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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-02
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Gents Furnishing Department.

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Windsor Scarfs, Silk Handkerchiefs, Jewelry
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In short, our entire stock is most complete in
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
Probate Notice.
BY the CouI
GEO. W. PERRY,
Judge of Probate.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, I'm Probate
COUNTY OF DOUGLAS.S s. Court.
May 10th, 1875,
tn the matter Of the Estate of Edward w
Anderson, Jr., Deceased.
Whereas, An instrument in writing pur
porting TO be the last will and testament of
Edward W. Anderson, Jr., deceased. late Of
'ald County, has been delivered to this Court:
And Whereas, Sarah h. Anderson, has
iIed Herewith, her petition. representing
amCng other things, that said Edward W
Anderson, Jr., died in said County on the
3oth cay of April, 1875, testate and that
said petitioner is the sole executrix named in
said last TiI and Testament, and prayirg
that the said instrument may be admitted 10
probate and that letters testameutarv be TO
her issued thereon,
1t is ordered, That the proofs Of said in
strumcnt, and the said petition, be heard be-
fore this Court, at the Probate Office, in said
County, on the seventh day of Jurr, A D.
1873, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, when
all concerned may appear and contest the
probate OF said instrument
Aud it is further ordered, that public no
tice OF the time and place of said hearing
be gwen to all persons interested, bv publica
tlOn of this order for three weeks successively
prev Gus to said day of hearing, in The Su-
peror Times, newspaper printed and pub
llshed at Superior, in said county.
36w3 GEO. W. PERRY,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
The Assessment Of Property.

We clip the following able arti-
Gle on the assessment of property
from The Weekly Wisconsin, and
recommend it's perusal to our many
readers:
at is within bounds of truth to
say that no part of the machinery of
government works so much inius-
tice as the assessment of property.
This is true not because there is a
purpose on the part of assessors to
do injustice, except perhaps in a
few cases, but because they are
prone to set up standards OF valua-
ton which have no common basis,
and which are necessarily about as
varied rs the mental characteristics ;
Of those who make them.
The subject of the assess
ment Of property has, from time
immemoriaI, been the source of
trouble and dispute The desire OF
each county, city, town and village
10 IN ke its tax as low as possible
has Influenced the assessors to put
down their assessments to figures
which no healthy conscience would
endorse were 1t permitted to speak
Hence, the assessed valuation OF
property Is generally far below It's
actual value, and indicates simply
the arbitrary standard of valuation
OF al individual VINO, III too many
cases, we are sorry TO say, has not
the ability, II he has the desire, to
make his standard uniform. For
generations. therefore, property has
been put down IN tax rolls at figures
al which the owner would not think
of selling it, and which be would
regard it robbery to be compelled
to take. With such a system of as
sessment inequality and consequent
injustice must constantly be done,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
Cheap Rails.

From The Winona Republican.
a correspondent of The Chicago
Tribune gives some interesting flcts
IN regard to the wooden rail expert
ment IN Iowa. 1t appears that the
cit'zeuS ot Elka1er desiring to con
meet their town with the Iowa East
ern Railroad, "a narrow gage road
passing within few miles of thai
pIace,-and having no money to bny
IRON, concluded TO lay wooden
track, which is thus described:
The rail used is ;! by 5 inches,
and from Is to Is feet in length.
Every second or third tie is slotted
SO that the rails Will fit into it, and
ut the ends the rails are halved to-
gether and bolted with good
strong bolts, and paint is used
III al joints to protect the wood.
The inside upper corner of the rail
Is rounded, so that the cars will run
smoothly over it. Nearly two miles
OF the track was laid down last fail,
and has been u~ed during the win
ser. There are one or two pretty
sharp curves in the track where the
wooden rails seem to answer very
Wei. \ mile Jf wooden track re-
qnlres, of lhe sjza specified, about
ID, 400 feet of rails, which cost de-
iivered last tall, about S25 per 900,
or 1885 per mile. The iron rail for
the same distance would require
about 58 tons to the mile, 50 that
the cost Of the wooden rail is but
little more that the inteteSt at ten
per cent. tor year on the seost of
the iron rail. The cost per mile of
laying the rails Is about the same
with both. The halving of the rails
and rounding the cVruer> ca" moot
ly be done by machinery.
The experiment has proved so
satisfactory that it is now proposed
to extend the wooden rail system
and connect with several other small
towns by the same method. 1t is
estimated that a sound maple rail,
laid on a well drained road bed,
VIII last between three and four
years. They are thought to be pc
cuIiarly well adapted to. narrow
gauge roads, on which the rolling
stock is much lighter, and consr-
quently the wear and tear upon the
rails is much less than upon roads
OF ordinary gauge.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
Il. P. Railroad Prospects.

