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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-09-05
GOLD ~ THE BID OK HILLS.

GLOWING ACCOUNTS OF THE ABUNDANCE OF
PRECIOUS METALS IN SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA
GEN. CUSTER THINKS THAT REGION SHOULD
BE OCCUPIED BY WHITE MEN.
The Chicago Inter- Dreams cor
respondent teiegraphs from Bis
marck on Monday:
"The Black Hills expedition which
arrived here last evening has gone
into camp temporarily, General For
syth, Colonel Grant, and others from
Chicago leaving this afternoon for
their homes. Everybody was de
! lighted with the trip, and the results
are so satisfactory as to leave no
cause for regret. The gold discov-
cries have awakened an interest sec
ond only to the great California ex-
citement of 10, and parties on the
frontier are already thinking of
starting out as soon as an eXpedi-
ton can be formed and equipped.
! General Custer found on his arrival
/ home hundreds of letters Of inquiry
from all parts of the country, and
several from persons Of prominence
concerning the results Of the pros
pecting, and he gave me authority
to-day to express his Endorsement Of
everything the Inter- Ocean has pub
IIShed In reference to the matter.
The fact that gold is there, he re-
marked, is certain as the law of
gravity, and the fact of the discov-
cries were not carried to an extent
greater than they were was owing
to the brief time allowed the expe-
dition. At a dozen or more differ
ent places gold was found. At one
place in particular, Clusters Park,
of which | have written, it yielded
in paying quantities from the grass
roots down.
IA shaft eight feet deep was sunk
several feet from the bed Of a creek,
and the excavation panned by hun
reds of persons who had no exper-
fence and no tools except what
their ingenuity suggested, and III
no case did the color fail to appear
and frequently generous amount
would be gathered and carried off.
Several pans yielded dust estimated
above dollar. Practical miners
who suparintended the work declare
/ that had the bedrock Of the creek
been reached the yield must have
been marvellous, but although the
greater part of the night was spent
III digging, the place had to be left
in the morning for other parties to
finish. Sold bearing quartz was
found in perfect mountain. piles,
but we had no means of blasting.
and whatever the rocks contained
i IN their bosoms could uot be reach
ed. Several specimens Of quartz gold,
however, were obtained. General
Custeris asked in the letters referred
to whether the government will pro-
tect or assist the entrance Of parties
in the Black Hills. He wishes me TO
say that while be has no policy to
dictate to the government in regard
to the Indian treaties, he considers
that the time has come when il must
be decided whether the dog-in-the-
manger mode OF the Indians will be
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press the opinion that the agricultu
raj aud mineral resources of the
Black Hills are unsurpassed in the
United States, and will advise an
immediate decision upon the ques-
ton OF occupancy. General For
syth, Of General Sheridan's staff, CO.
incides entirely with General Gus
ters opinion in regard to the Indi-
an question; and as to gold, he says
he has hi~self seen evidence
enough to cHlvince MIN that the
country within the Black Hills is as
rich ninerally as any portion Of
Montana or Colorado.
:" Gen. Custer has been appointed
Commander of the division of Dako-
ia, including a large portion of the
Northwestern frontier with head
quarters at Fort Abraham Lincoln.
The Chicago Tribune says edltori-
ally: Our correspondent confirms
the reports Of the wonders develop
ed III the new country, which, he
says, appears to be not only an Ell
dorado but a Paradise. AS to the
discovery Of gold in large quantities
there seems to be little doubt.
The deposits are fairly rieh. This
being the case, the government can
not too soon recognize the fact that
there are not troops enough IN the
Northwest 10 give force to the order
of Gen. Sheridan, forbidding the in
vasion of the reservation. And rs
the government will beitself respon-
sible in a measure for the gold-fever
which is on the point Of breaking
out, It's plain duty is to make imme-
diate arrangements for the safety
~
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combined.

