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Tho Irish World deplores the loss in mem-
bership of the Roman Catholic Church in this
country 1t says that there We're 1,200,0 900
persons of that faith in the United States in
1895 and that now there are about 10, 00H, COO,
while the nrmber of those who :, ought to be
Catholics by right of descent FROM settlers in
this country from the beginning. and who to-
day are found among the sccts or III the ranks
of Nothingaranism is estimated at lS ,U00,-
000 The World does not attribute this re-
suit to the activity or attractivepess of rival
religions, but seeks a reason of q broader ma
ture 1t says Had Ireland been independ-
ent two centuries ago, had the early Irish set
tiers in America settled on this continent I'M
der the protecting shadow of the green dag
instead of the blighting ensign Of England,
those colonies swellcd by the Irish exodus of
after years, would to-day be great Irlsh-Amer-
lean States and the country would be great
Catholic power.
The opinions expressed by leading Demo
cratic journalists at Washington in regaru to
the prospects of the Democratic House of
Representatives making the fortune Of the
party, are not flattering. Thus Mr.. Samuel
Bowles, of the Springfield Republican, writ
ing from there thinks the Democrats are so
missing their opportunity and Sinking their
responsibility as to open wide the door for
Republican Reorganization and restoration"
Mr.. Watterson, of the Louisville Courier
journal, is of the opinion that the Democrat
ic drawback in the next Congress will be lack
of brains He says -" The one regretful
circumstance which has thus far Swallowed the
Democratic reaction is its failure, through all
its achievement, to add anything to the intel
lectual strength of the Opposition for,
strange as you may think it, brains do count
for something even in the National Capitol.
The outlook in this respect is really discour-
aging.'
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POPULATION OF CfT1Es.-The New Bruns-
wick Times publishes the annexed table Of
the population Of the cities named in 1870, and
the total vote in the same at the Gubernatorial
elections of 1871 and 1874
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TEACHING,
BY REV. THOMAS STREET,

whose experience as former Secretary the Sunday
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REV DIR. ROBINSON will continue to give occasional
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fresh meats, fruits, &C., from New York to Liverpool
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LAMBEaTvILLE, N. j.:
Tho Irish World deplores the loss in mem,

DECBMBER 80, 1s7A-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24
MINNESOTA RAILWA vs. IN 1873.

From the Annual Report Of A J
! Edgerton, Railroad Commissioner
of Minnesota, we gather The follow
| ing facts:
The lands granted in the State to
railway comp ,nies, either by the L.
). or the State, amount to l3, 200, ,0uC
/ acres, or over one fourth of the
whole area of the State. This is
made up of II ,25o,o0O acres grant
ed by Congress and 100000 by
the State; 700 acres have al
ready been decided TO the compa-
nies. OF this the companies admit
contracts Of sale for 66o,9-6 acres.
Add to these tracts disposed of in
large quantities which have passed
as belonging TO the companies, and
have only recently been placed OH
the tax lists, and the aggregate
swells to ,434,354 acres. The
amount received from land sales is
2,328, ,947. Estimating for conceal
ed sales, a total of S7,3l3,4S3 has
been received from sales and con-
tracts. Within The year the com
panles have sold III, 900 acres at an
acreage of Sc Is per acre, ranging
from 81 so TO $40 per acre Quite
a reduction of ia es Of tranSporta-
ton has taken place during The last
five years, and The general and III
evitable tendency of rail way opera
tons is to lower rates for all classes
OF service. OmitlinL the Northern
Pacific, which has tailed to report
the Minnesota Division by it>ef.
and the St. Paul q Pacific, which
Is IN very incomplete state, every
mile OF road III Ihls State with these
exceptions, represents on the aver.
age $l2,S86 of stock issued ana
s34,94 of debt. The gross earn
lngs for 1878 are s., $50, O4, an in-
crease OF % per cent. over last year.
Ot TINS 25 per cent Is from pasSen-
gers, and the rest from freight,
mails and express.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24

