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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-01
Madison Sta Journal-condens


IRON IN WIsCoNsIN-The report of Prof.
Murrish, State Com'r of the Survey of the
Mineral Regions is largely devoted to a
survey Of the iron and kaolin deposit. He
visited Vernon, Richland, Sauk, Juneau,
Wood, and counties in that section, which
he finds rich in iron ore Of excellent quality
1t Ironton, in the northwestern part OF
Sauk Co., there is mine from which has
already been taken 81 900 tons of excellent
hematite ore, yielding from so to 55 per
cent. of iron. He found ore Of good quality
in Richland Co., near Richland Center, and
also at ReedstoWn, Vernon Co. At Black
River Falls and above, he found mines Of
iron ore. CfWood Co. he says: " | know
of no place OH earth where there are more
favorable conditions combined to produce
extensive deposits Of rich bog ore than
here" He found beds of it there extend
ing into Portage, and also in Juneau Co.
From the Iron ridge and the Trenton mines
$500 tons OF ore were taken last year.
Wisconsin is destined to become a great
iron producing State, and the world is iron
hungry now. Seventeen years ago but
seven million tons were produced IN the
world, of which Great Britain produced
year Il 1000, 900 tons were sold III all mar
kets. 1t will probably be double in the
next II years, and it is estimated that by
1900 America will produce l5,000,0 900 tons
for the manufacture of which 100, 900, 900
tons of coal will be required. Ad-
g0cdte
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-01
VERY MYSTERIOUS.
We find the following in the Duluth

Tribune:
Az IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.-THE important confer
ence was held this morning between City Council
and Gen. Meade, Superintendent Hungerord and Fore
c. G. Amy, in relation to the establishing Of a
line of docking, the upper end, and Rice's Point
side of Superior bay. 1t will be remembered that,
some months since the council established the dock
line from Minnesota Point probably twothrds of the
distance across the bay towards Rices Pont and is
now deemed desirable to extend that dock line still
further
The plan now proposed is to make angle Of about
- from the present western terminus of the dock line
Eighth street, and then follow the same down Min
nesota Point.
This seems be satisfactory to the Council and the
railroad officials and also to Foreman Almy, who
we believe represents the I. S. Engineers.
1t is not mysterious that Duluth wishes
to get her docks nearer the "Ricc's Point
side Of Superior bay" but what the Qt5ctQIs
of the n. z. have to do with Duluth city
docks, and especially what ''Foreman Al
my who we believe represents the US En-
gineers' has to do with them just a0ac, is
not so clear VIII not some Duluth paper
rise and explain?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-01
THE NORTHERN P4 WHAT IS TO
BE DONE THIS YEAR

THE NORTHERN CLFIC-WHAT IS TO
BE DONE THIS YEAR.
CONDENSED from the ST. Paul Press, 2Gh.l
The return of General Manager Mead and Superin-
tendent Hungerford from New York, having justified
an effort to obtain information in regard to the plan
of operations for the summer the great Northern
rail connection between the Eastern and Western
Oceans that effort has been made with the gratifying
results indicated below:
OPENING TO THE MISSOURI.
Immediately following the appearance of settled
weather. the line is to be fully opened to Edwinton
the Missouri river. This portion of the work will be
completed by the opening of navigation that stream
all the material required having been placed the
ground last fall
PROVISIONS FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.
The company has determined to operate two passen-
ger trains per day to and from Edwnton-one being
designed exclusively for passengers, and the other an
accommodation mixed train. These trains will run
in connection with a line Of steamers which to
make regular trips during the season Of navigation be-
tween Edwinton and Fort Beuton-a military post sit
uated at the head of navigation the Missou
ri river and which has heretofore been considered the
point of divergence toward the gold fields Of Montana
the more secluded but perhaps not less profitable
range of the hunters and trappers along the base Of
the Rocky Mountains, or on the margins of the tim
bered water courses.
THE LINE or STEAMERS
will be divided into two branches a small fraction
thereof being intended to ply the Missouri between
Edwinton and Sioux City, thus affordng regular faci
tiles to the settlements and military posts that
stream situated below its Northern Pacific crossing"
Six steamers to be placed in the line between Ed
winton and Fort Benton, number considered ample
for the accommodation of travel and freighs either
westward or eastward bound.
THE CONNECTION" AT FORT BENTON.
When the steamers begin their trips Fort Ben
ton wagon trains viii continue and complete the
necton between the citizens of Montana and those OF
Eastern America and while this portion of the route
may its primitive feature, it will nevertheless an
its purpose and complete the first direct chain
of communication established between the Northern
cities and the remote Territories
WEST MISSOURI
Surveys will be prosecuted west of the Missouri riv-
er until feasible Is diseoyeredthe character
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-01

