The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-11

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going to do many things for the poor OF
the district. Or course, the rush Of the
Deu'ilrrs is to get Miss Gould to buy
| their wares. 1t the present inQuisition
cndurtS much longer it is the intention
of tn" suffering residents to place Il
| piac;lrl on the door Of the settlement,
! upon which is to be printed in no less
than four languages the words: Miss
Helen Gould is not here, and she will
never be here. Kindly say no more
about her to the persons in this house."
mother ::l'loro3ora' 5 SsHtette girl has
vino in private life is Miss Bessie Edna
S:eyens Of Chicago, is now the wife Of
Edward Il. Stacey Of Cincinnati. Mrs.
Stacey had never been on the stage until
last June. when she Joined the "Floro-
dora" Company. The marriage took
place at the Metropolitan temple at
on Sunday afternoon in the presence Of
the brides mother. Mrs. Stacey will
now leave the stage, and. after Il we'd
ding trip, will live III Cincinnati.
r. d. Mann. former editor and pub
Usher OF Town Topics, the well-known
Mann, overcome by grief and from 9TH
er causes, is in a serious condition. DR..
l.. J. Marshall. who accompanied the
family West and is the attending physi-
clan, believes that the chances of her re-
covery are favorable. Mr.. Mann and his
months ago. He first went to FL Paso,
Tex. In Phoenix he rallied for time,
but was overcome by a sinking spell and
died.
The music hall is the latest innova-
ton in the life Of the Bowery and tn:
neighboring streets. The new evil is a,
"Ighthouse' system, which was broken
up by the police some time ago. The
atmosphere of the halls is anything but
conducive to purity. The most objec-
tionable feature is that most of the halls
are located i'll the very heart Of the tenc-
| ment district. The respectable element
of the east side is up in arms against
! the music halls, and some action, it is
| expected, will soon be taken TO have tho
| licenses Of the most Objectionable Of
! them revoked.
During the last year there has been
! a gradual but steady increase in the
ut the present time customers are paying
Oh an average Of ) cents a pound more
than they did ut the same time in 1901.
This increase is not felt in New York
city alone. but all through the East. and
has led to bitter complaint from retail
ers as we'll as from the consumers. The
retailers attribute the high price to the
combination Of big dealers in the West.
There is much suffering in consequence
among the poor people in this city. East
side butchers say the rise in price has
made fresh meat a luxury in thousands
Of families.
The Herald publishes the follow
ing account Of an organization intended
to compete with the packers of Chicago
and elsewhere: I'm order to fight the
beef trust on its own grounds the retail
butchers Of the city are forming an as
ISOLATION for the slaughter of cattle. 1t
posed organization shall be at least ST.
100000. A partial canvass Of the trade
indicates that there are twenty-five or
more retail butchers who are willing to
subscribe $4,000 apiece toward the
stock of the new company. Besides these
$4,000 each and others who may be put
down for from $1,000 to $4,000 apiece.
A cafe in Nassau street was almost
mobbcd the other day by throng of
men who wanted not drinks but birds
The windows displayed an incubator
rlacard announced that one of the new
fledged ducklings would be given to each
purchaser Of a box Of 1O-cent cigars
and that a Leghorn chicken would be the
reward for every purchase of box Of
5-cent cigars. 1t would have taken a
poultry farm to supply one-half the
clamoring customers. Late into the even
ing strong men were carrying into the
far Businesses of Brooklyn, Staten Is
land and the other suburbs tiny crates
in which were little chicks or ducks.
The unique method of inducing the
throng to look upon the allurements Of
a cigar-or something not so solid-al-
most blocked Nassau street. It recalled
the New York merchant Who undertook
to give babies away with every pound
Of tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald J. Mcclure
lJr., of Albany are back from Palm
Beach. Mrs. Mcclure wears the mag
ni6cent diamond horse shoe which James
p. Keene presented to her as q dinner
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