The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-30

The Wisconsin State Fair will
he held this year at GAINESVILLE on
Sept 10 to IA.
Mr.. Geo. F. Holcomb returned
on Sunday last from his eastern
trip.
Hon. H. N. Setter, of Duluth,
was in town this week on law bust
ness.
Isaac I. Moore lief. yesterday
for trip to Chicago. and perhaps
to his old Kentucky home.
The town board of review met
on Monday last and after looking
over the assessment roll adjourned
without action till Monday next.
1t is not likely that Mr.. Tilden
could be retained by the county in
the tax tile suits. He has a tax
case of his own that needs his entire
attention.
Mr.. Collier is erecting a high
fence SO that passers-by may not
see all the performances on his
premises.
H. w. Shaw is trading in cattle
between the agricultural sections of
Minnesota and the copper mines of
our lake, meeting with good success.
-OYerseers Whalen and Hulter
have small forces of men at work
repairing the roads in their respec-
tive districts.
Mr.. Garrety is adding much to
the appearance of his store and
dwelling by putting on few coats
of white paint.
If there is any possible way by
which mean course can be pursued
in any matter, it is always safe to
assume that there are men who will
seek it out and pursue it.
Capt. Jas. Edwards desires to
sell the machinery of his steamer,
the Stiilman Witt. 1t consists of
two large engines, one boiler and a
pony engine, all in good order. He
will sell it at low price.
"A Superior man tells of his
smart wife who helped him to plant
two acres Of potatoes. The way she
helped him was to stand in the door
and shake the broomstick at him
every time he sat down to rest.
We are sorry to say that our
old citizen Thomas w. McManus,
who has been residing at Thomson
for some time past, is quite i'll. We
sincerely hope his case is not as
dangerous as it is feared.
The combined shutters and
awning put up by Mr.. Brooks on the
front of his store are marvels of
novelty and utility. 1t will pay any
one to examine them closely, as
well as the suggestive sign inside of
the store, over the back door.
Girls have their sorrows and
their troubles, but nothing is more
humlliating to the average young
lady than to be beaten at game of
croquet by girl who still wears her
last years dress.
"A new style of boys trousers
has been invented, with a copper
bottom, sheet iron knees, rivited
down in the seams, and waterproof
pockets to hold broken eggs. Sew
eral lads in this town ought to have
pair.
"A plank walk along Becker
avenue between Second and First
streets to Quebec Pier, has been
badly needed for years, and the
Supervisors could spend a few dol
lars to very good advantage in
building it.
Judging from the papers, the
Duluth people appear to be con-
siderably exercised about the devil.
a good deal more SO, we imagine.
than the devil is about them, for he
must feel that he has got sure
thing on them anyhow.
Henry Truelsen, the popular
grocer OF Duluth, talks to the peo-
pie like a Dutch uncle, through
"Nimble Nickel" monthly paper
he gives free to everyone. Call at
his store Tor copy when you visit
Duluth.
We call attention to the adyer-
tisement of the La Crosse Business
College, in our columns to-day.
This reduction makes it the cheap
est COLLEGE in the Northwest. which