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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-04-21
JAMES BARDON,
County Treasurer.
LSec note at foot of list.l
Superior.

west Second Street Lots /, 3, Is, II. 70,
% 81, 81 81, a., So 81 o. -, 49, III us, III
~ 123, 1913 1875 IA, 153 155, l6l, 1863 l73 175
- s. go "a 50, 80, 100, 1922 l04 10S, lii l16, 12o
l.2 l26 12S, 1874 1876. 1873 49, l58 162 1914 no 172
~ 16 49, 1876, 1875 2l3 219 22l, 223 225, 227 229
81 387 39j 4o3 4o5 4O9 al, 4ls 20S, 30 240 328
80, 354 $40 37S. 3Sz, 1884, $50 49, 414 AS 420 42s
$50 Az al, 450 452 40 Ar 474 48l 425 427. APO
931 4S3 435, 43, 445, 4iT 455, 43 Az 49, 485 493
$40 4oo 49i 491 499 503 505, 83Und q 10, Und 2o9
Cnt q POI, Und u 3U3, Und y 3J5, Uld 20 234. uue
y 23S. Und u 29S. Ind y al- Ind 4 S2S md x q.
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West Fourth Street Lois [. 8. 5. 7.1I.
West Fifth Street Lots 9.

" esV fIItH otIttt LUts ., I, To, 10, II,
3d. 49, a. A. So 6l 3d. 49, 49, 115, H. 11s, 121, 1875
l39, I'LL 143, 49, 1873 ly9 2ul 2O5 205, 233 1885, 24
6S r. So IS, 10 liz a, I16 lis, 49, 1873, IS 22O
222 "a, 80 s32 go Z52, 254 256 251 260 1872 2S4
ZS6 -So, 81, 2s6, 213 Zi5, 2T7 2i9 2S3 29 81 293
257 49, Sol, 300 3l3 33J 34l $751; 359 1853 373 o15,
81 379 3S7 397, 4J3 4U5, 4Q7 49, 423 32S rs 35J,
35t 356, 356 $50 366 S0, $50, 1872 4J1 Avs Ala 49,
429. 457, AIS. AZ 4and Rs c9und 2S1, und 23 So,
uni "a 33J uad 1855
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West Ninth Street Lots 3, 3, 9, 81, 80, IS,
81. as 4. 40 81 53 81 So 81 90 II 49, les 1O7 109
121. 1879 131. 153 1i7 149 Isl 153 1856 I57 l5g loI
l65 loo l75, III 179 Gill; To- is So "a 90 "a 66 IS
a. 20 IS 80 81 81. So. 100. I12 ia. 1l6 49,. 1872
l34 100 10! l5o %. 152 1911 16o. 10. 172 I76 1yl
l95 PIG. 223 299 Pill. 243. PAT. 30 259. Isl 2o5
zo9 81 29 Boil 3l3. 81 321. 327 33l. 335 3d. 345
3lI 300 JoI II 80 3ol 3 $50 49,. 49, 2U4 2iS
2S5 228 49, 1872 @6 2lo. 29O 292 294 296 800 a4 3C
so 3lo go 36 $40 344 34S 354 35o 80 32 374 3Sl
30 39S 40+ 408 412 39l 800 3g7 500 und "a OF Ii
dnd "a of aud 23 l70 uud 2-3 oi3 z uud q OF 1928
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North Wisconsin Railroad.
Lake Superior 6 Mississippi
Railroad.
FAy0RITE ROUTE BETWEEN THE
NORTHWEST AND EAST,

