The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-03-05

raplaiy taken up 10y hardy and
thrifty class Of settlers.
The surveying party on the
eastern division of the Northern
Pacific is progressing rapidly
towards Ashland. At last account
they were twenty-five miles out.
The question of electlng a
United States Senator in place of
the late Matt. Carpenter is now
agi,aiins Wisconsin,. The chances.
seem to be in favor of either Cam
eron, Reyes or Dixon.
The Portage Lake Mining
Gazette says that you can pur-
chase two hens in that section Tor
the came figure that You would pay
TOR dozen eggs.
George Hottie, Of Bayfield,, al
young man employed in knights
lumber camp, was l.', antly killed
by falling tree, FeC. l4lh. This
accident occurred jus. two weeks to
Al hour after similar death to
James Ewell IN the same camp.
Report says that this is the
fret season that actual icebergs
have been seen in Lake Mlchigais.
They have been found 9Th q base
below water Of fifteen feet IN
depth.
The snow blockade Oh the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST Paul
road at Watcrtown, caused by
Sundays storm, was tie worst
ever recorded in The history OF the
road, and a long list of passengers
were snow bound there.
Some sections OF the country
little south OF Us have been visited
by rain storms, buL Superior sticks
TO her old reliable northeast snow
storms, from which We have had
scarcely relief all winter.
The Dulnth School Board has
decided to adopt the plans of But
tington, the Minneapolis architect,
for their new school house, TO be
called the W. shlng,ou school. The
specifications call for the compile
ton of the building by Sept. lst,
and bids for construction will be
open on March 2Gth. J. A. Oids
will superintend the construction.
Complaints have been made
that some Of our young men are
carrying firearms and using them
in a careless manner. One gentle
man says that while on his way
through Uppertown the other
night he narrowly escaped being
shot. The law in regard to this
matter is very strict as can be seen
by referring to page l,o44 section
1897 OF the Revised Statutes OF
Wisconsin.
A Hudson paper circulates the
fact that Saltwater clergyman re
gulstes his marriage tees by weight,
the rate being four cents q pound
tor the groom and two for the
bride, and the women are sending
commune stions to the papers ask
ing for inform alton RS 70 the most
approved methods of reducing
superfiuous flesh They know that
Saltwater men will save every two
cents they can.
One of Superior's greater
needs the coming summer will be a
good hotel TO accommodate the
large numbers the building OF our
railroads will und6u1, IDLY draw
here. Mr. Thompson l.. chic eyid-
emily appreciates this fact and in
tends 10 thoroughly renovate the
old hotel. We understand that
Sam McQuade, Of Duluth, has heen
engaged to put new stills un!er it,
and Will commence work as soon
rs practic able IN the spring.
News has reached us Of the
death Of the eldest son OF Mr.. WIN.
X. Durfee, of Ashland. From the
"University Notes" in The Madison
State Journal we take the follow
ing: "The many friends OF Mr..
Nat. Durfee, q member OF the An
cient Classical course in the
University last year, Will be panied
to learn of his sudden death, last
Thurday, at Ashland, preceded by
an illness of bu, two days. Mr.. ID.
was universally popular with hi>
fellow stnIent-, and the sad news
of his unlimely death has caused a
feeling OF deep sorrow among them.