The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-01-11
THE SUPERIOR TIMES.
SATURDAY, JANUARY II, 1878.

GEO. NJ Smith made a flying trip to
Ashland last week.
FURIOUS snow storm on Wednesday,
with much drifting.
II. w. French came up from Ashland
to spend the holidays with his family. lie
returned last week
SQUADS of railroad laborers from the
Wisconsin Central, have been passing
through town during the last two weeks.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Ex-Emperor
of the French, died at Chiselhurst, Eng
land, on Thursday at 1915 \. NJ, aged G5.
PRor. Thompson enlightened the Duluth
ians on ''Buncombe' last week It was
the first time they ever heard Of such a
thing.
WE learn that James S. Richie, Esq, Of
this place, has been appointed Commits
sioner of Deeds etc. for the State Of Min
nesota.
M1SSEAPoLIs is enthusiastic over Chau-
Ger. The thrilling intelligence that Co
lumbus discovered America is now hourly
expected over there
Now is the time to pay your debts. That
is what moneys for. Every five dollars
you start circulating, will so the rounds,
and do the whole community good.
JAY Gould has paid back $9,ooO,o0o to
the Erie Railway, and made money in the
operation. The Erie folks feel proud over
this compromising Of felony.
SCARLET fever prevails at Black River
Falls in this State, and twenty-five cases
Of scarletna were noted at W arren, near
Faribau,t, MINI, on the last day Of De
cember.
FIFTH Avenue Theater Barnums Circus,
Maillard's Confectionery Establishment, a
Printing House in Centre Street, and Tai
mage's Tabernacle, have lately burned in
New York and Brooklyn.
PERsoxs living south of the Duluth ca
nal are as far from the main street as if
they lived on Corners Point, for they have
to 90 to Ricc's Point before they can get
around the inner harbor.
LAKE Superior is not the only place
where winter binders navigation. Away
down at Memphis, in the sunny south, ice
gorges, thirty feet in depth, break up, and
sweep away fleet of costly steamers.
New York has been a special sufferer by
the extraordinary weather this winter
The great snow storm of New Years week
and heavy rain Of sleet soon after, twice
cut off the communications of the metrop-
oils.
THE great railway accident in Pennsyl-
vania occurred at Prospect Station, a point
noted for its fine view. There is fine
view at the Dalles of the St. Louis, but we
should not like to drop ITO feet to pay
for it.
SCARLET fever still prevails in town,
though the later eases are reported pro
crossing fayorably. We hear that the ty-
phoid fever has been prevalent at Duluth
for some weeks. It is sickly season, take
the country over.
SUPERIOR is not the only place where
railroads have g suspended" Several 9th
er towns in the Northwest, now Glove our
company" aud when there's movement
along the whole line, look you, we expect
Superior to be in complete marching order,
in the van.
SUPEEKEATED steam is what set Bar
NUNS Museum on fire. An oyerheated
furnace endangered La Crosse church the
other day. Wood work too near chimneys,
pipes and furnaces, becomes heated till it is
mere finder. and takes fire almost spontane-
ously Protect it.
A RIOT among the laborers on the Wis
consin Central r. r. north of Stevens
Point took place IN December, lasting sew
eral days. Supply stores were broken
open, and trouble made generally 1t is
claimed that the Company had made pro
per arrangements for boarding and paying
them, and were not to blame.
TALK Of cold weather up here What
do you think Of So deg. at Beloit on the
southern verge of the State, or % deg. at
TT. Wayne, Indiana, which would equal
As deg. in this section, twenty degrees
colder than we had. We actually live i'll
the most comfortable place in the Northern
States, take the whole year around. Fact
No trains ran on the Lake Superior d