The latest news from Madison
is, that bills have been introduced
in both houses of the Wisconsin
Legislature, to transfer the st. Croix
land grant to the North Wisconsin
(Bald win's) Railroad Company, Civ
ing them seven years in which to
build the road, 40 miles the first
year, 20 each year thereafter with
a forfeiture to the state of S5 900 a
mile for the first year, s., 200 a mile
for other years. Senator Barron in
troduced Memorial to Congress,
for 2 renewal of the grant to the
State.
A Memorial for extension of time
for completing the Wisconsin Cen
tral was introduced.
Assemblyman Fiield introduced
a bill to provide for town wells in
certain cases (''designed to facili-
tate boring Artesian wells on Lake
Superior shore.")
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24
Rail VA Y CONSTRUCTION AND
BUSINESS IN 1873

We have not yet obtained all the
data for our annual review of rail
way progress. We find, however.
in the New York Railaoay N3nitor,
a statement which is, we have eve
ry reason TO suppose, approximately
correct. The aggregatr is given at
4,l90 miles Of completed road.
which, added to the 67,374 miles in
operation at the close OF 1872, makr
a total OF = ,564 miles now compile
ted. OF the additions made in 1873,
$50 miles were in the New England
States, 967 miles in the Middle
States, 1862 miles in the Western
States, 878 miles in the Southern
States, and 259 miles in the Pacific
States. In addition to the =, ,56t
miles Of main line, there are 1852
miles Of second track and sidings-
increasin" the length Of single track
in actual use to 85,U76 miles.
The total number Of locomotives
IS 4,223; o! passenger train cars,
including baggage, express and
smoking ears, l3,725; of freight
train cars of all sorts, 338, ,427; the
total capital stock amounts to 81
or, PSI, 1854, or about $28, $50 per
mile; the total floating and funded
debt, 81 ,999, 9,74I ,597, or $27,9 per
mile; and the total cost Of railways
and equipments S3,728,4l6,958, or
about $50, ,099 per mile The total
gross traffic for the latest year ob.
talnable was S478, ,885 ,597, aud the
total net receipts, over operating
expenses, $I74,350,9l3. These
earnings, however, are based on
"a, ,454 miles of road reported; and
hence the net income applicable to
interest and dividends amounted to
abont s3,2o1 per mile on the 54 asa
miles operated. = hicQgo Rai1,ouy
Re0ieao.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24
Sheriff of Douglas County. Wis
II. HAYES, Plt'f's Atty. jan17fe52S
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS

S,TATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
y in the Circuit Court
Mary Z. iayes, against, Sarah L. Bright widow and
Sally Brooke Bright and Michael Steele Bright
infants and heirs AT law of NJ. s. Bright deceas 20.
in Partition.
Whereas it appears to my satisfaction from the aff
davt of Hiram Hayes attorney for the Iiantif that
this action is brought for the partition of The prems-
es hereinafter desc ibeI he'd by the plaintiff and the
defend +nts as tenants ia that the said de-
ants residents of the State of Wisconsin
and nOt be fo nd therein now therefore, on mo ion
of H. Hayes OF counsel for the plaintiff 1t is orde ed
complaint in this action filed in the office Of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of said Douglas County
fnd t. serve copy of Ih"ir answer upon the plant-
ifs counsel at his office IN Superior in SAID County by
or before the teeuth day of March 1874, and in
case they shall f t. answer said complaint within
the time aforesaid a. ereby required the said Circuit
Court will proceed to huai judgment in tn action
and VIII grant he relief demanded in the complaint
Ana il j. rther ordered that this der be served
upon id nonNi esdent de t-ndants hy the publ cation
thereof i'll the Superior FINES, weekly newspaper
published in said Douglas county, once week for
six successive weeks, the last publication To be had
least twenty days PRIOR to the said 18th day of
March A. D. 1874, that copy of this order be
rved upon each of the said defendants by de- ostng
tn IN the post Office at Superior in said County
addressed them -everail at Mtdi on in the State
of iudiaua their place Of residence, fo twith upon
the publication hereof.
TIE des. ptian of the premises in the complaint
described for the partition whereof this actin
brought, follows The ar Of III or Of se ton
wuship 4S north of range 13 west. TIL NV or
of or xcept seven 29-l00 acres cut off the east
side thereof by north and south line avn parallel
with The SIDE of the same) of section three an
The sw or of the NV or of sad cton 3 township
as north range 13 west and the or OF sw or OF
Or # "a, in twnship 40 north of range IA
ali the premises being situate in the County Of
Douglas and state of Wisconsin.
Dated Jnnua y s, 1874 GEO. w. PERRY,
jan10feb21 County Judge, Donglas Co Wis
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24
IISEONSIN IIEN.S

