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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

So that tor ten years past the
tendency has been 10 narrower
gauges. Many thousands of miles
OF the four foot eight and one-haIf
inch gauge have been laid and lono
lines Of broad gauge such as the
Grand Trunk and Great Western
torn up and relaid at immense cost
in labor and rolling stock.
The narrow (3 tt.) gauge has
many and great advantages over the
broad. 1t costs less than one half
as much per mile Where a broad
gauge costs $4,000 the narrow
costs less than $4,000. Itsengines
climb steep grades with great ia
cility, and it turns curves with a
radius of 500 feet as readily "a the
broad gauge does those OF 800
| feet. Its locomotives of fifteen tons
haul two thirds the load of the
broad gauge thirty ton engines made
at the same shop.
On broad gauge roads for every
ION of freight hauled, ton of
freight car has to go along also. On
the narrow gauge 80 to 40 per cent
of that dead weight is avoided.
lnstead Of paying $4,000 a year in
terest on bonds, it pays but $500
1t will do all the work of an ordi-
nary Wisconsin or Minnesota rail
road twenty per cent cheaper than
the broad gauge can and with less
than one half the capital invested.
Its passenger cars, weighing one
half as much as the ordinary style,
carry two-thirds as many passen-
gers. Nor is its superiority TO the
broad gauge lessened as business in
creases. Of course broad track
with ponderous cars and engines
has greater capacity than the mar
row gauge.
But a double track will do three
times as much as single track pos
sibly can, for all its trains on either
track are always moving In the same
| direction. A double track narrow
gauge will do more than one and a
| halt times as much As a single track
broad gauge, while it costs less than
the latter. Extend the business
still further and we find that four
track road can do more than three
times as much as a double track
one, and nine times As much as a
single track, since the freight and
passenger traffic is kept separate and
each has two tracks-one for up and
the other for down trains-and the
business on each becomes like the
steady, uniform flow of river, and
10 time is lost by trains waiting for
others to get out of the way.-Ec-
| chanQe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

A vARIErY of camel coal, said to
be superior in quality to the famous
Briar Hill, Ohio, is announced to
have been discovered pear Rife
River, Saginaw Valley, Mich. The
coal is found 100 feet below the
surface. A shaft was sunk last
week, number Of wealthy gentle
men being engaged in the enter
prise. James F. Joy, of the Mchi-
gan Central, will build . branch
road to the mine within sixty days
after 1t has been put in operation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

A review, abstract and digest
OF all the land titles in Douglas
County, has just been completed by
Thomas Clark, attorney at law, and
lie 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 inyestiya-
TONS, during the last twenty-five
years. teb2uf
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

So Sole lives in Dubuque.
He Is dished up in a local item in
The Tunes in this way:
A curly headed seven-year-old
boy Of the second ward came dash
lug iuto the kitchen Yesterday where
his mother was mixing bread, and
blurted out
Ma, who's Beecher?"
"Beecher? you should say Mr..
Brechrr, Willie. Why, he is a IA
nous divine OF Brooklyn New York.
Why do you ask that?"
80, nothing. Only a while AGO
was playiug out by the gate and
heard pa say to Mr. Brown, that if
the truth was known, there was
good many Beeeilers about, aud
he said they had both been in the
Beecher business cons derably them
selves, and had been lucky at it.
No one hal found them. Mr.. b.
laughed and winked at pa, and he
said 'you bet Then pa said there'd d
be a hurricane, if you suspected
anything; pa looked down then and
seen me and slapped me, and told
me to 90 into the house"
The mother scratched the dough
from her arms and gave Willie a
doughnut and sent him out to play.
She then stepped to The door aud
crooked her finger at her flithIess
husband who came in as unsuspect-
ing as a lamb, When he was fairly
inside the house, she LAID him qui-
etly to rest behind the stove with a
potato ma~her, and then she backed
up and went home to her mother.
The benedict has hired cook, and
the doctor is treating him for kick
which he says he received from bis
off mule.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15
Gro. W. PERRY,
Judge of Probate,

STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
- In the Circuit Court.
James H. Ely, plaintiff, against George r.
SJuntz. defendant
By virtue Of an execution duly sealed
tested and delivered 10 me in the above en-
titled action. upon a Judgment recovered
therein on the lSth day OF June, 1874, and
on the 2Oth dav of said June docketed in
said County, in favor of the plaintiff and
against said defendant for the sum OF S35I O4
Commanding me to satisfy said Judgment
with interest and costs out of the property
OF said defendant, within said County,
have levied upon, and shall on the l7th day
of May, 1875, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
at the front door of the Court House, in Su-
perior, in said county, offer for sale and sell
at public auction to the highest bidder, the
following deScrib d premises, of the defendant
namely: the undivided two-tbirds of lot
four a. upon COnnors Point in the town OF
Superior in said County of Douglas, according
TO the plat and survey of said Conner's Point
recorded in the Register of Deeds office in
said county.
Dated April /, 1875.
A. ZACHAU,
Sheriff of Douglass County
II. HAYES, Plaintiffs Attorney
apr3w6
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

A CONVENTION to take into con-
sideration the best means for the
speedy reunion of the United States
and the Canadian Dominion, is
called 20 assemble st Buffalo on
July 4. The managers of it expect
that three delegates will be chosen
from each Congressional District in
the United States, and three dele
gates from each parliamentary dis
trict in the British province. 1t is
hoped by them that through this
convention arrangements may be
begun by which the union of the
two countries may be effected by
the 4th of July, 1876.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

GRAssHoPPERs have not made
their appearance in Nebraska, e1-
cept in the extreme Southeastern
portion. Kansas has developed a
considerable number, but the insects
die about as fast as they are hate he'd ,
owing to their delicate constitution,
the result Of the cool weather of
the past winter. 1t is likely that
the seourge will commence-if it
come.--in Missouri, Iowa, and even
Southern Illinois, and travel east
ward.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15
NEWS ITEMS.

AFRAID OF PolATo BUGS
importation into Finland or Russian
territory of American, potatoes or
sacks or any other article which
contained them, is prohibited.
Mrs. ex-Presiieut Lincoln has
returned TO Chicago from the South.
where she has been spending the
winter months for the benefit other
health, and is now at the Grand
Pacific.
DELAYED By ICE.-There has
been a great deal Of ice in the Cult
of ST. Lawrence this spring, through
which steamers nave had difficulty
In making their way, and there has
been much anxiety about some
overdue steamers, especially the
PIy"eSia", overdue from Liverpool
with 1900 persons on board. A
Quebec dispatch reports her arrival
last week.
COTTON SOUTH.-Gentlemen from
the South say that the cotton pros
poets are more favorable than at any
time since the. cOrn4nausamant ot
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15
Narrow Gauge-The Railroad Of the
Future.

Since railroads have come to be a
recognized public necessity, the
great problem has been how TO
adapt them to varying classes and
quantities of business, SO that new
lines could be built and maintained
In comparatively new aud thinly-
settled districts. As new corners
will not 60 far from a railroad to
seek home, the railroad must be
first a cheap affair, or it ruins its
projectors. Once built, its business
increases rapidly, and in few years
It holds lis own and pays.
1t Is during these first years that
the new railroads break and 90
down, are purchased tor a song by
old and strong companies, and thus
become links in those great chains
OF monopoly, such as the Pennsyl-
vanla has become.
The attempt to cheaper the broad
gauge roads has been a failure, as
any one might readily anticipate.
Its infexible gauge of four feet
eight and one-half inches has neces-
STATED the same broad cuts and fills,
the same heavy ties and bridges, the
same sixty-pound iron for rails, the
same thirtY-ton engines and the
same ten-ton trei ght ears. Every
thing has had to be on scale of
size and strength fit for an enor-
nous business, or be unfit to do anv
bus ness.
To cheaper the roads little, en-
gineers were forced to adopt steep
grades, which, at little saving, i'm
mensely reduced the capacity of en-
gines. The engine that hauls 900
tons on level only hauls 125 tons
up 100 foot grade. To save cost
IN iron, light weight and inferior
quality is used. A few months ser
vice crushes it, and its renewal costs
more than the heavy ard frst-class
raj would at the outset Out Of
any attempt to cheaper the cost of
railways by making light or inferior
work, grows crop of accidents as
prolific as weeds in June. A rail-
road to be good at all, needs to be
of its kind and class, tirst-rate one.
If there is business for grist mill
with three run of stone, the prudent
man does not build one with SIX.
Yet this is the kind of business
he Is compelled to do in building a
broad gauge railroad and tins is
what swamps SO many new railroad
schemes.
Twenty years ago English engi-
neers got q Broad Gauge fever.
The Great Western Railway of
England was built with a gauge of
seven feet The Erie, Grand Trunk
aud Great Western of Canada, were
SIX feet gauge. But the broad
gauge, except with an enormous
trsthc, have never paid. The in
creased width necessitating greater
weight in all parts, has been a
source of weakness and danger to
sll, just as great bridge or build
ing orushes Iself by it's own weight.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

