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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
From st. Paul Press April 25th.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RIVAL
OF GOV. ]. GREGORY SMITH AND PARTY LAST
EVENING

Among the distinguished arrivals at the
Metropolitan Hotel last evening were Gov
j. Gregory Smith, of St. Adams, Vermont
President of the Northern Pacific Railro l,l
Company; A. Fl. Barney, Esq, of New
\ ork, Treasurer of the same Company
Thomas IL. Garfield, Esq, of Vermont,
President of the Lake Superior and Puget
Sound Company; Col John S Looms, Of
New York, Land Commissioner OF the
Northern Pacific road; S. w. Sears, OF
New York, also of the Land Department
l.. Willis, Esq, Of Boston, General Fa>sen-
ger and Freight Agent of the Verm mt
Central Railroad Company and Man" ger
of the Northern Transportation Company
and Walter Hinchman, Esq, of Vermont
Private Secretary to Gov. Smith. In addl-
ton to these gentlemen, Col. d. G. Luds-
ley, Assistant Chief Engineer, and Geo p
Lee, Esq, Paymaster and Financial Agent
of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
reached ST. Paul on Saturday night
Gov. Smith and his party visit Minnesota
IN the interests of the magnificent enter
prise with which their names are so init
marely and tavorably associated in the
minds OF our people. From Governor
Smith the gratifying information is obtain
ed that the statements in Sundays Press
of the projected extension Of the St. Paul
and Pacific Railroad and it's rapidly in
creaSIng branches, were not exaggerated
IN the least. The work mapped out for
the present season is immense, but lne as
surance Is given that it will be performed,
and enough is known of the extraordinary
energy and capacity Of the managers of the
Northern Pacific to warrant the conclusion
that they mean business. From present
nothing stands in the way of
the steady and wonderful progress of the
Northern Pacific road, and the most ex-
travagant anticipations yet indnlged in, in
regard to Its speedy construction, are likely
t. be fully realized. This authentic infor-
nation viii be gratifying to the people of
Minnesota, who have universally taken a
deep interest in everything relating to this
great highway, which viii soon span the
country between Lake Superior and the
Pacific Ocean
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
THE DULUTH CANAL.

THE Tribune of this week wants the editor
of this paper to get out a neandanaus against
the cantI business. Apply to the State OF
Wisconsin, Mr. Tribune, and perhaps you
will hear of something in this line to your
advantage.
p S.: We learn just as we go to press,
that the long talked of canal has been cut
through, and that the water of the bay OF
Superior being some twelve or fifteen
inches higher than that of the lake, is pour
ing out with great rapidity. Our Duluth
neighbors may now expect to hear from
the state authorities Of WiscoE sin very
soon.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
,0N MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES

iron MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES
In lslo, weAnade 81 900 tons of pig iron; in
1868 We made nearly 300 900 tons, with
5000, 900 more than the product of gold and
silver for that year. In lS43 we rolled our
tir~tton of railroad iron, in 1860 we rolled
6oo,oo0 tons, of which 800, 900 were in
Pennsylvania and 100000 in New York
Ounplg iron is better than three fourths of
that'made IN England. Lake Superior iron
distfict, IN $50, shipped 1000 tons of iron
ore, put dld not make a pound Of pig iron;
in 1879 there were shipp d from this region
6S2,2s6 tons of ore, and $4,000 tons of pig
iron. During thirteen years the entire pro-
dHcifon was 5000, 600 tons ofore and 400,-
700 tons of pig iron. Along the line of the
h sSlefn Pacific railroad are several dis
trcfs from which an iron production fully
equal to the above may be expected upon
the construction of that enterprise.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
DULUTH ECONOMY,
The Hinnesottda of April 22nd has t

