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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18
DETRotT, November 4, 1871.

H. G. Moore Esq, Io7edo, ohio
SIR: Yours of the "a is received. was before ad-
vsed of the loss Of Mrs. Palmer and child. Only two
bodies have come ashore, and they were in all prOba
bty loated TO within short distance of the shore
into the surf either on portions Of the wreck in
boat found near there. The vessel sunk twenty or
twenty-five miles northeast &C Point au Barques The
lake is there at least $50 feet deep Man as vet pos
power Of raising vessels from that depth
Even to discover her exact position Whcre.we
IL guess within five or ten miles OF It, is almost hope
less with present appliances. Lake Huron, in that
part Of it, has hitherto retained those it has claimed
In experience Of many disasters during the last
twenty-five years have not known of the recovery Of
the bodies Of those drowned there.
A very close search has been made along the Cana
dian shore for fifty miles. The entire population has
turned out stimulated by rewards offered for the
coyery Of bodies and the hope OF finding freight &c.
coming ashore III large quantities.
feel no bodies have come ashore not reported
have ceased to hope for the recovery Of more but
have two the ground watching and will surely
advise those interested.
lost a nephew and his wife and the husband of
another neice, besides friends and employees who have
been round me for years. | know how to feel for
others
When the Coburn left Detour, at the mouth Of the
Sault river, there was no wind When she passed
Presque Isle, the last ha:bor it moderate
This was at six o'oocb Saturday evening At mid
night the wind fresh at four An it suddenly
a gale and changed from $ L. to S. W.--maiing
cross sea- and the rudder broke She foundered about
735 She was not loaded over two-thirds Of her ca
pacity.
She was one of the staunchcst and best found yes
sells the Lakes Every one had equal chance to
save themselves There rushing to the boats ;
but the sinking so sudden that probably the
officers the last unpreparad to themselves
will be happy to answer any Of your enquiries and
! if any tdings Of your lost ones reaches me- will ad-
! wise you Immediately. Yours EBER WARD.
z =-
| RABBITS are raised as food for millions
in Europe. Canada also has rabbit crop.
1Ins Joaquin Miller is after Joaquin
He's like Pomery, and the rest of them.
Not appreciated at home.
SWEENEY has resigned. Tweed is scared.
New York intends to have him engaged in
public works at Sing Sing
THE latest reports from the South Afri-
can diamond fields are not as harmonious
and moderate as they might be. One re-
port is that they are sending to England
the largest and finest diamonds known.
Another says the diamonds are very iufe-
rior. \ third says 100000 men could
work it for 100 years. Of course 100 men
would have full employment for 100000
years and might retire with a fortune
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18
TIE TOWN SITE AND COUNTY.

We shall endeavor to give our readers
who reside at a distance, such descriptions
from time to time of the different sections
of our ample townsite as shall keep before
them their relative advantages, improve
ments, ana general situation. We propose
also in the course of time to have the coun-
ty well written up in truthful and accurate
description, especially those portions with
in mile or two Of the townsite, on which
farms and gardens would naturally be first
opened. For this purpose we invite com
munications on these subjects from resi-
dents in and near Superior, which we shaI.
either print entire. or condense and use
with facts on the same topics in our own
knowledge.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18
THE NEW RAILROAD FROM SUPERIOR TO N. P.
JIyCTT0E

/ THE Corporators and Directors of the
Superior & Northwestern Railroad Com
pany, held their first meeting at Komoko
Minnesota, on last Monday Nov. 18th inst
The following officers Of the Company were
elected for the ensuing year:
H. 5. Walbridge, II. n. Setter, J. IL
Sargent, E. W. Anderson, Jr., Hiram
Hayes, II d. Walbridge, J. G. Hussey-
Directors.
II. S. Walbridgo, President; Hiram
Hayes, Secretary; H. D. Walbridge, Trea-
surer; J. H. Sargent, Superintendent
II. S. Nalbridge, IT. n. Setter, J. II.
Sargent, Executive Committee.
J. G. Hussey was appointed Assistant
Secretary.
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars
Of stock in the Company was subscribed
at this meeting. 4 resolution passed that
there was enough stock taken to Justify the
immediate construction Of the road from
the State Line to the Junction with the
Northern Pacific and Lake Superior and
Mississippi Railroads. The President was
Instructed to forthwith cause to be made
the necessary surveys and explorations for
the building Of the Superior g Northwest
ern Railroad, between the said points-the
distance is about 10 miles.
1Tr. Sargent, the Engineer in Chief, the
next day after the meeting, started out on
the line, and is now busy with two corps
OF Engineers locating the road, with q view
Of completing the location SO as to be ready
to let contracts by the 4th Of December.
The Superior & Northwestern r. r.
Company was organized under the laws of
Minnesota, for the purpose of extending the
branch Of the Superior and St. Croix, a
Wisconsin road, from the Bay of Superior
to the Northern Pacific Junction % miles,
which Will be completed by or before the
lst Of January 1873.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18
OIL WITH IMPROVEMENTS.

