The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29

Manhattan from 115 to 127, St. Louis
Southwestern preferred from As to G;',
Wabash preferred from % to 35 and
Western Union from 81 to 80.
1t is widely talked in fashionable cir
cles that Harry Lehr and Mrs. John
Ninton Dahlgren had become engaged.
Mrs. Dahlgren is one of the four daugh-
tiers of the late Joseph Drexel of Phila-
delphia: each Of whom inherited $1O.0OO,-
OOO She married John Vinton Dahigren,
who comes of distinguished lineage. He
was extremely aesthetic in his views and
cared nothing for society. Most of his
associates were clergymen. He died two
years ago, protesting the Roman Cath
olic- faith. Lehr is a prominent leader
OF the ultra fashionable set.
A genius who will eventually reach
either prominent positlon in Wall street
or Sing Sing has interested Park row
and the lower city in a new endless chain
system. He calls himself the Co-opera-
tive Meal System company, and he sells
a book of three coupons Tor $3.50. Upon
selling the three coupons a customer
would get his $3.50 back. When the
holders Of these three coupons had each
sold book the original customer gets a
- meal ticket. All that the genius gets
is a bare $G for an outlay Of s.. Clerks
and stenographers are trying their hand.
Julia MarloWe and company, Amelia
Bingham, Blanche Bates and Campbell
Gollan in a new one-act play. Lillian
Russell and De Wolf Hopper. J. H.
Stoddart and Maude Harrison in "One
Touch Of Nature Weber and Field and
David Warield. James T. Powers, VIII
liam Collier, J. E. Dolson. Annie Irish
n IL El1 in
Annie Ieamans and Viola Allen and
company have contributed their services
for the testimonial benefit for Nine.
Janauscheck by the women of the Amer
lean stage at Wallack's theater Oh the
afternoon of Friday, April II.
The honors Of the week at Monte Carlo
belong t" Mr.. and Mrs: Edward Tuck.
Inc ,hen IN marria it Of their niece. Elsie
the Tucks. who already were prominent.
further social Importance. The Tucks
have been taken in very cordially by all
the Nandcrbilts now at Monte Carlo. in
Guiding the Duchess of Marlborough.
The duchess already has acquired rep
erS at the Casino rooms. Lady Sarah
Wilson. her pretty young aunt by mar
riage. tried to Guido Consuelo one night.
winning. she said, nearly $1,000. while
Consuelo lost so heavily that her father
was compelled to make good her losses
in order to restore her temper.
Alice Nielsen, with forty members of
her opera company, sailed on the steam
ship Majestic for London. where Miss
Nielsen is under contract for the
next year to appear under the manage
ment Of George Musgrave at the Shaftes
bury theater. On the same steamer
Frank L.. Perley. former manager Of
Miss Nielsen, and his wife will 60 to
Speculation has been rife of late as to
the probable manager Of Miss Nielsen in
this country next year. but the young
prima donna cannot tell who will guard
her fortunes. Since her parting with her
former hacker, Thomas Williams, the
San Francisco racing magnate, Miss Neil
sen has, in the phraseology Of Broadway,
been scanning the heavens for an an
GEL which so far has failed to loom up
on her horizon.
There is some weeping. likewise more
GUESSING, among the local epicures because
the river shad are so slow this year in
getting themselves caught. The tooth
some fish have not yet come into the riv-
been caught as early as February l. But
this year, up to the middle of March. the
shad fishermen have had nothing more
serious to do than to sit on the wharves,
dangle their feet above the water and
wait. There has been so much cold
weather that it has not been possible to
get the few fish that are in the river, but
this cold weather assures an excellent
quality. The fish have had to be active
to get food during the long cold season.
This guarantees flesh that is firm and
sweet: Nevertheless. the epicures grow!
and the season for planked shad is still
some weeks off.
Everett r. Reynolds, the theatrical
manager and broker who financed the
London tour Of De Wolf Hopper and
his company which went to England last
year to play Ell Captain mas brought
suit in the Supreme court for $1,000
against Tod Sloan, the jockey. who un-