tHat tnlS peSLIenI ODSIfuclloa 10 nelSHDoIly
trade, be removed as speedily as possible
IF when done, 'twere well done
Then 'twere well done quickly"
In reference to the depth and width of
the channel with which the docks of our
young city, are to be connected with "the
natural entrance and with "tho docks at
Duluth we infer from the fact that the
Chief Of Engineers of the Army, Gen. A
A. Humphreys, in furnishing his required
g opinion" to Congress on harbor matters,
mentions as a commodious channel in Su
perior Bay "a width Of not less than 300
feet, and depth of l5 feet at the lowest
water" that such channel would be duly
cut along a bay front on which the great
Northern Pacific is soon to lay its track,
and build its elevators and warehouses.
Of course we expect Gov. Washburn and
our State and, Congressional authorities to
have, as we believe they will, an observant
eye on the carrying out Of the agreement
to the letter, and according to the letter.
And our able Executive if he has not al
ready as we suppose, should have an e1-
pIicu understanding with the War Depart
ment as to the time, direction, dimensions,
localities and details of this, to us, vital
matter of dredging the Bay Of Superior, and
opening the dyke. We wish to know, and
publish the exact facts beforehand, as we
have been amused and honeyfugled by Du-
Iuth fnesse long enough.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-01
Hiram Hayes,
A t torney at Law,
SUPERIOR WISCONSIN
20

SUPERIOR!
40 IN

STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAs-In Circuit
> Court.
William Phelps, 0rren Staples. William II. Brace par
ties under the firm of ". Phelps IL Co.
agalst
Richard G. Coburn and Charlotte NJ Coburn his wife
By virtue and pursuance Of Judgment
sale rendered in the above entitled
of December A d. 1872 by which decreed
gagged premises hereinafter described much
be sufficient the s249439 plaintiffs
for principal interest and said public
auction by under the direction County
shall the 31st day Of March A. d. 1873 O'Clock
forenoon at the fon door OF the Court House the
Superior said County offer
to the highest bidder the following described mortgged prem
situate the town of County
Of Wisconsin, namely: Lots two ~ four a. and six % upon
Quebec Pier with the steam saving mill
together with other erectons and buildings Also
two hundred eighty f2S9 hundred nnetyfve 95
hundred nney-seven ( West Third Street in the v>
lage said Town. according The recorded
Superior in the office Of Register Of Deeds and for said County
of Douglas JAMES NEWTON, Sherif
Douglas County, Wis
IT. HAYES, Plaintiff g Attorney.
Dated February E, 1e73 fel15mar19
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-01
HE American Land and Law Advisor.

4.
<fsf lttsburgn) says of Superior Harbor:
The harbor Of Superior is the only natu-
raj harbor upon Lake Superior west of Bay
field, distance Of fifty miles. This har-
Dor is situated at the western extremity of
Lake Superior, in the Bay Of Superior,
which is about six miles in length and one
mile in width, and is separated from the
head of the lake by long, narrow spit cx-
tending from the bluffs Of the Minnesota
shore, IN u direct line to the entrance of the
harbor, nearly seven miles. This renders
the bay Of Superior safe harbor in all
winds. The channel of the St. Louis river
runs diagonaly and nearly in a straight
line across the bay from the mouth Of the
Bay Of st Louis to the harbor entry, which
is the proper mouth Of the st. Louis river
This channel has width Of about 300 feet,
and depth Of from II to 80 feet The
Bay Of Superior is the most important har-
Dor on Lake Superior, and one of the most
important on the great chain Of lakes, by
reason of its situation at the western ex-
tremity of the lakes, with no point within
so miles where a harbor can be obtained
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
A Wicked Joke.

