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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
THE ANEEK1TION or C4E1DA.

The nation has lately been informed by
telegraph that there are no less than ten
organizations in Canada, working for the
annexation Of that country to the United
States. a late rumor also says, as many
similar reports have said before, that the
English government is disposed to consider
the question Of giving up her troublesome
and expensive Dominion dependency. 1t
is to be noted however, that the individual
Canadian generally denies the actuality or
possibility Of such procedure on the part
of Great Britain, and stoutly maintains that
Canadians are loyal to excess, and would
under no circumstances consent to unite
with "the States" This trifing drawback
Improperly considered, would tone down the
rose colored statements Of the Associated
Press reporters, and postpone the date of
the annexation of Canada some years be-
yond the time so often set by sanguine
special correspondents.
But if it be indeed fact that ten organ
izations are at work in the Dominion to
foster and develope general desire for
annexation, the time may come, and that
at no very distant day, when Canada shall
knock at the door of Congress for permis-
sion to become a constituent part of our
Republic. There is but one sound reason,
however, for desiring such a consummation,
(apart from the very patent consideration
that we should thereby remove foreign
flag to greater distance from our present
bound aries) and that is that it would secure
the proper ocean outlet Of our great north
ern route
We need not the broad acres of Canada,
for we will do well to settle and cultivate
the vast extent of farming land that now
lies waste in our own domain. And if we
need her population, q proper development
of our own resources will prove attraction
enough TO draw her sons to our fertile west
ern lands But we do need the St. Law
renee river, and the Canadian canals pres
ent and proposed. Il availS nothing to deny
the fact These are the geographical com
pement of the route hy the northern lakes;
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THE ST. CROLK d. LAKE SUPERIOR r. r.

TIE ST CROLY d LAKE SUPERIOR r. r.
A number Of the leading newspapers of
the State, adverting recently to the St,
Croix and Lake Superior land grant, speak
Of it as assured to the State under the late
decision of the C. S District Court at St.
Paul, which held that the title Of the State
under the grant still subsists, and can only
be deyested by action of congress or the
courts to that end.
We are fain to share in this conclusion,
and to hope that under its genial influence,
the weary years of incubation draw to a
close, and that notable Matching is at
hand, whose product shall abundantly prove
its own Legitimacy, by its identity with the
object with which the grant was originally
charged-a railroad from St. Croix Lake
to Superior and Bayfield,, pure and simple
Such railroad has grand and benefcent
ends to accomplish, not only for its own
immediate region, but for the State at
large, that cannot be postponed to the de-
mands of particular locality, and that
would be seriously hazarded by any mate
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
TIE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DoUGLAs-In County

In The matter of the estate of John deceased
On reang and filing the petition Of Carice
county, representing other things that John
late of said County of Douglas the Dist day 1872
Superior sad County, died nstate leaving goods
and estate within this cOuuty and that said petitioner
widow of said John Gosein deceased and praying that
aton OF sad estate be to her proper person granted
1t is ordered that the said petition be
this Curt Mouday the 2d day December O'Clock
in the for at the office of the County Judge
And il il furh her ordered
heirs of said deceased and ALI persons publish
copy this order for three prior
day OF hearing in the Superior Times weekly newspaper
printed and published at Superior in said County.
THoS. CLARK, County Judge.
Dated November 2Sth, 1872. no3Ode21
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
THE ASHLAND PRESS ECHOES.

