The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-18
ADDITIONAL TOPICS.

| A new cent piece has been author
lied by the act OF Congress to take
the place Of the old coin which was SO
much like the dime that it's Coinage
was stopped. The new piece is order
ed to be made of nickle, the size of a
bronze cent, only thicker. In the
center is to be hole One-fourth of an
inch in diameter. This will make the
coin easily distinguished by sight or
touch. 1t will be some time, how
ever, before the new coin will be in
circulation.
While Ely has been troubled
recently with collection of fake
shows, the entertainment (?) given
Friday evening by the Coontown 400
company was the rankest ever seen
here. The company consisted OF six
or seven dinged poor singers and poor
er actors, and us usual in such cases
the Opera house was packed. The
performance did not begin until ten
O'Clock although advertised to begin
at $50. AT one time it was thought
the aggregation had taken the re-
ceipts and decamped the back way.
but the audience was not so lucky.
After an hour Of agony in listening
to Il lot of worn out jokes and tune
less songs, the larger part of the au-
dience left the hall disguised. The
"Coons" were aware of the popularity
of their exhibition rs they did not
leave the Opera house for the night.
We should judge about S120 found
their way into the troupe's treasury.
Duluthians returning from the Pa
citic coast say that ''Bob" Whiteside
of this city was the cynosnre of many
eyes in San Francisco when he went
out there last March to close his OPP
ton for the CalavaraS grove OF big
trees says the Tribune. He was
pointed out on the street and in the
hotels as 1.-THE man from Duluth that
has bought the big trees and
is going to make lumber of them.
The people of the coast regarded Mr..
Whiteside with Il species Of awe.
mingled with admiration. A man
that could bargain and pay spot cash
for Il property like the Calaveras grove
was bound to excite their admiration,
but they seemed trifie afraid Of a
man that could be so heartless as to
even harbor thought Of cutting
down their beloved big trees. One of
the returned Duluthians says: "Those
unsophisticated California people
haven't begun to know Whiteside
yet wait until he meets some of their
crack seven-up players"
One day last week, while sad and
dreary. as we wendell weak and weary
across the unswept floor, we heard at
first a gentle tapping. then it became
an earnest rapping. rapping at our
sanctum door. Come in we said,
while we pondered, and in silence
still we wondered what for us could
be in store; then the door bolt softly
turning, in he walked: our cheek was
burning thoughts of crimson gore!
Are you the man that does the
writing?" what will rhyme with this
but fighting? quickly thought we
o'er.) ''Sir we are," we gently told
him. nodding to the boys to hold him
if he tried to beat us sore. ''Then
you will please give credit opposite
that little debt for two dollars more;
like your paper and will take it as
long as you strive to make it as it has
been before" We jumped! he lodged,
thus missed him, Or we surely would
have kissed him, even if all the boys
did roar; so seldom treated in this
manner, we felt inclined to shout
hozanner-only this is nothing more.
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