The Ninnesotian of April 22nd has the
following:
The St. Louis River Entry is troublesome Gus
toner for Uncle Sans money. About $3.50 900 have
been expended upon it III Congressional appropriations
When the Improvement" started there
about feet of water the bar; and this is the depth
upon it still.
The Ni3aeSOtidn of course wishes to
convey the impression that the government
has tried to improve the entry and failed.
The fact is that the Wisconsin pier has
been but fairly commenced and has not yet
been extended far enough to confine the
waters Of the St. Louis sufficiently to do
the work expected of it by the government
engineers. \ part of previous appropria-
tions is yet unexpended. When the work
is completed which will be soon, there will
be fine harbor-way sufficient for all pres
ent and future needs of the head of the
Lake.
Whoever heard before of giving up a
harbor entry and trying to eXcavate new
ne because a little dredging was needed
times in the old one! If Chicago and
other great lake ports were forbidden to
ilredge they would soon have no harbor
at all.
That is wise reasoning Of the Mnne-
fotian that the moment any dredging
necessary, that moment the expense
.4ust be saved by spending ten times as
much on neoo entry dredged out of the
solid earth and opening the way to a basin
that needs dredging in ecery foot Of 1t, and
all to be protected by piers, locks, cribs and
a breakwater costing congressional appro-
priations ,cjuaout limit Louder on con
gressional preparations. More on econo-
my. Where's Knott?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

THE COMING SEAsoN.-The indications
are that the con ing season will be one of
activity on Lake Superior. The copper in
terests, after passing through trying ordeal
emerge, clransed and purified, upon a ca
reer otunexampled OF prosperity. In the Mar
quette iron district the condition of things
is excellent, and with the development OF
the iron deposits of Houghton county which
the building Of the Houghton and Ontona-
gon railroad will simulate, as well as the
opening up of the Menominee iron fields by
the Portage Lake and Lake Superior ship
canal, this last staple will be produced in
the future in such quantities as to insure the
consumers OF the raw material OF the ability
OF Northern Michigan to supply all their de-
mands.
The interest which the Gazette has crea-
ted IN the direction OF establishing manu-
featuring plants on the lake is increasing as
our people examine into the matter, and it
looks now as if there would be a number of
charcoal blast furnaces erect ID before the
close of 1871 -P0rtuge Lake Gazette
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
PROGRESS OF THE WISCONSIN CENlRAL RAIL
ROAD,

Mr.. f. B. Phillips is spending large portion OF
his time in the field, and the front He is leaving
nothing undone to than realize the expectations
under which the work undertaken by him, and
which led several local interests place their enerpr
ses in his hands be developed into great system
Messrs. Phillips Colby have just closed contract
with the the Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa for
5000 tons OF their rail- enough to lay the track be-
tween Dotys Island (Neenah and Manasha Green Bav)
and Stevens Point, 65 miles Track laying will begin
IN June, and this portion will be prosecuted to com
pleton in the early Fall In anticipation of immediate
business, FIVE 30ton Baldwin engines a freight Al
feet wheel and passenger f. wheel all l7x24 in.
cy) have been ordered The road bed is be of the
best character wide enough to bear Ree IT, tie giving
the track great stability and ease The contracts for
bridging nave been let tc the American Bridge Co.
There three quite important bridges. That over
the Wolf River (com oination wood and iron) will
have draw span of 240 ft. resting a centre pier
The other Two bridgs will each soft. space
The contractors have also out surveying party
to locate portion of the main line northwest of Stevens
PIT tie route to Late Superior and a short connection
eeiM tie AOIftar Pacific. This it is expected to put
under construction within two months and it will
doubleday be built this a point within the
limits Of the Company's fine land grant.
We take the above from the Chicago
Raileouy Resiec. The Wisconsin Central
gives every evidence Of beng live rail
road company, and the surveying party
now lOCdCll8 tuS lllt from steven : ONT
northwestwardly was not sent out for spec
ulative purposes, but for actual business
purposes. The people of northwest Wis
consln may reasonably rejoice at the pros
pect of seeing railroad constructed
through this neglected portion of the state
before, or by, 1873. 1t viii be a route to
Chicago by many miles shorter thar the
present crcuitous route through an adioin-
ing state, and will develope region that
has long suffered from the want of that
great civllzer, and city builder-a railroad.
Messrs. Phillips and Colby display an
amount Of energy and push IN the construc-
ton of this important link in the American
railroad system, that marks them as men
Of business, foresight, and enterprise, in a
high degree. Hurry up, gentlemen, and
give Milwaukee railroad connection with
the Northern Pacific at Superior
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