A cruel hoax was perpetrated on MT.
 c. Trimble, of Mo- 28 Kossuth- place,
 Broadway, Brooklyn, B. D., and others.
 It appears that the Victory Lodge of
 Good Templars, of which MT. Trimb1e
 with some of the new members, arising
 out of their annual election, which took
 place six months ago, ever since which time the disafected have been endeav- bring to break up the lodge and obtain At length meeting of all members in good standing was called to take place at Mir. Trimble's house at 7:30 o'clock. This was advertised, and some parties, supposed to be the disaffected, sent postal cards around to different persons who had advertised for positions, or missing property, or for other things, that if they would call at MT. Trimble's at 7:30 o'clock Con the evening appoint ed for the meeting), their wishes would be met. Upward of fifty of these cards were sent, and the result to MT. Trimble' was electrical. At the time given out for the meeting, men and women were seen pouring toward the house. They literally filled it. Mir. Trimble, not taking in the situation, nervously asked what was wanted. Some wanted situ- ations, some loans, some lost property, and one detective wanted information in relation to the Oyster Bay murder. Some of the women had gone a long, weary way with children in their arms. Some had come from Staten Island, Breslau, Rondout, and other places. The parties who perpetrated the hoax are. suspected, and no expense will be spared to bring them to justice.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
Population of Canada.

There are returned 622,719 families in the Dominion, the total population showing a slight preponderance of males, who number 1, 764, 311, !, to 1, 721, 45O females. In matters of religion the Catholics are credited with total of 1, ,492, O29, to 1898, 732 Protestants, " which means "not Catholics" embrac- ing every shade of belief and unbelief, from Judaism and Spiritualism down to deism and atheism. As to the origin of the people of Canada, it seems that g. 892, 763 of the inhabitants are set down as having been "born in Canada, !" leaving only 59O,998 foreigners. The more detailed and infinitely less trust worthy table is as follows: French, 1,OS2, $40; Irish, 846, ,414; English, 7O6,- 369; Scotch, 549, ,946; Germans, 202, ,991; Dutch, 29, ,662; Indians, 23, ,O37, Africans, 21, 496; Welsh, TITS; and Swiss, 2,962. After all that has been said about the intense national spirit which the forma- tion of the Dominion was to create and foster among the people, it seems that there are no such folks as Canadians" officially recognized. Indeed, all through the Dominion, when the word Canadian" is used, it is applied to the inhabitants of French origin.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
Catching Squirrels on a Fish Hook.

I have caught with hook and line, says correspondent of Boston paper, nearly all kinds of fish, besides turtles, frogs, ducks, and other fowl, but while fishing for trout in the Wellingsley brook in Plymouth, Mass, I discovered a new field of sport. While I had just taken out splendid trout from under a rock, and was about batting my hook, 1 saw a good sized squirrel jump upon the rock. My pole was of good length, and I improved the opportunity by placing the hook near his head. At first he brushed it away with his paw but after a while, either out of spite or for love of the sport, made jump and took the hook in his mouth. At that moment I drew upon him." and soon saw him dangling twenty feet in the air. Such dancing and climbing up the line and then down the pole was lesson to con- mon fish. I finally laid the pole on the ground, and then came series of gyra- tions and various antics. Not being acquainted with that kind of fish, and fearing that any attempt to disengage the hook would be bad for the fingers, I shouldered my fish-pole and marched to the blacksmith shop near by, where, with the aid of two assistants and a pair of blacksmith's tongs, the hook was detached and the fellow set at lib- erty. Not three minutes later, how ever, he was capering along the fence as if nothing had happened.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08

and finding ship about to sail for Mel bourne, engaged steerage passage in her, paying for it by the proceeds of 8 valuable ring I had on my finger, and of which, for wonder, I had not been robbed in the asylum. It is many years now since I left England-how many I do not know, nor do wish to remem- Der. My brain has never recovered the treatment I received so long ago; and at times I lose my reason, and have several times attempted to destroy my self have never any wish to injure others-and have been four times in the Yarra Bind but with kind, judi cious treatment different to what 1 received in the private asylum have always soon recovered and been dis charged.
 A kind friend-the only person who knows who am and where I am-often writes to me and through him I hear that my brother is kind husband to her whom still love better than any thing on earth. He has given up all his evil ways, and is one of the most respected men of his county, a justice of the peace, and a great promoter of charitable institutions.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
SerDpnts in India.

