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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

"A memorial to Congress has
passed our legislature, asking for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the i'm
provement of our harbor. We trust
our congressman will heed the request
of the petition and make the appro-
priation. The Superior harbor has
been sadly neglected for long time,
and now that it is becoming the most
important harbor on the lake, it should
receive that attention it merits. And
if Congress Will do its whole duty it
will condemn the canal at the head of
Minnesota Point, fill it up and make
the Superior entrance to the bay the
only one. 1t was a great mistake
ever cutting the canal and it has been
great injury to the Superior harbor,
and it ought to be abated, and no
doubt will be in time.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

Among the important decisions
made by the Supreme Court Of this
state recently, is one entitled the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway V.
Langlade County ct al, respondents
The action was brought to set aside
alleged taxes imposed upon the com
pany's lands in Langlade county in
the year 1881. The first ground
which the railroad company charged
as a basis Of the action was that the
legislation which provided for the in
corporation of towns in I4anglade
county, and for the organization Of the
county, was unconstitutional, and
therefore the persons assuming to eX-
ercise the taxing power had no juris-
diction or authority, and their impo-
sitiOn of taxes was therefore utterly
void. The second was that if there
was such jurisdiction the assessment
was void, because it was made con-
trary to legal rules Of appraisement.
The circuit court decided in favor of
the county and gave its reasons, and
the supreme court affirmed its action.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

They are having terrible floods
in the East. In portions of Ohio all
railroad operations have been suspend
ed for several days this week on &C
count of roadbed and bridges being
washed away.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

1t is rumored that Thos. Ritchie,
formerly Of Superior, now Of Philadel-
phia, has recently organized a coal
company in the latter city, and that
they will soon begin the construction
of a large dock at Superior, under the
supcrintendency of a son of General
Manager Haupt, Of the n. p. railroad
company. This is a rumor, you
know.-[Duluth Tribune.
Now Mitch. can't you publish it as
a fact, for such it is, and don't YOU
forget it. And it will be q good one,
too.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

-Juliues Quades, of Wausau, this
state used his barn for an ash house,
partly, and now he has no barn, no
hay and no COW, but an increase Of
ashes. Total loss $500.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

Representative Anderson has in
troduced bill for the perfection of
titles to lands given by the County of
Douglas as a bonus to the Northern
Pacific company for extending their
road to Superior.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

&C. NJ. Lamson, the London mer-
chant who controls the seal fisheries
and fur sales of the world, was born
in Massachusetts seventy yearsa 90 of
parents who were too poor to give him
a start in life.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

New York state prisoners earned
nearly half a million dollars last year,
but spent $4,000 more than they
made.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

Julius Bremen, working in the
camp Of Day Bros, was killed last
Thursday by a falling limb striking
him upon the head. Wausau Review.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10
JONAH bond, jR.
Superior, Wis,
SUPERIOR, Wise oNsIN,
.Ianuary IL 1882

To all whom it may concern, the
firm of Bond & Clark is this day dis
solved by mutual consent. Josiah
Bond Jr. will attend to all collections
and give receipts therefor; will pay
all bills, and continue the business of
the firm. Office in the kuykendall
House, Superior.
BOND & CLARK.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

Members of the state legislature
Of Wisconsin, now have to pay cost
price for the stationery they use. A
little rough on the average statesman,
but saving of twenty or twenty five
thousand dollars to the people.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

The two-cent letter postage goes
into effect in July Of this year. This
is a reduction that will be much APP
preciated by the masses.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

The Catholic Bishop of Wheeling
has directed all Catholics in that do
cese to withdraw from the Knights of
St. John, a German socity of Wheel
ing. The ofense Of the society was
in giving ball at which round dances
and beer were the leading features.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

The stallion Pemberton, valued
at $4,000, owned by H. c. Nevins,
Lawrence, Mass, was killed by run
ming into a picket fence
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

An Australian court has to decide
whether or not there is such place
as purgatory. A man who died left
$1,000 to be expended in masses, and
the executor refuses to pay the sum
until satisfied there is a purgatory.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10
REAL ESTATE
BOUGHT And SOLD!
THE ONLY
Complete Abstract in the
County!

Ifyou desire full, unprecedented and
reliable information of lands in Doug
las county, write to or call upon Us,
We have the only set Of maps in
existence showing the exact dimcns-
ions of all fractional or otherwise i'm
perfect lots, and can furnish the only
dependable information in regard to
them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

1t would seem that we are not
alone in our objections to the slack
manner in which the Omaha road is
managed. The Saltwater Lumber
man Of a recent date says, "The Oma-
ha authorities have hired a boy and a
teaspoon, and hope to keep the track
open between this city and St. Paul.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

The whiskev in New York is
worse, if anything, than the Chicago
article. A fellow there, it is reported,
after one drink, turned in eight fire
alarms before he cooled off. In Chi
cago he generally amuses himself by
killing a man. He would be liable to
arrest if he fooled with the fire alarm.
Inter Ocean.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

