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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10
The Artificial Slides in Russia.

The Winter Fair is held on the Neva.
There you see races with siedgas and
skates, and with horses, dogs, goats
and stays, harnessed to different kinds
of sledge vehicles. They also have
their horizontal roundabouts, and their
perpendicular highfyers, like sedan
chairs, going up in the air and down
again. But the grand amusement Of
all is that of the "ice hills" They
are thus constructed: A strong scaffoid-
ing is raised to the height of thirty
feet, with landing at the top ascended
by a ladder. From the top of the
landing a sloping plane of boards is
laid, about swelve feet in length, and
ninety feet long, descending in q
very acute angle to the surface
of the frozen river This inclined
plane is supported by wooden piles, de-
creasing in height, and the SIDES are
protected by 4 parapet of planks. Upon
the inclined plane are laid square slabs
of ice close together, and then water is
poured all down the slope. This water
freezes-half q minute or so of Rus
sian winter is quite enough for that
and the incline then presents a broad
sheet of pure ice. From the bottom
of this incline the snow is cleared away
upon the level surface of: the frozen
river for distance Of 600 feet, and IL
feet wide (the same width as the in
clined plsne.) The sides of this level
course are ornamented. with dark green
frs anil pines. Each fair-goer
who wishes to indulge in this
national amusement provides himself
with a peculiar sort of sledge-more
like butchers tray than anything
else-ascends the ladder to the landing
ON the top, seats himself in his tray On
the edge of the glittering incline, of
he goes. and away Ae skeels doYn the
slope of ice. Such velocity does he
attain before arriving at the bottom,
that he is not only carried along the
600 feet of the icy level below, but
clean up to the top of a second ice
hill, like the first, with another slope
on the other side, down which he
Eskeels with the same rapidity as be-
fore. and away again to an equal dis.
tance on the level below. The 81 ght
of 4 succession of these fair-goers,
seated in their sliding trays, balancing
themselves as they cut along, one close
upon the other, yet there is no chance
OF overtaking each other, unless by
some unlucky and very unusual upset,
presents q most peculiar and extraor-
dinary scene. Whenever the balance
does happen to be lost by man, down
he goes all the same, to the continual
peril Of his limbs or his neck, and it is
impossible to prfdiot Nhereabouts his
headlong career will be stopped. Boys
sometimes-boys. will do anything-by
way of q delightful increase Of the dam
eer, skate, like q fash, down the bright
inclined plane, balancing themselves on
one leg. 49, ,''''''''!'';'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10

The invention Of the circular saw is
generally attributed to Capt. Kendall,
Of Maine, who died few weeks ago at
the age of SO. This is mistake. The
circular saw was invented by Joseph
Murray, Of Mansfield, England, son of
an cid servant of the Byron family,
whom Lord Byron, the poet. often
speaks Of in his letters as "Old Joe
Murray" The first saw of the kind
ever made is still shown by his de-
scendants
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10

A RATHER curious incident occurred
at church in Hartford one evening
last week. One of the prominent min
listers of the city went there to preach.
His sermon was written out, with the
text preceding it in the usual way.
When he arose to preach he read the
text, but when he attempted to locate it
he was "stuck," for he had forgotten
to note down the chapter and verse.
He finally had to ask the congregation
to locate il. One of his hearers accom-
modated him, and the sermon pro-
ceeded without further interruption.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10

The following Damed cities are max
ing every effort to be- included in the
carrier syatem, but under the census
of 1870 they have not q sufficient pop
ulatjon. It is probable, however, that
some construction will be made after .
short time so that they will be bene-
flied.
Wheeling, W. Va, population, 49,.
282; Norfolk, Va, 19, 1856; Taunton,
Mass, 18, $40; Chelsea, Mass, 18. 547 !;
Dubuque, lows. 18, 4O4 Leavenworth,
Kan, 17,O49; Fort Wayne, Ind, H.
718; Springfield, ILL.,, 1885; Auburn,
N. Y, 7,225; Newburg, N. Y, 17,O14
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10

PRINTERS in Swi: ,rland think they
have "fat situat ON when they get
$500 q week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10

Mn. J. NJ. BEDLEw proposes to give
alecture on Oliver Goldsmith.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10

AT Peekskill, N. ", Charles O..
Brown attempted to murder his wife
i by stabbing her with knife, but in
| fiicted only fe% slight injuries; lie
then went and hang ged himself III a
/ barn. His neck was found broken.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10
The Postal Cars.