Direct route from St. Paul to Brainerd,
Afoorhead, Bismarck, Pcmbina, Fort Garry,
Black Hills, and all points on the Northern
Pacific railroad and Red River. Duluth,
uorts on Lake Superior and all eastern points,
Saltwater ana points on the st. Croix river
CONNECTIONS:
tTST. PAUL-With trains for the East,
south ana Southwest.
At WHITE BEAR-With trains for
Saltwater and on the VI. & ST. L. Ry. for
Minneapolis Chaska, Carver and points on
Sioux Citg Z. K.
AT WYOAiNG-Stage to Taylors Falls.
AT NORTH BRANCd-Stage to Sunrise
City
At HARRIs-stage to Cambridge and
Isanti County.
AT RUSH CITY-Stage to Grantsbur g
and the cranberry country Of Burnett county,
WIS.
AT PINE CITY-Stage to Brunswick,
Kanabec county.
At Y. p. JUNCTION-Trains of the
Minnesota Division n. p r. r. to and from
BIainerd and Moorheed, connect with trains
20 and from St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth.
On and after March Is, 1877, and until
further notice, passenger trains viii be run
as follows.
GOING NoRrH-ExPREss
Leave 81. PAM, $50 a. m
Arrive a. Duluth, ------------ APO p. M
GOING soUTH--EXPREss:
Leave Duluth, Observation-Disclosures 900 a. m.
Arrive al ST Paul, ------------ 300 p. III.
Trains daily pxcput Sunday
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SUPERIOR - Continued.
0swego Pier; Lots--1f
IS Il % IS ~ 10 16
20
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Is the Only Line
that runs on any Of it's trains the celebrate
Whitman Palace Cars.

Al. trains of this great route run through
without change Of cars. Pullman Palace
Dra@ias Room and Sleeping Cars are run
on all its trans
All Express Trains on this route are
equipped with Westinghouse Patent Air
Brakes and Milar's Patent Safety Platform
'nd Couplers-~The Most Perfect Protection
aEalhs- -,vc,4cuts known.
IAls popular route is unsurpassed for
SnPeed, Comfort aud Safety Tee Smooth,
y eIi-Baiasted and Perfect Track of Steel
l,al.s the Celebrated Pullmaa Palace Sleep.
ing Cars, the Perfect Telegraph System Of
soFaS Trains, the Regularity with which
'#ey run, the admirable arrangement for
-..noing Through Cars between Chicago and
an Ioints West, North and North West. Sc.
sure to passengers all the COMFORTS IN
AODERN RAILWAY TRAVELLING,
II YOU wish the Best Travelling Accommo-
cations, You will buy your Tickets by this
I'9ate 4 VI WIZ TAKE No OTHER.
-. ~ ticket Agents can sell you Through
tickets and Check usual Baggage Free by
passengers for Chicago, Detroit. Toledo,
S.eVeiand, Buffalo, Niagara Fails, Pittsburgh,
G.''e'4hatl' Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Port
-4''u' Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
C oso.e, Washington, indianapolis, St, Louis,
Calgo and all
FONTS SOUTH AND EAST
should bay their tickets via
1he chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis
c Line"
Siuse connect ems are made at Chicago with tho
Use Shoe VI chjsan Southern. Batf,naTs :
NC, ahIaisan Central, Pittsburgh, Fort WAYNE 4
IN - i-SnNaSea Line and Pan Handle Routes for
,e ~ polh'S EAST aud SOUTHEAST aud with the
S64ig Alton aud Illinois Central for all points
Ao. State Street; 81 PAM Ticket O1jres CoDnsr
I inlfa and jackson s.. 4ud az Depot on S.blv St
~ 4'ui,e'poiis IeAet Offices, Nc 3 Nicolet House
4 solS ard AZ St Paul Pacific depot Chicago Ticket
Sncss % Clark St under Sherman House; IS
N "a - corner Madison St; knzie st. Depot cor
~ ~ hinzle and Canal SITS Wells ST. Dtpot cor
" rs A'id 4 luxe Streets.
? : CJABE,
.. T. A.. Wy RS, ST paul.
w. II. STENNETT,
en- Pass. AT. Chicago.
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For Taxes Of 1874
For Taxes Of 1875

