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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
THE RAILWAY DECISION.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.


The Milwaukee Sentinel has sey-
eral spicy paragraphs and an article
on the decision. We repubIish as
follows;
-"There are number Of counties
to hear from, but the best Fourth of
July oratiou that the Sentinel has
seen thus far is that which was de-
livered by Judge Drummond, judges
Davis and Hopkins concurring"
-"The Chicago Times has al
ways been enthusiastic in It's praises
Of Judges Davis and Drummoud.
The former was its candidate for
President III 1872, and it demanded
the appointment of the latter as
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court,
on the death of Mr.. Chase. And
now both Of these gentlemen have
become communists 'demagogues'
and blatherskites,' like Senator
Carpenter" :"
=" We congratulate the people of
Wisconsin that law and order have
finally triumphed over the insuTec-
ton raised by railroad companies
against the authority of the State !;
that the attempt of corporations to
resist the laws of the state has been
signally rebnleed by the highest
court sitting in our jurisdiction. The
supremacy of law is fully establish
ed law by which the rights of all,
the poor and the rich, the people
and the corporations, can alone be
protected.
The Sentine! has been abused by
all the railroad organs III the state
and out OF it, especially by the sub
sidized press Of Chicago-the Iri-
bune and the Times the stand
it took in favor Of compelling the
corporations to obey the laws OF the
state which had granted them Valu-
able franchises. The attempt was
made in this city, where SO many OF
our business men are, to some eX-
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road last year, and declined it be
cause of the difficulty to procure
money; certainly the North Wis
consin is entitled to no little
credit for pushing it along this
year, when it is still more difficult
to obtain capital to put into west
ern railroads. This road is being
built by Hudson men, men who
own property in this county, and
have an interest in this state and in
the prosperity Of the people. 1t is
being built for the purpose of legit-
innate trade and commerce, to be
operated by the parties construct
ING it, and not for stock gambling
purposes on Wall street. There is
no credit mobilier rings in its con
struction there is no army Of worth
less officers drawing large salaries
and rendering small services; no vel
vet carpeted, tapestry upholstered
offices, elegant riding equipages,
etc, to eat up the money ;of the
stock holders, but every officer
from President, Engineers, to con
tractors and subcontractors, appear
to be practical, gentemanly busi-
ness men, and everything is done
well, but economically, aud honesty
and fair dealing seem to charac-
terize the entire business manage
ment of the enterprize. Certainly,
there is nothing that can SO benefit
the Saint Croix Valley, and, indeed,
\ Northwestern Wisconsin, as the
completion of this road. We re-
joice that the project has fallen IN
to such good hands. We doubt if
any company was ever better sus-
tanned by the kindly feeling of the
community than is this one, and we
believe they fully deserve all the
kind things said and acts performed,
to forward the enterprise.
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NUMBER 46.

O61 villages. British India has tif-
teen cities with about 100000 in
habitants. In Australia, England
has 100000 subjects.
1t appears from the returns of the
census that the population of the
United Kingdom has doubled in
seventy years. The increase has
not been the same in all parts. 1t
has everywhere kept pace with the
increase of the supply of labor. In
England, where the demand for la
Dor has been greatest, the popula-
ton has almost trebled. In Scot
land it has doubled, In Ireland it
is stationary. In 1901 the popula-
ton Of Ireland was 5,2l6,33I. Ac-
cording to the last census it is -
4l2,377. The increase Of the popu-
lation from 1921 to 1881 was 10 per
cent; from 1881 to l64l, Is per
cent; from l84l to 1851, s per cent;
from 1851 to 1861, / 3 per cent; and
from 1861 to 1871, II per cent. The
cause of the decline in the rate from
1871 to 1851 was the cholera and
the potato-rot. The emigration
from Great Britain between 1861
and 1870 was l,674 4,594.
In 1901 there were in England l53
persons to the square mile; in 1871,
$50. In the days of Elizabeth there
were only 50.
There were in the United King
dom 1,159 blind people. There
was one blind person to every l,lO5
of the population, and ,968 persons
blind from birth. The number OF
idiots was 29,452, and of insane 39,-
567. 1t took in 1871 about $40,-
100000 to support the Puapers OF
England.
The last English census is the
most elaborate and minute ever
taken IN any country.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
- In Circuit Cours.
William H. Smith administrator of the estate
of Bella Brooks deceased inte5tate, against
Hezekiah w. Shaw and Eliza A. Shaw, his
wife
By virtue and in pursuance of judgment
of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above
entitled cause on the 18th day of June \. d.
1874 by which it decreed that the mort
gagged premises hereinafter described, Or so
much thereof as may be sufficient to raise the
amount of Sll59.76 due to the plaintiff for
principal interest and costs in said cause be
sold at public auction by or under the direc
ton of the Sheriff of said county, | shall on
the ! tn day of August 1874 al ten o'clock in
the forenoon at the front door of the Court
house in the town of Superior in said County
offer foi sale and sell at public auction to the
highest bidder the following described mort
gagged premises situate i'll the town Of Supe-
ror, county Of Douglas and State of Wiscon-
sin namely: The southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section two (2) in town
ship forty-eight AS north Of range fourteen
/ C4) west containing 10 acres more or less.
Dated Sheriff's Office Superior, Wisconsin,
June Goth, 1874 JAMES NEWTON,
Sheriff of Douglas Co., Wis.
II. HAYES. Plaintiffs Attorney. jun27aug8
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
MONTANA PASTURE LANDS.