There is onsiderablo stir at the New
York post Office over the unexpected
withdrawal by the railroad companies
of postal cars from service oN the
first of April. 1t is thought the force
of clerks will be utterly unable to at::.
tend to the great flood IF mail matter
which will in that event pour in. NEAR
" four days will he required for the
delivery of mails which now reach their
destination in fifteen hours. The de:
imand of the railroad companies is for
$500 per mile instead Of $2.75. now
paid them. It is rumored that it the
! companies persist in this determination
the Postmaster General will endeavor
to procure the passage of law giving
the department special power over
railrouds
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10

1 II I'm arlSalD bic story by tho Daughter
Of ara English Colonel Of lnln ntry-
From Afiluence To u LuRer Beer Su-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10
ALosT ARrREyllyED.
From the N. Y. Sun.

The Empress Joscphine's Old Point dc
Venixc Lnccs-Tho Empress Eugcnie's
Eress-A New York Inn pOl tcr'S story.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15
1856. SUPERIOR 1872.
LAND AC EN- CY.
OFFICE, NO. S47, WEST 2ND ST.
L. W. ANDERSON, JR.,

Real Estate bought and sold commission
Titles Examined and correct abstracts furnished
Taxes Paid for non-resdents.
Land Warrants Located, and all business in con-
neetion with Real Estate promptly attended to-
Desirable Lots and Lands in and around sUPE-
RI0R, DULUTH, and F0NDULAC, for sale
Several Tracts of Choice Pine Lands on nayiga-
BILE streams and very accessible, for sale
Foreign.and Domestic Exchange bought and
sold.
Passage Tickets to and from all parts of Europe
for sale
With experience of SIXTEEN years in this sec
ton, am thoroughly posted in all that pertains to
real estate and parties desiring invest in around
Superior or Duluth, having property to sell would
do well to confer either in person by letter with
L. W. Anderson. .Br-.
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
SUPERIOR CITY, WISCONSIN,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15
From the Lodi Wis., journal.
SUPERIOR H1RBOP