A CONTINUOUS line of telegraph now ex-
tends from San Francisco to Singapore at
the extreme southern point of the Malay
= eninsula in Asia. BY sometime in June
it is expected to reach Shanghai, on the
Chinese coast Thence via Behring' s
straits, or direct across the Pacific, it may
soon reach San Francisco again, girdlng
the world in forty winks, instead of forty
minutes as Shakespeare hath it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

At the end Of $40 we had l,087 miles of
road completed in Minnesota AT the end OF
1877 we shall have 1886 miles. About n
thousand miles of projected road remain to
complete this system within the limits OF
Minnesota, and it Is quite safe to say hat
before the end of 1878 we shall have 1000
miles of railroad in Minnesota, and possibly
before the end of 1872. THIS extraordinary
railroad progress is both the indication and
the cause of a corresponding activity in
every department of material development.
1t carries with it corresponding expansion
of population, of agriculture, of commerce
and of manufactures; and as these railroa |
lines multiply and reach out further and
further into the ever widening circle of set
Element and production, they open up new
and larger sources OF trade for the centre of
this railroad system at st. Paul, and bring
back to it an ever-augmenting increase of
wealth and prosperity.-& Paul Press, 2@2.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
THE BEST MANURE FOR OUR CLAY LANDS

One of our citizens recently made inqui-
rieS OF the editor OF the Prairie Farmer, of
Chicago, in reference TO the beS. fertiizng
agnt for grass or clover crop on our
tiff clay soil, and received the following
reply:
Cold, compact, eayey land should have been pre-.
pared for a grass crop hv powiug in considerable
amount OF rolerable coarse manure. This would have
rendered the soil light and provued food for the
of grass at some distance from the surface. Even
sand or ashes If piowed N would have proved of great
benefit in a mechanical by making the soil loose
aud rendering II IL condition so that grass roots
could easily penetrate it, We shall expect little per-
manent advantage from guano it would only stmu
late the growth of roots the surface Ii the soil
is already well supplied with lime and mari it seems
to contain ali the properties that would be derived
from bones. Common Land Plaster ground gypsum
generally of advantage to clover and the cultivated
grasses but there soils and locations in which it
produces very little good. The amount and method
of appl ca ion spoken of those generally recon-
mended. If you obtain good stable manure we
should it any artificial fertilizer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

TOBACCO IN WIsCoNsIN.-i'he Western
farmer says: wv lscon>in tobacco now has
good reputation in the market Those
who have engaged in its culture on land
adapted to it, have generally been we'll re-
paid 1t is suggested to us by one who has
himself tried it, that few acres-two or
three Of tobacco would be an advisable
side crop on riany farms"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

Lo! the poor Indian. Track is being
laid in the Indian territory at the rate of
two miles per day. 1t belongs to the Mis-
souri, & Texas railway over which half a
million of cattle will be conveyed to the
north and east each year
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

The total amount Of the first two issues
of fractional currency lost or worn out
while in circulation is estimated at S6,5OO.-
600, or about tifteen per cent. of the whole
issue. This sum is Of course "A clear cain
to the Treasury, and an entire loss to the
people.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
A SPLENDID RAILROAD PROJECT-FOUR ROADS
AND A UNION DEPOT AT ST. CLOUD.