NoTE.-In the foregoing statement the
following authorizations are used for north,
for south, e for east, W for west, hf for half,
or for quarter, ind for undivided, BLK for
block, fir irac tional, for acre, ay for avenue,
st for street.
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West Bay Street Lots.
II 10 81 43 Is II 20 81
81 80 101 Iu3 los 107
109 30 80 81 80 80 40 AZ
Al As Is 80 50 81 56 IS
1G6 It's 10 Ill 1I2 113
ia lis 116 1T lis 119
100 121 122 l23 124 1875
126 III 126 333 343 90 ~
"a SO 100 1C2 l04 36l
81 3S1 3S3 Ss5 3S7 $50
1893 Al 400 413 AIS s23
427 4 20 435 i51 45z 49,
AIS Al 500 sos 507, und
% of 357, uud q Of 315.
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East Huron st. Lots q
8 ii, und 2>3 of 81
Books 9 81 62 GO "a 65
81 So 70 II ~ n 76 rs
IS 81 IS SO, und 2 3 Of 10
East St. Clair at. Bloc rs
% CT g. CO 90 II rs SO
S3 IS, e "a of II, und q
of 20,
East Erie Street Blocks
40 62 So 81 II IS ~ 85
81 80 90
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East Tenth st. Blocks
26 IS 81 80 81 81 IS 80
40 IS A 40 81
East Eleventh Street
ots-5 10 81 81 81 81
80 SO 40 43 IS 4S 40 50
81 81 "A Lots
e q of W = of 7
W q ote q of Z
he OF y 4 of Il
und q of . Il of :
do 2-3 of 33
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The Superior Times.
suPERIoR, SATURDAY. APR, q, 1871

-1his paper is kept Gu tile in the office Of
I. F. Booth, General Eastern Agent, Chicago
4 Northwestern Railway, 415 Broadway,
New York City. Our friends, when in New
yort are cordially invited to call in and read
;tetaay time They will always be welcome.
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ia X - ALE.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
CTATE OF WISCONSIN, CoUNrr oP DoraL.s
- OFFICE III THE COUNTY TREASURER
Superior, April Z 1877

Superior. April 7, 1877
Notice is hereby given that SO much Of each
tract or parcel OF land or town lot or lots sit
uated in the town of Superior and described
in the following slatemt Mt, as may be neces-
sary tor that purpose, will, on the second
Tuesday in May next, being the
EIGHTH DAY OF MAY A. D, 1877,
commencing at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
and the next succeeding days thereafter. be
sold by me at public auction at my office at
the Court House in Superior, the seat OF Justice
OF said county, for the payment OF the de-
linquent taxes interest and charges thereon
for the year 1876, as returned to me by the
treasurer OF the town of Superior in said
county Of Douglas.
Given under my hand officially at the Office
of the County Treasurer Of Douglas County
State of " sconsin this seventh day of April
A. D. 1877.
JAMES BARDON,
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East Third St. Blocks
Z 9 II Is q IS SO sc 33
40 A As 81 % 81 Sc 81
SO 66 81 G0,
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East Fourth st, Blocks
4 8 20 q % "a Is 80 81
"a SO IS As 40 81 % So
So 50 TO 62 Go 81
NJ y
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THE CHICAGO, ST. PAUL AND
MINNEAPOLIS LINE"

Il IS the ONLY LINE between s., Paul and
Minneapolis and Chicago that passes through
Hudson Eau Claire Black River Falls Elroy
aQd Madison. and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-04-21

Twelfth st Lots 45l
453 465 ACT 473 ATS AT
479 1873 ASP 491 sol SOB
AIS $50 496 49S 5o2
Thirteenth 81 Lots
d73 467 4S9 49l
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81 rERiOR - Continued.
Water Street Block
4 . 9 10 10 II % rs 30
IS 40 A 45 40 80 so
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East Michigan Street
Lots--8 II Is is 20 20,
ind 2 3 of "a, u,ld 2>3 Of
31.-Blocks 9 II As IT e2
"a 66 Is 20 u Is SIS sc
90
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BLOCKS
West Tweuty-seventh
Street Diocks-7 8 IA II
Is 10 e Al

Wost Twenty eighth St
Blocks q
West Twenty~ninth ST
Blocks-l8 q % % 26
% So 7
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West Eleventh. Street West Seventeenth ct
Blocks 4 8 10 II Il Blocks 8 III Is ~ IL 81
10 90 80 81
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West st Croix Street

