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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

petent person in their interest to see
our profiles and estimates. They are
good and the route is we'll laid as to
grades. The profiles, estimates. ETC.
are in the hands Of Col. Hayes or
K. Relf. l cannot take hold of this
matter nor can anyone except it be
the N. 2. r. r. until the suit by the
county and w. 3. 81 S. is closed,
and the property goes where it then
belongs. If the county wants to
build the road let them close the
suit. 1t they want anyone else to
do it let them close the suit. No
one can act now in the matter whilt
this suit is pending. The lawyer
have estoped action till the suit is
closed. | am anxious to embrace
every and any opportunity to go in
to any fair arrangement to get q
road. But while IN court | cannot.
While in court the county cannot
While in court the Superior & St.
Croix r. r. Co. cannot. What
mean is none of these parties can
use or take advantage OF what has
been done or anything that may be
on hand, till settlement by court
or otherwise. | have urged for
this reason a settlement, hoping The
loss | sustained in settlement could
be made up by getting the matter
into such shape.
'What more can I say" than that
| am and have always been ready
to 90 more than half way to aid
Superior? Yours Truly,
LII. S. WALBRIDGE.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
The County Bond Question-Tts Re-
lation to a Railroad TO Superior.

Inc OouAIy 3Olu Ole5 olOU-lCS ne
lation to a Railroad TO Superior.
A couple of weeks ago after learn
ing that the Wisconsin Central rail
road company was having the coun-
try between Ashland and the n. p.
Junction examined with view Of
extending their line to connect with
the Northern Pacific railroad, we
wrote to II. S. Walbridge, Esq,
the protector of the road from
Superior to the Junction commonly
known as the State Line railroad,
suggesting that 1t would be well to
have the maps profiles, estimates,
etc. of this road accessible for the
inspection and information IF Capt.
Rich, the Central's engineer, on his
arrival here and also that perhaps
that it would do no harm to try to
make some kind of an arrangement
with the Central to the end that
that road might be induced to run
from Ashland to Superior, and then
westward to the Junction over the
State Line route. Dir. Walbridge's
reply was received a few days ago,
and although it was written without
any expectation or design of being
made public, yet as its contents
throw so much light upon the situa-
ton Of matters of general interest to
all concerned in our town and coun-
ty, and as there is really nothing III
the letter that is of a private or per-
sonal nature, we have concluded to
publish it. Tue suit referred to by
Mr. w. is the one now being prose
cuted in the Z. S Court by Douglas
county against Walbridge, Bro. &
Sargent, for the recovery of $780,
600 of county bonds issued to them
to build the State Line railroad.
The letter is as follows:
TOLEDO, O., Dec. 28, 1877.
JAMES BARDoN, Esq,
DEAR SIR:-Your favor of the
18th is received. | should like very
much for the Central or for a COM
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

st. Paul & Duluth
Railroad,
FAYORTTE ROUTE BETWEEN THE
NORTHWEST AND EAST.

Direct route from St. Paui to Brainerd,
Noorhead, Bismarck, Pembna, Fort Garry,
Black Hills, and all points en- the Northern
Pacific railroad and Red River Duluth,
ports on Lake Superior and a II eastern points,
Saltwater and points on the ST. Croix river
CONNECTIONS:
AT ST. PAUL-With trains for the East,
South and Southwest.
AT WHITE BEAR-With trains for
Saltwater and on the VI. 4 ST. l.. Ry. for
Minneapolis, Chaska, Carver and poinss on
Sioux Citv r. r.
AT WY0AING-Stage to Taylors Falls
At NORTH BRANCH-Stage to Sunrise
City.
AT HARRls-stage to Cambridge and
Issnti County.
At RUSH CITY-Stage 70 Grantsbur g
and the cranberry country OF 6urnett county,
Wis
AT PINE CITY-Stags to Brunswick,
kanabec county.
AT n. P. JUNCTION-Trains of the
Minnesota Division n P. R. r. to and from
Brainerd and MoofhAad, connect with trains
10 and from St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth.
On and after Nov. 25th, 1877, and until
snrther notice, passenger trains will be run
az follows.
GOING KoRTH-EXPREss
Leave St Paul, --- 500 a. m.
Arrive q: Duluth, $50 p. m.
GOING soUTH-EXPRESs
Leave Duluth, , 7:30 a. m.
Arrive at st Paul, ------ $50 p. m.
Trains daily except Sunday
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
Old Town Orders

