The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-08
LOCAL AFFAIRS

The fate OF PeshtlgO is threat
ened to our town by forest fires.
"A host of Duluthians let them
selves loose last Sunday, and came
over to attend church in our city.
Quite number Of our people
went down to the Minnesota State
Fair, held in Minneapolis this week.
1t is still an open question
whether young ladies dress to
please young men, or to spite one
another
When a man reaches the top of
a stair and attempts to take one
more step higher, the sensation is
as perplexing rs If he had attempt
ed to kick a dog that wasn't there.
We close our columns early
this week, so as to enable call hands
and the captain" to exhibit them
selves at the State Fair along with
the other beats.
"A young lady was asked on her
return from church, last Sunday,
what the text was, to which she un-
hesitatingly replied, "Blessed are
the dressmakers."
@. Q. Quigley, Esq, President
of the Commercial Bank of Ken
lucky, at Paducah in that State,
was in town this week, looking af-
ter some property which his bank
owns here.
"A saloon-keeper named his re-
sort "Nowhere" so that when his
married customers went home late
nights aud their wives wanted to
know where they mad been, they
could safely tell her the truth.
The most sensible Russian
word yet invented is ''popof'ka."
It means a circular iron-clad mont
tor. invented by Admiral Popoff, of
the Russian navy, to pop off Turks
with.
Forest fires have threatened
the town several times during the
week. On Monday the house of
Z. Bruno, on Third street, was
saved only by strong efforts and
ple..,y of water.
At Ogema, Chippewa county,
G. P. Martell,.: of Appleton, packed
in the mill owned by B. Nj. Holmes,
$4,000 shingles. J. NJ. Brignow, of
Green Bay, packed in the same mill
5O,25o. c. P. Martell packed 52,-
900, and now ranks Us the cham
pion shingle-packer OF the state.
-"There's millions in it," as the
Spectator said to his friend.
"There's a halr In it," as the board
err said to the landlady of a hash
house, at the same time showing the
butter dish back with disgust.
A fellow HI town who has tried
it says that when your wife asks for
money to bny new dress, look in
iured and ask her if she realizes that
the re-mon-e ti-za-tion of silver has
become national necessity. That's
mighty good word for such an
emergency. 1t ought to fetch 'em.
"A jangle between the children
of Nicholas Welter and Alex Tour
vile, neighbors, resulted in the ar
rest of two of TourvilPs children on
the complaint of Welter on Monday
last. The grievances seemed to
consist in making faces and in call
ing naughty names. Squire Brown
heard the case.
II. n. Farnham, of ST. Paul
died last week from the effects of a
wound caused by the accidental dis
charge of a gun in the hands of DR..
Beecher, of that place. Mr.. Farm
ham was the brother-in-law of Mr.
Thomas Shiels late of this place.
his wife being sister of the latter
and was known to several of our
citizens.
we are informed that many OF
the working men about town have
sfgned and forwarded to somebody
aprotest, or petition or something,
having for its object the expendi-
ture of the $50 of swamp land
money upon roads and public work,
SO that the aforesaid workmen can
get pull at it, rather than for the
support of schools as determined by
the board of supervisors. If the
amount was worth speaking of, and
Its expenditure on public work