THE Kentucky Democratic Con
ventioD, which met at Louisville
May IL, made the following nomi-
nations on the State ticket: Gov
ernor, Col. James B. McCreary;
John Z. Underwood, Lieutenant
Governor; Thomas Z. Moss, Padu-
cab, tor Attorney General; d. How
ard Smith, for Auditor; J. w. Tate,
for Treasurer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

THE following encouraging news
in regard to the canal suit was re-
ceived here the fore part of the
week:
complainant, vs.. the city of Duluth, in the
Supreme Court Of the United States, Mr.
Chief Justice Waite, on the last day of the
overruling the demurrer without prejudice
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

SDSua@Lss COUNTY c5SsSNs'S' S., Ia Proo'te Court
Ia the Matter Of the Estate of Si1tus Hof.
man. Deceased
Tn reading anl filing the petition Of Leon
ard Whoelock, Of Superior. Wisconsin, rep.
rcsenting, 5mong other things, that Sixtus
Hoffman, late OF Duluth, Miun on the-dav
of September, 4, D., ls3S, at Duluth, Niun..
died int state, and being nonresident OF
this County at %. time Of his death, leaving
goods, chattels, and estate in this County.
and t't-f the said Petitioner IS creditor o.
sa'1 deceased and PRAYING that administra.
no" OF SAID estate 70 hlm granted, it is or
d'i'd ti't.' said natiti0n be heard before the
Judge Of TINS Court, on Monday the seventh
day OF June, A. D. 1875, at ten O'clock A NJ,
at the Court House in Superior in said
County. Ordered further, that notice there
OF be given to the heirs of said deceased and
to all persons Interested, bv publishing a
copy of this oader for three successive weeks
prior 10 said day of hearing, in The SUPERIOR
TINES, weekly Newspaper printed and pub
H>hed at Superior in said County.
Dated at Superior the 27th day of April,
A D. 1875.
By the Court,
GEO. W PERRY,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

by supply at the other. They
probably will never be given the
chance to experiment on the profit
abIeness of such a course.-.NiE
scauke Wisconsin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

AT the Kentucky Republican State
Convention held Thursday last, Gen.
John NJ. Harland. of Louisville, was
nominated for Governor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15
LOGS AND TIMBER.
We have extensive facilities st eur
Mill on Conn ,r's Point

For the manufacture OF lumber and timber Of
ali kinds, and always keep on hand a full sup
ply, both green and seasoned, 30 that we ars
enabled TO fill all orders at very short notice
and low rates.
Our location On Corners Point, with our
dock on the steamboat chsnn-'. gives us su-
perior conyeniences for filing orders from
Duluth or points along the river or along the
line of the Northern Pacific.
We pay particular attention ts saving
timbers for houses, docks, bridges, dc.
sprl5.11
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

OK Thursday last, the last of the
testimony in the Beecher trial was
taken; it was only the ssth day, too.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-15

Situated next door north of the old Aver,
House, West Second Street, and near the
foStofhce. The best house in town. Also
stable connected with house
J " HACKER, Proprietor
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-14
A HORRIBLE OUTRAGE,
From the n. Y. sun.