Mr.. EDITOR In referring to the
law obliging the town treasurer to
receive town orders in payment of
town taxes, | omitted to mention
Sec. s4, Oh. Is, Revised Statutes
page 187-as follows: esand all or
ders issued to any person or persons
by the town board, for any sums
due from such town, shall be re-
ceivable in payment of town taxes
in said town." Corresponding
with section lo9 in Taylors Statues).
Section 81, Oh. Is, Taylors Stat
utes page 414: Clown orders shall
be payable for taxes in the town
here issued, and shall be allowed
the town treasurer on settlement of
taxes, and county orders and jurors
certificates shall be payable for
taxes in the county where issued,
&C."
The question was also submitted
to the Attorney General, who re-
piled as follows: "Madison, Dec,
3, 1877, Dear Sir: | think it is the
duty Of the Town Treasurer to re-
ceive town orders if offered for
taxes to the amount | mited in Sec.
81, Oh. IS, without regard to the
year in which they were issued.
There is quite as much reason for
retiring old orders as neac but the
statute makes no discrimination"
] understand that the treasurer
says that the Board instructed him
to receive no orders of dates prior
to December 1877. There is no
such resolution on record and the
Board dare not pass or record such
a resolution.
The course Of the treasurer and
his adviser of the Board is contrary
to law, and is wiIful neglect of
duty. Town officials are liable to
be removed by the Circuit Judge
upon charges preferred by a tax
payer and elector. See chapter 2OG
of 1878 laws.
The treasurer's duty is merely to
collect taxes under his warrant; it is
a wilful neglect of duty to refuse as
he has done, the tender of state,
town and county taxes. 1t is an
injury to the state and also to the
schools Of this county, to say moth
ing Of the injnry and loss to hold
ers and purchasers of orders issued
by the present Board. 1t thereby
prevents the receipt of the proper
ton of county taxes and Injuries the
county finances.
The question then arises, what
selfish motive have the town officials
in this wiful neglect of duty and
violation of the law? IF the judge
were present or resident, we
would guarantee both Board and
treasurer an immediate opportunity
of testing the law without taking
the trouble of publishing the chap
ters and sections of the statutes for
their information. Why levy four
thousand dollars of unnecessary tax,
being some twenty per cent higher
than last year? What is there to
show for the town levy? where are
the improvements? In Town Al and
4s, Range Is and IA the tax is
nearly three times higher than last
year, anu in fact other years. The
board of equalization must shoulder
this blunder, not the assessor. Nine
months have elapsed since the town
election-n >ult scarcely any I'M
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

provements, ssbut plenty of county
resolutions on record. No wonder
the clerk went out to Brainerd. Has
the Board promised to give favorite
dealers twelve per cent per annum
interest for taking and carrying
their.spoor" town orders? J. SIR.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
as near as we can frure them.

In round numbers $500 per
month, or $1,000 per year! These
figures apply to the twelve months
just closed, during which according
to the county clerks report lately
published, there was collected in
taxes for the county Sl,4oo,-an
average of $l16 of income against
$500 of 'outgo" per month We'll
may one ask, "W hither are we DRIFT
ing ?" The reader may make his
own comments.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
Is the Only Line
chat runs on any of its trains the celebrated
Pullman Palace Cars.