Now is the time Tor each man in this
town to turn his eyes away from his neigh
bor's lot, ana see what work can be done
on lots owned by himself If there are
trees standing On any, let them be remov-
ed. If stumps, have them out st the ear
liest opportunity. Drains should be dug in
time to have your land thoroughly dry ut
an early date next spring. Land to be cul-
tiyatcd next year, should be plowed this
tall. We 60 on the supposition that q few
days Of good weather may set be ours be
fore the final setting in Of winter Even
three days Of mild weather next week
would well pay improving. One lot clean
and well drained will be worth more to you
and the place than three lots scraggy with
stumps and half under water.
There is good deal in appearances. OF
course there is. Ifyou have not found that
ont yet you have something to learn.
When mans property looks well it has
really improved in value. Take the under
brush, and rubbish off this townsite imme-
dately, define its squares and blocks by
clean avenues, and well kept lots, and to q
strangers eye the place is more attractive
by . hundred per cent. Every stump, tree,
bush, and puddle is hindrance to the
place. Every specimen Of improved pro,
perty is 4 vast help. We are glad to re-
cord that n,uch lbs been done the past year,
and the present fall. The csy plot is get
ting of Of the maps and on to the ground.
Let the work go on. Let every citizen do
his part.
Strike soHdly at the work Of improve
ment, As we struck at the polls, and wen
have city map here by early spring that
will be worth looking at. We will have IN
advertisement that Will accomplish more
than column in every American news
paper. The people are coming here.
They'll be along this winter to look around
and next spring to stay. Give them some
thing TO look at in the way Of present and
permanent improvements. Our natural adj
yantages are well enough. Let US prepare
for their full development. Our past build
Ing and farming, and clearing is well
enough. Let rs add TO it, double it, treble
it. Our railroad work for the winter is
we'll enough. It viii be cheering 20 see
the tall pines 90 down before the railway
vanguard this winter, and witness the open
inc Of 4 forest avenue that will in due time
resound with the thunder Of the North
Pacific trains, and be the track Of nations,
but We 10 not want To fold our arms like a
country railway station to watch railroad
work as il that were all We had 10 DO.
And Judging from the hurrying teams,
and busy tramp Of working men, and stea-
dy advances in building and clearing all
this past cold week, We believe the people
Of Superior have made up their minds for 4
movement along the whole line, as well q.
the railroad line this winter and viii be
found in well advanced position by spring
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18

REDUCTION OF Ores BY CHLORIDE or
IRoE.-A method ofreducing ores by means
Of chloride Of iron has recently been pat
ented, Which is specially adapted to the ex-
traction Of metals aIloyed with sulphur, ar
senic, or antimony. The process depends
upon the fact that chloride of iron, in the
presence Of air and water, readily decom-
poses sulphur, arsenic, and antimonial com
binations, iron or copper pyrites, the sui
.pharets of cobalt, nickel, sulphuret of anti
mGny, lead, silver, etc. The chloride of
IRON is reduced to chloruret of IRON, and the
metals transferred INTO chlorides, the chlor-
urct Of iron being again changed to chlor-
ide by the influence Of the oxygen Of the
atmosphere, etc. If among the ores to be
manipulated there be too little sulphur, it is
well to add, from time to time, little free
acid, such as nitric, in order to assist the
reconstitution Of the chloride Of IRON With
iron or copper pyrites it is only necessary
to add common salt: since the sulphur of
the ore is oxydized by means Of the chlor-
de Of iron and atmospheric air, with the
result Of producing suIphate OF iron or sui
phate Of copper.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18
SOUND TALK,