From the n. Y. Sun.
One day recently, respectfully
dressed man carried well grown child,
muffled up, and apparently sick, into
French's Hotel. He placed the child
on the stairs and began to talk to it in a
rough, unkind way. The attention of
the guests was attracted, and they
gathered around.
ssYou are able to walk up stairs
YOURSELF" said the man, ssand won t
carry you"
The poor child began to sob worse
than before, and the brutal man gave it
a severe thump on the side of the head.
The child began moaning piteously.
TIE indignation of the bystanders was
excited, and one of them said to the
man:
els that your child %
whats that to you2" the man an
swered, 81 won't tell you"
Hes my father" the child sobbed
"and-he-killed-my-mother-just-
he's-going -to-kiH-
The man doubled his fist and made as
if he was about to give the child savage
blow. One of the bystanders interfered
and said:
'Say, if you don't stop this, I'll call
a. policeman T never saw sIIch a brutal
father in all my life. y
The man began to tumble in his peck
ct, and the child cried out:
''Take care, he's got knife. He's
going to stick you
Sure enough he produced knife and
opened it. The crowd slipped away one
By one, except two.
Bring an officer" cried one of the
men to friend.
eff am to be arrested" the man
| said, sit will be for something" and
thereupon he plunged the knife into The
body of the child. The child shrieked,
81 am murdered" and crowd rushed
to the spot. The man quietly raised the
child in his arms, and, removing his hat,
| said:
Gentlemen, don't be alarmed. This
is wooden child. Lam Professor Grew
the Ventriloquist." The crowd went
away with astonishment.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-14
A method for making joints to unite

A method for making joints to unite
the sides of boxes, &C., has been recent
" patented in England. The two pieces
of wood to be fastened together are first
mitred in the usual manner, and hole
is then drilled vertically in each piece,
from the bottom upwards, short
distance from the mitred edge. chan
mel or groove is then cut, by a saw OF
otherwise, from the mitred edge to
the drilled hole. The channel is of a
less width than the diameter of the hole,
and may be cut either parallel to the
sides of the piece of wood, or at right
angles to the mitre, so that when the
two pieces of wood are put together a
continuous channel shall be formed be-
tween the two holes. The two pieces are
then held tightly together, and key is
formed by running metal, such as lead
or fusible metal into the channel; by this
means the key is cast in the place which
it is to occupy. The key may also be
made separately of solid metal, and
driven home into the channel.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-14
A YOUNG man walked into an India

A YOUNG man walked into an Indian
apolis drug store, the other day, and
called for fifty cents worth of strych-
nine. The clerk, suspecting his object,
gave him harmless dose of s'sugar OF
milk The youth swallowed it at once,
and sat down to Gle. To the surprise OF
the clerk, he soon showed every indica-
ton of poisoning, and he thinks that,
had he not told him of the harmless ma
ture of the poison, he would have died
from mere imagination.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-14
HARD AND Sort WATER.-TheYe

HARD AND Sort WATER.-TheYe Is a
notion quite prevalent in the minds Of
the people, that the drinking of hard
water is injurious to health, and most
physicians have warned people to as far
as possible avoid the practice. But DIR.
Letherby, an English physician, who
has devoted much time to investigating
the subject, finds as the result of his OBJ
clearer, colder, more free from air, and
more agreeable to the taste than soft,
but is less liable to the absorption OF or
ganic matter, and to the sustenance OF
the life of zymotic organisms or to exert
solvent properties upon salts of iron, or
upon leaden conducting pipes. And he
claims that the lime-salts exert bene-
fetal influence. It is asserted that a
practical test of the truth of this new
theory is to be had IL the case of the re-
sidents, of mountainous districts, where
the water is almost invariably hard, and
where the inhabitants exhibit the best
physical development. He claims that
water containing about six grains OF
carbonate of lime to the gallon, is suit
able for use in all household purposes,
for such water offers the necessary
amount of carbonate of lime for Che
support of life in the most digestible
form.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-14

J. S. CoNKLING, United States Reve-
nue. Agent, has seized upon the stock of
II. Bumesel, at Oshkosh, as forfeit for
the violation of the revenue laws. The
stock seized consists Of $1,000 cigars,
5000 pounds of leaf tobacco, on outfit
of stobacconists tools and some real
estate. He also seized from Hypolite
Dauben, another tobacconist, 1000
cigars for q like offense.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-14

Boiling Eggs.-The fresher eggs are,
the more time will be required for boil
inc. To have them soft and tender drop
them in the water at a boiling point and
LET them stand from five TO seven min
utes, without boiling.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-14
AN Oshkosh dispatch of the 31st says

''The weather is terribly cold and sever
al persons are reported as badly frozen.
William John, an old man upward Of go
years of age, had both his hands frozen,
while going to his home, near Nedimi,
from this city. It seems he laid down
in the road and went to sleep, probably
in an intoxicated condition, and, on
waking, found his hand frozen.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-14
THE TRIBUNE.
A SONG.
BY r. n. HEINEAAN