Do not forget that our lists
are constantly changing and that
we are having applications for
lands and lots that we can not
always ELL, SO when you see
what you want take it before
the golden opportunity is gone,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

usnuA "a people arc always on the lookout
EE5 E& 3 for chances to increase their earn
E| RESE ings and in time become wealthy,
those who do not improve their opportunities re-
main in poverty. We offer a great chance to
make money We want many men, women boys
and Girls to work for us right in their own local
ities ANY one can do the work properly from
the first start. The business will pay more than
ten times ordinary wages. Expensive ontht tuTn-
isbed free No one who engages fails to make
money ranidIy You can devote your whole
time to the work, or only your spare moments.
Full information and all that Is needed sent free
tddras STINSON & Co,
Portland, Maine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

THE Tennessee House yester-
day, says the Memphis Avalanche Of
Friday, voted to pay interest on Mrs
Folks bonds, but refused to pay the
interest on the bonds held by the
blind girl Of Lawrence County. If
the ghost of Andrew Jackson could
handle a club there would be cracked
crowns at the Capitol"
Exchange: \ writer in an east
err paper cries out: Il have become
so disguised with the hollowness and
treachery Of the world that would to
God | could find some secluded place
where the foot of man never treads,
where | could dream away my life in
solitude" Has the poor fellow ever
tried the store of merchant who does
not advertise?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

One Of the "Harbor City's' largest
property owners offers to donate a
suitable site to parties who will erect a
coal dock, elevator, or any manufac-
turing establishment in the village
that will have a tendency to increase
the prosperity of the place Bayfield,
Press.
Now have we got Superior prop
erty owner who will do as much for
Superior? If we have, we should be
pleased to have him hold up his hand
50 that we can announce his name.
-Hamline University, an elegant
institution Of learning belonging TO
the Methodists of Minnesota, and sit
uated midway between st. Paul and
Minneapolis, was entirely destroyed
by fire last Wednesday forenoon. The
FIRE occurring in the day time, enabled
those present to save all movable arti-
eles of furniture, books, charts, etc,
including the fine large library. Loss
100000, insured tor $4,000. The
structure will bery',ailt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

The TINES has been duly entered at the Post
Ofice IN Superior, Wis, as Second-cla matter
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10
EXPERIENCES

We take pleasure in referring to
Mcssrs. Auerbach, Finch q Van Slyke,
OF st. Paul; Hon. L. G. Simmons,
President Of the Northwestern Tele-
graph Co., Kenosha, Wis, and the
First National Bank of Superior.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10

SU = III IOR,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Indians ride free in Nevada, but are
restricted to p atform cars
BUTTE county. Cal, has ffty-nine Mon
golian children under Il years of age
In Leake county, Miss q number of mules
died from eating oats with lice on them
A NEGRO boy Mt Tuskegee, Ga, who is as
black n Erebus, has beautiful blue eyes
AN escaped alligator in the Miami is terri
flying bathers from Dayton, OHIO, TO Miamis-
burg.
j. T. MUSE, of Pascagoula, Miss, raised
twenty barrels of onions on half an acre Of
ground
AT Fort Mojave, Arizona, one night re-
Gently, the thermometer registered IL de-
grees at midnight
COLUMBIA, Marion county, Miss. claims to
be the oldest town in the State; it was once
the State capital
The common field plum has In some in
stances netted 81 a bushel to farmers in
Alabama this season
IA FIELD Of $50 acres of peppermint is
being successfully cultivated at WaverIy,
Lowndes county, Miss
JESSE PoMERoY, the oy-murderer, Is suffer-
Ing from epilepsy, and IL is thought insanity
will follow-it he has ever been sane.
THE'home of the late Alex ii. Stephens,
including his household furn ture, library
and etceteras, is offered for sale at valua-
ton OF $4,000 and finds no takers The
people of Georgia do small honor to the
memory OF their ablest man
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

THERE is a great deal of persuasive
eloquence in the speaking CLEAN OF a
revolvers barrel. The Beaver Savings
Bank, of Pittsburgh, failed. Mrs.
position to the extent of 500. The
President sat in his office cheerfully
waving off the unfortunate creditors
who wished to draw the funds the bank
had too fondly cherished, when Mrs.
Ubalto entered. She was unreason-
able enough to demand her money, and
was suavely informed that she couldn't
get it. But Mrs. Ubalto is one of those
singularly constituted women who be-
lieve that little determination will
overcome very grave obstacles. She
was trife pale, but very resolute.
when she taid, Give me my money!"
at the same time holding, at arms
length, in the direction Of the Presi-
dents head, a superserviceable revolver
standing at full cock That President
stopped not to reason why, but I'M
locked his safe, took out roll of green
backs, and in the most deferential man
ner possible handed Mrs. Ubalto the
500 she had expressed n feeling desire
to secure. Mrs. Ubaltos son, who was
with her, took the money, and then
Mrs. Ubalto. with true womanly deli
cacy and with feminine regard for ira
dition, comfortably tainted and pumped
down at the Presidents feet No one
so well understands all contingencies
as q woman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
Death from CareleSsncss.