we are sorry to see that the Ashland
Press OF the 30th ult., gives place in its
columns to the grossly false statements Of
the Duluth Tribune, about the Superior
entry, and the effects of the storm at Supe-
rior. Really Sam this is not ncighborly !,
When you see us taking for granted and
giving currency to reports which are derog-
atory to the harbor Of Ashland, and which
have no other warrant than their origin in
the Duluth Tribune, set us down as ma
licious
1t is true that with an appearance of i'm
partiality, the Press also Published in the
same issue, an article from this paper enti-
tied ''Duluth versus nature and the ele-
ments," but so far as that article purported
TO state or refer to, what had actually oc-
Cured, there was nothing in it but what
the editor Of the Press must have known
was abundantly corroborated by the ac-
counts in all the Duluth papers.
The offence of the Press in this instance
is the less excuSable, in that it had occasion
in the same issue, to defend Ashland har-
bor against the unjust animadversons of
this same Tribune, and thus in one column
to discredit the very authority which in
another column it was quoting against Su-
perior
To call the Press attention to the man.
ner in which this paper treated the Zrj-
btne'S reflections on Ashland harbor, we
give here our remarks on the matter, taken
from the TIMES Of Nov 23d
The 'news" about the demolition of docks in the
Ashland region as published in the "ucws' papers of
the Unsalted Zenith Citee of the Undsmaycd Seas is
about reiiabe the news" concerning 300 feet Of
the Superior docks being gone, ETC. Ashland is
all rigt, and Superior Is all right, and Marquette and
her breakwater all right II is ofnO for Galutc
to think that the rest Of the country has caycd in be-
she has
We will do the Press the credit to pre-
sumo, as matter of course, that it viii, un-
der tie circumstances, b just enough
towards Superior, to publish the replies
which appeared on the first page of our is
sue of the 23l ult., to the Measurements of
the Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07

How THE WEST GROWs.-An English
man writes from Somersetshire to a Mime
sofa paper that grand exodus of British
b0ne-aud- is to occur IN the Spring
The English agent who is charged with
the duty of organizing new colonies of far
mers is reported to be overrun with appl-
cations. One thousand emigrants are al
ready prepared for departure; the agent
says he has been "literaly aStonished" at
the number of farmers, farmers sons and
wealthy people who intend to 90 with him,
and he IS already sure Of capital 10 the
amount Of 5250,0OO, which viii probably
be multiplied by four ut the opening of the
Spring emigration. These are remarkable
occurrences, and when taken in connection
with the reduction of fifty per cent. in the
Cunard Company's rates OF fare for eini-
grants, and also with the recent futile at
tempts of the kaiser's Government to stay
the tide of German emigration, they point
to an unparalleled increase of the foreign
element in the United States during the
coming twevemonth. It Is understood that
a large proportion of the new colonisls will
settle in the Northwestern States, where
there Is abundant room for millions of peo-
pie, with cheap and fertile lands, and q
growing demand for the products of skilled
aud un>kiiled labor-N I. Commercial
IdUertiSer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07

and the fertile belt Of the New Northw est
can receive its very highest developm ent
only when our proper ocean outlet is not
at the mercy Of a foreign policy and for
eign power. But there are some years to
spare yet, and the Republic can wait. The
pear is not vet ripe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07

OFFICIAL statistics show that $4,000 per-
sons have died in Russia alone from Asiatic
Cholera during the past year. This fright
ful mortality is due in q great measure, to
gross neglect in making and enforcing
proper sanitary regulations.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
STATEMENT OF TAX LEVY FOR 1872.


LIsl OF JURORS SELECTED FOR ENSUING YEAR.
Crane Jer0rS-Seth Snow, F. E. Bradshaw, Vim
cent Ro,, Geo. +. IIolcomb, Bella Brooks, II NJ Pey-
ton, Wn. kimball, A. Zachau, James Edwards, Hiram
Robbii,s V. Desimval, l. Ritche, L. f. Wheelock A.
Soderluna, A c. Brown, John 7. Morgan, l. l. Moore,
J. w. Hicker.
Petit Jurors B. F. Greeley, U. Gouge D. Schultz,
A. g. Bertrand, Isaac Young Lars Lenroot, Ed. Eng
land, THIS. kocher, James Collier T. Chase, L. Nor
risette, Nm Wunderee, U. S. Dawson, Charles Felt,
VIM. Crsnwell, ". w. Allen, John T. Smith, E. W.
AndersoI, ?. Bradford, John w. Bradshaw, John r.
Smith. II Z. Lalftte Joseph Mayer, L. Gosdorfor A.
Loranger VIVA. Crawford, |. w Gates, O. Sheridan,
7. Fay, l. w. Palmer, l.. I, Slayton, Richd Bardon,
Il. ". Shaw, Rich'd Ref John NJ. Mutt, Thos. Cal
verify.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
STATE OF WISCONSIN, !
Comfy of Dpurlas I,