SUPERIOR H4RBOR.
We are glad, for the honor of our State,
to chronicle the settlement of the Duluth
and Superior difficulty. The result Of the
visit of our excellent Governor to Washing
ton and the east has been to convince all
interested parties that the interests Of Wis
Ir.onei-4 oe,li be Iuasutained. so much for
the personal influence of talented and de-
termlned man, whose cause is just. But
while we give Gov. Washburn all the cred
/ it he is entitled to, we see the presence OF
another power in the negotiations resulting
! in this settlement.
! In the winter Of 1843-the hard winter
the writer Of this article stood upon the
precise spot where the 'canaf' was recently
cut. and saw, in the afternoon solid ice,
made by frozen spray from the breakers,
not less than thirty feet thick, and from one
hundred to three hundred feet wide al a.
! long the lake-Ward shore of Minnesota
/ Point. Staying till morning amid the nor
way pines OF that bleak strip of land, in a
/ fierce northeast wind, we saw the daylight
break upon q shore as destitute Of Ice as in
mid d-summcr. The solid mass was broken
to atoms and carried entirely away by the
action Of the waves that gathered force in a
four hundred mile run from the northeast.
We have said all along since the Duluth
matter Of D3ahjng @ harbor was talked Of,
that it would faiI-that no human wall can
resist the waves that strike that shore in
/ Canada blowouts The storm of last fall
has attested the correctness of this opinion.
And now the DuIuthites, having the same
opportunity Of observation, have reached
the same conclusion. This made the Gov
ernor's mission a more successful one than
if the infatuaton Of the people OF that hill
side city had continued.
1t is now arranged with the leading cit
liens Of Duluth, and the Northern Pacific
railway company, that the dyke shall be re-
moved, the channel from the mouth Of the
st. Louis river to the bay in front Of Duluth
dredged, and branch Of the railroad COM
pleted, within few months, to Superior
city.
This arrangement will secure to Superior
city the advantages its natural adaptation
to commerce demands, and build up at that
point a business centre like ST. Paul OF
/ Chicago. And in the end, if there IS any
use Of city at Duluth, it will help build it
"a thing the Canal and dyke could never
i have done.
We congratulate Superior city and the
State on this just arrangement, and are
glad that we have such an Executive whose
ability and known determination to succeed
/ in what is rightly undertaken, seconded by
Providence, has accomplished this object
so quickly and quietly.
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and three Of editorial to prove that such arrange
ment has been consunlmatcd. Granting all that the
Globe clams it does not follow that if the Canadian
Company should for the next dozen years the line
of the Northern Pacific where it is plainly for its own
interest do 50, that, therefore, the Canadian road
would be made subservient American interests. Ii
is simply appeal Canadian prejudice to make po-
Iitica capital
Aside from all this, and granting that the road
should be built as soon rs possible, all sensible men
must gree that it would be $50 900, eco than
wasted for the company build the section from Lake
Nipssing to Fort Garry 600 700 miles, mere
" gcatify national pride, while the Northern Pacific
will only be glad make the most liberal arrange
ments for the use Of its track between Duluth Su-
perior Red river.
The I'ribtt,se proceeds SAY THAT It IS
doubtful whether the "north shore" section
would pay in any event, and that the con
struction proposed by the Allan Company
is certainly best even for the Dominion.
In view Of Canadian sensitiveness, the Irj-
51tae urges the opening Of the St. Lawrence
for large vessels, which would bind US to
keep the peace by increasing the value Of
our farming lands 25 per cent.
The fact is, Canada is beginning to see
that if she controls the route to the Allan
tie, aee control the route to the Pacific, and
it's highly probable that loving and peace
ful compromise viii be the upshot Of all
these attempts to carry on commerce ac-
cordiug to politics, instead of geography.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15
PORTAGE LAKE ITEMS.

From Gazette, 9Th.
Charcoal pig iron furnaces are going
to make L'Anse, at no distant day, one Of
the most important places in the North
west.
Capt z. B. Ward, we suspect, is the
Abearn on Marquette County iron ore, and
"bull" just now, on Menominee.
Owing to the great demand for Lake
Superior iron ore last year, several thou
sand tons Of the No. ,, or clean" ores,
were shipped off the lake, and in most
cases, the purchasers knew the quality, CT
metallic percentage Of the commodity they
were getting. OF the balance Of the vast
quantity 900 tons--of ore sent to
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Wyandotte, Chica-
go, Buf1alo, ana elsewhere, the per cent in
metal was larger than any other iron dis
trict in the world, ever produced.
A letter received from Hon. c. F.. Hol-
land, President of the Mineral Range rail
road, says that gentleman has contracted
with the Cambria Iron Works at Johns
town. Pa, for the iron to cover the line oI
road from Portage Lake to Calumet The
baldwin Engine ANaa.l=@,- Phil, i M aIsina .
locomotive, and Jackson 81 Sharp, Will
mincton, Del, are getting up passenger
and BAGGAGE car for the road.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15

WorK on THE n. p. r. R.-Thc ST. Paul
Dispatch Of Wednesday, in noticing the
departure from thai city Of Gen. T. L. Ros-
ser, on his inspection Of the \. F. Railroad,
says the General will make arrangements
for resuming work thereon, as early in the
season as the weather will permit. Thirty
ono miles Of the track is to be laid to com
pete the road to the Missouri crossing, but
is the iron is already provided, that viii
take but a few weeks. While the Mime
sofa division has been operated throughout
the past extraordinary winter, with but two
dav's interruption, there was no occasion
for undertaking to operate the incomplete
Dakota division after work was suspended
last fall and the Company has not, there
fore, had even one man on that portion Of
the line during the winter. The extension
Of the road beyond the Missouri to the Vel
lowstone, we are assured, viii be com
mcnced as soon as possible, bat the engi-
neers cannot well take the field until In
June, when there is enough grass to sup
port their animals.
It having been mentioned in the Red
River Star that Gen. Rosser was one of the
principal actors with the Canadian Pacific
Railroad for the construction of a portion
Of that road eastward from Fort Garry, it
is proper to say that there was some talk in
that direction while the engineer corps Of
the Northern Pacific was disbanded, but
the arrangement was not concluded and
General Rosser retains his position Of last
wear.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15
TWO "FR1UDS."