y
Lots. 9 II Il ~ IS 81 81
35 81 80 II AZ IS At 40 81
So SIS 81 50 81 IS 65 81
90 II 10 rs II 20 81 50
IS 81 SO 81 ? 4 6 8 10
26 % 80 30 So 80 AZ a
50 SO 81 20 y l02 1o4
LOG los % 95 ~ 90 lO1
1O3 los 107 100 III 1l3
10 III l19 12l 1913 125
1871 und 2>3 of Z und 2s3
of %,
Wet Itasca st. Lots
IS II 20 81 So 81 90 . 1
6 Il 40 a. IS 30 81 60
90 6S T6 IS % 9S 1o4
loo ia 40 122 I26
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Winnebago ct. Blocks
Al ~ 40 81 63 67 60 II
81 So 81 So 81 50 90
90 95 100 102 105 107
llS
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West Ontario Street
Lots-17 81 30 IS 81 l 4
8 10 - II Is 20 IS, uud
q ell
West Erie Street Lots.
81 So s. Sc 50 81 90 81
80 l0l 1p3 10 ll3 ia
ll6 119 20 % % 80 Sc IS
Al 4G 60 - "a 66 IS 20
~ II 81 81 Sc IS 90 %
"a eS 100 102 106 und %
Of Is und = of 26 und
ga oi34 und 81 of 40
West st Clair Street
Lots 81 33 IS 81 80 Il
43 45 1T IL 3 4 IS 40
40 48 81 II "a 81 So 90
90 100 1872 l1S und 2~3
OF So ind 2>3 81,
West Huron Street
Lots, 10 Is SO 35 81 90
ii 43 As AZ 40 81 So 80
81 SO 81 % 70 50 101
1o3 los 2 4 6 8 10 - IA
IL 1S 90 % 81 IS % 80
80 40 a. A 80 e. "a
20 46 ind 2>3 of II und
2>3 of 50
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Baltic Street Blocks
Al AZ Of So 69 20 u II
rs SO 50 81 IS 81 e9 81
81 80 80 l0l 107 10
Blocks
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Chica go, st. PAUL
AND
Sc
minneapolis Line.

That portion of the Chicago & North
Western Railway between Chicago and
flroy lvia Aadison} and the West Wiscon-
sion Railway between Elroy and St Paul,
2 Minneapolis, form single line between
Chieago, s.. Paul s. Minneapolis. This Line
Will hereafter be known as
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Fast st. Croix Street
Lots 8 2 s. Blocks, 6 z
10 90 81 62 SO 81 68 %
q 70 ", urd q of &c.
East Bay Street, Lots
% % ii IL 29,-Blocks
Z 10 13 46 45 SO 81 Is
hA so go 81
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West Sixth Street Lots l, 8, 5, 7, %, 81,
90 35, 43, IS, AZ 81 50, rs, 81 49, 95 81 1913, 1U5
III, III 123 13l, 133 l35, 1885, 229 23l 233 49, 237
Z39 al, Z43, 245, 249, 251 253 255 A. 10 81 81 AZ
10, us, 1874 1876, 1aS 4o 14l l52 l54 1856 1863 II.
Ia Il6, rs. &51, 9, 213 215 271 27g 32g 49, 357
3ol 800, 3oz o69, 373 375, ST. 3,1 3o3 49, $50 $50
+Ol 20, @3o, 23o 2IO, 244, 2i6 us 52 2j6 22 2oU
80 500, 3i4, 3ib o30 49,, 336 333 S44 34s 3d. 352
4v5 4U9, al, 1876. 354, so, 362 3d. 37S 3S4, uut
u 1876, una 2>3 263
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06
An Attractive Display.

At the Mechanics Fair, now open in San
Francisco, one of the most novel features
which attract passers-by is exhibited by
Johnson, Clark q Co. 1t is miniature
lady, about two feet high, beautifully dressed
in satin. This elegant dress was made on the
Home Sewing Machine. Parties who visit
the Fair should not fail to examine it, and at
the same time procure free ticket for a
sewing machine, as they are about to give
away one OF them.
johnson, Clark " Co. have on exhibition
four kinds of machines: the Union the Home
Shuttle, the Home, and the Ne,c Home. The
Home Shuttle is sold as low as $500, and ia
adapted to all kinds of family sewing. The
Home Sewing Machine is so well known that
little need be said of its merits; but the com
pany is just introducing one with new and
improved construction called the New Home
Its mac hnery has the advantages OF strength
simplicity and durability. The arm is high
thereby giving an abundance OF room; and
the feed is the best method known. This
machine, in its improved form, is one of the
most perfect In the market and is adapted &c
all kinds of sewing, from a single sheet OF It's
sue paper to leather aquarter of an inch in
thickness. They have on exhibition great
variety of work done by this machine, prov
ing that all they claim is true.
At the close of the Fair $50 Home Ma
chine will be given to one out OF the many
who write their names and postoffice address
on card and left with them.
The Office Of johnson, Clarke & Co. is To-
Gated at 673 Mission street, San Francisco.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06
Murder Will Out.

