The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-06-07
THE SUPERIOR TIMES.
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1873.

NEW goods just received at george M
Smiths.
LAST Sunday was the first day of Sum
mer.
DRIED and Canned Fruits at George NJ
Smiths.
A NEW telegraphc cable has been laid
from Havana to Key West
CHICAGO is holding three days Rebuild
ing Jubilee, ending to-day.
BEFORE purchasing goods, call on Geo.
M. Smith and obtain prices.
PRESIDENT Grant went to Long Branch
on the 5th to spend the summer.
Two elevators at Toledo, Ohio, and one
at Aurora, ILL.,, were burned last week
New Hampshire celebrated the 25Oth
anniversary of her settlement, a few days
ago.
SMOKED halibut! Mackerel. Labrador
Herring! and Georges Cod Fish at Geo.
NJ Smiths
The people of Superior are becoming
amiable over the new departure, and yet
the east wind keeps the ice near the Ze-
NTH.
The Grand Pacific Hotel at Chicago, said
to be the largest in the Z. S, was opened
on Monday last 1t contains 400 rooms,
occupies an entire block and cost $780,
OOO
II may not be known by some that w.
Minor Roberts Chief Engineer of the Nor
thern Pacific, is also President of the Brain
erd Branch of the Saint Paul and Pacific
r. r.
Mr. Emmett B. Chambers, editor of that
lively paper the Red River Gazette, pub
lished at Glyndon on the n. p. r. r., left
his card at our office one day this week.
We regret not being in at the time-hope
Bro. Chambers will call again.
RAFTs.-The tugs Eliza Williams and
Agate, were yesterday engaged in tow
ing RATS of logs from the Nemadji boom to
Peyton & Kimbals mill on Connor's Point
There were two large RATS to each tug,
which made their progress up the bay rath-
er slow.
CHICAGO had hurricane lately. Supe-
rior, the Chicago of the future, has never
been troubled with tornadoes Our worst
wind is the Northeaster, and that seldom
rises above 40 miles an hour. The velocity
of hurricanes ranges from 20 to 40 miles
per hour.
THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL.-They are
driving business on the Wisconsin Central
railway Vice President Reed informs the
editor Of the Two Rivers Chronicle, that
500 men are at work northwest of Stevens
Point. A large force is also at work on the
Ashland end Of the Wis. Central.
ALMOST A FIRE.-The alarm of fire at 9
am. to-day, was occasoncd by the roof of
Coburn's warehouse taking fire, we suppose
by sparks from one of the dredges or tugs
at the end of Quebec pier. A few buckets
Of water squelched 1t; damage very slight
a careful Waterman should be kept in that
vicinity, to prevent a serious contiagration
SINCE the opening was made in the dyke
last week, we understand bar has formed
within two hundred feet of it. on the Du-
luth side, on which bar several tugs and
seows have been aground and detained
The ting Danforth, bound for Superior not
being able to cross it, had to 90 back to
Duluth. The strong current continues
flowing through the opening, towards the
Duluth canal
WORTH TRYING.-It is stated by J. D.
Randall In the Rural Neac Yorker, that a
single handful of common wood ashes an
piled to each hill ofpotatoes soon after they
are planted, and before they get out of the
ground, will increase the crop one half
This is good price for ashes, a safe spec
ulatlon, an easy way of farming, and Ger
tain plan for making money Greenbark
may be turned to greenbacks by Just pass
ing 1t through the ashheap, and the potato
hill Try it, reader
EVOLUTIONARY ENTERTAINMENTS For (
the benefit of the Sunday School of the
Presbyterian Church on 3rd ST., Monday
evening June 9Th, J. ID. White of Manches- /
ter, Ky, will reoite prose and poetical Sc
ections from the best British and American
authors; also, comic and thrilling stories, /
as, "Love and Cabbage" "The Pilot
1.-The Aldrm-belln "Coquette Punished y /