THEY have had DAY Of Judgment
down in Houghton County, Michigan L. S.
and the Tammany ring, and Credit 5Iobil-
Ter, and il-1Iunch-and-Suca business is
played out for a while in that county.
The innocents who have been making mon
ey out Of the Houghton county treasury,
and didn't know any thing about it as usu-
al, are known by the names Of Seth Rees,
ana Alexander Pope, Seth is so deep in
the mud that he cannot open his mouth,
bat the namesal1e Of England's great poet,
sniveIs through column, and more in the
2. L. Gazette As warning to every eoun-
tv officer in Wisconsin, we give Alexander's
concluding words.
Misfortune came upon me and instead Of bearing up
Ike a man. like an insane fool began to drink. By
pure careessness | went from worse to worse until
began to lose the confidence of my business acquaiu-
tances the respect of my friends, my own sefrespec
and my reason. have never made any serious effort
70 overcome this cursed habit and have never made
solemn promise to give it up, but nowthat it has
made me SO insane as to steal without NY knowing it.
think it is full time to stop, and will stop have
made ur nv mind to live il down. | know that after
five years of such slavery and Of dependence upon this
false strength and with troubles gathecng around
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Hiram Hayes,
4 torney at Z aW
SUPERIOR WISCONSIN
c,TAra OF wIscoNsLN, ooUNTY o. D0UGLAs-In oIreuIt

C1TATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOLGLAs-In Crcuit
> Court.
William Phelps, Orren Staples william II. Brace, par
ties under the Of ". Phelps Co..
Richard G. Coburu and Charlotte NJ Coburn, his wife
BY virtue and in pursuance Judgment Of foreclosure and
sale rendered entitled the fourteenth day
Of December A. D. 1872 by decreed that the
ed PREMISES hereinafter much
e sufficient to raise $24949 due the plaintiffs
said be sold public
auction y or under the direction sheriff County
shall on day of March 4 D. 1873, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon at the the
County, for sale and sell public auction
to the highest the following described ogaged prem
situate Superior County Dougas
Wisconsin, namely: Lots ~ four "a and six 90 upon
Quebec the saving mill and its aPpurtenance
together eectos and buildings thereon Also lots
hundred egtyune 29 two hundred nnetyye (25 two
hundred nney~seyen 29 West Third Street. all in the Wis
Iage Superior said Town according the recorded plat
Superior Register DEEDS and for said County
of Douglas JAMES MENTION, sheri
Douglas County, Wis
H. HAYES Plaintiff s Attorney.
Dated February {, 1873 feblJmar29
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15

Condensed from Miner, lst
Land grant to State line laid over.
New road between Rockland and l. L'Anse
Real estate moving. =. Silver miners
gone to Iron river . Nelson Corsett died
on steamer Lotta Bernard. Keweenaw,
and three light draft boats, form Wards
Independent Line ;. Spencer runs Caya-
hoga, Mayfower, and perhaps Madison
Detroit Board Trade ask Michigan to
aid Marquette and Mackinaw Il. L. with
10 sections per mile Chicago and =.
". r. r, have contracted for new line to
Menomnee Iron Range SawmiIl, dredge
and dump scows building, Query why
one Wheeler in Legislature, wants to repeat
the act which transferred land grant inter
est Of Marquette & Ont. r. r. to LAnse
81 O. r. r.. Editor demonstrates with
wit and figures of 7. L. Gazette.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15
PAINTING.

p A wRRY- wishes to announce to the peo~
l Of Superior that prepared to do all kinds Of HOUSE
PAINTING, GLAZING and KALs0MTNG, at low figures
szcoxD STREET Superior, Wis.
Paints OILS and Materials for sale at reasonable rates
febl5T2
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15
judicial Election Notice.

