The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-14
ling was on the improve.

Liveryman Bedford lost a valu-
able horse this week by a collision
between two rigs near Winton. A
shaft from the rig drove itself
through the lung of the horse and
he was shot to put him out of his
misery.
E. j. Morcom is in receipt of
letter in which the news is given
that Harry Fault, one of the early
residents of the Vermilion range,
had died at Johannesburg, South
Africa. Many in this city and
Tower remember Mr.. Fault, he hav-
ing been employed at the Minnesota
mine at Soudan.
Contractor Jury has completed
the work of construction Of the
new detention hospital erected by
the city on lands south Of here.
The building is nice roomy struct-
ure, after plans submitted by
Health Officer DIR. G.. T. Ayres and
was erected at a cost of $500.
The building was divided into sew
eral compartments and several in
fictitious diseases can be handled
there at the same time.
Ex-Mayor M. E. Gleason and
family returned Friday after an
extended absence. Mr.. Gleason is
very much taken up with the west,
Portland and the state of Oregon
in particular. AS soon as he dis
poses Of his interests in this city,
he again intends to go to Portland
and settle.
VIM. Allen of Tower has brought
suit in District court against Peter
and Michael Marion also of Tower,
whom he alleges lost him $500 by
failing to keep an agreement to
sell him some timber. He claims
that they agreed to sell him the
timber on lands in section 20,
61-15, for $500, and though he Of
fered them the money they refused
to give him the deed. Then. later,
they sold it to the Leisure Lumber
company for $1,000. He claims
that is what it is worth, and he
sues for the difference between that
figure and the sum at which he was
to buy the timber, or $500.
The Ely Iron Dynamo, by A. De
Lacy Wood made its first appear
ance Saturday. The sheet starts out
with bright prospects and while we
believe there is not room in Ely for
three printing establishments, we
nevertheless wish the publishers
success.
Martin Stoll, an old resident of
this city died Wednesday at the
Shipman hospital of hemorrage of
the brain after an illness of only
two days. Martin had been en-
ployed as night policeman for some
time. He was man of about 40
years of age and has resided in this
city for about IA years. He leaves
brother, Jos. Stoll, and sister, Mrs.
VIM. Fromhartz, to mourn his loss.
Mrs. Paul Williams, of Akron,
Ohio, arrived in the city Friday on
visit to her daughter, Mrs. VIM.
Cowhng.
The contract for the building of
the school house at Savoy location
has been let to Contractor Jury,
who will complete the erection of
the same as soon as possible.
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Anton Grebenc and Maria Kos
tele, Frank Saiz and Frances Wesley,
and Mako Marolt and Mary Dejak,
were married at the Catholic church
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Miss Ellen Marcus, of Duluth ar
rived Saturday and at once left for
Fall lake where she opened school
Monday morning with 26 children
enrolled. This school is located in |
Lake county and is part Of the Two
Harbors district.
Chas. Fors, Gus Anderson and
Gus Kalberg were given the rights
of baptism in Long lake at Sandy
Point Sunday afternoon according
to the baptist church. A large con-
course was in attendance and the
services were religiouslyl
to.
Mrs. DIR. Tanner went to Duluth
Saturday where she went to meet
her three boys who arrived from
Helsingfors, Finland, that day. The
boys, the oldest of which was 9
years of age made the trip across
the water alone. They were being
educated in the Finnish city.
Mrs. John Haavisto, wife of the
Jeweler at the western end of Chap
man street, died yesterday morning
at the age of AZ, after a protracted
illness. The funeral occurs this
afternoon from the Finnish church.
John Goodnow, an employee of
John Densmore, the livery man, was
not feeling we'll a week ago Mon
day and put his team in the barn
and went TO bed. That night about
l o'clock he arose, dressed and
left the house. He has not been
seen since and while search has
been prosecuted, no trace of him
can be found. 1t is supposed he
was suffering with typhoid and in
a delerium wandered away. Sew
eral cases Of this kind have hap
pened here-when people suffering
with the fever have escaped. One
man was found in the lake and an
other in the woods about twelve
miles from the town.
Monday a week ago in Duluth,
Olof Berglund and Miss Augusta
Tjader were united in holy bonds of
matrimony. After the ceremony,
Mr.. and Mrs. Berglund left for st.
Paul where they visited the State
Fair and spent the week.
Both of the young people are too
we'll known to need an introduction
to the people of Ely. Mr.. Berglund
is one of the gentlemanly firm of