The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-01-27

The rain aud open weather worked the
roads into beds Of mud, and frost has
made the muddy ridges harder than
stones, so that the highways and by
ways of the county are as difficult to
travel as the hard road of Jordan ia
nous in song, and as rough as the rocky
road to Dublin. Every one is anxiously
wishing and hoping for sleighing. All
business is at standstiu waiting for
snow, consequently We feel the strin-
gency of hard times, and some of oar
business men who have heretofore had
most enviable reputation for prompt
ness and reliability are for the fret
time showing signs of weakening"
PIERCE COUNTY.
THE new -four mill of Redmon, Cross
& Co., at Prescott, is completed with
six run of stone, and they are shipping
from Hastings to New York. -
River Falls is moving for narrow
guage railroad TO connect with the
West Wisconsin at Hudson. Their
-four must now be hauled twelve miles.
wINNEBAGo COUNTY.
REV. Mr.. GRAssIE, pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Osh-
kosh, is conducting very interesting
and successful series of revival meetings
at his church, and much interest is
manifested, and a goodly number have
been awakened. The churches gener-
ally seem to have caught the revival
spirit this winter, and considerable
effort is being put forth to stimulate
the religious sentiment of this commu-
nifty.
PORTAGE COUNTY.
REV. MYRoN ". REED, Milwaukee's
popular minister, lectured at Stevens
Point on January IS; subject, Father
Marquette. The lecturer is pronounced
full of interesting narrative.-A letter
from Stevens Point, dated January 19,
says: "Our thaw seems ended. We
have clear, cold weather; no more
snow, though the loggers continue to do
a good business. The Central Railroad
is well employed; besides ordinary
freight and passenger business, from 6
to II carloads of pine saw logs 60
down every day. The Portage Railroad
is finished and ironed to Caloma, SO
miles, just halfway from this city to
Portage; the grading is still being made
further on. There are regular daily
trains to Hancock"
ROCK COUNTY.
THE aggregate amount of transfers of
real estate in Rock county, for the
week ending January II, was S31. $780,
2O.-Mr. William B. Baines, a
farmer, living near GAINESVILLE, sold on
Wednesday 40 hogs, the average weight
of which was 1926 pounds each, for the
handsome sum of $1,O47,O9. He rails
ed IS acres of corn during the past
season, and after fattening SO hogs, has
5000 bushels in the crib, and has SO
promising hogs left to consume it,
The total receipts into the Rock odnty
treasury for the year 1875, we're 1921,
1921; and the disbursements, $780,
943. 96; leaving balance in the treasury
of $21, 818.85.
RACINE COUNTY.
On Saturday the postoffice at Water
ford was entered and robbed of valua-
bles to the amount of $510.5O The Post
master, \. II. Palmer, went to Mil
waukee, and with the assistance of the
police arrested man named Chas.
Barnes, who is without doubt the thief.
AT LARGE.
ROBERT MILLER was killed in the
pinery, last week, by tree falling
upon him.
THE Southeastern Wisconsin Wool
Growers Association has elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, III. L. Ayers; Vice Presi-
dents, Asa Wilkins and a. G. Whit
more; Secretary, Perry Craig; Treas
urer, Nelson Crawford. The Associa-
ton proposes to give bounty of 1927
for every wolf that may he killed in the
towns of Waterford, Rochester or East
Troy, between this and the first day of
April next. State and county bounty
being added, will make $50 for each
wolf captured.