CANAL SEMI CENTENNIAL CELE-
BRATIoN.-It is proposed that a due
observance of the semi-centennial
of the Erie Canal be held. By
means Of = Clinton's Ditch" )" the wa
ters Of Lake Erie and the Hudson
river were mingled to gether on the
26th of October, 1925.
-Ex-PreSident Jefferson Davis,
with his son and daughter is at
Portland, Maine.
Apples are now worth dollar
and ten cents quart in the market,
ten cents for the apples, and one
dollar for the doctor.
Col. Forney seems to have open
ed a sort of international office in
London for the promotion of the
Philadelphia Exhibition.
No monument markes the grave
of StonewalI Jackson, in Virginia
but merely heavy gravestone, sur
mounted by a scroll of white marble
with the simple inscription, seen.
Thomas J. Jackson"
At the close of1s73, Plymouth
Church had :, ,299 members.
An eccentric old Englishman
who owned much valuable live
stock, named twenty-four COWS after
the letters OF the al phabet.
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II. HAYES, Plaintiffs Attorney. jun27aug

hereby adjourn this sale until the llth
day of September 1874.
Sheriff's Office, Superior, Wisconsin, Aug.
1lth, 1874. JAS. NEWTON,
sep5 Sheriff of Douglas County Wise
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Il HACKER'S
Book & Variety Store

Coddington Block,
SECOND ST, SUPERIOR, WIS,
Keeps constantly on hand good assortment OF
BOOKS, STATIONERY, YANKEE NOTIONS
COMBS. CLOCKS,
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS ALBUMS,
PICTURE FRAMES, LOOKING GLASSES
CRACKERS, CIGARS, and CONFECTIONERY
ALSO FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON,
Cheap for Cash.
aug167S u w ia G KER.
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CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

Republican Congressional Convention
for the Eighth District, will be held at Grand
Rapids, on
Wednesday, September 23d,
at PM, to nominate candidate for Con-
gress.
Each Assembly District viii be entitled to
five delegates. Each fractional part of dis
trict as follows: Dunn, five votes Shawano,
three votes.
GEO. c. GINTY, Chmn,
J. O. RAYMOND,
JNO I. KINGSTON,
r. J. FLINT,
5. S FIFiELD,
c. s. KELSEY,
Congressional District Committee.
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The city Of London now con
tains 5000, ,00Opeople; almost equal
ling-P Paris, New York and Brooklyn
combined.
The Rev. Thomas A. Morris,
senior Bishop of the Methodist
church north, died at Springfield,
Ohio, on the 2nd inst aged so years.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-03
From the McsIinnville New Era, April .
xa s0xyENTI0Ne

We clip the following from the
Sparta IRder of last week, which pur-
ports TO be the substance of an inter-
view between the editor and Col Thos.
B. Murray. member OF the State Exec
utive Committee. The Inder says that
Col. Murray informed him that there
would be no State Convention called
by the committee, and then adds: o1
'sThey have come to this determine
ton because of the charges made by
the friends of Andrew johnson that
the Democratic party is governed by a
ring. and that the convention winch
nominated Cheatbam a packed.
However unfounded these charges may
be, they had influence enough to u
a partial defeat last fall, and we think
the committee has acted wisely IN re-
ferring the whole question to the peo-
pie. 1t is desired that the Democratic
voters of every county shall hold mass
meetings, where a free expression OF the
will OF the people can be heard. These
! county meetings viii appoint delegates
to a State convention, the time and
place of holding it to be determined by
the people"
Our neighbor of the LRder misunder-
stood Col. Murray. If We understand
Col. Murray, In a conversation with us
upon the same subject, he stated that
the committee had had no meeting, but
that he had a conversation with several
of the members, suggesting that they
call no meeting, but leave 1t IN the
hands of the people, which suggestion
met with favor from the members APP
preached, but nc such official action
as the Index intimates had taken
place. Neither did Col. Murray, as
we understand him, intend to make
the impression that there was a
| quarrel between the johnson and Cheat
ham men, nor the implied charge ON
the part of the people that the party
was governed by a ring. The suggest
ion to the members byCel. Murray was
| simply a wish to avoid the semblanceo OF
dictation to the people, and leave them
free to act as they think best, and de
mand from the committee such action
as would best subserve the interest OF
the party. We are authorized to say
that no such action or determination
on the part of the committee has been
reached as that indicated by the IRdeg,
nor did Col. Murray intend that his
conversation should create such an I'M
preston.
W. are gratifed that this subject is
receiving attention by our contempt
raries. and would be glad that all the
counties in their meetings for county
objects would give expression to their
views on the subject. w feel assured
there is no indiyidualor committee that
desires to be or appearto be dictator IN
Tennessee and we feel equally certain
that it is an-important that there should
be unity in whatever action may be
deemed essential to carry the State In
favor of the people.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-03
TAKEN IN TURN.

