The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-03-23
THE Duluth lNianesotiaa is offered fo

THE Duluth INianesotian is offered fer
sale.
THREE more sub-contracts have been let
on our railway.
Mr.. Dwight Abbott, an old citizen of
Oneota, died this week
WEATHER has been clustering, and quite
cold. More snow fell yesterday
Buy your sugar-cured hams, shoulders,
fresh eggs &C., of Geo. NJ. Smith
TIE State Legislature has appropriated
$4,000 for the protection of our harbor.
FoE No. l cut, clean shave and impe-
rial shampoon, call at the Avery House.
See advertisement in another column.
Col. D. G. Houston of the U. S. Engi-
neers, direct from Washington, officially
inspected the dyke this week. His report
is not yet made public.
GEORGE L. Brooks has purchased the
house and lot of DR.. S. S. Walbank on
Second St. The building is the one for
STRANGE to say, it has been colder many
days this winter, in the belt of territory be-
head of Lake Superior. The thermomet-
rical record proves it.
THE st. Croix grant came up in the q.
S. Senate on the 21st inst. Senator Car
penter moved Inconvenience with the
House Sherman moved concurrence Pom
eroy tried to amend. Bill laid over with
out decision.
WHAT in the name Of Darwin and Hulk
ley, Dickinson and Phillips, has become of
the colleagues and lectures of the Superior
Library Association? Echo answers: don t
know, unless its because Prof. Goodwin has
been at Ashland all winter.
On, say. Look out for fun at the spring
election over the Bay. All united there.
Oh, yes. Don't quarrel as they do in Su-
perior, you know. Oh, no. Sing:
We're a band of brothers,
We're band of brothers,
We're band of brothers,
And We all want to boss.
INFORMATION CLEANED from Mr.. Samuel
Howenstein and others lately arriving from
the North Shore, show the ice in Lake Su-
perior to be of unusual extent and thick
ness No water is encountered between
Fl. William in Canada, and this point, a
distance of over two hundred miles, and
on ascending some of the highest points of
land along the route, nothing can be seen
toward the lake but an unbroken field of
ice
ISAAC II. Wing, Esq, late of Hudson,
now on his way to Bayfield,, to take his po-
siton as Receiver of the Z. S. Land Office,
at that place, to which he has been lately
appointed, arrived in town yesterday, and
we have had several agreeable chats with
him in relation to the interests Of Northern
Wisconsin, in behalf Of which, he has done
good service at Washington during the
winter. We welcome Mr.. w. to the Lake
Superior country.
Mr., r. Pothers, an employee Of 25 years
standing in the Hudson Bay Company, at
present acting as Commissioner for the
Dominion government in their intercourse
with the Otchipewas of the Red River
country, made our city a short visit on
Wednesday last. He is on his way to Ft.
Francis, where he will make his head quar-
1arS for the present and is takinO thrOu o. h
two ship carpenters 1t is the intention of
the Canadian government to have steamers
upon the several lakes and rivers of their
new wagon and steam route, lately opened
between TT. William and Ft. Garry, and
they look for large emigration the com
ing season to the Red River valley. The
last season they took emigrants from Col
lingwood to Red River for thirty dollars,
and this season they will take them through
for fifteen. He informs us the Hudson
Bay Company will put boats on Lake Win
nipeg which will run up the Saskatchewan
river rs far as Ft. Edmonton, in the vicin-
ity of the gold regions. Mr.. 2. reports the
Canadians as enthusiastic and sanguine on
the subject of Pacific r. r., and that an
elaborate survey will be made of the whole
route, for the accomplishment of which,
ten years has been allotted. How is this
for time?
DIED:
On Tuesday afternoon, March 10TH 1872, EDWARD