The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-02-10

Duluth We don't think you are
half as scared as DIR. Parker would
have us believe.
The State Treasurer reports
$1,000 of the Superior harbor fund
as expended since Oct. /, 1875.
THE many friends of the Rev. A.
A. Sutton, of Brainerd will be griev-
ed to learn Of his hopeless insanity.
Two enterprising fishermen of
Duluth are trying the experiment of
shipping a car load Of fish to New
York city.
The new officers Of the 1st
National Bank of Duluth, are, pres
ident, Sidney Luce; cashier, G. P.
Bailey; assistant cashier, III. H.
Bell.
The contract for furnishing
twenty cords of wood at the court
house, was let by the county board,
on last Saturday, to G. J. Nelson at
1915 per cord
"A party for the Black Hills is
organizing in ST. Paul to start in a
few weeks for the land of gold.
Mr.. Benjamin Young, an old miner,
Is to have charge.
The lake has at last closed up
and fishing through the ice has com
menced with excellent success. We
have heard Of one party who from
twenty-five hooks took as many fine
lake trout.
Prof Eames has settled up his
debts down at Cloud Bay,
Canada, and has again set a force
to work. His perseverance, should
be rewarded.
Mr.. John O'Neil was the lowest
bidder for saving wood at the
Court House, and the contract was
awarded him at $3.50 per cord.
The County Board on last Sat
urday made the usual annual appro-
priation to Patrick Fay and James
Wright of fifty dollars each, for
work on roads in their neighbor-
hood.
The County Board having let
the contract for saving wood to
the lowest bidder at $3.50 per cord,
would it not be the fair thing to pay
that price for what they have had
sawed without any bargain, and for
which they have only allowed $l.OO.
The County Clerk is again in
structed by resolution of the Coun-
ty Board to receive either town or
county orders for all collections in
his office up to March lst.
--Messrs Peyton & KimbaIl are
having quite a lot of wood banked
on the Nemadji river, for the use of
their tug next summer. We under
stand they are paying sixty-five
cents for chopping and fifty for
hauling.
The Town Board, as has been
the custom from time immem orial in
this town, on last Saturday week
resolved to extend to the Town
Treasurer the time for the collec-
ton of taxes forty five days.
Already the wires are being laid
to secure the loaves and fishes at
the approaching town election.
Any number of the ms ere still will
ing to serve their country.
The snow, the beautiful snow
is very chary of its favors so far this
winter. During the last month
several energetic attempts have
been nipped by jack frost, before
the dust could be laid.
This State paid over seven
thousand dollars for bounties on
wild animals killed last year, and
forty thousand dollars for taking
the census.
We are under Obligations to
Speaker Fifield for several State re-
ports, for which he has our thanks.
We don't like to think the Ash
land Press has any grudge against
Superior, but can account in
no other way for it's publication of
a senseless slur upon one of our citi-
zens and our harbor, taken from the
Duluth II. II, particularly as there
was not one word of truth in the
fact stated.
"A case of peculiar hard ship in
with tbo 1-b olo,.1.