We believe the impression Is almost
universal that nominations for Noyem-
Der should be held over till after the
August elections. This would enable
many men to work together for secur-
ing good county officers, who might
differ on State matters and State can
didates. Working together for the
public good in August is itself likely
to help much toward similar co-Opera-
ton later, and may smOothe away
many differences that are more imagi-
nary than real. But if November can
didates are trotted out before August,
the rivalries of their friends may
affect the county elections, and bar
gains may be struck for the Interior
success of this or that aspirant. Tom
Jones may promise all his influence to
Bill Smith in the first contest, on con-
dition that the latter reciprocate the
favor in the second. The surest way
TO secure desirable county officials is to
look with an eye single to the interests
involved at the August polls. After
hat preliminarystruggle the situation
viii be more fully understood by the
people at large, and the conditions of
success better appreciated. By dealing
with them separately and successfully,
each election Will receive fuller consid-
Grafton, leading to lore satisfactory
results. Theexperience of August may
prove very valuable in shaping the
State campaign for November.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-03
III BARTLETT MOVE

The county committee appointed by
the chairman of the Bartlett meeting
will assemble at the Office of Hosea
Townsend next Monday, at noon, for
organization. An executive board of
seven. four To be residents Of the city
and three Of the country, is to be elect.
cd. The question most important to
consider is the manner IN which the
ticket is to be selected for the August
election. We are not advised rs to the
feeling of the members of the commit
tee. but presume they will 60 slow, and
consult popular opinion as well as the
aspirants for Office. The primary cleo
ton system does not seem to be popu-
lar Toe, q Use it is n w in this State, and
the only time ever tried, which was III
Shelby county year before last,
the ticket selected was de-
faated. The people
always give up old customs with reluc-
lance, and accept new ones with dis
trust. They are habitually cautious,
sometimes mislead, but always endeav-
oring TO select the safe side, and to act
understandingly. in regard to the old
convention system there is some preJu-
dice. especially in the minds of those
who have had real or imaginary cause
for disappointment. But what better
plan has been or can be suggested: 1t
is the ticket, after all, which decides
the matter, and not SO much the man.
ner of nomination.-Memphis Ledger,
april ].
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coon ExAMPLE-wHO NEXT.

We clip from the Pulaski Citizen the
following preamble and resolutions
adopted at a primary or precinct meet
inc in the 18th district of Giles county
on the 28th ult;
Whereas, The Radical party having
lost its influence over the colOred
;,oters. and are now thoroughly organ
;z;ng them INTO societies ostensIbiy for
BENEVOLENT purposes, but it being evI-
5e,,t that it is their real purpose to
have them organized politically for the
coming election; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, /, That We believe 1t the
It, If and would urge every good
nm. whether white or black, to JOIN
The ranks of the party IN opposition to
I'D Radical party, and be IN union as
ono man to put down corruption and
-ganee in all its forms as prac.
ticed by said party.
,. That said opposition party snouid
hold conventions in every county IN lhe
State as early as possible, andnominatt
> %oo5 man who would make an honest
and efficient officer for every oflce to oe
fled at the next August election.
r That we do hereby pledge our
e.lvos to the men who may be nomm.
afed at the county convention to be held
in Pulaski April q next, by the Demo
cratic or opposing party.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-03

WHILE the necessary cost of gov,rn-
mcnt must be met, and the interest ON
the State debt provided for that the
public credit may be maintained, it is
a fact patent to all that we are taxed to
meet many useless and unnecessary ex-
penses, State, county and municipal.
Many Offices to which are attached
large salaries might be abolished with
ont detrimsnt to the public interest;
our legal tribunals should be overhaul
ed, the expense OF collecting taxes re-
duced, and many other things looked
to.-MuJreesboTo Monitor.
This is preciselywhat the Democratic
party wants power for. 1t desires to
correct Lot only these evils, but as far
as possible, all others which Radical
rule has brought upon the people. If
We pull together it viii be done.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-03
VOICE FROM THE FOUNTAINS.