Beloit College has graduated twenty-seven
students, who have become lawyers.
The first house builder of Menominee died
last week.
The cotton mills at Omro are completed
The Menominee Court House cost $40
OOo
Ripon has its pickle factory and Berlin its
cranberry marshes about which to boast.
One of Taychudah's seven-year old boys
has caught loo muSkrats this winter
Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds
of cheese were made at the Burnett cheese
factory last year.
The Madison lakes are yielding large guam
titles of wbitetsh.
About 10000 barrels of cranberries were
shipped last year from The Berlin marshes
There are $50 more girls than boys in Ap-
pleton.
The Appleton Times says that Depere
man was uuying stove and hxings in
that city on Friday. He had been borrowing
from his neighbor's wood-plle the night be-
fore, and thought no one around home had
heard the explosion.
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retain a lawyer, and in many inStan-
ces more than one. For instance.
the Griniseli bankruptcy case, when
IL first appeared before Judge
Blatchtord, brought SIX wellpald
lawyers iuto court. The fees re-
quired by these men on such an oc-
ca>lon would not be less than $lO,-
00O, and the cost of the entire Grin
nell suit will probably equal five
times that sum. This may seem
like a large estimate, but il is to be
remembered that the securities
which this house held were 1000
600, and the amount ut stake always
has bearing on the legal charges
Our best sTsytis vaiue their time
AT from $40 to $50 per hour If,
however, the case be one where
100000 is at stake, then, instead OF
a mere $50, you will be expected to
advance a retaining fee Of $500, or
perhaps $1,000. This prevents any
one from securing the services OF
the lawyer thus retained. Ii law
yer, even alter receiving such a fee,
should win the case, he Will expect
from SIC, 900 TO SI5, 900 additional.
Our great lawyers demand pay com
mensurate with their reputation, and
hence some of them can boast a
practice worth $50,n00 per year.
OConor, previous to his retirement,
made annually, 1t is SAID, nearly four
times that sum. Indeed, he was
probably paid S2O0,OU0 for his ser
vices III the Jumel case He is now
worth more lhan Sl,'0O, 900, all OF
which he has made by his own gen
ius and industry.
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which were laughed at or ignored,
short year ago, now receive pub
lie attention in lengthy discussions
in the press, on the platform and in
legislative assemblies.
1t is high time indeed, for the
people of the Northwest to press
the matter of water communication
with Lake Michigan and Lake Su-
perior. But, cheap as water trans
portation is, the shorter line of two
water routes is well worth the seek
ing for, as it is only comparatively
speaking, that time and distance are
nothing in transporting by water.
Hence the people of Minnesota
and of Northwestern Wisconsin,
will find it better for their interests
to carry freight, via ship canal or
steamboat channel, in two days
from St. CroiX falls tc the head of
Lake Superior, than to steam sever
al days run down the Mississippi to
Prairie du CHEN, and then wind in
and out for many days more, before
reaching Lake Michigan.
The route is certainly practicable.
A few locks and comparatively
small Improvement, would carry
boats around St. Croix Falls, and as
far as the Upper St. Croix Lake,
which Is but % miles south by east
from the head of Alouez Bay. AT
this part of the divide, the waters
Of the Upper ST. Croix ami the
Brule river almost touch, and there
is no reasonable doubt that a proper
supply of feeders for canal could
be obtained.
The Lake Superior south shore
range is always sure of coplons
supply OF water, as the great Lake
furnishes abundant vapor. which is
attracted and condensed to the fall
ing point by this range.
Engineering science can devise
one Of several routes from the head
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24