Richard Relf being duly sworn deposes and says
that the above report Of monthly collection Of fees in
the County Clerks Office IS correct, and that it is the
whole thereof R;uR'D RELF
Subscribed and sworn to before this 18th day of
November 1872. THos, CLARK, Jus. Peace
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07

Hon. VIM. A. Howard, late Member
Of Congress from Michigan, has been elect
ed Land Commissioner of the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad Company. Mr.. Howard ac-
companied the n p Directors on their
tour Of inspection to the Pacific coast and
through Minnesota and Dakota last fail.
He is no doubt well posted, and will make
an able and efficient commissioner.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07

SETTLEMENT or THE BO4RDI
OF SUPER VISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
DOUGLAS FOR THE YEAR ENDING NO
FENBER %, 1872.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County Of Douglas. S

Thompson Richie, County Treasurer, being duly
sworn, says the foregoing is statement of the
receipts and disbursements in the Traasurers Office
from the 10Th day of November A. D. 1871, to Nov.
18th 1872. THOMPSON RITCmE County Treasurer
Sworn to and subscribed before this 18th day of
November \. D. 1872.
D. GEO MORRISON, Notary Public.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
D. GEO. MORRISON, Notary Public
TAX Roll. YEAR 1871,
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
November 18th, 1872.
Supervisors Of Douglas Co:

To the Board of County Supervisors Of Douglas Co.
TIE County Clerk of Douglas County reports the
foowng the monthly collection of fees in his office
during the past year:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07


type.
Business cards lines or less S5 90 year.
Legal advertisements charged the
ute
Special notices 10 cents per line for each insertion.
Transient advertisements be paid advance: all
others quarterly.
Advertisements otherwise ordered will be continued un,
til ordered ont and charged accordingly
No proof furnished unti the ndvars
is paid for.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
Septemher lst lS12.

EItch!e refund erroneous tax
l W Gates amount pad for list of land entries
ID Geo Morrison express charges on books
Press Printing Co blanks for County offices
Ill y Setter counsel fee IN railr, ad matters
October st 1879
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07

10 the Board OF Supervisors, Douglas Co., Wis.
The Committee to whom referred the accounts
oflthe Treasurer and Clerk for the year ending Nov
, S72, respectfully report that on examination of
theH accounts, the same are found correct And that
the foregoing statement exhibits the resources and
liabilities OF the county appears by the books in the
clerk Office. THos. CLARK
w. CRANwELL, { Committee.
Datel November %, 1872
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RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES DoUGLAs COUNTY No
vEMBER %, 1872
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07
October 18th

Times Printing Co advertising tax sale 1872
Clark sorting and ndexiug pa per in probate Office
} Bardon 81 qrs salary CLERK Of Court
james syer aug and sept salary Of Court House
E De Iauit to efund erroneous tax paid
November lSt 1872
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NUMBER IL.


L Ritchie taxes 1871 on cert's held by County
II Niedecken and Co tax roll book and charges
III jones rosin f r ferry
Clark Justices cost and fees State VS. O'Brien
Clerk Circuit Court fees under statute
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07

Jas Syer months care Of Court House at $50 40
q Schuitze worK around Court House 2
August 23d 1872
sheridan work and material Court House and roads 81
J HteKer stationery ceuaty offices d
X Thompson setting buoys in lar a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-07

