The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-12-08
The superior Times
SUPERIOR. FRIDAY. DEC. 8, 1876

delayed by the non-arrival of paper.
-Ths Wisconsin Central r. r. Company
ara now operating over 400 miles of road
The head of Ashland bay froze over
from shore to shore on the 28th of November,
the same time as the Bay OF Superior
The Ashland Press claims that next sea-
son :hsrs viii undoubtedly be daily line of
steamers established between Ashland and
Dulxth
MIR Desimvai started his stage line to
Duluth on Saturday last. and now makes two
trips each day, the last trip returning in the
evening with the mail after it arrives in Du-
1uth
The old saving that it's an i'll wind that
blows nobody good, is applicable to tbs
freezing Of the swamps in the woods by the
late blizzard at least our Transfers think So
The tug Amethyst, of Duluth, left Ashland
Dscembsr Let, for Prince AIthur's Landing,
with party Of Canadian Pacific Rairo i
contractors,
BY srder'of the department AT Washing
tor, the tri-weeUly mail between Superior
aud BAYFIELD, is to be discontinued on and
after December 3lst inst. A daily mail will
be run to Ashland from Milwaukee over the
Central road We presume the old weekly
service will in time be resumed connecting
the head of the lake with the mining towns
by direct line
The question very naturally arises, what
are the few left in Superior to do to kill time
and keep alive until spring From the way
winter has set in it will keep some Of us busy
to keep warm. Haven't we life and home
talent enough left to get up some kind of
diversion besides sucking orr Il umbs.
In the Pioneer Press report of th-
Minneapolis schools for November, among
the pupils who led their classes in the differ
ent schools at the last written examination
and the per cent attained, was at the Wash
ing School. "B, 7.h Henry Ref, 96 per
cent" Pretty good for thirteen year old
Superior hoy, who entered tbs school three
weeks after the term commenced and had o
catch up
After the first of January, until the
opening of navigation. Ashland will be six
hundred miles from the head Of the lake bv
either nail or passage, except bv Foot &
Walkers line on snow-shoes. We presume
thew ere happy
Mclean has three miles of gill nets in /
one gang ont in the lake now, that should /
bring him in a heavy haul if the cold weather |
holds up long enough to let him lift before I
the lake freezes over or, the ice carries his I
nets off
Would it not be well for orr schol board /
and teachers to see to the better ventilation T
of their school rooms We have no doubt /
the teachers and chilcren would all be hepe-
flied thereby; also by having pan of water
ALWAYS on the stove
The discontinuance of The tri-weeBv I
mail IS BAYFIELD, by our Ashland friends, is
likelv to prove a real hardship to the cen
tractor, Mr.. Desimval. He had made all his
winter arrangements at considerable expense, I
and will lose heavily by having the contract
taken from him
Mr. James Ready, Of Duluth has spent
the paat week in Superior making arrange
nents to move his familv here shortly. He I
has purchased through Geo ". Perry, Fsor.. /
of the hairs of VIM Schneider, the store and
dwelling formerly occupied bv Dir. Holly +
and also Of the County the dwelling n which
John O'Niel lives They will he warmly vel I
coined back to Superior bv their old friends. /.
Our Ahland neighbors in advocating
the dscontnuance of the mail service to the
head of tho lake. as soon as thew obtained
railroad ard daily service for themselves,
have evinced disposition to cut eur aconaint-
ance, that augu7s no expectations on their
part of ever seeing the Central road extend
ed beyond their door.
The coolest weather we remember to
have ever experienced at the head of the
A-''aC "a beCehpsI, put III IN appearance on
Friday and Saturday Friday morning the
mercury stood at three degrees below zero,
with a high wind from the west, and some
thing unusual, the cold increased ell through
the day, reaching twenty below bv evening
and thirty-one below en- Saturday mornine
Through trains were to commence run
ming daily between Milwaukee and Ashland
on the 10th. The time between Ashland and
Milwaukee, including the portage between
Chippewa and Butternut, distance from II
to 8 miles, will probably be about thirty
six houw. Good comfortable stages will be
put on the portage for the accommodation of
passengers and teams will transfer the freight
without delay.
The rate Of taxation in this county for
1875 is three and three-tenth per csntum in
schoel district No l. and four per cestua in
district No. .. The former includes all of
Superior, Midddstawn, and Elys Addition
and the lssds in raases 70 to 3 Inclusive to
the south boundary of the county, &nd eolae
half dozen quarter sections in 10, II; while