The popular saying, "Murder will
Out" has as many exceptions as rule. in
Greek grammar. Yet,now and then MUIR
der does out, and that, too, in a way
which seems as though the voice of God
said, "Come FORTH" Mr.. Froude, the
historian, tells singular, wild tale of
two murders committed by one man, the
discovery of which illustrates the work
ing of those detective forces that
are not under human control.
Some fifty years ago, an English fleet
anchored in bay on the coast of Ire
land. A sailor, who had by some means
obtained bag Of sovereigns, secured
them in belt round his waist, and de-
serted from his ship. He made his way
to farmhouse, where he was offered
shelter for the night.
The farmers name was O'Brien, and to
him the sailor showed the gold which he
had brought with him. The sight of the
sovereigns tempted the host to murder.
The sailor fell asleep by the fire. In
the night, Kathleen, servant-girl, who
slept in the loft above, saw light glim.
meiing through the chinks in the floor.
Looking down, she saw her master stand
ing over the sleeping sailor and kill him.
The body was carried out and buried.
As the mans presence at the farm house
was unknown to the neighbors, no in
quiry was made for him.
The girl, frightened at the possession
of the dreadful secret, did not venture to
speak Of it. But one day, in quarrel,
she let fall word which told him that
she knew of the murder.
One morning she went out early to
milk the cows. The path ran by the top
of a waterfall thirty or forty feet high.
He followed her, watched his opportuni-
ty, and flung her over. The cOroner's
inquest returned the verdict of death
from an accidental fall.
O'Brien thought he was safe from de-
lection. Quietly and gradually he laid
out the sailors money in the purchase of
sheep and cows.
Seventeen years passed away, and
O'Brien was rich man, the envy OF the
neighborhood, when suddenly the detect
i've forces of Providence were set to work.
There had been witness to the MUIR
der of Kathleen. A thief, intent on shear
ing O'Brien's sheep, that he might steal
the wool, was looking from crag over
hanging the fall, and saw the farmer
fling the servant girl upon the rocks
below. A consciousness of his own guilt
forced him to remain silent.
But one day, while working in cop
per mine, he fell down shaft. He was
badly hurt, and believing himself to be
dying, sent for priest. In the comics.
sion he told the priest all. The priest
insisted that the man should make 6
public declaration of what he had seen
A magistrate took his deposition upor
oath. A warrant was issued for O'Brien
and after months of searching he was
arrested. He was tried, found guilty
and after full confession was hanged.
"The mills Of God grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceeding small"
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How She Fixed Him.

"Will you do something to oblige me9'
shyly asked beautiful young woman OF
timid young gentleman whose acquaint-
ance she had just made at small social
gathering.
Anything that can in honor, miss, u
he replied, blushing.
"Well," said she, "come into the back
parlor, where it is dark, and sit on the
sofa with me, and let me rest my head
on your shoulder, and you pretend to
whisper in my ear-only don't blow, be-
cause that tickles, and can't laugh, for
this new dress is very highland when
anybody looks you can draw your arm
away-I forgot to say wanted you to
put it round my waist-and I'll pretend
to blush"
"But, my gracious, honored miss,
stammered the young man, after hastily
dividing four into 1877 and finding that
it wasn't leap year; "my goodness, before
all these people-and am already en-
gaged-and your father must weigh"
"Hush, know what I'm up to-" re.
piled the artless girl. "I'm engaged, too,
to that young man talking to the waxen-
faced thing with somebody's hair over
there. 1 want to stir him up-bring
him down to business--make him come
up to his milk, that's ALL"
The young man said that load had
been lifted from his bosom, and aided
her to the best of his ability, so we'll, in,
deed, that in three-quarters of an hour
the true betrothed got his girl into the
library, demanded an explanation of hel
shameless conduct, was softened by hel
tears, called himself brute, asked if she
could ever forgive him, and promised tc
behave better in future. And how did
the young girl reward the young man
who had helped her to this happiness
Why, she never said a word to him all
the evening, in fact, never mentioned
him, except to say to her reconciled
lover, "Alonzo, could you have been sc
stupid as to think l could see anything
to admire in such authenticated CLAN
as thatl" so woman, in our hours Of
ease"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06
Trajan's Wall.