From The Bismark Tribune OF
May p, we clip the following items
III regard TO the \ Z. Il. R:
THE y. Z. r. r. CAN BE COMPLETED.
T1s Helena Independent publish
es the letter to be found below from
Gen. Cass, Receiver of the North
ern Pacific, and warmly advocates
a subsidy to the n. p, even to the
extent of five million dollars.
The letter is addressed to Gov.
Potts, and is as follows:
NORTHERN Pacific RAILROAD CoMPANY,
Secretarys Office, 35 Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK, March 25, 2s75
Hon B. f. Potts, Virginia Ciy Montana:
DEAR SIR enclose you newspaper slip
giving an account of the recent meeting of
the bondholders Of this company. We had.
perhaps the largest meeting in numbers of
the kind ever held in this country--a meeting
of very intelligent and sensible men.
They listened very attentiveiy to all the
statements regarding the condition of the
Company now, and the suggestions as to
what might be done for it in the future
They went away, think, with the convic-
ton that the enterprise IS a good one
worth taking care of-and that the road NAV
be completed without the aid of Congress,
but that its completion would require much
more time than with government aid
You viii notice that committee of bond
holders was appointed with view of pro-
tectng the interests of the bondholders gen
orally. This really means the completion of
the road
Several plans have already been suggested
one of which am sure, if it is adopted,
will result in the running of trains to the
Yellowstone in lS76-especially if aid can
be got from the Territory of Montana, such
as has been frequently shadowed to me-
There cannot be question, in my mind,
that if the people of Montana are willing to
contribute in any efficient way to promote
the earliest building of railroad into the
heart of that Territory. the best wav to do
so is to give such aid and assistance to this
Company, on such terms as will insure to
them their object, aud be available to this
Company
Knowing YOUR earnest wish that the people
of Montana shall, at the earliest day practi-
cable, get rail communication with the East,
have communicated to you this informa-
tion and my opinion.
Sincerely yours,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22

any point to be agreed upon under the Com
panNs charter, it would be in our power to
aid their work by giving them the land, which
Its construction under our charter would
earn
Accept my assurance that the determine
ton to complete the Northern Pacific road
was never more earnest among its owners
and administrators than it is at present The
road certainly will be built.
Yours respectfully
SAM'L WILKINSON, Sec'y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
Mill on Conn ar's Point
WEST WISCONSIN RAILWAY.

st. Paul and Chicago Through Line running
through trains between ST. Paul and Chi
cago-via Elroy passing through Eau
Claire, Baraboo. Madison, BeIoit, Harvard,
and connecting in Chicago for all points
East, South and West.
The only line running the celebrated Pulmas
Palace day and night coaches between St.
Paul and Chicago.
W estinghouse Air Brakes and Miller Safety
Platforms.
Express Trains daily each way DO
tween St. Paul and Chicago, on and after
June 81, 1874,
Leaving st. Paul as follows: Day Express,
daily, except Sunday, $50 am. Night
Express, daily, except Saturday, 7:3O pm
Arriving in Chicago, Day Express, SOC
am, Night Express $40 pm.
Leaving Chicago, Day Express, daily, except
Sunday, 7:27 am, Night Express, daily,
except Saturday, 800 pm Arriving in ST.
Paul, Day Express 500 am, Night Ex-
press, $50 pm.
Through tickets to all important points for
sale by J. W. KEAIoy, Tex Agt,
Minneapolis,
and by CHAs. THOMPSON, TEX Agt
Cor 3D. & Jackson street, ST, Paul
WA G. SWAN,
Genl Supt., Hudson, Wis
+. B. CLAEKE,
Gen Frt & Psgr Agt, st. Paul
G. L. BARNES,
Gen Tex Agt, St PAM Abai
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
HACKER HOUSE.
Formerly Wakelin House,
SUPERIOR Wis.

Situated next door north of the old Avery
House, West Second Street and near the
Postotfice. The best house in town. Also
stable connected with house
j " H ChER pronrietor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
ADVERTISING SGALR.