Shall there be organization? We
say yesl Shall there be a State Con-
vention to nominate a Democratic can
didate for Governor. We say yesl
Shall there be Congressional Conven-
tions in the different districts to nomi-
nate candidates for Congress? We an
swer in the affirmative. There is no
other road to success. Nineteen-twen-
tieths of the opposition to radicalism in
the State recognise this fact and favor
thorough and efficient organization
such as characterized political parties
before the war. If the party has the
numerical strength and popular force
before the people claimed for it, and
which we believe it enjoys, it is the
sheerest nonsense to suffer itself to be
held in awe and suspense by a handful
of very doubtful allies.-McMiRRUiHe
Neic Era.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-03
DENSE
To the Chicago Tribune.

WASHINGTON, March 31.-The spec
tacle that was presented while Rich
ardson was on the standwas apainfully
humiliating one. He was asked to tell
what he knew about the contracts, and
about his business; and it took him
Just about five minutes to do it. Then
he launched upon the boundless sea of
what he does not know, but was per-
mitted to retire before he had fairly
got out of harbor. Dense ignorance
is the term used by members of the
committee in speaking of the display
he made. He stated, in substance,
that he knew little or nothing Of the
current business Of the department,
saying that he would never see a letter
to him, unless the clerks of his Office
chose to lay it before him.
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BEARESH.

A short extract elsewhere from the
Chattanooga Times suggests the ques-
ton which we have placed over it,
Whose interest is it to depress Tennes-
see Bonds? Who will be benefited by
a depreciation in their market value:
Certainly no honest holder has any in
terest in depressing the State credit.
No friend of progress who desires the
immigration Of enterprising men or
productive capital, can wish it. And
the taz-paying people at large would
not be benefited, nor their burdens c
lieved n iota by the depreciation Of
State bonds. Experience proves the
very reverse. Brownlow tactics once
run them down 70 forty cents on the
dollar, but the people were never 50 OPP
pressed as then, while II debt was
doubled in consequence.
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lNo' f--J
SheFiTsS Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VEND. Elk
ID to me directed, and delivered from the Hon
orabie Law Court of Davidson county, Ten
nessee, at its January Term. 1874, / will expose
10 public sale 70 the highest bidder, for cash, al
the Courthouse door in the city of Nashville, OF
Saturday, the 2d day of May, 1874, within law
full hours, all the right, title, claim and inter
est that W. A. Davis has in and to the follow
ing real estate, to-wit: Being two (2) sevenths
interest in lots Nos. Z, s and in j. NJ. Irwin.
plan of lots Of South Nashville, Lot No. Z 'front.'
ing IS feet, and lots Nos. S and Q front Al feet
each, all fronting on the MurfreesbOrO pike, and
being levied on as the property of W.. A. Dayis
to satisfy a Judgment against him and in favor
of John VI. Lea, for S39I.s1, besides interest
and costs.
Dated this ID day of Apvil, 1874.
Z. d.. WHITW0RTH, Sheriff.
By II. II. WILKINSON, Deputy.
ana eOd3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-03

THE Washington correspondent OF
the st. Louis Republican says: "There
is no doubt that the President has
strongly indicated his determination to
veto any measure involving serious IN
fation. He also strongly avowed his
intention of unloading the Kellogg
outfit in New Orleans, and then per-
mitted Senator Morton to influence him
into a square backdown. Hence it
seems fair to presume that he may be
induced by the same influence to recon-
slider his financial determination"
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WHOSE INTEREST is IT TO DE.
nnrSs r-EENEsERE RnNna3