II. G. Burbank, Esq, returned on Tues
day evening from st. Paul, and from him
we OBJ ain the substance of an important
with Mr.. Becker Mr.. Becker
says their Company contemplate taking up
the ira, k of the present line on the east sid
of the Mississippi, for some distance below
the depot, AMI cr s-iug into 81 Cloud, aud
establishing the depot IN some such soita-
bic and central loc ttion as may be deter
mined on by the people. A Union depot
VIII be established here. The branch TO
intersect the Northern Pacific railroad at
Branard will start from this depot and
CT IS the river at Sagk Rapids, while down
trains will cross into his depot and then
recrosS 10 the east side on The low er bridge.
The branch running up the Sauk Valley
and intersecting tht Northern Pacific at
Otter Tail city, viii also start trom this de-
pot Mr.. Becker says it is the purpose OF
the company TO build this branch on as
straIg ght line rs practicable from St. Cloud
10 Oter Tail, dlverging, perhaps, to touch
Sauk Centre. 1t is also intended that this
same depot shall be used by the St. Cloud
and Mankato railroad when ballt. Thus
will St. Cloud be a center for four impor-
tant lines of Railroads.&c.. Cloud Joat7a1dL
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
Citv Nj at Nj ark G t :.
S. WAKELIN, Prop'r,

Nos 500, d 367, end St., Superior,
Will keep constantly on hand full stock Of FRESH
BEEF PORK, VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, FISH,
&c Also SALTED MEATS and FISH. TURKEYS,
CHICKENS VESIsoY and OrsTERs Orders solicited and
promptly filed for large small quantities. Give
me call. l am sure you viii be suited in price and
quality. 10 S. WAhEL1N
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

WISCONSIN Is now looming up as the
great iron producing State of the Union.
Fourranses OF hills, each twenty miles long,
cunning parallel with the Menomonee river,
have been found to contain immense guam
titles OF almost solid iron
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
SHEYIFFn,S SALE.
StTATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF D0UGLAS-In Circuit
= Court.
Frederick A. Newton, Plantif)
Grava Dnfap \

Frederick A. Newton, Plantif)
James p. Greves Defendant
By issued
Circuit for Do gias Counts the above entitled
directed aud delivered and against the and
OF the def udsnt james p GreyeS, have seized
evcd following described real and all
rgt title aJd interest which the sd defendant had in and
said property the the dockeing of the
county the 9th day December 1870
acquired Of the southeast quarter
the southwest quarter ofs ion 5 ntaning
and f. IN and to undivided fty the half
half of section twenty-five 25) all in township forty
9 north OF fourteen 4) the of Superior
county of Douglas and state of Wisconsin, being ninety
which said real and right title and shall
expose for sale aud sell public the bidder
MONDAY THE 22ND DAY OF MAY 1871,
o'clock in the forenoon of that day. the door
the Room in Coddnon Block West Second Street
Superior, Dougas of Visions satisfy
COSTS property
be necessary. LaRS LENRbOT, Sheriff.
BY SETH Snow, Undersheritf of Douglas County.
III. HAYES Plaintiffs Alto
Dated Sheriff Off g, Superior April Sth, 1871. 81
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
De. Ahner Phelps vet living at GranviI

De. Abner Phelps yet living at Granville,
near Boston, and now 81 years old, was
the father Of American railroads. On June
Is, 1926 he offered in the Massachusetts
Legislature tie first proposition for a rail
road that ever occupied the attention of
American law makers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
RAPID RAILROAD PROGRESS IN MINNESOTA

The immense activity with which rail
road operations in this State are being
prosecuted is set forth in an article prepar-
ed by the reporters of the Press on the
fourth page of this paper. Last year $50
was doing pretty well. This year 10 miles
more are under contract to be completed
before winter. As follows:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

air line route to Baltimore by the compile
ton of the Pittsburg & Connellsville r. r..
The Philadelphia Press thinks this road was
designed to compete with the Pennsylvania
Railroad for the Western trade.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
CTATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
= In Circuit Court.
Ann Marguriett Huguier, Plaintiff, J

