The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

his belief. where he was brought because
he created rumpus in Twenty-eighth
street resort yesterday. After having
looked for Il while on the vim ordinaire,
which is red when it is not black, he
began sprinkling other diners with the
beverage. He followed this up with a
general bombardment of cafe noire, cat
sup, Worcestershire sauce, scraps Of
rOQuefOrt and water from the finger
bowls till the other guests thought his
efforts at bohemianism were too strenu-
Gus and had him arrested.
\ dramatic scene in the smoking room
of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, when
the steamship was three days out, put an
end temporarily to the very successful
career of foAr professional card sharpers,
who had turned one corner of the room
into gambling den. After three days OF
successful legerdemain card dealing and
when the table held $1,000 in stakes,
the poker game in progress was inter-
rupted By the intervention of one Of the
passengers, who threatened to have four
of the six players arrested upon the ships
arrival. The two men who had been con-
tributing to the bank account Of the
shnrpers Immediately arose from the ia
bic land it is said restitution was later
made to them Of part of their losings.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has
received another splendid art collection,
the value Of which is placed roughly at
between 100000 and 100000. The gift
was formally accepted several months
ago, but the fact came out recently,
owing to the desire of the donor. ex-
pressed when he rendered the collection
to the museum that his name be kept
a secret temporarily. Gen. di Cesnola,
director Of the museum. said that in view
Of the donors request he was not ut
liberty to divillge his name nor the PIE
else nature Of the collection. If | were
to say Of what the collection consisted
said the general, every one would know
at once who gave it. All that [ can say
is that it is not the Garland collection OF
donor
Nine-year-old Harold Hartslforn is
perhaps the Youngest defendant in this
country who has been sued for $4,000
damages. This is the amount Maria
Brentz, the former governess of the
youthful Hartshorne, wants Tor Il beat
ing she SAYS he administered to her. The
defendant is the son of James NJ. Harris
horne, who at present lives at SIS Mad-
son avenue.
According to Miss Bentzs complaint,
filed by Theodore Sutro, the plaintiff
was employed as governess to the Harris
horne child, On October IS, 1900, Har-
old knocked his governess down, so the
complainant alleges, beat her about the
head and back, jumped on her, and
kicked her. AS a result of this beating,
Miss BentZ saws. her spine has been
badly injured as well as her head, and
she suffers from violent hysteria and
astasia.
Miss Lillian Finn Of Hampstead, L. l.,
q cfi L; IND
animals. While walking with a friend
in the vicinity of Lowden's pond, Miss
Finn, who had her bulldog, Can't. links,
with her, rescued a Newfoundland dog
from being strangled. When passing the
pond Capt: Jinks espied the dog swim
ming, and before his mistress could catch
him he plunged into the water and caught
the larger dog. Matters were looking
dark for the Newfoundland. Miss Finn
appealed to her escort to save the dog,
but the young man declined. Miss Finn
then plunged into the pond and rescued
the, Newfoundland by holding Capt.
Jinks' nose under the water long enough
was attired in an attractive costume of
white, presented sorry plight when she
reached the bank. Her escort took the
next train to New York.
Pleasantville, on the Hudson river.
with it's host Of well-to-do New York sum-
mer residents, is astir over the presenta-
ton of a bill for $500 for the care OF
six smallpox patients in June last. There
is not enough money in the village treas.
ury to pay the bill, and the president Of
the board of health says the citizens
must pay it, even though a special tax
is necessary. The residents declare they
will not pay the tax, because the bill is
excessive. With a yellow flag and guns
guards stood vigil by day and night at
the, pest hospital. consisting of shanty
and two tents. One of them shot two
cows in the dark in the belief that they
We're men approaching too close to the
dead line. Now the town is asked to-
pay damages for the loss of the cows.
Two Of the six patients died, although
the community went to the expense of
getting high-priccd doctors and nurses
from New York to look after them.
Rose Coghlan, during her long career
on the stage, has probably expended
more money for dresses than any other