A review, abstract and digest
of all the land titles in Douglas
County, has just been completed by
Thomas Clark, attorney at law, and
he offers the same for the intorma-
ton of his clients, together with his
general knowledge derived from his
notes of observation while engaged
in geological and other investiga-
tions, during the last twenty-five
years. feb2 uf
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22


stable connected with house
J. " HACKER, Proprietor.
SDoUGLa@s IS COUNTY, c5S2SNsiN $. Ia Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Sixtus Hofr.
man. Deceased.
On reading anu filing the petition of Leon
ard +. Wheelock, of Superior, Wisconsin, rep
resenting, among other things, that Sixtus
Hoffman, late of Duluth, MINI, on the-dav
of September, A. D., 1873, at Duluth. Mimi,
died lntestate, and being a non resident of
this County at this time of his death, leaving
goods, chattels, and estate in this County,
and that the said Petitioner is creditor OF
SAID deceased. and PRAYING that administra-
ton OF said estate to him granted, it is or
dered that said petition be heard before the
Judge of this Court, on Monday the seventh
day OF June, 4. d. 1915, at ten o'clock A. NJ.
at the Court House in Superior in sald
County. Ordered further, that notice there
OF De given TO the heirs OF said deceased. and
to all persons interested, by Publishing a
copy of this oader for three successive weeks
prior TO said day of hearing, in The SUPgRloR
IMrs, weekly Newspaper printed and pub
lIshed at Superior in SAID County.
Dated at Superior the 27th day of April,
\ D. 1878,
BY the Court,
GEo. W. PERRY,
Judge of Probate.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
est position III the land

est position III the land.
NI'hou, malice, with charity for
-, we u emb with reSpect his
rmer hi h office, his spotle~s per-
sonal integrity, his courage, and the
accomplishing way in which he
bore his downfall.-Madisoa .State
.To7fr1Dl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
Welland Canal Enlargement.

and enlargement of Welland Canal.
The original plan contemplated a
fair deepening and enlargement to
accommodate vessels drawing u
feet of water; but it is now stated
that while the depth of IL feet on
all locks is to be adhered to, as well
as the intervening levels, the harbors
of Port Colborn and Dalhousie will
be deepened to 10 feet, in order 10
afford IA feet navigation at lowest
water, when the Canal shall have
been deepened to that capacity.
Guard locks a. each end will also
be made suitable for IA feet naviga-
ton. Further, it is intended that
an aqueduct for Weland River
shall be built. The present aque-
duct can and viii be deepened to .
feet, but it would be impossible to
obtain a greater depth than 2 feet;
besides the amount Of water which
ing vessels would be insufficient for
,r1
navigation purposes. The new
aqunduct will be constructed along
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ihe 81 Nath~riiles News says
INa' 'he adoption OF this plan Will
ehaoie the 0o'erhmeht TO prosecute
with All VlSor' tfiose works OF con
s'ruction now under contract which
nave oeeh primarily IN view, the Sc
curing ol t"ei'e leet Navigation
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ment has effected AN arranoamant
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which the swing b,idoe At IFS cross
inc of the Canal will be removed.
The Road will defoct i,s line from
its nrasan+ conrsa and mass undar
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22
G. ". CASS,
President y. 2. r. r. Co.

NORTHERN PACIFIC EXTENSION.
Below viii be found a letter from
Sam Wilkinson on behalf of Gen.
Cass, in relation to the probable ex-
tension Of the \. p. r. X. 1t will
be seen that the officers of the \. p.
are confident of success In the fu-
ture:
NORTHERN Pacific r. r. Co.
fREsInsSr's OFFICE, % 5th Ave,
NEW 1osE, March %, 1875.
J. Il. Bojcs, Sr., He'esa. Montana.
DEAR SIR:-Mr President Cass. on his wsv
10 Michigan, has instructed me 10 replv in
his name to your valuable favor Of the 9th
of March inst
Among the bondhollers, stockholders and
officers Of this corporation, there is manifest
determination to push through the construc-
tion of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
On the 18th day of Nav next, the com.
mittee of bondholders and the consulting
committee Of the Board Of Directors Will
meet-and they will not separate until they
have arranged plan TO certainly put the
road through to the Yellowstone and to
finish it through to that point in the business
season of 1875.
II the olti1sns of Montana are willing 70
commence building fret :. inc. -os5 =,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22