The Inter- Ocean thinks that Mon
tana will, rival or outstrip Texas and
the southwest as a beef-producing
country. The last named section is
not well supplied with good water.
In Montana the grasses are rich and
sweet, the water Is plenty and pure
from the mountains, and the climate
is healthy. The Transportation fa-
cilities, it is insisted are better than
from Texas. The Missouri is navi-
gable for a thousand miles below
Fort Benton, and cattle can be eaSl-
ly transported on steamers or barges
to Bismarck and thence, by the
Northern Pacific, in two days, to
Duluth, where there is water and
rail TRANSPORTATION to the Atlantic
States.
The statement that this region,
which is rich in precious metals,
iron, coal, timber, and said to be
"capable Of producing crops rival
ing those Of the Pacific, and pastur-
age the finest and most extensive on
the continent," will receive atten
ton. We know that herdsmen
have already gone to Montana, and
more will be likely to follow, and
the larger the trade there, the better
for Wisconsin and the whole North
west
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
IN EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER IN
EUROPE

EUROIE.
From the other side of the Allan
tic there is increasing intelligence
of the most abnormal weather,
which will be likely to mar the pleas
ure of American tourists and to eff
feet agricultural interests seriously.
When, within a week or two Of the
summer solstice, damaging trosts
afflict a country, as they have this
wear afflicted Great Britain, the
prospects OF the husbandman must
be greatly jeopardized. An English
contemporary states that the tenn
perature for the week ending June
30, as recorded at the Royal Oh
servatory (Greenwich), fell 5.5 be-
low the mean for the last fifty years.
The Tweed, it is said, has not been
so low since 1926, when corn was
so short in the stalk it was pulled
by the hand. The droughts have
been so extensive that the hay bar
vest has been very short and the
cattle have suffered distressingy,
while the unreasonable dryness has
been relieved only by destructive
hail storms.
The alarming feature of the sea-
son is a deficiency Of the tempera
ture requisite for grain ripening, and
this appears to extend beyond the
British Isles. la the north Of Italy
the frequency OF tremendous hail
storms is anomalous, and indicates
an extremely low thermometer,
which is anything but ausp;clous
for health or harvest. Some of the
old Italian churches aud other mag
nifcent public editices have suffered
severely in these tempests, and we
have reports Of the streets Of Milan
being covered with wounded aud
dead birds, finding no escape from
the icy elements. Indeed, 1t would
seem that the whole northern hemi-
sphere, including our own continent,
has so far, Notwithstanding occa-
sional Outbursts OF excessive heat,
experienced an extraordinary ther-
NAL depression during the summer.
Cannot our scientific meG determine
whether this anomaly is in any de-
gree traceable to the cosmical in
fuence of the comet Whether
this can be done or not the facts
stated are significant of those condi-
tons which determine the harvest
calculations of the present year in
Europe.-N. 7. Herald, 1Ith
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From the st. Croix Republican.
N0RTH WISCONSIN RALLWAE

