The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-11-24

millers who manufacture by steam
or water send each a barrel around
to our house, we will sample it and
pass judgment.
The commonest vice of the
times is extravagant living. Keep
ing up appearances on borrowed or
stolen capital, maintaining a style OF
life which is beyond ones means,
trusting to the morrow to redeem
the deficiencies Of to-day-these are
the things which undermine society
and shake our confidence in each
other.
As the season comes for closing
cellars against the frosts, it is most
essential that they be thoroughly
cleansed, and the drains put in or
der, that they may remain sweet
and wholesome during the winter.
The health OF the family often de-
peLd3 on attention to this, as the
great secret now in the preservation
.of health is thorough and perfect
drainage, that will prevent fou,
gasses and poisonous air.
-"What splendid weather !
Why, it is finer and warmer her,
now than in St. Louis" These
were the remarks we heard gen
tleman just up from that city make
the other day Here it is the fourth
week of November and no snow,
no frost in the ground to prevent
blowing, no ice to interfere with
navigation. The little snow that
fell couple Of weeks ago has all
gone, and the ice has nearly all dis
appeared from the Bay. Steamers
come and go on the lake as freely
as at any time during the year. Ii
rained quite heavily on Wednesday,
and since then the weather has
been bright and warm.
The county board has reduced
salaries of officers tor the next term,
commencing Jan. /, 1879, as fol-
lows: County treasurer from $500
to $500; county clerk from $3.50 to
500; district attorney from $500 to
$3.50; Supt. schools $l20 to $50.
No change has yet been made in
the salaries of the other officers, but
as the amounts they receive are
mere "allow ances,' made in the dis
erection Of the board, they may be
changed at any time, and will no
doubt be curtailed to correspond
with the others. II county orders
are to advance to somewhere near
par the salaries are quite handsome,
but if they are to remain down at
40 cents or less the net proceeds in
cash for years salary would not
90 far towards buying sugar for the
house or shoes for the baby.
1t may be argued by some that
the "forlorn hope" OF people who
still linger in Superior have fright
smart" of CT eek to levy in one year
tax Of nearly $4,000. Well
it is admitted it does look a
''leetle" that way, but then it must
be considered that the few poor
devils that are left want to see
their county and town out Of debt,
so that they can stay here and
yet build up the city their magma
lion pictured quarter Of cen
fury ago. The people that remain
here are now, to man, engaged
in some industrial pursuit, working
hard to make living out OF the
country, by farming, numbering,
fishing, etc. They stand upon
'shard PAM now, and in their fu-
ture management of public affairs
will be foolish indeed not to profit
by the calamitous lessons of the
past few years.
-sHow did your county and
town incur such heavy debt p
some one enquiries. The answer is:
They got behind five or six or more
years ago, VIXEN they paid the coun-
ty clerk salary ef S 400 year
the county treasurer 81 700, the
register of deeds the Lord only
knows how much and several 9TH
er officers in proportion ! Not only
paid these salaries but paid several
hundred dollars more to these
functionaries for "ex!ra work in
their offices, and paid all manner of
bills for all manner of things, issu-
ING orders indiscriminately, totally