celebrated school at the East;
Young men, you the architects'of your own for
tunes Rely upon your strength of body and soul
Take for your star scfreliancc faith honesty and in
dustry. Inscribe your banner, 'Lucl is a fool
pluck is a hero" Don't take too much advce-keep
at your helm and steer your own ship and remember
that the great art of commanding is to take a fair
share Of the work. Think wen Of yourself Strike
out, Assume your own position. Put potatoes in
cart rough road, and small ones 20 TO the bot
TOM Rise above the enyous and jealous. Fire above
the mari, you intend to hit Energy, inyncible deter
mnation with right motive the levers that move
the world. Don't drink. Don't chew. i nit smoke
Don't swear. Don't deceive. Don't T, I novels
Don't marry until you can support a wife. BE in
earnest. Be selfrelianC. Be generous. Be civil Read
the papers. Advertise your business. Make money,
and DO good with it. Love your God and fellow men
Love truth and virtue Love your country and obey
its laws.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18
STILL THEY CONE,

About seven millions Of people have ar
rived on our shores for permanent settle
ment since 1920. During the last few
years the rate has nearly doubled and there
are prospects Of . still greater increase.
Even over 100000 year
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18
RAILROAD NOTES.

The branch line of the Superior and
St. Croix r. r., between Superior and the
Northern Pacific Junction, viii be finished
by the fall Of 1872.
West Wisconsin reaches Hudson, Wis
on tie goth Of this month.
The Chicago and Northwestern rail
way IS completed to Oconto, Wis.
Will reach Menominee, Mich, on
Green Bay by the 1st of December
The Green Bay and Lake Pepin Rail
way will reach Wolf river by January Ist,
1872.
The North Pacific is very near to Red
river at present writing.
The n. 2. is negotiating for St. Paul
and Chicago r. r.
The Wisconsin Central is still carrying
out its programme and pushing along.
s,----
THE WEEKLY CHAPTER OF HORRORS.
The cholera IS in New YorL city. New
cases reported.
The severest storm known in many
years ragged along the Atlantic coast on
Wednesday.
Earthquakes in Peru and Chill, South
America.
Small pox raging on the west coast of
Africa. Also in South America, Phuadel-
phia, and New York
Northeast storm on the lakes. Wrecks
beinr reD0rte1.
-BovoIutionary troubles in Mexico on
the increase.
High tide damaging wharves and
shipping at Portsmouth, \. IL.
The usual amount OF accidents, care
lcssncss, &c, &c.
PRor Espy's rain theory is a humbug.
lie advised farmers to l,indle big fires in
dry times to bring rain. The big fires this
G,ll brought very little rain. The fires on
volcanoes bring no rain. Espy is about as
smart as Liebig who produced chemical
compound called Natural Food for Infants
It was very nice thing. Liobig tasted ii
aul survived, but the infants died. Some
I of these scientific gentlemen seem to know
/ less than they imagine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18
CLOTHING:

Our stock Of clothing has been purchased with spe
cial reference to the climate and to the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18

4 LITTLE PEoUD.-It is very natural that
when a useful article from a Detroit manu-
factory receives the commentator q "a COM
petent Judge, our citizens should be little
proud of it. Thousands of people, not only
in this country but in Europe, remember the
sweet singer Philip Phillips, and in the Fond
uLac Commonwealth we find the following
eulogy Of the organs IN }nufactured by Mess.
Simmons g Clough, Of this city:
~ cont think ever saw a finer toned organ than
this, and if could always find toned organ
this one (the Simmons 4 Clough,) l should never
trouble myself with carrying one with me.
PULP PHILLIPS.
" would gladly add our personal COM
meudaton of these excellent musical instru-
ments, but it would be of no use after the
above. We would advise cur readers who
are intending to purchase al organ to exam
inc the organs referred to. From some per-
sonal experience, we think you viii find the
manufacturers to be att;lble and honorable
gentlemen to deal With.-Detroit Peninsu-
lar Herald.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