An English writer, evidently not hav-
 ing before his eyes the recent debate in
 Parliament in regard to the great des-
 truction of life in India by wild beasts, or else remembering that about Bengal there are some 66,0OO,O people, and that, therefore, 10000 in year killed are not many, writes to the London
 Times to say that tigers flee, rather than seek, the dwellings of men. This is certainly natural, seeing that an ordi- nary man-eating tiger wants but one man at time, and can afford to lie and wait by the side of any road thro ugh which there is traffic until some lonely and therefore, eligible person comes along. That tigers learn to do this there is no manner of doubt, but yet it is true, as the correspondent of the zSnaes says, that the loss of many lives is due to the carelessness of the natives. They have hard work to do, in cutting bamboo, for instance, and therefore do it, though it takes them into dangerous places. Men and women go singly in to the very heart of the jungle to work so anxious (although the Tunes corres- pondent does not say sol are they for the results of labor. They have no arms to protect themselves with, for since the rebellion they have been deprived of weapons, and, therefore, they are often eaten. Where pluck is great, and pre- sumably food is easily accessible, the Times. correspondent has known no in- stance of the devastation of village by a man-eating tiger. What the cores pondent apparently wonders at is, that without arms, with no means of defence yet with starvation ahead of them if they do not go into the jungle, people are found foolhardy enough to run the risk of having tigers teeth at their tbrootc
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
Effect of a RattIesnake's Bite.

A letter from Cornwall, N. Y., says
 On Saturday, Joseph Hulse, 8 wood
 chopper of this place, was bitten by a
 rattlesnake. While on Storm King
 Mountain, five miles up, he encountered a serpent, and wanting one for friend who had rheumatism-the belief of many hereabouts being that snake grease is cure for it-he chased the snake, which took refuge in 8 wood-pile, and Hulse seized him by tho back of the neck, but so near the head that it con- trived to turn and plant one of it's fangs in the index finger of his right hand Hulse held fast to his snake, neverthe- less, stamped it's head off, and then spent half ap hour in looking for white ash leaves, which are believed to be an an- tidote for the poison. He found none to suit him, however, and started for Cornwall. He was bitten at 7 o'clock, and it was II o'clock when he reached the village, and Dr. Beattie was sum- moned.
 At this time the arm and finger were very much swollen, and very gangren- ous, the action of the heart had almost ceased, and the man seemed like one in a state of intoxicatien. Dr. Beattie hastily cut the finger open, and admin istered two quarts of whisky in twenty laudanum and quinine were also given in large quantities, and not withstanding the loss of three half-pints of blood from the finger, the pulse in- creased, and Hulse became perfectly conscious. He is, after eleven days, in good health, with excellent appetite, but as black as any African. The black is occasionally streaked with blue, purple and green, which appear and disappear alternately. He is in the hands of MT. John Brooks, and may be seen by any physician or other person who is desirous of making an investiga- tinn
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
Captain Jacks Cave.