Geo Morrison II days services Supervisor % 90
W m IL SmhL II % 90
DescimVal II % 90
November 14th 1872.
A Zachau mating Court House IS 80
do material and provisions for road II IS
Jos Iolrvlie eimng two days Washington PARK II 90
Clark attending Nemad river ferry during 1872 80 90
November 18th 1872.
N o'Bren days work Washington PARK 5 90
Lars lenroot sheriff 5 fees 13 81
X y CoDurn sundrY for roads Is 81
fregeau days teamng Washington PARK "a 90
November l9th 1872.
VIM sKelton teaming on ,yheld road II so
+ Ehing days wofK Washington PARK Q 90
Joseph Gay days Bayfield, DAD survey II 25
d. GEO. MORRISON, Chairman.
RICH'D RELF, County Clerk
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john Walter days WorK on Connors Point road
I Clark Fec justices Of peace in Cot.uty Canvas Q
il + WheelocK - 2
J W lIacKer stationery County offices
X Relf Ice for Court House nd express On booK %
knight aud Wing abstract of U. s. Land Entries s0
L Cl TX Justices fees etc state W Whalin I.
Perry attendance before Justice CarK Stata We a.
Seth Snow sderins fees and boarding prisoner 81
Niedecken ana 20 ooKs and stationery County CLERK l9
November 18th 1872
Times Printing Co pub election aud her notices 1o1
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Thos CT ark stationery for County Judges Office
Desimyal half d y- work 80
IL Hayes derayDg Judge Cloughs expenses to Madison
for County 100 90
Robbins to refund expenses to Wasn Interest Co %
Reg tIauscrbn indexes aud other GO 90
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Chapman aud Cooper work on Bay field road
II Paul Press Co iodex books for Register CT Deeds
ID Geo Morrison express on same
James Bard0n 2nd qrs salary as Clerk o. Court
Seibert Gggler Co County order books 1000 each
Wm r Perry stationery fo- County officers
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-27


MEssRs. EDiroBs In a recent mum
Der Of your paper, Mr.. Chapman who
handles tho scissors Tor your agricultural
department takes issue with the cofres-
pondent IN previous number. who states
that the one hundred Spanish ewes we
had sold Mr.. Slocun Of Pennsylyauio,
were probably the best one hundred ewes
owned by any one man in the State Of
Vermont.
Now the history Of that flock Of ewes
is as follows 10 1871 we bought Of n.
A. Saxtou, his entire drop Of eve lamhs,
and all his one year old ewes. We
bought Of Mrs. Victor Wright the best Of
her yearling aud two year old ewes. We
selected forty.two ewes from the flock Of
u. ID. Twitchel. These sheen (Mr.
Twitcheli's) were bred by,and from sheep
from the fiocks Of Messrs. Hammond, W.
r. Sanford, W. r. Remele, Victor
Wright, and n. A. Ssxtou. We also Be.
ected from the aock- Of NJ. J
Ellsworth, Joserh Bowdish aud II.
B. Dodge. These together with
sheep Of our own breeding, were Sc.
Iccted, and we have been breeding for
the last ten years or more. aud think il
not vain to say W. 1i,. bred -r'n" GOOD
ones. Our stock ram Nas %, ii uu ui'.
Gold Drop dam Beauty" oNusi h, T.
r, Clay. We paid Mr. Clay .uc r,.u-
sand dollars for him when llmb. We
had selected from our flock OF five hum
dred head, iwo hundred and flty ewes
one years old and upward the best of
these we had purchased from the choicest
flocks in the County, and the best OF those
Of our own breeding from this two hun.
dred and fifty head, Mr.. Slocum selected
one hundred head, after travelling over
our County to buy some fancy ewes to
I'll western order. We are not pre-
pared to say any one man in Vermont,
out Of his own flock can duplicate them.
Mr. Chapman to our know Wielgr, never
saw those sheep to examine ;hem, never
handled any OF them. What j, his opu-
ion founded on? He says many Of our
flock masters would not permit one hum
dred ewes to be drawn from tbcir hocks
at twice the price we got, which Is doubt
less true. Some Of them may not have
as many sheep as they want, Or should
have, aud desire to buy of course it
would be an unreasonable price, that
would induce those men 10 sell. Others
might be very hopeful Of the future, cz-
pecting oil fashioned war prices, in 4
very short time Others might deem
their 1oeks SO much superior to all other
docks, that they must have double price,
like some mon 80 full Of self, Of egotism
and canroii. that if valued u, their own
cs,i'not~ ol themselves, as Of that Of tho
pubic iacy would and very wil mar
gin IT, .st values We thought it was q
pref it-' tlau-oe ion among any Of
the sheep men, ... these times. and be.
leved it our interest to sell. Atnou.h
we knew the price was loW. But we
will have no quarrel with Mr Chapman;
we simply desire to viulicate ourselves,
and to -ay to him, if he can name man
10 Vermont, who owns one hundred head
Of ewes one year old and upwards, that
excel those we sold to Mr.. Slocum in
fashion, or pure descent, in style, in size,
in shape in length, density, fneness aud
in wei ght Of wool, he can enighten some
of the uneolightened Of our country.
CnERDINo AND W1LLtAMsOS.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-27
For the REoIsrEa
To u Picture.
BY L. l., LAwRESOr.