EJEcTMENr BY WnoLEsALE.-
t'iily'two ejectment suits we're filed in
the United States Circuit court yes
terday by John F. Darby, as attorney
for Colonel Mackay, of New York.
The complaints cite that G Gorge Mack
ay claims the legal ownership of a ccr-
tain tract of land situated in the county
OF St. Louis, containing 100 acres and
designated as the New Madrid location
make under New Madrid, certificate,
numbered l59, Issued to James Smith
by tie recorder of land titles at st.
Louis, on November 16, 1915, and
surveyed and known as United States
survey 249l, in township IS, north of
range 7 east, the said tract being of
the value OF 500, 900.
he tract referred TO is situated in
the north and west of Stoddard's adj
dition, in the western part of the city,
aud was granted in 1915 to one James
Smith in exchange for town lot in
New Madrid, which was ruined prior
to that year by an earthquake. Smith
then went to Tennessee and thence TO
Mississippi.
Subsequently Colonel Easton met a
man claiming to be James Smith in
Cape Girardeau, and purchased the
tract alluded to from him. The plain>
tiff will deny that this Smith had any
title to the property, but affirms that
the true Smith, or his heirs sold the
property to certain parties, from which
he has purchased the title.
The property is covered with build
ings, and in the occupancy of a great
number Of people, who have been served
with notices of ejectment. It's expect
ed that fully two hundred additional
suits in the case will be filed to-day
81. Louis Times.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

A machine for grading railroad
tracks, turnpikes and other embank-
mcnts has been invented by a Califor
nian which will reduce the labor cost
at least 80 per cent. 1t consists of a
common plow, with a somewhat extern
ded molI-board which may be raised
or lowered at pleasure. A circular
table or wheel, twelve feet in diameter,
inclines at an anglo of about twenty.
five degrees, toward the plow. With
in the utter edge of this wheel is ar
ranged a series of scraper-shaped
buckets, with adjustable bottoms. To
avoid friction, the wheel or table is
geared TO a center shaft, at the top of
which is cam attachment, with rods
leading to each bucket for the purpose
of discharging the same. This circu~
lar table derives its motions by means
Of II driving-whed similar to that used
in the reaping machine. There is a
steering apparatus at the rear. To do
thorough work it takes sixteen horses
-four abreast--or what would be
better, it should be propelled by steam.
1t is claimed for this machine that
it will do the work of lbs men with
shovels, or of 25 common earth-scra-
pers drawn by 80 horses, and requir-
ing two men to each scraper. One
man can handle this machine, and two
men are all that are required to man
age the team.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Hor srRrNGs.-Thoss geologists
who refuse to sanction the theory of
internal fire -contending that the cen,
tral portion of the earth is solid matter
can not make any body believe cold
water can be made hot without FIRE.
No argument is required to sustain the
Plutonic opinion that the centre of
this globe is an immense molten mass
forever burning without consuming
kept in that condition by the motion
of the world on its axis while speeding
its endless circuit in a prescribed orbit
ofthe heavens, Water falling from
the skies on mountains and plains, by
its gravity percolates down through
seams and dislocations of the rocks
till, reaching the regions of perpetual
fire, it is instantly converted into steam
and forced back to the surface. 1t il
condensed as it rises, till it appears a
the opening absolutely hot water. On'
of the most celebrated of all is the grea
geyser of Iceland, which throws up ,
column of water at temperature o
$50 degrees. II tmoves by regular pull
sations. Once in abe ut one hour snC
half the mighty power below raises :
steam nine feet in diameter to tn,
height of one hundred to one hundred
and fifty feet perpendicularly. At tin
mouth of the funnel in the basin from
whence it comes, the water is at a tenn
perature of242 deg cooling to $50 deg.
in its open air exposure when it falls.
The hot otsprings of Virginia, Arkan
sas, all over South America, in ASH
and wherever found, confirm the posi-
ton assumed in this article, that n,
stronger demonstration is required b,
the demands of science to sustain tn
doctrine of a vast fire in the bowels o
the earth beneath our feet.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20
A AREMINIsoENcE.-Our friend Char.

A AREMINIsCENCE.-Our friend Char
lie Smith, of Mississippi, told, in his
speech at Brandon on the 4th ult.. an
anecdote which should be preserved.
1t was in this wise:
Colonel William Smith, of Kinds
county, had slave named Jack. Jack
quit home upon Grants reduction of
Vicksburg and, after the surrender,
met with carpet bagger G. G. Mckee,
who now disgraces the seat in Congress
once occupied by Albert G.. Brown,
William Melville, John d. Freeman,
and others of that style. Mckee was
telling Jack of what great things the
government had done-how that it had
organized armies, built ships, estab-
lished depots of war-all to accomplish
his (Jack's) freedom. The niger
happened to espy his old master on the
other side Of the street. He ran over:
"Howdye, Old Master2 how do you
do, sir? how is Old Mistress and the
children at home, sir?" The old colonel
said, "We are doing tolerably WELL,
Jack. We are not so well off as we
used to be; but here, Jack, take this
dollar and buy you some whiskey.
Get drunk and make yourself comfor-
table" The negro went back to Nc
Kee. Mckee was IN a rage and said:
"What did you call that man master
for2 Don't you know you are free?
Amt you as good as | ann" The mig
ger looked at Mckee as a COW would
look at a last years calf, replied
"Gollyl Use good as you is; but you
and me both, and twenty or thirty
more like us, amt half as good as Old
Master Mobile Register.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20
A MISSOURI ENOCH ARDEN

