :: IS not il uI. i l"ri an
'icod ~ like evtr,oi." 80 pa, his own
way We would alna:s rather do
tn nss on n grand scale. Diet Ii treat
dinners may De great tnli but they are
.ot swell.
The rcTs Of Re death If I,v. Walter
has served to revive gossip ..il rrnin.
he Bclinont-S Sloane wedding. burrows
Nas very sensitive man. and the ciiti-
isni of his a'tiOn III p'ri";lrll" the
.httli- crrt;i GEE pit!cA 'l"H his mind
l. l ~it led MS health. u" VIZ unAbi"
10 s.cs'p. an'! az last r:>,ri hi> physi,
ian sent him to the S';I,iii,rr home of
his brother, John Henry Burrows. pr: 81
dent Of Obtr!in college, where h. died.
The Waldorf Astoria hotel is to Hban-
don the horse for the silent automobile
Manager Boldt has given Il big order to
Chicago firm for enough automobiles
to supplant all the horses at present
working for the hotel. He has asked tine
firm to turn out the automobiles :,s fast
as possible. They will b" Of in" finest
build and equipment. An order for an
automobile delivery wagon has also been
given by the hotel.
The date for the coaching parade at
Newport has been fixed for Saturday.
\l,sr II I tad tl,,.rt hi
mite a number Of coaches i'll line. TIL"
tart, with Frederick Bronson, president
# the Coaching club III the lead. will be
made from some convene 1T spot on Mar
ragansctt avenue, at 80. They Will 80
tround the Ocean drive and sop at the
Golf club, where tea will be served on
the lawns and piaZZas.
Doctors are taking kindly to the auto
mobile for use IN making professional
calls A Villa msburg physician has SET
up a private automobile of his own. and
others in his profession are about to fol-
low his example. The owners Of horse
less carriages are arranging to form a
club, similar to those that exist already
in Europe, its main purpose being t" fur
ther the knowledge pertainin. TO tn" ma
chimes. Most Of the intending members
are well-knOwn physicians.
The triumphal arch that the dewey
celebration committee purp,S" erecting
near Madison square is to cost for ma,
terial and labor some $27.jW. This one
ITEM is an example of the magni,iccnce
of the details Of the reception that New
York intends to give Admiral Dewey:
The city's appropriation OF Sl:D.MO VIII
soon be used up. and contributions by
loyal citizens to an almost unlimited
no cd
tee has its way. 1t is to he New 1nrk'S
great day of the century. and great days
cost money.
On Sunday afternoon a stranger or
dered a porterhouse steak at the Bright
on Beach hotel from an attentive and po-
lite waiter. Two detectives swear they
saw the waiter get the steak. not from
the kitchen, but from Il rubber bag. CON
cealed under his coat Another waiter
was arrested for serving patron with
green corn. which he had been carrying
in his pocket. The hotel managers dis
covered recently that walters We're rob
hing them Systematically and detectives
were put on watch. When the prisoners
were searched restaurant chr''k> belong
ing to the WaldorfA>toria and the Avo-
ca villa. at Bath Beach. We're found
Bogus checks were used to ovcrcharge
patrons.
\ new drink that is becoming popular
among those that can afford it is called
"A bdul Hamd. 1t is said to have been
invented by Gen. Kitchener in Africa
/ when he was ~on-the Fa~hodo exredi,iur.
1t consists of gin. verm0Hth. cracked ice.
lime juice, bottle of club soda and other
ingredients. and it costs 80 cents. The
price is the only objection to it among
men of moderate means. but it is often
called for uptown. barkeeIrrs say. Mean
while. Col Hickey. who gave his name to
the artful mixture of gin and lime juice
that has become Il regular item of the
cafe curriculum. may he met in the Hoff
man house every day. serenely confident
that the merits of Il gin rickey" can
never be wholly discounted, even by an
English titled general
The newest automobile idea is the es-
tablishing of a livery scrvi.t III all the
large towns i'll New jersey 50 that one
may take trip from New York to Phil
| adcphia and lack, buying power at sta
lions on the road. AT these stations the
batteries may be recharg.l. ar relays CD
tanned. as was done in the cid stage
| Goa ching days. The Electric Vehicle
| company has 1900 horsc!rss carriages
| and wagons now under construction. and
expects to extend it's business rardiv.
In view Of all this activity in automo-
bileS it is worth noting that good prices
| are obtained for horses 4: Gil the >aleS
held in and about New York. The horse
is holding his own in value. whatever
| may be his ultimate fate when auIomo-
| oics monoroIizc The highways.
1t is rumored that William X. Wander
| bilt. Jr.. will shortly be received into the
| Roman Catholic church. Young Wander
| bilt welded daughter"f the church. Miss
| Virginia Fair Mr.. Vanderbilt has al
ready given up his pew in Trinity church.
Viewpoints fashionable Eri>c"palian sane
ers present husband, Oliver II. T. Bel
| mont, and this was taken as the first
step in his withdrawal from the church
of his childhood. He is Il regular attend
ant at mass now. going each Sunday
morning to the Catholic services and
| kneeling beside his wife. and his family
| and friends are now fully prepared for
| sion to the church. Mr.. and Mrs Van
| derhilt are shortly to go to California.
| and it is expected that the announcement
of Mr.. Nanderbilt'S admission to the Ro-
man Catholic church will he made on
their departure.
Heaven knows where the crowd of ho-
boes came from so quickly when a bar
rel of whisky rolled off wagon and split
open on the cobbleStoneS down in Church
street. But there they were. The truck
man swore vigorously as he saw that the
| barrel was hopeless wreck. while the
| tattered men who pushed and scrambled
with each other, knelt down for their un-
| expected carouSal. Some of them had
tin cans, others only their hands. with
which they Labeled up the liquor, while
three old stagerS. with noses redder than
the rest. lay fiat on their stomachs and
imbibed the stuff from the gutter \
great deal of it went down the sewer
| drop ut the corner. but much of it was
saved for immediate consumption 10y an
ancient characterization who damned the
stream with Il large newspaper-wrapped
parcel of broken victuals that he had
begged somewhere. The treat did not