All trains of this great route run through
without change of cars. Pullman Palace
Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars are run
on all its trains.
All Express Trains GU this route are
equipped with Westinghouse Patent Air
Brakes and Miler's Patent Safety Platform
and Couplers--The Most Perfect Protection
against Accidents known.
This popular route is unsurpassed for
Speed, Comfort and Safety. The Smooth,
Well -Balasted and Perfect Track of Steel
Rails, the Celebrated Pullman Palace Sleep
ing Cars, the Perfect Telegraph System of
Moving Trains, the Regularity with which
they run, the admirable arrangement for
running Through Cars between Chicago and
all Points West, North and Northwest, se-
cure to passengers all the COMFORTS IN
MODERN RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
If YOU wish the Best Travelling Accommo-
dations. YOU will buy your Tickets by this
Route ATD WILL TAKE NO OTHER
All Ticket Agents can sell you Through
Tickets and Check usual Baggage Free by
this Line
Passengers for Chicago, Detroit, Toledo,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Port
land, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, Indianapolis, st, Louis,
Cairo and all
POINTS SOUTH AND EAST
should buy their tickets via
The Chicago, St. Paul 6 Minneapolis
Line"
Close Connections are made at Chicago with the
Lake Shore Michigan Southern Baltimore
Ohio, Michigan Central, Pittsbarlh Fort Wayne
Chicago Kankakee Line and Pan Handle Routes for
all points EAST and SOUTHEAST, and with the
Chicago Alton aud Illinois Central for all points
SOUTH
New York Office, No. AS Broadway; Boston Office,
No. State Street; st. Paul Ticket Offices Corner
Third ard jackson ST. and at Depot on Siblv ST.;
Minneapolis Ticket Offices No. 8 Nicolet House
Block and at ST. Paul Pacific depot Chicago Ticket
Offices % CLARK St, under Sherman House; 75
Canal, Madison St. Kinze ST. Depot, cor.
West kinzie and Canal Sts.: Wells ST. Depot cor
Wells and Kinzie Streets.
Time of departure of Passenger Trains from
st. Paul, in effect May 81. 1877.
Leave for Chicago and he East, 1000 a. IN
" 7:30 p. m.
Ar from Chicago and the East, e:25 a. M
$. !" I" /" 3:55 n M
FB. CLARK,
GP.A., W. W: R'y, st. Paul.
". H. STENNETT
Gen. Pass. Ag't. Chicago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

OVER 100000 acres of land in
Minnesota have been entered at the
United States Land Offices and
sold by the land grant railroads,
since that s4o,ooo,ooo bushels of
wheat harv ested.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

Nr. Editor.
Will some one quick at figures
tell as how many orders are issued
every month to pay the Janitor and
other expenses of running the Court
House
..Time was in Superior when each
officer had more work to be done
than now, but the officers had time
to make their own fires and take
care of their own rooms Is not
here another opening for reform !?
TAX PAYER.
Mr.. "Tax Payer asks a very
pertinent question. The monthly
expenses of running the Court
House," as he terms it, are as fol-
~ u-n oos, =
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

SHAwANo county, this state, is
about to vote on the question of
$4,000 aid, at z per cent. interest,
to the Green Bay and Lake Supe-
rior railroad company.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
YOUNG MEN,

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paper for half membership (at dis
count) = Baylies Great Mercantile
College, Keokuk, Iowa, on the Mis-
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Reporters, Operators and Teachers
thoroughly fitted. Don't fail to ad-
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may-1s-ly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
TRAINS GONG WEST.