The Boston Zranscri1ot publishes ar
 extract from private letter giving al
 account of the first visit of white man
 to Captain Jacks cave:
 |" directed Bogus Charley to take
 the lead to the famous caves which nc
 white man had ever visited, and to see
 which was the object of my expedition.
 Bogus was in doubt whether he could
 find the trial, it had been so long since
 he was there-some two years. But l
 told him to make the trail, and we
 started off in single file, Bogus on the
 lead. then myself, O., J. and the en- listed men. I had carbine, c. and J.
 pistols, and the soldiers Springfield
 breech-loaders !; Charley had no weap- ons, so if he meant treachery he would
 be the first victim It was intensely hot, and after tumbling and scrambling over rocks for four hours, Charley came to halt, saying he had lost the trail. I ordered rest of few minutes, and then told Charley to try again.
 "We were then almost to the middle of the lava beds, which were from twenty to twenty-five miles long by from seven to nine miles wide-that is to say, we were about four miles from our starting point in straight
 line, though we had travelled about seven. In about half an hour Charley, as he raiseda crest, discovered juniper tree, which was the mark he had been looking out for, and informed me that the caves were within three hundred yards of that tree, which latter was distant from us about five hundred yards. We made the last quarter-stretch in 8 hurry, and sure enough there was a cave. Charley descended first, and then turned to me, as began to de- scend, and said, Leave your gum
 "I gave my carbine to one of the men, and descended about thirty feet. Char ley and I proceeded to the mouth of cavern, and as went in Charley said, You first white man ever come here.' I entered the first cave, which I found to be three hundred feet long by forty five feet wide and thirty to thirty-five feet high, lighted from the top by two holes in the roof extending to the sur face of the ground there were side galleries and tunnels running from the floor to the outside surface of the ground in all directions. Eagle nests adorned the ceilings, and mountain sheep tracks dotted the dust which lay several inches thick on the bottom of the cave. Stalactites hung on the sides. This was the first cave and the largest. After passing through this, we came into daylight again, into another crater, on the opposite side of which was a hole large enough for a man to con- veniently enter. Charley went in first, and finding it dark. we got some sage brush to burn for light. As we had no means of keeping light, and the bottom of cave No. 2 was strewn with large rocks, difficult to climb over and among, we went as far as we could and then turned back. The third cave was op- posite the entrance to No. 1, and upon examination presented the same features as the others. The first cave entered was the largest. We then turned our faces lakeward, found our traps un- nolested during our absence, and had linner."
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
GONE OF THE OLDEN TME."-TI

ZONE OF THE O1DEN TIME. ."-The oldest white inhabitant of Minnesota has been heard from. His name is R. s. Spalding, and in recent letter he says: "I claim to be the first white child born in what is now the State of Minnesota. On the 26th of February, 1927, I was born inside the walls of Fort Smelling, near St. Peters. My father, Stephen Spalding, run a canoe with me in it, in 1928, to St. Louis, and from that day to the present I have never returned to Minnesota. Born in Minne- sota, raised in Missouri, and graduated in the Rocky Mountains, I have caught more beaver than all the Newhouse traps combined. I fought in the Mexi- can war, and God only knows how many Mexicans I killed (though don't know as killed any.) On the 10th of August, 1859, l discovered the first gold ever found on the west slope of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. The mines I discovered were good, but my own were goed-for nothing"
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
VOL. III.
The True NObleman.

No airs, no rudeness, no pretence, No lack of plain good common sense; No boorish manners to annoy, No vicious morals that destroy
 True manliness and grace;
 He wears upon his face
 A gentle, honest air,
 And no deceit is there. His true address, and not his dress, Commend him, and his manliness Wins the good favor of the few Who know him we'll. and know him true. He leans not on the broken reeds Of ancestral renown and deeds His father did long years ago. Blue blood in royal veins may flow,
 And be so cold and thin
 That take proud heart within
 Warns not in ''weal or woe,''
 So cold it's pulse and slow. By all men be it understood, The noble man trusts not in blood; He asks no privilege of birth He would be valued at his worth. NAOWulS uI5 IlSuCSs uo Oaro maintain " His principle without stain Upon his lips; he bravely pleads For others, and he mercedes
 For the downtrodden poor,
 For the heart-sick and sore;
 He dries the tear he finds,
 The broken heart he binds. His word is good as any bond He loves this life, yet looks beyond; Wealth capnot spoil him. for his trust Is not in heaps of yellow dust. His face and speech inspire the soul To upward flights and self-control; It gives the soul sense of wings, It lifts it from terrestrial things When he is host or guest,
 A blessing seems to rest
 On all who hear and see
 Such true nobility. The throb which his brave heart repeats In kindred bosoms warmly beats; A benediction lights his face, His speech is gentleness and grace.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08

GUNS AaA1N.-Will any thing induce reckless people not to leave their guns is no hope of bringing about such are re- suit. A young man in Somerset county Maine, left loaded gun banging up in the shed. His brother, eleven years old, took it down, playfully pointed it at three little girls who were playing in the yard, saying he was going to shoot them. The children started to run away, but he did shoot one of them, and she instantly fell dead.