The events now transporting in the
neighborhood of the Danube bring into
curious prominence the name of the En-
peror Trajan, the buttresses of whose
bridge, we believe, still stand on opposite
wall seems to be the line along which
the tide of war is rapidly rolling. The
bridge thrown over the Danube by the
great monarch was, in some respects at
least, the most remarkable of all the
structures that successive belligerents
have erected for the passage of their
troops. 1t was not mere floating bridge,
but permanent structure, carried on
piers $50 feet high and sixty feet wide,
and it comprised twenty arches, extend
ing altogether four thousand seven hun
dred and seventy Roman feet. This giant
structure, than which ancient history re-
cords nothing of the kind equal to it,
seems to have been intended as fortress
as we'll as a bridge. Standing eighty
feet above the water, it is supposed to
have afforded the command of the Dan
ube navigation, a garrison posted on it
being, of course, able to damage or de-
stroy vessels passing under, while they
would be above the reach Of retaliation.
1t was destroyed by Hadrian, and its pre-
else locality has been the subject of some
dispute. Ruins, which evidently might
have formed the buttresses of a bridge,
occurring on the line of an old Roman
road, however, seem to leave little room
for doubt. Trajan's wall is another relic
Of this terribly energetic old Roman. 1t
is, strictly speaking, a rampant Of earth
about thirty five or forty miles long, and
extends from Rassova, just at the bend in
the Danube, to the shores of the Black
Sea. Though only an earthwork, it is a
formidable line of defense. 1t is eight
or ten feet high, with fosse in front of
it, while the western portion is still fur
Their fortified by deep lakes and the
swampy valley Of Kara-Su. In addition
to all this, another rampant Of q similar
character lies just in the rear of it. This
is known rs the south wall, the space be-
tween the two ramparts being from 1000
to 1000 feet.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06

SHEEP misunderstanding to the
most reliable authority, the present num-
Der of sheep in the United States is about
100000, yielding an annual clip of
wool of 10000, 900 pounds. The num-
Der of sheep slaughtered for the mutton
yearly is about 100000. This is not q
large exhibit for country of the size
and population Of the United States.
Brazil has in number 70,00O,0OO. The
total number of sheep in the British
Islands is 34,5OO,0OO. England is the
greatest sheep country in the world in
proportion to its cultivated land. The
Spanish proverb, which is, "The hoof of
the sheep 10 gold" is true with the Brit
ish, for they receive annually from their
sheep the sum of $50, 100000.
STATISTICS place the number of milch
COWS In the United States at $4,000, 900,
and credit them with produce of, in
round numbers, 1,400, O00, 900 pounds Of
butter.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06

FARMING VS.. PROFEssION.-The Maine
Mirror gives the testimony OF New
Hampshire boy, now resident of Wis
consin, tine scholar, a graduate of Dart
mouth, and law student in Merrimae
County, who, just previous to his admis-
sion to the bar, took severe cold, which
rendered him very deaf, and no medical
skill was able to restore his hearing. The
atHiction compelled him to give up his
chosen profession, and he went West
very much broken down in spirits. For
about two hundred acres of prairie land,
and, as he expressed it, making a good
living and sailing down something every
year. And he declares that if, knowing
what he now knows, he was to begin his
active life over again, he would do just as
he was compelled to do so unwillingly
ten years ago; that is, he would throw
aside his profession and settle down upon
q farm. Said he: "There isn't much
glory on farm, but you get good sure
living. You are your own master; you
can't starve or be turned out of business !;
and as far as the work is concerned, in
these days of horse power man needn't
kill himself farming any more than at
any other business. 1t is brains that win
on farm, as we'll as everywhere else,
and the smart man is going to ride, while
the stupid one goes afOot, in the corn
field as we'll as in the bar or pulpit.
should like to have my hearing again,
but l wouldn't leave my farm if had it,"