The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS
1t falls ycry slow
-"Ihe snow, The beautiful snow

-PhiIbrooks' single mill con-
tinucs 10 run every day.
-Jos., Billings says this winter
is calculated 10 give a man a good
opinion of his mother-il.-law.
Our Ashland letter is a little
old-having been delayed on the
uay-but none the worse for
that.
Colonel Geo. Talbot, late of
bayfield,, has received the appoint
ment of chief cook in Moose river
numbering camp.
Always take rope into your
room at the hotel. Il may enable
you to slide out, even if there is no
fire. a big board bill is as bad as a
cohfagration.
The attention of assessors IL
called TO the Supreme Court opin-
ion which appeags on our first page.
Those officers must do their duty
in order to make valid tax titles.
"A woman may not be able to
sharpen apcncil or hold an umbrella,
but she can pack more articles in a
trunk than a man can in one
horse wagon.
WIN. Wunderle, James Ready
and Scargall Wakclin, all of Du-
luth, showed their familiar faces
aud forms on our streets this week.
There is still charm about the old
town for these ex -Superiorites.
Edwin Booth once said that
the best way to get rid of a good
friend was to lend him SIS. That
was when times were easy. You
can ALLEVIATE him now for so cents.
Hudson True Republican: On
Saturday morning last, in the space
OF one hour aud a half, string of
teams from River Falls passed
through this city loaded with 363
barrels of flour.
Hon. 0 Bird, of Fort Wayne,
Ind, died recently in that city, after
protracted illness. He was here in
early days, and is favorably remem-
bered by the old settlers. He
leaves family in comfortable cir
cumstanccs..
-i!aW keYe: S'The wicked stand
in slippery places" but for perfect
picture Of reckless insecurity, you
want TO look at frightened woman
trying to stand on camp stool to
keep out of the way of mouse.
IF you are always finding fault
with other people you may be sure
that there is a good opportunity for
some ono to find fault with you
You can't attend to other folks
gardens without letting your own
run to weeds.
After much tribulation, Mr..
Folsom, the contractor, has succeed
cd in delivering the bulk of the
Indian goods at Vermlliou Lake,
and DIR. Nathan, the agent, will
leave Duluth on Monday next TO
make the payment.
The object of the farmer should
be to False, from a given extent of
land, the largest quantity of the
most valuable produce, at the least
cost, in the shortest period of time,
and with the least permanent injury
to the soil.
The county board of ST. Croix
county at its recent annual meeting
adopted the following resolution:
Resolged, That hereafter if the
District attorney employs any legal
counsel to assist him, the expense
must be paid by himself, as the
County will hereafter pay no extra
services.
Pioneer Press: And now it is
proposed to build Il road from Au-
dubon, Oh the Northern Pacific
road, northward to the Red Lake
country, Gentlemen interested in
the Canadian Pacific road are said
TO be prominently connected with
the new enterprise.
Mr. II. p. Beard, of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, is the owner of one of
the opposite" islands, located at
the mouth of Chequamegon bay in
Lake Superior, which is covered
with a heavy growth of white oak
Of very good quality. He is
about to put up saw-mill there for
the purpose of saving oak plank
and timber for markets on Lakes