Trains run daily, Sundays Excepted
Spinner. tSupper.
Trains run on Chicago time which is %
minutes faster than Winona time.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

Two hundred and eighty-seven
propellers and steamers arrived at
and departed from Duluth the past
season, of which l91 were from
American ports and oG from
Canadian. The custom receipts
amounted to $l3,398, being the
largest amount received in any one
year except 1875, when the gross
receipts were SIG, ,369.67.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
No. %.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

Vital Weakness or De>ression q
weak exhausted feeling, no energy or cour-
age; the result of mental over-work, In
descretlons or eXcesses, or some drain
upon the system, is always cured by
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It tones up and invigorates the system, dis
pels the gloom ana dependency, imparts
strength and energy,-stops the drain and
reiuvenates the entire man. Been used
twenty years with perfect success by thou.
sands. Sold by dealers. Price, S1.oo per
single vial, or $500 per package of Ave vials
and $500 vial of powder. Sent by mail on
receipt of price. Address HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COM
PANY
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05

largest amount received in any one
year except 1875, when the gross
receipts were SIG, ,369.67.
-=,e~<->%o-
DIR. L. l.. VOOLFOLK of Lexing-
ton, KY, says that the present mild
winter vindicates his well-known
weather theory that heavy cannon
aiding draws the Artic currents to
The place OF firing, taking with
them cold weather and great snow
falls, and giving to the other part
OF the world mild weather and no
snow. The cold at the Crimea in
l854-5 gave to this continent an
open winter, and now the lombard
ment Of Plevna is bringing the
same condition of weather as then.
-~s~--4sz---ee- e-
THE following from the Times, a
leading paper of Philadelphia, shows
that our wood question is attracting
attention abroad: GA sign of the
Iessening supply of timber in the
Northwest is found in the measures
taken for the protection of timber
lands in the vicinity of Superior,
Wis. ,and is emphasized by column
long article IN the SUPERIOR TIMES.
That things have not reached a very
desperate pass yetls obvious from the
fact that the care is nothing more
severe than q charge Of ten cents
a cord for stumpage, instead of, as
heretofore, permitting choppers to
take the wood for nothing; but
even this mild limitation is strenu-
ously objected to, and the choppers
seem to consider that they are badly
used men. The editor OF the TIMES
treats the matter in a very sensible
way, and it is to be hoped that his
words Of warnlr G will not be vast
ed. Properly husbanded our tim
Der supply is ample for years to
come but if the waste continues
that so far has obtained in the forest
regions a timber famine is one OF
the possibilities of anything but the
distant future"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
CONSUMPTION
POSITIVELY CURED.

All sufferers from tAis disease that are
anxious to be cured should try Dr.. Kissners
Celebrated Consumptive powders Those
powders are the only preparation known that
will cure Consumption and all diseases of
he Throat and Lungs-indsed, so strong is
our faith IN them, and also to convince you
that they are no humbug, we viii forward to
every sufferer, by mail, post paid, free trial
box.
We don't want your money until YOU are
perfectly satisfied of their curative powers.
If your life is worth saving, don't delay in
giving these powders q trial, as they will
surely cure you
Price, for large box, $500, sent 10 any
part of the United States or Canala, by mail,
on receipt Of price address.
ASH G E0BB1ES,
$50 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, n. Y.
dec29 "
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
1885 400 Acres Min
snesota Lands For Sale.

These lands are located in the best grain,
stock and wool growing regions of the north
west; healthy climate, rich soil, pure water,
cheap lands, free schools and good markets
The Saint Paul and Duluth Railroad
Company also offers for sale 800 million
feet of Pine Timber, large portion of which
can tie manufactured on the line of the rail-
road, Timber will be set apart for the use OF
each mill low prices made for stumpage
special rates of freight given, and every fa
cility offered to make the business pernia-
neat and profitable.
JOHN +. ILSLEY,
President and Land Commissioner,
ST. PAUL. MINI.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
TIE CHICAGO, Sc. PAUL AID
EliHInApoLLS LTIE."

