The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-30

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On Sunday last the northeast
wind filed the bay with blue water
as far Up as Quebec Pier.
Irvine W. Gates, Jr, has gone
east to attend an advanced school
during the fall and winter.
The Misses Banning rehearsed
III Duluth on Monday evening to a
large and delighted audience.
Those in want of pine lands or
pine stumpags will please read n
Lyman's advertisement in another
column.
J. 3. Earheart, Esq. retired
banker Of Lafayette, Indiana, is
visiting the head Of tho lake with
his family.
-Rev. VIM. De la Porte, Pro-
lessor ofSt. Francis Seminary, who
has been spending his vacation here
returned home Tuesday last.
Williams &c Upham have occur
ed the contract for dredging in
Duluth harbor at "A cents per yard.
The sum Of $780, 900 is to be expend-
ed.
Mrs. A. II. Nye left last week
for her home in Cedar Falls, Iowa,
after a pleasant two weeks visit in
fhe family of her brother, Mr.. Fl.
w. Shaw.
High trestle bridge No. is
now being framed on the n. P, dock,
and as soon as ready will be put in
Place, while Nos. 2 aud 4 will be
built next year.
THE people of Duluth decided,
by a vote of over four to one, last
Monday, to levy two mill tax for
street Improvement purposes. The
actual vote was So yeas to 8 nays.
Senator S. J. r. Mcmillan, of
Minnesota, and American consul J.
w. Taylor, of Winnipeg, in COM
panv with several Duluthians were
looking over our harbor on Friday
last.
Work on the Sault Ste Marie
ship canal is being pushed ahead
hriskIy, as we'll as the survey of the
St. Mary's river, with view of
obtaining a channel three hundred
feet wide and sixteen feet deep.
There are two little girls OF the
came name in New London, Conn.
The other night one of them said
her prayers, and for fear that they
might be credited, to the other child,
she added, after tho Amen. "No.
10 Orange street"
The Wisconsin State Fair will
be held at Madison commencing
Sept. 6th, and promises to be a
grand success. Col. Villas viii
deliver the annual address and Gen.
Judson Fitzpatrick will probably be
present and also speak.
Geo. Walsh, Grand Forks, Oak,
for years a struggling newspaper
publisher, has at last struck it rich.
From 900 acres Of wheat he realizes
this year $4,000. Wheat in Grand
Forks County, Dakota, averages
over 80 bushels to the acre, and in
some instances runs above 40.
The North Shore silver dis
coyery excitement continues. Mr.
Mcpherson an explorer this week
showed US some specimens that
seemed to be rich in silver and
other minerals. The discoveries
are confined to a small district on
the Canada side near the boundary
about 40 miles north of Grand
Portage.
The northern extension of the
Milwaukee, Lake Shore 81 " estern
Railway, is now completed to
Marion, Z miles from Clintonville
and l64 miles from Milwaukee. On
the 18th inst. trains commenced to
run regularly between Clintonville
and Marion, and freight is now
billed and passengers tieketed to
the latter point.
james Rattle is back from
Saltwater, where, in consideration
of his sending an Indian to the
the happy hunting grounds, he has
been enjoying the hospitalities o.
the State of Minnesota for the past
two years. Mr.. Ruttle looks al
natural as ever, and his confinement
casts little or no reflection upon him
tor it is generally believed he killed
the Indian in self-defenee.
The two elevators ct Duluth
must be expecting to do do heavy
business, for Munger, Markell i
Co.'S. elevator has just been I'M
proved by the addition Of a new 81
horse power boiler, two new separ
ators, etc.. at a cost OF over $4,000
and the capacity is to be increased
this fall 100, 900 bushels ;; while the
outside elevator will be enlarged to
nearly double its present size. The
work on the latter has already com.
menced, and will require nearly hall
million feet of lumber and timber.
Henry Nj. Knox, the State
Examiner of Minnesota, spent a
couple of days last week looking
over the books and accounts of
Auditor Berkelman and Treasurer
Gillett of St. Lolis county. He
found everything as straight as a
string, and paid these officers the
high compliment of saying there
~. . nnuntv IN the State where