A one armed h0rseman recently
travelling through Missouri, stopped at
a blacSsmith's shop to have his horse
shod. The smith noticed the empty
sleeve, and asked him If he lost his
arm in the war, lie replied, with a
sigh, that he did, anl even more, going
on to relate how he left home to enlist
in the Southern army, and at the close
of the war, in going back, he found that
his wife, who thought him dead, had
moved away, and he had since been
unable to obtain trace of her. "What
is your name?" asked the blacksmith.
When the answer was 81. VI. Wald>
rup" he suddenly released the hoof over
which he had been bending, and with
out looking Ut the soldier, cried; "Fol-
low me into the house." and hurriedly
led the way. Amazed as he was at
such conduct, Waldrup mechanically
obeyed the unexpected bidding, and
before he could pause to think, was in
tho presence ofa oomely matron about
whose sewing chair three happy chill
dren were playing She was the black
smiths wife, the mother of his it'll,
ones; yet as she rose to see whom thu
smith brought in, and caught sight o
the strangers face, one wild shrieI
proclaimed the instantaneous recogni
ton, and she tainted. In the belle
that WaldOp was dead, she had mar
ried the blacksmith of Cedar City il
the very year of the soldiers parole
and could now only confess her drea'
mistake and call alternately on he
husband and her God for pardon.
After the first agitation of the singu
lar reunion had partially subsided, tn
Two men returned to the shop an
talked the matter over as s.ensibly an
cody as their respective feelings per
mitted. Devotedly as he loved th
woman. the blacksmith admitted tn
other,S stronger right to her, and gene
ously consented that she herself shoul
decide between them. After a lon
passion of tears and selfreproach, sh
selected to go with him whom she fir,
loved, but declared, with bitter lamer
tations, that she could not leave he
children. The smith raised his hea
from hi. breast, on which it had droope
on the FIRST dependency of his sres
affection, eyed her wistially for a md
ment. and then saia: "You shall tab
them. nv dear" When the steambo'
s., Luke stopped at the landing som
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

A preacher, whose custom it was
to indulge in very long sermons ex-
changed with one who preached short
ones. At about the usual time for
dismis'iou, the audience began to 90
out, until nearly all had left, when
the sexton, who had stood it as long
as he could, walked up to the pulpit
stairs, and said to the preacher in a
whisper, "When you have got through
lock up, will you, and leave the key at
my house next TO the church
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

. If the perplexing problem of the
origin Of the species is not solved, it
will surely not be for lack of theories.
In connection with these theories a
curious tale is told. tits said to be a
tradition among the Seminole Indians
that when the Great Spirit came to
the people the house he made three
men, all with fair complexions. aud
having led them to the margin of a
small lake, bade them leap in and wash.
One instantly obeyed. and came out
fairer than before. The second hesita,
ted and the water becoming foul, he
emerged of a bright copper color, while
the third hesitating still longer, came
out black as mud. The Great Spirit
then laid before them three packages,
and out Of pity for the misfortune OF
his color, gave the black man first
choice. He chose the heaviest, and
found it to contain spades, hoes and
implements Of labor. The red man
chose the next heaviest package, and
received apparatus for hunting, fishing
and carrying on war. The third and
lightest package was left for the white
man, and in it he found pen, ink and
paper, the engines Of the mind, and
the foundation of the white mans supe.
riOrity.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Speaking of the result of the late
Texas election, the Courier-Journal
says:
The leading Radicals attribute their
defeat in Texas to bad roads. Having
only four days in which to transport
their voters from one county seat to
another, they were unable to vote them
often enough TO win. If the election
had lasted another week they would
have. shown different result; but four
days were too short, especially as mill
tary transportation is VIGOROUSLY slowI