The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-03
THE SUPERIOR TINES.

RACINE wants to be a marine signal station and
rightly enough.
Soar works and two brick yards, are mixing things
up at Rice's Point
WILD ducks and white guls disport in the open wa
tiers of Superior Bay.
TnTos the anservant of the Woodruff gang, is
still matchmaking Beecher.
VIENNA opens the worlds fair this month. The
cholera is in the city however.
QUEBEC complains Of French Canadian exodus
from that vicinity to the States
WEATHER superlatiyely lovely, but we would surren-
der it all of two days for little rain
THs road work of last begins to be apprecia
ted since the frost pulyerized the eods.
EDwINroN (named after Edwin F. johnson former
Chief Engineer n. P r. r. has been re named Bis
marck.
DoFF not your flannel because it looks like spring
"Fannel looks like spring" in this part of the
South
Our old friend and subscriber P J. Peterson of
Fondulac, came down Thursday with boat load of
fine pickere.
DULUTH Tribune advises the bachelors of Superior
to initiate L. T. Slaytons example, fervently adding
ago in old boys, and win"
ST. Paul Press wants "water transportation" Will
probably, discourage the idea of ship canal from
St Croix Falls to the Nemadji, now
CANADA papers see things they want them. The
ST. Johns Necs says the Vermont Central is carrying
Canadians home by extra trains. Canada needs them
certainly.
LABoRERs for the Wisconsin Central have been pas
sing through town this week, in numbers. About 70
bivouacked at the Superior House Wednesday night
and still they come.
The Modoes do not submit to determination with
that grace that should become them. Nineteen more
of our poor soldiers including four officers have been
massacred by the wretches.
Mrs Ledners house is completed and occu
pied. The old one in 'front.' has been torn down and
removed giving the High School edi6ce of Upperown
good prospect towards the Bay.
THE Duluth Herald asks what has become of Prof.
Rogers the tall old geological lecturer. CAS- he
without money friends, it is thought he wandered
into the woods, and was frozen to death"
Col. 0. c. johnson of Beloit is said to desire the
position of State Treasurer We hope be will continue
where he has done the State much service.
THE ice in the ST. Louis River and Bay of Superior,
broke up early in the week, and had disappeared
trely by the afternoon of the 1s But for northeast
wind the Bay would have been clear, Monday or
Tuesday.
The New York canals will not open till the middle
of May. The Ironsides lately stuck the ice outside
Of Milwaukee. The Equinox propeller barely succeed
ed in getting out of Buffalo habor on the 27th eay-
ing fleet still ice bound.
DULUTH claims 100 new buildings going up (nclud-
ing the Rices Point district Ashland says 40 houses
are being built down there. Superior expects 100
houses inside of three months after the Northern
Pacific Extension is under way.
WE must chronicle the improvement in the Saint
Paul Press. 1t comes out ten column paper in
bran Boston type. The Press is we'll managed
and would be interesting daily if printed in black
letter, Chinese wooden face, but its dress
makes it extra readable.
SOME Duluth innocent privately afirms that supe-
ror Ill have benefit from the dredging agreement
Foruns ely the agreement is in the power of such
Modocs, but made with the U. S. Government, res
ponslbe party at last accounts Can't the
Shack Nasty business this time, Mr. Bowhard
SIR Hugh Allan of Canada wants to negotiate loans
follows 81 millions for the Canada Pacific; mil
lions for the Northern Colonization; 7 millions for
other roads Total l0S millions. Some think it will
be difficult to make British capitalists it, but the
Ats pronounces eli reports of failure premature
and false in every respect.
sAML NJ. Pease, young man of 20 years ofage, son
ID NJ
killed by a railroad accident the 22d of April, be-
tween Buffalo \. Y and the Suspension Bridge He
was employed train in the capacity of brake
man. at the time. Mr.. Pease was noble Christian
young man. He leaves mother and only sister to
deplore his sad and early death.
An exhibit of St Paurs progress for 1872 appears
in the Press of Wednesday 1t is really interesting
reading for any thoughtful man. The fact that
the growth of the great Northwest has produced
such city ST. Paul. speaks volumes for the present
aud future of the whole region, Saint Paul, may
say in passing, has always been admirably aided by
sustaining first class daily papers, and Board of Trade
that is a reality, and not name.
A LETTER in the Toronto Globe says that day
recently the Silver Iset mine Lake Superior, turned
out IS 900 worth of that is to say Is barrels of
silver ore worth $500 each The Company claim that
they will have s600on0 worth ready for shipment this
spring in other words, 1900 bb!s. of ore Pretty
good for the product of one mine, during one winter
with only two dozen men at work. We confess to
some curiosity as the opinion of the Portage Lake
Gazette on the foregoing.
Nsw YORK HERALp-Second or third class dailies,
have sometimes refused exchange with Us notwith-