BYE. n. HEINEMAN.
took my pen and traced some lines,
OF warbling birds and budding flowers,
Of winds that sang among the pines,
of golden sunshine and of April showers.
And as es Oh line came sweet and FAIR
To life III pure and noble thought, g
7 felt loves motive in the air
Whose voice my eager hand had sought
dreamt a song, no pen can trace
I dreamt it following dusky clouds
Who phantom like in fretful chase
Sped by, draped in their autumn shrouds.
NV spring was over. summer gone
The roses faded. and my warbiers fed
And in my hearts deep gloom alone
Lay hope and love, knew them dead!
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-09-18

Augustus. Is7l-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-09-18
alley NGr5Ie Yard,
NIARRLIG YARD

ME undersigned would inform the citizens OF
this town and adjoining counties, that be has
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d" I've ba1n through that wicket. Charley
" I don think yoU have. sweetmeals" IN
deed, have No, you haven't 'IId
" You didn't and then male. sails over
the fence, aud puI-back tw.,cLes fgr1or.'y
over the green swari, and disappears into she
house, and everything is as qu..t wi,las, as
though peace We're the sovereign p.v.. yu
earth.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-09-18

Winchester, Va, July II, ls75-3m.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-09-18

Hearing Of a recent expectation Of large
invoice Of young frogs from this country e.
England Tor breeding purposes, suspicious
correspondent, wonders if il taiIoi,ical sis-
nifcarce.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-09-18

4 lassie wrote 90 young man she had taken
a fancy TO, Come aud meet me in The gloam-
ing, john. AMI when she time came John
wasn't there. lie subsequently, explained that
he coul3n Z find such a place.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-09-18
NEW GOODS.

I HAVE just received general stock Of Fresh
1 Family Groceries, and invite purchasers and
consumers to examine and price before buyisg.-
They will find it 70 their advantage to do 50.
Respectfully,
April Il, 1875. W. EBY.
WHITE Granite Ware, the largest stock and
w and besta.sortment embracing Plain White
and Decorated Chamber Setts, for sale by
April II, 1875. W. EBY.
WARE.-Table ard Pocket Cutlery.
I Casters, Shears aud Scissors, Racers and
Straps, for sale By W. ELY.
I ON6 Handle Shovels, Forks, Garden Spades,
i 4 Hoes and Rakes; also, Floral Hoes. for sale BY
April II, 1873. W. EBY.
MILK Crooks, assorted sizes Just received and
vi for sale By
April II, 1873. W. EBY.
PAINTED Tubs, Buckets, Drooms, Market and
Z Clothes Baskets, just received, for sale By
April q, 1874. W.EBY.
EtUCUMBER Pickles by 100 or dozen for sale By
y April p, 1874. W. RBY.
4 R0MATIC, for Laundry use, Soap very cheap
y tor sale By ". EBY.
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CASH CAPITAL 100000
SURPLUS. $fO.OOG.
Peabody Insurance Company,
OF WHEELING, WESTYA.

HLTTTNI' 'UUC 7, 100,
I UNRELIABLE and irresponsible persons in
I Jefferson county, w. Va, having circulated
reports preiudicial to the sovcrcy of the Peabody
Insurance Company, we present below the certih-
cate of the President and three Directors OF the
late Fire and Marine Insurance Company Of
Wheeling, whose risks were reinsurcd by the Pea
body Insurance Company after a rigid GAMMA
ton Of its Assets and Liabilities, and by that Com
mittee pronounced entirely solvent and response
BILE
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Peabody Insurance Company.
OrrIcn PElnopr IvsrnAyrs O.. !

UFFlCE PEABODY INSURANCE Co, I
WHEElIvG, ". Va, April 2, 1873.
The Charter OF the Fire and Marine Insurance
Company Of Wheeling expired April LIST, 1875,
and its nneXpred IRE business has been reD,ured by
the Peabody Insurance Company OF Wheeling. w
Va, as shown by the Resolution and Certificate
annexed hereto. All claims for loss or damage
that may occur after 70 o'clock NJ. APRIL Let 1915,
under any fire policy issued by the Fire and Marine
Insurance Company, and in force, will be adjusted
and settled by the Peabody Insurance COMPANY
j. Y. i. RODGERS.
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It is said that Booth broke bis leg FOR au
advertisement. and The plaza has worked very
nicely We trust shat his success may induce
some others 20 break their uecks-De'5ot Free
Press