The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-19

constantly portend snow which new
er comes.
There will probably be no ice
on Lake Superior this winter, as the
temperature of the water is still as
high as 4so Fab.
old lady Newton has taken an
other relapse, from which her phys
ician and friends think she may not
recover.
We cannot convert our paper
into bank reporter, and hence are
obliged to omit mention of a large
number of bank failures.
johnny Bardon cuts quite aswell
with his chestnut pony lately i'm
ported from the Northern Pacific
country.
Taxes come in slowly. Scarcity
of money and too much unproduct-
i've property, taken in connection
with the high rates, is mainly
"whats the matter"
One of the old settlers at La
Pointe seeing the name of "Psyehe''
on the hull of yacht, the other day,
spelled it out slowly, aud then ex-
claimed, Well, if that amt the
biggest way to spell fshp'
-" rs there hell p asks Canon
Farrar. Well, Canon, just you get
home from the lodge about / A. N.
without latch key and see for
yourself" -Neae York Commercial.
The ice is trescherous. Mr..
Walter Burns span of horses, and a
load of wood attached, dropped
through alongside the dock in the
rear of Peyton g Co.'S. mill, one
day lately, and were rescued with
difficulty.
The Free Press il still away
behind the age, for it thinks cit is
better that woman shonld keep
her stockings in repair than that she
should know the origin of the rain.
bow"
One of the easiest methods of
poisoning the atmosphere in q room
is to have lamp turned down low.
The smoke will do the business
better than if you took strychine,
and furthermore, the burners are
more apt to heat and generate gas,
resulting in explosion.
Judge Barron is holding court
at Ashland. He will resume the
Chippewa term the first week in
Feb, and probably hold no term in
Douglas county till the regular term
next July. The Judge works hard.
er than any other occupant Of the
bench in the State.
eyes my son." said fond
parent to his attentive son, "the
very hairs of our head are num-
bered." "Huh !" exclaimed the
youth, gazing inquiringly upon the
badness of the aged parents head,
"that's nothing."-Rochesser Demo,
crot.
"A tobacconist named Far had
the following painted above his
shop: ''The best tobacco, by Far.
A rival tobacconist Oh the other side
of the street, not to be outdone,
painted: "Better tobacco than the
best, by Far"
"A girl who formerly lived in
Minneapolis writes from Colorado
to an cid friend:-''This is the
handsomest 200 acres I ever put my
foot down on" Her father ought
to get 100 acres more and have q
lawn around her foot.
How thoroughly French and
exhaustive is this inscription on q
tombstone in Paris cemetery:
Jattends ma femme / aacait my wife
1920 1890
Me VOLTA lam hare
1880 1880
William Roy, q promising
young man of 90 years, the oldes,
son of Hon. Peter Roy, of Little
Falls, shot himself accidsntly while
out hunting a few days ago. His
dead body was found on the ice a
short distance below Little Falls.
Charles E. Mears, editor of the
Polk County Press, the best local
paper that comes to our table, has
received new commission as state
timber agent which shows that
Brother Charles did the square
thing under his former appointment
ment.
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