NORTH WISCONSIN RAILWAY
We learn that the work ofgrading,
getting ties, etc.,on the line Of this
road Is progressing satisfactorily.
The management Of this road has
fallen into good hands. The Pres
ident, Mr.. John A. Humbird, is an
energetic, courteous gentleman, a
practical railroad man who under
stands and attends to his business.
The chief engineer, Mr.J. b. @.
Roberts, is too well known as an
efficient officer and superior gentle
men to need comment from us.
We believe that this is the only
road that is in actual process of con-
struction in this state, and perhaps
the only ore in the three states of
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, this
year, and when we consider that
the great Milwaukee 81 st. Paul
Company had the refusal OF this
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THE ENGLISH CENSUS OFls1.

The number Of British subjects in
all parts of the world IS, according
to the last official census, 234,762,-
593. This vast number embraces
all varieties Of the human family
from the Anglo Saxon to the Esqul-
maux. The English possessions
cover an aggregate area of 1859, ,449
square miles, or enough to make
forty States of the size of France.
1t has in Europe a superficial extent
OF 12l, ,730 square miles; in Amerl-
ca, of 3, ,486, 6,034; in Africa, of 1885,
$50; in Asia, of 964,l03; and in
Oceanica, of 2,960,722. Great Brit
ain and ireland have a population
of 3l,845, 1870, besides which the
Empire has in Europe population
of l76,213. The English colonies
in America have a population of B.
789. $50; in Central America, OF l.
063, 1856. In South America it has
a population of less than 100000.
British India has population of
l9I ,307, ,O7o, distributed among 49,,
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committee l'iHU Ule NfeaU w tSJcfU
Railway of Canada, one of the old
est and most popular roads on the
continent, had been improved" up
to point where it could earn no
more than the interest on it's bonds
the improvements consisting Of
branch lines and extensions. In
other words, the property of even
this magnificent line has been tenn
porarily lost to the world, for al
though the road still answers the
purposes of transit for which it was
constructed, it is like any other ma
chine which consumes as much as
it produces from day to day and
yields no surplus to its owners. 1t
is hardly possible that this particu-
lar road can long remain uuproduc-
tive, but it is fair illustration of the
causes of these hard times. Nor
have railroads been the only sin
ners. Public and private buildings
have much to answer for. The
whole country has over-built, and
Chicago is not singular in this re-
gard, though the results of over
building are rather more conspicu-
Gus here than elsewhere, by reason
of the fire.
It's no use crying tor split milk.
What we have lost or put beyond
our reach can only be recovered by
labor, economy, and patience. Have
we seen the worst of the strain, the
hardest of the hard times? IL is not
easy to answer this question. A
theoretical answer cannot be given.
We can only watch the course of
business and note the Improvement
when it comes. Shortly before the
1st Of July there was a very percep-
tible change for the better, which
continued until few days ago,
when the severe drought seemed to
threaten the corn-crop. This had a
depressing effect which has not yet
been recovered from, although the
recent rains have saved the corn
and put the farmers in good humor.
These beneficial showers have made
all the difference between riches and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
THE OSHKOSH FIRE.

The city of Oshkosh in our own
State, which has two or three times
experienced most destructive fires,
was on the same day--l4th-viSited
by Il terrible conflagratiou, which
swept through the best portion Of
the city, consuming some 100 busi-
ness houses and 500 dwellings. On
ly tour blocks on Main St. escaped.
The loss is estimated at nearly a
million dollars.
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CTATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
- In CiRcuit Count.
John d. Howard, plaintiff, against Simon
Emery, defendant.-Summons for the pay
ment of money.
In the name Of the State of Wisconsin,
You are hereby summoned to answer the
complaint of John D. Howard plaintiff which
will be filed with the Clerk of the Dougas
County Circuit Court (of which a copy is
hereto annexed) and to serve copy OF your
answer on me at Superior in said county
within twenty DAYS after the service of this
summons exclusive of the day Of service, and
if you fail to answer said complaint as hereby
required, the plaintiff will take Judgment
against YOU for one hundred and sixty-six
dollars and eighty-six cents and interest
thereon from the twentieth day of July A. Ii.
1868, besides the costs of this action.
Dated June 10th, 1874.
TIIOS. CLARK, Pltf's Atty,
jun27augS Superior, Douglas Co, Wis.
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From the Chicago Tribune, IIth
BUSINESS PROSPECTS.

