The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-07

OH Monday evering next, - seve.
O'Clock. A director aud :. treasurer
are to be elected. As III district
is in bad middle regar.ii. : y f.
nances il il desirable .has fair, hon
est-minded, capable men be chosen.
We understand Mr.. Colher The
present treasurer consents 10 stand
for a reelection. A better mar for
the Office probably cannot be found
For director we have heard severa.
names mentioned, but none with
Authority. The meeting OH Mon
day will be an important one, and
no voter sho u fail to attend.
Victor Desimval, sheriff Of this
county, returned from the Black
Hills on Tuesday last. He says the
Hills are overYun with men who are
out Of money and can get no work
that there ID evidently an abundance
IF gold in the quartz, but that it re-
quires capital and hard Tabor to ex-
tract it. Lack of water compelled
him to suspend work on his claim.
He expects to return to the Hills at
ter couple Of months, or perhaps
sooner if he hears that there is plen-
ty of water to work the mines.
The annual apportionment of the
State school fund for 1877
was recently made by Supt. Scar
ing, on the basis of Al cents per
scholar, there being 47o.7s3 chill
dren in Wisconsin between the ages
Of and 20. The amount for Bay
field county is $l0l 81; Ashland
$l04.e6; Burnett, $l72.6l; Barron,
s50s.40; Polk, I,000.27; ST. Croix,
s2,32s.39; and Douglas $lO9,47
Milwaukee county gets the largest
amount, sl7,752.ls. Dane and
Fon du lac each over $4,000;
Brown, Grant, Manitowoc, Sheboy-
gan and Winnebago, each over
$1,000, and Taylor, the newest
county, the least amount, $7s.72.
FoR SALE.-A few chnice lots on
Second, Third and Sixth streets,
Superior. Also tract of 40 acres
and q tract of 100 acres Of good,
dry, level land, situated near the
town and suitable for additions.
Will be sold very cheap for cash.
Address James Bardon, Real Estate
Agent, Superior, Wis.
CURE FOR THE SMALL Pox,-Tn
view of tho prevalence of the small
pox in Wadena, and the possib ity
of its spi reading, we give the follow
ing recipe which is said to be sure
cure for small pox.
Sulphate of zine, one grain; FIX
glove (digitalis), one grain. nix
with two tablespoonfuls of wafer
ana half teaspoonful IF vcg !.
When Thoroughly mixed, I'D fnur
ounces of water Dose t..r an adult,
one teaspooutul every h mr., for
children, smaller doses ac, osdias 10
age.
The above remedy II id ae
equally effective in scarlet iever, ,nd
to cure either disease in iw. lv. hours.
RErRos?EcT1vE.-Twenty years
ago! Yes, twenty Years ago. yes
terday, since the writer landed in
Superior. Or the 27:h day If June,
1857, Richard Bartion with lis lam
lily LETT bis home in M.,svile,
Kent ueky, and after plea sui ride
dawn the Ohio to Cincinnati on one
of the splendid river boats of those
DAYS, tiresome jaunt by rail to
Cleveland, and comfortable trip
over the lakes Oh the good propeller
Iron City, arrived at Superior on the
morning of July 9th, following. His
family then consisted of Mrs.
Bardon and FIVE children, two
boys and thee girls, the oldest,
the writer, being about ID years of
age, the youngest, one year.
Superior was then in her palmiesl
days. Buildings were going up on
every hand, the sound of the ham
mer and the saw were heard day
and night, the Coddington Block
was just projected, streets were be-
ing opened and graded, docks built,
the town was full ofpeople hurrying
to and fro, money was plenty, lots
and lands sold at fabulous prices,
and one half OF the men were specu-
lators or land dealers. Saloons were
plenty, knives and pistols were free