The Chattanooga Times has never
felt the need OF defending the men who
carried the funding bill. 1t knows
nothing of the establishments of the
Funding ring" although it has heard
something of the Establishments Of the
.anti-funding ring" who sold their
bonds bought at As for IS, and expected
to bear the price down to As again. or
less. SO that they should discharge
cheaply the debt Of certain railroads to
the State. but were disappointed at the
time and are now making an attempt
to accomplish the same result by a des-
perate effort to nullify the funding
law, by levying a tax in 1875 of only
20 cents on the hundred dollas. The
Times is the organ of no Ring" Can
the Avalanche say as much 9-Chatta-
a0ooo Times
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


NY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VEND. EX.
Is 10 me directed, and delivered from the Hon
orable Law Court of Davidson County, Tenn.
at its January Term, ls74, | win expose to pub
lie sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
Courthouse door, in the city Of Nashville, on
Saturday, the I'd day OF May, 1874, within lawful
hours. all the right, title, claim and interest
real estate, tO-wit One lot OF 50 feet. fronting
on south SIDE of Snmlner street, aud running
back 200 feet to an alley, known as part of Lot
No. 50 of Browns plan OF lots, situated in the
First Civil District OF Davidson county. and be-
ing levied ON As the property Of j. W. Patton to
satisfy a Judgment against him and in favor Of
Morris & StrattOn, for S336.fO, besides interest
and costs
Dated this 2I day of April. 1874.
4. ID. WENTWORTH. Sheriff,
By IL. Ii. WILKINSON. Deputy.
ap3 eOd3t
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no. 9ls.l
ShPriTS Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AwRIT OF VEND. Elk.
ID TO Inc directed, and delivered from the
honorable Law Court of Davidson county,
Tennessee, at its January term, 1874, l VIII
expose to public sale, TO The highest bidder, for
cash, at the Courthouse door, in the city of
Nashville, on Saturday, the % day of NAY,
1874, within lawful hours, all the right, title.
claim and interest that Geo. W. Hitchings has
in and to the following real estate, to-wit: Two
lots known as Ill and liz in the plan known as
''McGayOck' north of the city of Nashville.
said lois fronting fifty feet each on west side OF
Wetlnore avenue, running back in direction OF
Polk street one hundre and fifty feet TO an al
ley; also in two lots in said plan, known as ssNc-
Gavock," fronting fifty feet each on Buena
Vista turnpike and running back one hundred
and fifty feet, the same being one hundred feet
distant from the corner of Chatham street.
Said plan, and the numbers of all of said lots.
being OF record in book twenty-one, On page
tWenty-threo, CZ3O in the Registers office OF Da-
wilson county, Tenn, and being levied on as
the propertyof Geo. W. Hitchings, to satisfy a
Judgment against him and in favor of AIeXan-
deg Williams for S1,29S, besides interest and
Dated this ID day of April, 1874.
Z, ID, WENTWORTH, Sheriff.
BY II. II. WILKINSON, Deputy.
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l-No- SVo.I
SaeriT,S Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VEND. Elk.
Id 70 me directed, and delivered from the
Honorable Law Court of Davidson county.
Tenn, at its January term, 1874. / will expose
TO public sale, 70 the highest bidder, for cash,
at the Courthouse door, IN the city of Nashville,
on saturday, the 2d day Of May, 1874, within
lawful hours, all the right, title, claim and in
terest that j. ". Patton has in and to the fol-
lowing real estate, tO-wit: One lot, 80 feet,
fronting on south side of Summer street and
running back 20O feet TO an alley, known as part
of lot No. So of Browns plan OF lots, situated In
First Civil District OF Davidson county. For
further reference see book 81, page 40, in Re
ing levied on as the property of j. w. Patton to
satisfy a judgment against him ard in favor of
W. 5. Morton, for $1,000, besides interest and
costs.
Dated this I'd day of April, 1874.
Z. d. WENTWORTH, Sheriff.
By H. Il. WILKINSON, Deputy.
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FINANCIAL.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For ChaneelIOr.

ATE are authorized TO announce NJ. NJ.
w BRIEN, JR-, as a candidate for Chancel-
lor at the ensuing August election
lITE are authorized TO announce Hon. WILL
w LIAM f. COOPER as a candidate for
Chancellor Of Davidson county at the election
in August next mills te
vlTE are authorized to announce Hon. A. G.
wv MERRITT as a candidate for Chancellor
for this, the Davidson County District.
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