The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-28

owing TO the low water heretofore.
-"Nearly So, 500 have been paid
out OF the State treasury during the
three weeks ending the 5th INST.
under the law passed last winte,
known as the "hounty scalping
law" AS q dispatch says, evolves
pay better than wheat"
james McCahiil, of Duluth, be.
ing the loves, bidder, was awarded
the contract for the carpenter work
OH the new Catholic pastoral resid-
ence. The specifications call for
the completion of the work by the
18th of July.
IL. c. Stivers has leased bis
paper, the Little Falls Transcript
to F. J. Pearson, Of Minneapolis,
and will retire permanently from the
newspaper business. 1t is hardly
probable that the daily will be con-
tinued under the new management.
The Portage Lake Gazette
says: auditor General Latimer
has been to Washington and finish
ed all the details incident TO Mich
igan placing in the hands of the
federal government the ship canal
at Sault Ste. Marie. This highway
is now free"
Farmers are still busy putting
in their crops and the hungry
potato-bug is patiently sitting on
the fence waiting for som ething to
come up, all IN blissful unc conscious
ness that out on Geo. Smiths farm
the potatoes have stolen n march
on him and are several inches over
ground.
We are pleased to add to our
exchange list the Mankato (Minn)
view,published by our old friend
Mr., John G. Wise, formerly of the
firm of Ashton & Wise who in
1885 started the old Superior
Chronicle, the first paper published
here. Mr.. Wise is a leading citizen
Of Mankato, where he has resided
for many years.
The dock of Elevator 3 is be-
ing covered with small houses. j.
J. Hubbard is building there twenty
portable houses, which are to be
taken to the Yellowstone Valley.
The each have three rooms below,
one chamber upstairs, are fastened
together by hooks, and cost $3.50.
i Duluth News,
"A party of hirty eight English
men in charge of Mr.. S. J. Abing-
don passed through Duluth Monday
on their way to Dakota. They will
probably take up land in the JAM
River valley. They are mostly
young men accustomed TO farming
aud have sufficient capital to start
them in comfortably. These are
but the vanguard of large colony
expected soon to follow.
1t would be well for the public
generally to read carefully all print
ed matter on railroad tickets, tele-
graph blanks, freight bills, etc. Re
cent decisions of the highest courts
IN several states have been made TO
the effect that parties using any
such blanks or tickets are bound by
the conditions printed thereon
whether they read them or not.
Lawrence & Martin, proprie-
tors eff "Tolu Rock and Rye" have
failed for liabilities of 100000 The
country press are large losers. Ii
only about a month a and half sirce
a Chicago advertising agency at
tempted to impose additional ad-
yertising upon the press for this
firm, payable in three months in
cheap cigars, but thanks for past ex-
perience, few were victimlzed.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press
say: The Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis d Omaha Railroad com.
psny will put corps of engineers
in the field at once, to locate the
Superior branch of the St. Croiy
land grant road from Burnett
Junction north to Superior City.
are maturing for the
building of the entire line from
Chippewa Falls or Eau Claire to
Superior.
Hon. S. II. Clough and wife
arrived from Hudson OH Saturday,
and we are glad to hear that they
seriously contemplate making Su-