II is the ONLY LINE between S, Paul and
Minneapolis and Chicago that passes through
Hudson Eau Claire, Black River Falls, Elroy
and Madison, and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-05
Oh cage, St. I III
AND
ts| srg-- H0-~~ a~9 ST9 n
"a ! - - 80! ~ X -A}g 4l42 &-.- - {

T. t portion Of the Chicago & North
Y. es.ern Ra4iway between Chicago and
I.roy (via Aadsonj, and the West 1iscon-
sion kcilw1v between Eiroy and St. Paul,
10 Minneapolis, form = single line between
Chicago, Sc. Paul Minneapolis. THIS Line
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-29

Cost AND PROFITS OF THE PARIS ExPos1
TIoN.-The original estimate of tae total cost
of the Exposition buildings wat 81 loo. OGO. Dut
IL has eince been ascertained that it will reach
$40, 900 900, the Increased Cos" being due main
iy to the great diff ;ultiee experienced in lay
ing the foundations in the unstable grounds
of The Trocadero. The direct receipts from the
sale of ad dmission tickets are estimated at about
So coo OOO The sale of the old materia! OF the
building gs ia expected to realize about 81 $50 ).
600. This would leave a deficit OF about
"a 75O 900. Against thie sum are set surplus
receipts by the Government ard the muniei-
pality of Paria, estimated at $50 OOO 00O de-
rived from customs dnties, taxes On railways 8.
omnibuses, and cabs, stamps for lett ers ard
kilograms, and exoee duties on wines and
LIQUORS, including these levied by the octroi of
Paris Last year Paris consumed nearly lOO,-
OCO COO gallons of wine. The probabfe con:
SUMPTION of this year is set down at $4,000. 600
gallons more.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-29
NDS AND HEAD
THE PLACE OF ARTISTIC HANDICRAFr IN
POLITICAL ECONOMY.

From a Speech by Mr.. Gladstone at Hawarden.
But peedlework is a great deal more
than common everyday act; 1t rises
yery high indeed, almost into tino art and
if l am to speak of subjects connected with
the means of subsistence, although needle
work in its lower branches is the worst
paid labor in the whole country, yet
needlework in it's higher branches ia very
we'll paid indeed, and to young persons
who are practising or learning needle Work,
what l would advise, do not be content
with practicing it in it's lower forms, try
and learn the nature of embroidery, and
see what you can do in practlclng the
higher forms of needlework. In the first
place. it is an improving process, and In
the second it is a gainful process, and gen :
orally 1 would advise that the people of
this country should give more attention
than they do to raising hand labor OF all
kinds to the excellence of which it ls sus
ceptible. They are too fond of getting out
of hand labor and getting into what they
call head labor-that is to say, getting
sufficiently acquainted with reading and
writing, and castng up accounts, perhaps,
to get into the lower class of clerks. l do
not believe that there is a more distressed
class in the country than that class, and
believe that a great number OF young
people would do Infinitely better for them
selves and for society if they were content
to keep much more than they do to the
nae of their hands and would try to raise
the character of the labor which they per
form with their hands, because-pray
remember this-that a great deal of the
very highest labor is labor performed with
the hands. Look at the labor of the
painter, of the sculptor, and not only so,
but look at great many intermediate
kinds of labor hard labor, which is
strictly all dependent on an excellent
hand. Now, there is great deficiency OF
that kind of labor in this country. Go
into the study of sculptor in London and
you will find that the sculptor, probably
an Englishman, is obliged to have great
many assistants, because working at the
marble requires very much to be done be-
fore the stage of finishing comes, and these
assistants are we'll paid but if you come
to talk to them you will find that in the
large majority of cases they are not Eng
lishmen at all but Italiaua aud Frenchmer
very commonly Italians. What want
YOU to do is this-not to be in such hurry
to get into 80 low a class of head labor a.
copyinR clerks or something of that kind
PEOPLE should recollect that handicraft 1t
self is capable of being raised to yer!
high description of art and of yielding
very high standard of remuneration.
cannot tell you how anxious l am to i'm
press that upon the mind of young people
and how certain 1 feel that the lesson
one of great Importance to the people {
this country. Let them perform thei
work in the spirit of an artist; let taeE