'0'
All over the country we hear the
complaint OF hard times, dun tunes,
no pfohtS III business, no money 10
o. maze. ~ me same Ii"Ae the rate
OF interest IS uhconmoniy low, and
the amount oi money seeking invest
ment unusually large. The duIlness
aIectH the lenders equally with the
borrowers, money has been offered
III Niilc"So' o" "hat Is called caSh
security, aI per cent without tax
erS. " nat does 1t All mean HOW
doeS II happen IIlaC money IS plenty
ana yet everybody Is complaining OF
hard lllneS'
In order to answer this question
We must 90 back to the period ante
rlor 10 the panic. We shall then
find a condition Of great apparent
prosperity, unWonted activity in eve
ry department Of industry, with cor
responding extravaganza Of living,
aud Il lavish inves tment Of capital IN
new enterprises-especialIy in rail
roads. In the midst of this exuber-
auce and abandon came the failure
Of Jay Cooke Il Co., followed swift
ly 10y other suspensions, and culmin-
ating in what is now known as the
September panic. The panic-that
is, the immediate terror-was not Of
long duration, but, being itself the
effect of certain causes. The same
causes have continued to produce
their grist, although the element Of
trenzied alarm no Ionoer exists. The
simple fact is. that there was less
capital in the country last Septem-
her bv some hundreds of millions of
dollars than was commonly suppos-
ed for every dollar invested in an
pnnrodnctiva railway or other nom
no,,;no an+arn,.isa was for the fine
haing sDnk and obIiterated as effect
uaIlv as if had been dropped in
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cTATE OF WISCONSIN. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
y In Circuit Court.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
- In Circuit Court
Eber II. BLY,, plaintiff, against
Adolph Buechner. Katherine Buechner his
wife, Scargall Wakelin and Mary Wakelin
his wife, defendants.
The State of Wisconsin, To the above named
defendants:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action which is
filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court in the Court House at superior in said
County of Douglas, and serve copy of your
answer On the subscriber at his Office in So
perior aforesaid within twenty days after the
service of the summons i'll this action exclu-
sive of the dav of service. Ii you fail to an
swer the complaint within that time the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated July 10th 1874.
HIRAM HAYES,
Plt'f7s Atty, Superior, Wisconsin.
iull Iauul
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATIONS
LARGE FIRES AT CHICAGO AND OSHKOSH.

A terrible fire has again desolated
large district in Chicago. At
1870 PM. on the 14th a fire broke
out In the rear of No. 527 S. Clark
ST., which in few hours time swept
over 90 squares or 80 acres in the
south division of the city, consum-
ing the Post Office, First Baptist
Church, African Church, German
Church, Adelphi Theatre, Cont
mental Hotel, Berg House, Metro
politan Hotel, Woods Hotel, ST.
James Hotel, the offices of the Fire
side Friend and Ne,o COce2a3at.
weekly papers, several large blocks,
O'Neill's building, FincheS & CO. 5
oil works, besides about $50 other
buildings, consisting Of small stores,
dwellings,, factories. &c The dis
trlct burnt over was occupied large
ly, by squatlers, demi-monde and ne
groes in low wooden houses; some
5000 people are rendered homeless,
and distressing to relate, seven or
eight lives were lost The total loss
is estimated at between S4,O0O,00O
to S5,O0O,0OO. We extract the fol-
lowing from the Chicago Tribune
Of 18th:
A GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
It came this time not like a thief
III the night" but during those hours
when all are supposed to be on the
alert; when il is expected that a
fire will be discovered in a moment,
IN alarm instantane0usly flashed to
an engine house, and the firemen on
the spot 1t came at time Just
after the fire at the store Of VI. ID.
" ellis Il Co.--when it was expect
ell that the fircmem, stung by their
failure there, and by Jhe charges
Sincemade against them, would have
worked with double speed and fury.
And yet, in spite ofalI these things,
the fire has come and conquered, 8,
and repeated the sad lesson Of 1871,
that in wooden buildings there is no
safety for us. 1t has proved again
the inability Of our firemcn 10 ctpe
with The forces Of naturc--to limit
the destructive fury OF a flame once
under tair Roadway, or to contend
against the mbridIed tempest of
that fatal southwest wind.
It is needless 70 90 into compare
sons, or to relate the story Of other
contiagrationS, that have formed u
bright black page in the history Of
this city. The one yesterday can
stand on its own merits. 1t began
in an oil factory, while the one in
1871 started in Il shauty. With u
more aristoCratic beginning, it has
been less destructive.
1t has come to complete in part
the work left undone in 1871, and to
scoop out of existence another broad
belt Of wooden buildings which men
aced the new structures which have
sprung up in the business quarter OF
the South Division Il has shaken
hands with the fire of 1871, and,
reaching the ground its predecessor
conquered, has stopped, not satiate,
and yet satisfied. Well it may be
for the palaces that line Madison
street that yet another strip of brick
and stone is to be piled up between
them and the menacing frame struc-
lures that lie beyond, and yet we
cannot help rejecting that this Sc
curity Of the future has been bought
by too great a sacrifice in the pres
ent.
THE OSHKOSH FIRE.
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HIRAM HAYES,

