The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-04-06
LOCAL Aft AIRS.

LOCAL A-F1F AIRS.
The Propeller Manistee, clear
ed for Ashland and down the lake
ports on Thursday evening.
Since the change of railroad
time the mail leaves Superior at 2:30
and arrives about p. m. of each
day.
The managers of the Northern
Pacific railroad are having the
Westinghouse Automatic Air Brake
put on all their passenger trains.
The town meeting sensibly
voted to have the town financial re-
port published, and it will accord
inglo appear in the TIMES next
week.
As we will be able in a week or
two TO give the new tax and assess
ment law in q supplement with 9th
er laws, we decided not to publish
it this week rs promised.
DR.. Graham OF Duluth will re-
move from Duluth to Brainerd, to
take the place of DIR. Rosser, who
takes position on Major Ruffee's
staff at White Earth.
The legislature passed quite an
act for the Namakagon and Toto
gatic Dam Company, as will be
seen by the act itself in another
column.
"A new time table on the St.
Paul and Duluth railroad went into
effect on Monday last. The pass
enger train now leaves Duluth at
7:30 4. m. and arrives at St. Paul at
4:30 p, m. leaves St.; Paul at a. IN.
and arrives i'll Duluth at s p. m.
Louis Thompson has purchased
the schooner rugged wood scow, op-
Grated last year by Mess. Stevens d
Kreimer, aud expects to employ her
in the business of transporting W God
during the season.
One thousand tickets-9 differ
ent kinds-were printed for Tues
days election; q good deal of bait
for small school of fish. One can
didate when paying for his tickets,
in his native simplicity inquired if
we would refund the money for all
the tickets he mi ht return unused !!
The Isaacs building, on End
street, which for some time past
has been leaning threateningly,
almost ready to topple, is, we are
glad to see, being pulled down
Several other rookeries in town de-
serve like treatment.
Mr.. ". G. B. Graham, Of Du-
luth, has been appointed Canadian
Emigration Agent at that place,
and has already rented the n. P.
Reception House for the aeeomme-
dation Of Canadian emigrants pass
ing through Duluth. The Canadian
government secured in Mr.. G. just
the right man for the place.
Mr.. Patrick Fay informs US
that his last years yield of wheat
on his farm on the Nemadji was 80
bushels to the acre. 1t was raised
on the clay upland, and without
manure. He gets dollar bushel
at the Duluth elevators. We think
this item plainly says farming pays
here, and pays well too.
Our voting population is in
creasing, and by natural means, too.
No less than eight of our young
men deposited their first ballots on
Tuesday, as follows. John G. Ber-
trand, A. IL. Bertrand, T. Whalen,
Aug. Hugior, VIM. Schuster, Jr.,
James Sammou No. !, James Sam
mon No. 2, Z. 81. Grace.
The town election on Tuesday
passed off quietly. The following
persons were elected: Supervisors
/. w. Gates, chairman, James Col
lier, U. Gouge; town clerk A. Ca
dotte; treasurer A. G. Brown; asses.
sor Geo. +. Holcomb; just ce of the
peace /. f. Wheeiock; overseer r.
NVhalen, district No. /, John G.
Peterson dis llct No. 2; measure
sealer Chas. Lord; constables E
Chase, G. Kunard; fire warden A
Dopp.
The town meeting on Tuesday
voted town tax of ZOO as fol
lows:
For support of poor--------- $4,000
For roads 10000
For miscellaneous purposes 10000