have the most honest and Intelligent
assessor, will suffer the most-that
IS, have the heaviest burden of tax
to bear.
Wha is the remedy for this evil
Manltestly it is to insist upon uni
iorm standard of assessment, and
upon the appointment or election OF
assessors who have the requisite in
teIIigence and honesty to compre
bend that standard, and adhere to
1t IN each case. There really can
be but one unitor standard which
can he readily arr sed at by all as
SCISSORS, and that p ne cash value
OF the pr"perly-tae price which it
wonld bring in the market at the
time of making The assessment.
THIS standard 1t is comparatively
easy TO arrive at in any community.
by noting the sales that are making
from time to time.
The Legislature of this state at
tempted, some years ago, to remedy
the evils OF which we have spoken,
by enacting that ''real property shall
be valued by the assessor, from ac-
tnal view, at Its tttU Ual,te, which
could be ordinarily obtained there
/ for at private sale" This is lust
law, and ought to be rigidly en-
forced everywhere throughout
the state. Assessors are
sworn to obey this law.
yet very few, if any, of them do 50
fully, and they excuse themselves
for the lack OF compliance. by the
plea that so lonu as All do not obay
tho lo+tar of ,bo ,ou : u,onfl ,,I.
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state. There Is no more.
why it should not be thoroughly
obeyed Than there is for disobav;n,,
any other statute; and nothing but
an absurd custom, that ORIGINATED
in a purpose to evade a tul share Of
the burden of taxation. has made
people wink at its systematic viola
ton.
In TINS connection 1t Is important
10 note recent decision OF our Su-
preme Court, to the effect that the
law Is clear and explicit in demand
ing that the full selling value OF
property shall be the only basis of
asSesShent,-in other words, the
assessed value; and any departure
from thus basis OF standard will
make the assessment null and void.
1t Is, therefore, ot'the first importance
that this be understood by all asses
SorS, and that they are guided &C
cordlngly; otherwise it is in the
power of any person successfully TO
resist the collection of a tax. if he
chooses to 90 into court. He has
simply to show that the assessment
was not made according to the law
that is, not up to the full cash or
selling value of the property and
the tax based on it falls 70 the
ground. THIS is in substance tho
decision of the court. and if if has
the weight it ought it will work =
much NEEDED reform IN tho ossoss
ment of pronertv It will ton1 70
bring unitormitv of vaInat;on a,l
when that i attained onvooa ooa
see that the problem Of eon,I taxa-
tion ;s at,a;nod OF oorr-o ,,,.o.,.
The New York herald., 1875-10-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Generally Firm Bulls
Supposed To Be Realizing.
THE WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.
Gold Closed at ia 3-4-Rag Money Worth
S714-FOreign Exchange Dull-Rail-
road Securities Steady.
WALL STREET,

SATURDAY, Oct Z3-o 4. M. J
The stock market attended with considerable spec
ulatve activity and in the main strong Strength
was particularly developed in tho opening prices but
later there was an evident desire among holders TO
realize and disposition leave the control of figures
10 those who have initiated the upward movement
large amount of stock brought out during the day,
and the decline ranged from H to per cent. The
principal feature Pacific Mail, which persistently
declined from AZ at the opening to 40, with recovery
to Al and close at 40A Lake Shore opened at 6oA,
rose to 61A, recodcd to 59X and ended at boI.
Western Union began at 767&, went up to 77as, de-
clined to 76T and ended at Tx. Missouri Pacino
uctuated between on at the opening to IN, but later
advanced to sH and o. Northwest common ranged
between 365s 37I which the last price. The
preferred stock sold at SIX so 81. Erie responded
TO London prices and was firm at 17T Tx l7M.
Union Pacific advanced from 66K to 6sZ. c., G and
L c. was stronger at 3K 5M, closing at AZ Ohio and
Mississippi opened at 1871 declined to l5zG and closed
at l6 Hannibal and St Joseph after sales at 17A
ended at TO- St. Paul common sold at 35 34X a
s4x; the preferred stock at 631 624. Atlantic and
Pacific preferred weakened to AZ. New York Central
after sales at 103H went los and ended at 104H.
Rock Island was firm at 104 104H, New Jersey
Central at 105h LOG 1861, Delaware and Lacka-
wanna at 11s l1S1 and Michigan Central at about
COZ. Illinois Central closed at 80 bid and 81 asked
Nhe following are the