The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-04-07
nos in the county clerks office:

i'iS' a. Wv oo"bet Sicl n oiiON'
Resolved that the tax certificates
held by the County, sale gof May
1874, numbered (here follows certti-
icates covering James Stinson's
property together with the tax de-
mands thereto appertaining, taxes
years 1874 and 1875 be, and they
are hereby sold to James Stinson
of Chicago for cash money at the
rate of thirty cents on the dollar OF
the face value, payment to be made
within thirty days from date hereof
Aforesaid tax certificates as per
detail statement amounting to
$753.50
| Taxes 1874 thereon $3.50
Taxes 1875 thereon $3.50
By estimate, Total - Sl659.79
more or less at 80 cents $498.0O
cash money, more or less, to be
paid TO the treasurer of Douglas
County, on receipt Of which, above
certificates, tax demands etc. are to
be delivered to said Stinson or to
his order, and should the payment
be made within fifteen days from
date hereof a discount of five per
will be made upon the same.
We received a call last week
from Mr.. [. /. Moore, of Superior
City. He is on his way to that
place, having spent several months
at his old home in Kentucky, with
his friends among whom are Sena-
tor Beck and other distinguished
Kentuckians. He says that the
Kentucky people are tired Of poll
ties and politicians, and are quit
4ing both, and are turning their at
tention to more practical and pay
ing concerns of life. They have
but little if any care whether the
President is Hayes or Tilden.
Mr.. Moore is a gentleman Of edu-
cation and culture, and his neigh
bors Of Superior speak Of his wife
as lady of refined taste and ac-
complishments. For almost a gen
Grafton they have clung to SUPERB
or City, hoping to see the time
when their large investments in
that place would yield a harvest.
They are now somewhat In years,
but Mr. Moore still looks forward in
the hope that a favorable issue of
the Duluth and Superior suit, now
pending in the U. S. Supreme
Court, will bring back the splendid
fortune which has so long been
locked up in Superior City proper
ty.-H0nae Diary Hudson us.
Mr.. Moore, whose arrival here
we noticed last week, informs us
that in consultation with Attor-
ney General Sloan at Madison, that
gentleman informed him that the
canal suit would come up in the q.
S. Supreme Court next fall, and
that be was confident of decision
in favor of Wisconsin. Judge
Spooner, of counsel for the county,
informed Mr. III. that the suit Of
Douglas Co. VS.. Walbridge for the
recovery of bonds would come up
in the U. S. District Cou t in June,
when be expected to get judg-
ment fer the county.
Chapter 6,laws of 1871, land Sec
40 page 357 of Taylor's Statutes,
provide that all town officers, ca
cept ocsrseers Of highways shall be
chosen by ballot, and that overseers
shall be elected at the town meet,
ing By the electors of each road
district. Therefore the oyerseers
chosen by ballot on Tuesday are
not legally elected, and vacancies
exist in the Offices, to be filled by
the board CT supervisors. The
office Of overseer when properly adj
mlnlstered is quite an important
one, involving the cole elton and ex-
pendltnre Of the highway tax, the
handling of considerable sums Of
money, etc. The duties of the over
seers are really more important than
those Of own treasurer, and they
should be men of capac-
ity and good. administrative ability.
We trust the board will appoint
such men.