The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

| assistant to DR.. Newell Dwight Hills.
The accident, which occurred in 1900,
| caused the drawing up Of Mr.. Porter
| limbs so that he was unable to stand.
An extraordinary operation, the cutting
Of several important ligaments, was per-
formed, and the pastor, after six months
| in plaster cast, is now able to walk
| with crutches. These probably will be
| discarded shortly.
There are some attractive souvenirs
displayed at the rooms Of the Ohio So
| ciety of New York. They are paper
weights made Of California redwood, and
bearing these words: punched from the
U. S. S. Ohio protective deck The
| metal parts are the punch1ngs from the
rivet holes from the steel protective
deck Of the battleship Ohio, which Pres
ident Mckinley went to California to
they were punched, except that the faces
are inlaid with enameled letters and
highly polished and nickel plated, to pre-
vent their furnishing.
Ferdinand Ward, who ruined Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant and caused the great
Wall street crash of 1884, is coming back
Sing Sing PRISON in 1892 Ward has been
trying to, get the custody Of his son,
Clarence, now 10 years old. The boys
mother, the first Mrs. Ward, successfully
fought his efforts. For more than a year
Ward did not know where the boy was.
! He has now located him at Princeton,
where the boy is III his second year.
Ferdinand Ward was in New York last
week making arrangements to move hero
from Geneseo, n. Y, and he told a friend
that he and his son had come to an un-
Outstanding. and that the boy now want
ed to live with him.
parts of New York gathered on Sunday
night at Gil Ninth avenue. celebrating
the wooden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Backer, a blind couple. The in
vitations were printed in raised letters.
The blind quartette glee club and the
trio known as the Big Three helped to
entertain the guests. Every guest
use: None of the guests seemed both
cred by the lack Of eyesight, and they
even joked about it.
'Tve notion to get angry with you.
for you passed me by without saying
good evening to me when l came in,"
said on:.
eyes, added another, cts wonder
you wouldn't speak to fellow when you
see him.
Saratoga will have new gambling
club house next season that will surpass
even Canfeld's. William T. Burbridge
is the reputed owner, but those who are
wise say Frank Farrell is the real pro-
prietor. The new club house will be
erected on Broadway, opposite Congress
Springs. 1t is considered one Of the
best locations at the spa. It will cover
all area of 3OOx2OO feet and will have
250 rooms, including grand dining
hall and a grill room. The interior is to
be richly decorated and the furnishings
will be on an elaborate scale, including
bronze doors from Europe, costly bric-a-
brac, oriental rugs, and rare paintings.
| The clubhouse and furnishings will cost
! more than half million. William T..
Burbridse, at his home, 33 West Thirty
| third street, said: eyes, / am going to
erect a house at Saratoga that will be
second to none in this country"
The New York rapid transit system,
which is now rapidly nearing completion,
will be in many respects similar to the
underground systems now being operated
in Paris. and in q number of other re-
spects very much superior. The New
York road will be unique in three par
ticulars: 1t will have "a complete block
signal system similargto that of the best
fSs ssss sss& fRl aSsi 5 h" b
means of which two carr 61ts u i've.
or three out of eight, will have third rail
attachments; the New York system will
be complete railroad in itself. and not.
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