Plt'f7s Atty, Superior, Wisconsin.
julllaugl
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Sheriff Of Douglas Co., Wis.
II. HAYES. Plaintiffs Attorney. jun27aug8
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-03-21
F. T. GROVE.
Selling Off at Cost T!

TN looking over our town and County papers
| | find many Merchants advertise OhesP
Goods. - each one saying ''here is tte'piace 10
hur Cbeap Goods" That will alb do well
enough in its place. To put stop 10 this ny
ing to humbug the people, would say 10 an,
TO The rich, 10 The poor, 10 the white, 10 ue
hlack. 10 the old, and TO the young, that WIZ
sell nv goods al NETT COST. Can any one
sell cheaper than this. if they can am oui Of
the ring. So now is the time 10 save money,
and now is the time TO make money. 30 let
everybody rush TO F. 7. Groves store 10 Sc
cure bargains, whilst they are gong ou' ior
such bargains will not last long. SO come al
once. Many persons are induced 10 BUY al
places where they can get credit Tor hir'y OF
sixty days, and they pay 25 or 81 per cent
more for goods than F. L. Grove asks you.
Save your money ard so to +. I. Groses
where such bargains never were ohered 10 any
people before. call especial attention 10 my
stock of BOOTS ard SHOES, Hats and Caps,
Notions, &C., Ladies Buttoued Caters. LADIES
Gum Shoes, Ladies Gum Saddles, Genliemens
Gum Shoes. | have on hand about % dozen
canned Tomatoes for sale, Tie largest stock oil
Oueensware ever offered L. the puoi'c.
also otter my entire stock oi Dry Goods
and general Merchandise at MdlSood, Clarke
Couaty. Va. also the Store property.
The whole Of these cheap goods can be had
OF +. 4. GROVE,
NoylS Shenheldstown. W. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-03-21
WASHING Crystal. at

WASHING Crystal, al
w n. NJ. Billings Drug Store.
ENTLER'S Sure Cure for Cholera
II Morbus, Cholic, DiaHhea and Dys'
II. VI. Billings Drug Store.
0HIRRELL'S Washing Crystal, al
- H. NJ Billings Drug Store
TlIClLY Lemon Sugar, at
II H. Nj. Billings Drug Store.
TAR Corks, all sizes, at
j II. NJ. Billings Drug Store.
pEALING Wax, for Fruit Cans, at
y II. NJ. Billings Drug Store.
4 GOOD line of Stationery, including
Il Bill, Foolscsp. Letter, Sermon, Note
and Billie, and Mourning Paper, al
Barnharts.
7Fyou want a Violin. Bango, Guitar,
( ACCORDION, or JewsharP. go 10
Barnharts.
A FULL line OF Blank Books. such as
Il Ledgets. Day Books, Cash Books
Pass Books, Butcher Books, Memorsn-
das &c >, Barahurfs.
GRAIN and Ground Pepper, SsI'petfe'
81 Sage and Sweet MaJoram. al
II. Nj. Billings Drug Store.