The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

binders. A little. earthen bowl. on which
were painted the name, age and history
of the deceased, was placed in the coffin.
The spirit of the departed is supposed to
carry this on it's journey to establish it's
identity. The body was clad in the finest
pers adorned the feet, while narrow
pasteboard tickets closely printed with
Chinese characters were scattered over
the breast. These would serve as her
fare across the river Of death.
The first blow was struck on the work
of constructing the Pennsylvania railroad
tunnel under the East and North rivers
and through New York city, when the
destruction Of buildings at the foot of
West Thirty-second' street, at: the North
river, was begun to clear ground for sink
ing a shaft and to establish a basis Of op-
erations for what the engineers have
named 'the. North. river section' of the
tunnel. This section extends from a point
in the center Of the North river to the
site Of the terminal station at Seventh
and Eighth avenues and Thirty-second
and Thirty-fourth streets.
Andrew Carnegie continues to dispose
of his Fifth.avenue holdings in the neigh
borhood Of his mansion. The other day
he sold a so by 100 foot plot adioinins
the, corner lot purchased some time ago
by J. Townsend Burden. The latter held
en- e., = option optH 10 on the place and he is pre-
in this n~eighborhood point to magnificent
building operations on the east rim of the
reservoir, and within two years it will
doubtless become the finest residential
quarter in the world. In Ninety-irst
street Mr.: Carnegie recently sold a large
two 50-foot houses for his daughtersS
Mrs. James A. Burden, Jr., and Mrs.
John Henry Hammond. Plans for Mr..
Burdens house, to be erected at the
south corner of Fifth avenue ind Ninety
second street, call for a five-story struc-
tnre, with. exterior walls Of Philadelphia
limestone and ornamental red brick.
While Mr. Carnegie continues to sell
Henry Phipps continues to increase his
holdings. With Henry s. Hawk Mr..
Phipps acquired a % by. 100 foot plot
in Forty-third, street, adjoining FIVE SINH
| Manhattan Hotel and rumors of en-
~tensive building operations BY Mr..
Phipps and Mr.. Hawk have been current
for some time. ::
Letters and pictures from the collection
Of the late Peter Gilsey have been sold
at auction. Among the articles sold and
the prices obtained for them were: Al
tograph letter of George Nv. Of Great
Britain, four pages, Caroline house, June
10, 1906, to Count Hardenbough, a Ger
man statesman, $3.50. Autograph letter
La l. Grange. November e4 I, 1857 esesSSSq to Gen..
G. s. Hamilton, $27.50. A portrait Of
Nell Gwynne with lamb, sos. Autograph
letter Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, signed
n. H.: Liverpool, April 20, 1855, to Eliza
beth Peabody, $51. Autograph four line
poem Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. signed
by him, Boston, November q, 1854.
$1,000. Autograph letter Of Stonewali
Jackson, Conrad's store, Virginia, April
q, 1862, sent by courier to Gen. Ewell,
$2oefHA rare colored portrait Of Thomas
Jehersan, $3.50. Autograph letter of.
9 amAton Richmond, November Is,
Of Nelson in 1906, $50. A portrait Of
Jacob Hall. the rope dancer, $40. Half
length portrait of John Henderson,, one
Iof the few actors considered worthy Of
being buried in Westminster abbey, mez-
zzoto99e: by 7 Z; Jenes after Gainsborough,
John Drew is up for admission at one
Of the most exclusive clubs in New York
city and when he is made a member will
have the satisfaction of being the only
one of his profession represented on the
list of the club at present. Unlike an
other actor whose name was recently be
fore the governing committee of one Of
the clubs in town, Mr.. Drew is not a pio-
neer in attempting to add his name to
those already. on the club roster. There
has been atsleast n other member CT
the theatrical profession in the club be-
fore. He was q well-known actor-man-
agers Of the past who was on intimate
terms with most of the New York men
Of the class that belong to this institu-
ton. After his death no other actor ever
quite took his place in New York life.
and it is significant that in all the years
following his admission to this club no
other menber was taken from the profes-
until Nj. rprewv's name was proposed