Gladstone is "a and Disraeli So years old
The latest thing for ladies are clerical
neek-ties.
Carlyle gives dullness, alone, the credit
OF dlscourtesy.
France gives employment to about 30
600 operatives IN making paper.
The deepest place in the Pacific ocean,
between California and China, is SAID to be
Two and half miles
The London Times says that the name
of Agassiz will be remembered with those of
Button, Cuvier anG Humbold
The e-hundred-year almanac says the
year 1874 viii be a very unhealthy one
q" There will be an open, moist winter, which
will give rise to fevers of a low type, and
mnch sickness during the summer months"
A curious fact is related in an Eastern
paper. In an old family homestead in Essex
county, Massachusetts, no death had occur
red for 81 years. After the spell was broken
eight persons died within its walls the next
dozen years.
the churches of New York number $40,
with seating capacity for sos, 500 persons,
and an estimated value of $40, 300, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24

4 SNIP CANAL FROM THE SAINT
CROLX TO LAKE, SUPERIOR.

a. SNIP CANAL FROM THE SAINT
GROIN TO LAKE SUPERIOR
Hon. II. -. Barron, Senator from
this district, introduced Memorial
TO Congress, which we learn was
adopted by both houses of the Wis
consin Legislature, asking AN APP
preparation for the survey of a water
route from Lake Superior 20 Lake
St. Croix. Now as to the feasibili-
ty Of this project we have some
thing to say:
The St, Paul Pioneer of last May
said In reference to the supposed
difficulties Of constructing a canal
between the St. Croix and the Lake:
The summit level of the Erie canal at Buf-
falo, is 645 feet above the Hudson rivel at
Troy. The highest level on the Fox and
Wisconsin river improvement is 200 feet,
from Lake Winnebago to Green Bay, and SO
from Portage City to Prairie du Chen. All
the problem about building Il canal, any
where, is supply of water for locks in cross
ing the highest elevation. Does any one
doubt that feeders could be found between
the st. Crox and Lake Superior or believe
that any height would be met equal to that
of the Erie canal? If not, why may not
Minnesota have water channel direct, con-
meeting with the great lakes?
The inquiry was very pertinent and
OIL ,o.,,
manent check on excessive rates of
freight per railway lines, IS found in
the cheap tran sportatlen afforded by
water routes. The country feels to-
day, on this subject, as it dld not
feel even a year ago.
The extortions of many lines of
railway, and especially the daring
combinations lately made by the
railway monarchs, and the evident
maturing of projects for subverting
the whole transportation interest of
the country by a national union of
the various nonopolieS now exist
ing. has alarmed all classes of the
people from the farmer to the legis
lator.
Such enterprises as the Lake
Champlain canal, the Fox and Wis
oonsin River Improvement, the Eu-
ropean Line via the Mississippi
River and the Snip Canal from the
St. Croix TO Lake Superior, all Of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24

The St. Paul Press contains a
notice of the incorporation of the
" Duluth Lake Transportation Com
pany;" the names of the incorpora-
tors are, j. b. Culver, Geo. G. Stone,
VIM. T.. Stone, Geo G. Barnum, Jr.
and w. w. Hungertord. The ma
ture of it's business is to be, general
transportation by land and water;
and we suppose the intention is, TO
increase the facilities Of what has
been called the South Shore Steam
boat Line.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24
Foreclosure Sale.

- TATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
- in Circuit Court.
Else Baa en-, against
David A. Curri-r Joun Francis Baasen james j.
Hubbard, Thompson Richie, joan Frederick News
tou, Louis Dolby Newton.
In pursuance aud by virtue of Judgment order Of
foteclusu and sale rendered in the above entitled
act IA "A T guiar term OF the Circuit Court tor
Dougl County holden at the Court House i'll Supe~
said Couuty of Douglas, state If Wisconsin on
tI- II day Of June A. d. 1872. | shall on
MONDAY .IlE 23U DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1874
clock in the afternoon, at the font door OF
tue curt House Ill Superio, Douglas County, Wis.,
coHsin, oier aHd sell public auction the
highet bidder, the following described mortgaged
premises. or much thereof will be licient to
pay the said Judgment and costs, to>wlt:
The sOtnwest quarter Of Section thirty-sour (34)
in To4nsh forty -bIne (49) of Range fourteen West
containing hundred ana sixty and situate
Douglas County aforesaid.
Dated Snerids Office Douglas Co. Wisconsin, Janu-
airy Z, 1874, JAMES NEWTON,
Sheriff of Douglas Co., Wis
H. n SETzRR, Prtiffs At.'y. janl0feb21
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24
YIELD OF PRECIOUS METALS.


California papers publish a state
ment by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Ex-
press OF the precious metals proluc-
ed IN 1873 in the gold and silver
bearing districts west OF the Ms
souri, river, showing that the total
amount is ST., ,258, ,693, an increase
of more than $4,000, 900 over 1872.
Arizona, California, British CoIum-
bla, Oregon, w ashington, Idaho,
and Montana decrease. Nevada,
Utah, and Co!orada increase. The
increase in Nevada alone is nearly
sl0,00o,000, the total product Of
which about equals all the others.
The reports for Arizona and the
w esteru Mexican coast are inco1n-
plete, as the bullion produced the.e
Is transported by other means. The
ti4urrS are AS follows:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-24
GTATE OF WISCONSIN,, COUN OF DOUGLAS
- In Probate Cutt-.Janntry 1874 Term
In the matter Of the Es ate of John ?. Bourg


ON reading and filing he petition of Catherine
Bourg admiuisrr, ftr>, setting 70 tn thp amount of
pr soual estate that has TO her h nis and the
isrostinu thereof: Jlir amount u debts outst ntng
against said deceased. AM description of all real
estate Of which saiI d-cea>ei died sez d. and he
uudtou ,,ud value of the reSpe tive portions here's
off, and praying that ccn be tn her Z iuted to sell
Let in block % lot in block 5S, all i superior
CITY in said Cuupty. Ant IT .ppe rns, by said tt
ton that there not sufficient personal the
hands of said admnistrat tx To aY said debts and
that is necessary in order TO pay the same to sell
a ! Of said real estate:
1t is the ordered thai all persons interested
in sid ate, appe before the Judge f this 'ourt
nn Monday the spConi day OF March A 1874 at
tn O'clock A. w. at the Go TT House in Supe ior in
said County then md there to show cause (f any
there br) VIII LIcen-e should not be grtut"d said
Ca'herinr Rourg aimiu5tTairix, sel said real
atr according to the PRAYER IF said Petition.
Ard il is further order. d. that copy of this order
shall be pub ishe for tour successive weeks prior
said day f hearing the last OF whi h publications
shall be al least fourteen days beo said day of
hearin In the Snpet ior Times week Y newspaper
priui ed ad pub Superior in said County
personally served AL persons int rested in said
ate, residing in said County at least faurteen days
before sid day of hearing. BY the G urt
G Eli. ". PERRY. Judge of obate
Dated at Super iOr the Ten h day of Januarv A D.
1874 jan17feb14