GSSOciGte 9HSttce o. Hte cNpfene court J36ge or Ue
Itab J11jiciat Circuit and Coa.atg Judges
Office Of Secretary of State Madison, Wis
Notice is hereby given, that at Judicial Election,
to be held in the several towns, wards and election
precincts in the State of Wisconsin, on the first Tues
day, being the first day Of April next the following
officers are to be elected, to-wit:
An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, in the
place Of 0rsamus Cole, whose term of Office viii ex-
pre on the thirty-first day of May, 1873
Judge of the Circuit Court for the Tenth Judicial
Circuit, comprising the counties of Brown Door,
Oconto, Outagamio and Shawano, in the place Of E.
Holmes Ellis, whose term Of Office will expire the
thirty-frst day Of December, 1873.
County Jucge, Of Douglas County, in place of
Thomas Clark, whose term of office will expire on the
thirty first day Of December, 1873.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at Madison, this goth day OF
L. S. February, 1877
Ii. BREESE,
Secretary Of State.
JAMES NEWTON,
mari Sheriff Douglas Co, Wisconsin.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-28
Captain iJ,6k vssi wearing ! stolen
uniform few days aimee and nov onr,n.

CaPtasn JOCK vas wearing 4 stolen
uniform few days since. aud now comes
the news that he is consulting q stolen
ohropometer. (which, In the, Modoc Ian.
guage, signifies 4 watch. Captait, Jack
has no moreidea of morality than COM
mon Mobileier, Congressman. II the
watch Aforesaid be not a dumb watch.
let 1t demonstrate respectfully but firmly
on the next consultation.
A Herald special from London SAWS
the Khan OF Khiva has sent an envoy to
the Russian military authorities to me-
gosIate for peace, and that dissensions
nave broken out in the Khivsn capital,
the Khan being at war with his two
brothers. and the latter onlv AWAITING
the arrival OF the Russians to anyrande2
the capital to them.
During the past week, the police of
New York made 1859 arrests, and 2, e48
homeless persons were provided with
1odgipgs at the VARIOUS station-houses.
For the same period the Bureau of Vital
Statistics registered 539 deaths. 400
births and 229 marriages. .-7' Z =.
Nombers OF young ladies are provid,
ing themselves with powerful glasses
through which to observe tho approseh-,
ing transit OF Venus, mainly with. the
view to ascertain how she: s'R1es no" her
hair. 4 @-A sca. sit,s Fl. .E.:li, ilr'sf!J =
Two babies were recently SEMI 81, y,iex ex,
press from Portland, Ohio. to Kslama.
wyoming. Their mother had died up
In the valley. and the father wished them
sent to: bis triendh,, but could mot 60
himself to take them. .sI,,
Mrs. SchuE1, wits of the distinguished
Senaso1. seo noa has become, heir to alegsey of
25O. 600 Prussian ;thslers., or about. $i7O.-
ooO. BY the deoease Of her anole, lately
q resident OF Hamburg, Germany.
Maj. VIM. F. DeKnigLt, who has
! peen Tor long time connected with the
Internal Revenue: Department at sum
ter, has been superseded by Capt. E. ".
There was row at Ocouto. Wis,
Ihursday night, in which Bohemian
was only stabbed eighteen times he
was lovely in his life, bnt in death he is
sadly divided. =
Representative J. D. Robertson vaa.
on Monday last, indicted by the grand
jury in Savannah for libel in the Mont
| mol!in case.
Ihe Connections Senate has decided
to have only one State capitol, and to
have that located in Hartford.
The old Libby prison, in Richmond,
ls now used as Sunday school room for
oolored children.
prize Of $75. 900 in the Omaha lot
tery has fallen to the holder OF ticket
Pekin, China. is to have daily news
paper, edited, as a matter of course, by
New Englander.
George W. iWatsell, ex chief OF the
New York police, has been reelected 10
that important position.