Ann Marguriett Huguier Plaintiff,
against
Antoine Savinier Maxmillien Huguier, Defendent.)
In the name of the State of Wisconsin, the above
named defendant:
You are hereby summoned and required to answer
the complaint of the plaintiff in the above entitled
ton which said complaint is filed in the office of the
Clerk of this Court in and for the County of Douglas
aforesaid in the Town of Superior, and copy
of your answer upon the undersigned his Office in
said town of Superior in said County within twenty
days after the service of this exclusive Of the
day a service. And if you fail to answer said COM
plant within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in this
action will apply the for the relief demanded
in the complaint TH0S. CLARK,
Plaintiffs Atty, SUPERIOR Wis.
Dated March 2Sth A. ID. 1871. 3O-7
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

CHARLES Sumner, Charles Dickens, Brick
Pomeroy, Lord Byron, and other eminent
literary characters were too ugly to live
with. SO their wives say. The common
suppostion is that the Charleses and Bricks
had too high an opinion of themselves.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

The ragamuffins of Paris are waoing war
on the churches. They have whipped sew
eral monks and priests. But while marching
out OF the city to attack some men who were
not on the peace establishment, they were
well whipped in turn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

WINoNA, Mimi, is to have road run
ming southwestwardIy to the State line if
she will grade it, and gain the right of way
and do it right away: SO says Senator
Window and President Gilman of the Iowa
Central
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

"OUR people are too widely inclined to
shun the quiet ways of productive labor,
and try to live and thrive IN the crooked
paths Of speculation
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

By jane l3, 1872 telegraphic cable is
to be completed from Vera Cruz, Mexico,
to Cuba, there connecting with the telegraph
to the United States
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

The party surveying the route for the
canal across the ISthmus of Darien report
the air filed with mosquitoes, the earth with
malaria, and the water with alligators
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

STEVENS Point, Wis, expects five rail
roads, and' is jubilant over the first dirt
thrown up in Portage County for the Wis
cOnsin Central
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
GROCERIES2 PROVISIONS:

les and Provisions, of which we keep a GOOD Stock,
consisting of CHOICE and FANCY GROCERIES,,
as well as STA PIES. In this line we would call
special attention to our TEAS, which we think are
not excelled by anything IL ,lo ark ct.
s8~ When visiting our store, if you do not see wha
you want, ASK FOR IT.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29

The work Of tunneling under Detroit
riN er, from Detroit to Windsor, Canada, it
is said will be commenced during the com,
inc summer, and completed in two years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
WANTS or THE PEOPLE.
Carpeting and Wall Paper:

OF CARPET]S, OIL CLOTHS and WALL PI-
PhR, we have many handsome and excellent varie-
ties to which we invite attention
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-11

Member OF the Royal Collepp d,
London, graduate from one ., ~ ~
inent Colleges in the UnllsI So, '
greater part of whose lie has h..
the hospitals of London, Paris y, \
and elsewhere, has effected SN,rs
astonishing cures that were ~,
Many troubled with rlngip, in
and ears when asleep, great 80
being alarmed at sudden sonnJ,
ness, with frequent hlusnipr s,rcr]
times with deragement Of mind y
Immediately.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-11

BIRDS IN THEIR LITTLE NESTS" &C.
How sorrowful a thing it is when men,
bers Of the same family forget the sub
lime teaching of DR.. Watts, Dear
children, you should never let" and the
rest OF it. Trouble has arisen in the
galoot family, and our soul is grieved.
On Saturday, the gentle Gooseberry and
Boose Leasure, who has just returned
from a visit to the Grand Duke, were
engaged in the useful and honorable but
laborious business of toteing up coal.
A dispute originated, Boose declaring
that he had two Jumps more in his
bucket than Gooseberry had carried up
in the bucket previously. Goosey
proclaimed the statement base fabri-
cation, when, will it be believed, Boosey
slapped Gooseys jaws! The Gentle
One ran off frantically to hunt up
policeman. OF course there was none
about. There never is when the Gentle
Goosey wants one. There always is
when they want him. So be nursed
his wrath to keep it warm, went back
and finished lis work, swearing that
this morning the world should be star
tied when the case of Goosey versus
Boosey, action for assault and battery,
shall be called. 1t is very sad.