A picture hangs in my room at night.
And there it hangs by day,
In which a storm bound craft ia tossei
On the waves Of Gaileo.
The crew, in their pcril now forosco
speedy watery grave;
They ply the oars with manly skill,
In hopes the boat to save.
They tug and toll and labor on,
But still tho raging storm
Seems sure to hurl them down to sleep
Where slimy reptiles swarm.
Thoy think Of loved ones on the shore;
Their hearts take strength anew;
They see tho grief Of their kinsmon rise.
In vivid mental vicw.
But hope at last grows weak and cold,
So keen the lightning's glare!
Hopes smOuldering embers light no more,
There's naught but blank despair!
But, 10! behold, glimmer shines
Ger the raging waters, far;
And as they look, it nearer comes,
Like some good guiding star.
And tius they toll; a CLEAN of light.
A sudden flash of glory,
Reveals form upon the waves
Like ghosts Of ancient story.
They sudden shrink their bosoms quake
They know not how to meet it,
Thus were their minds so worldly then,
They feared aud much they fretted
They knew not then their Savior dear,
But feared ho was a spirit ...
Then calmly spake he words Of cheer:
Their hearts were glad to hear It,
"And l, it Is, be not afraid"
Their hearts beat easy now,
They Welcome Jesus to their midst,
And meekly to him bow.
EAST MIDDLgBuRY, W., Feb. 4, 1874?
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-27

An old lady from one of the rural dis.
tricts astonishcd clerk in one of the
stores few days ago, by inquiring if he
had any "yaller developments such rs
they put up letters in"
The name OF Gov. Washburn of Mas
achusetts was included without his consent
in the list of officers and signers Of the
call for the late convention at Cincinnati
to promote Christian amendment to the
Constitution.
DEATH OF BosroN CApTAIN.-Schoon-
er Mary Z. Vancleaf, from ST. ssMichaels,
Dec 10, fer Boston, put into St. Johns,
n. F., about Feb s, to land the body of
Captain Colley, who died previous, aud
for Boston in charge of the mate
Samuel Townsend of Delaware, who was
appointed member of the National
Democratic Committee by the New York
Convention of S6s, now writes to Dem
ocratic newspaper: Our old Democratic
party is dead, and if you wish to shake
its dry bones, | am ready either on the
stump or in the newspapers"
A remarkably precocious boy at Spon.
Ger, three years old, got the notion the
other day that he was abused at home,
and started on foot for Worcester to try
the world for himself After while his
parents missed him and went in search,
coming up with him finally on the Leic-
ester road, nearly i've mile, from homo.
Doubtless he is Weston iu embryo.
Says the Mobile Register, anti. Pas.
sive: " Whcn you tell us you must keep
your Southern rebels out Of the Nati-
onal Democratic Convention. because the
odor OF your treason will damage the
prospects Of the cause, We answer, our
friends from Maine to California do not
think so, and scorn to initiate the COW.
ardly Jacobin example of disfranchisc.
ment. accommodation and protracted
disunion.'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-27

Catharine Melchior is the maiden name
of German woman, who. some years
ago, went into the family of an aged Mr..
Sharp at Rockville, Ky. Two years ago
Mrs. Sharp died, and after due mourn.
ing Sharp married Catharine, one of the
conditions being that he should deed her
his farm, valued at S25 900. Two yeart
again passed away and Sharp died.
Suspicious were aroused but silenced, and
Catharine married Bachelor. wealthy
merchant, and now he has just died. His
remains were recently examined, and, it
is claimed, disclosed mineral poison. She
has been arrested, indicted, and is now
waiting trial for poisoning.