A lady had On inveterate habit of
dropping needles on the floor while at
work, and neglecting to pick them up,
and became a victim to her own care
lessness. One morning she stepped
upon a rusty needle while she was
dressing. 1t penetrated her foot, a
large piece broke off in the flesh, and
could not be drawn out. She did not
think of danger, but in little time
lockjaw set in, and she died in great
agony.
A Catholic priest, not long ago, suf-
fered from similar carelessness. He
was accustomed to put away his steel
pens with the points upward after using
them i'll writing Friends had often
demonstrated against this want of neat
ness, and its possible danger, but he
laughingly replied:
at is my way, and doesn't trouble
me-"
But one evening in the dusk, he
struck the palm of his hand, inadvert-
emily, against a pen, and it penetrated
deep into the flesh. The next day he
felt unwell. The doctor was called,
and said it might be blood-poisoning
from the pen. The day after the hand
and arm began to swell, and occasioned
intense pain, aud in eight days the man
was dead. The careless habit had
proved fatal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
Alphabet Of Proverbs.

A grain of prudence is worth pound
of craft. Boosters are cousins to liars.
Confession of fault makes half amends.
Genying fault doubles it. Envy
shooteth at others and woundeth her
self. Foolish fear doubles danger.
God reacheth us good things by our
own hands. He has worked hard who
has nothing to do. 1t costs more to
revenge wrongs than to bear them.
Knavery is the worst trade. Learning
makes a man fit company for himself.
Modesty is guard to virtue. Not to
hear conscience is q way to silence it.
One hour to-day is two tomorrow.
Quiet conscience gives quiet sleep.
Richest is he that wants least Some
faults INDUCED are little thieves that
let in greater. Trees that bear most
hang lowest. Upright walking is sure
walking. Virtue and happiness are
mother and daughter. Wise men make
more opportunities than they find.
You will never lose by doing a good
turn. Zeal without knowledge is fire
without light.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

A List Of tho Presidential Ofices, with
the Salaries Attached.
Under the law the postoffices throughout
The country are divided into four classes
The first three grades are termed Presi-
iential offices, because, the salary being ut
least 81, 900 q year. the Postmaster Is ap-
pointed by the PRECEDENT The fourth class,
comprising the greater portion OF the Of
Gees includes those where the salary is less
than 81 GOO, and the appointment Is made
by the Postmaster General AS already
said, the Presidential postoffices are divided
into three classes In the first class arc
found all offices having salary or at least
5000 the second class range from 5000 To
81, 600, and the third contains those from
81 900 to $1,000
There are in Michigan 1,527 postoffices OF
all classes which is an increase during the
fiscal year of forty eight Offices During
the past nine years there has been an in
crease Of officers in the State in the number
of 325
The Presidential offices of the State reach
the number of OI There are five offices or
the first class-Detroit. Grand Rapids, Jack
son, East Saginaw and Kalamazoo. This Is
an increa o In this grade OF two since the
last adjustment, East Saginaw and Kalama-
700 having advanced to the first rank The
Ssconu CLASS NUMBER LuIUf-IOuI, Juc only
promotion TO this grade being in the case OF
Allegan The fourth class contains sixty
eight offices. and there has been added to
this class since the last adjustment, nine
offices, which can now claim the Presiden-
tial rank They are Edmore which receives
a salary of 81 500 Fort Gratot, 81, 100; Iron
Mountain, $500; Manchester, 81 100; St
lgnace, 81, 100; Berrien Springs, $1,000; Re
public, 81, 20; Oscoda, 81, 200, and Plymouth
81, 100 The offices in this grade which can
claim the largest increase Of salary are Ed
more and Iron Mountain, both securing
$500 after reaching the Presidential stand
point
The largest single increase in the case OF
the old Presidential offices, occurs at Ionia,
which gets an addition of $500 Ishpeming
comes next with $500. Allegan and Alpena
secure 500.
The following statement shows the Presi-
Dental offices OF Michigan as arranged and
the salaries attached, which will be the rule
until the next adjustment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

PITY the hard case Of great English
landowner! Mr.. Chaplin, the owner
of Breadalbane and Broomielaw, and
subsequently of that far better animal
Hermit, is now said to draw his chief
revenue from the latter. Mr.. Chaplin's
broad acres are in Lincolnshire, and
there is a thing called the Lincolnshire
custom which entities the tenant to pay
ment for inexhaustible improvements.
When the farmers some time since in
sisted on having their rents reduced,
Mr.. Chaplin found himself in cleft
stick. If he reduced the rents very
much he would be left very little sur
plus over the interest on mortgages and
other charges on the estate. If, on the
other hand, he refused to do anything
the farmers would leave their farms,
demand their tenant-right compensa-
ton, and ruin him on tho spot; for, as
the land is, according to the preposter-
Gus custom, entailed, he could not bor-
row enough money to pay them off, So
he submitted, and now looks to Hermit
to pay his way, a duty which the Derby
winner of 1867 does handsomely.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

The quakers at Winthrop, Me-, have
introduced q wonderful innovation on
old customs. They are building a
meeting house which is actually to be
beautiful. 1t will exceed in its decora-
tive splendor any other Friends meet
ing-house in the country. Other meet
lighthouses are bare and Imprinted.
This one will be tastefully upholstered.
1t will also be finished in hard wood.
A bell is talked of, but it is thought
that the conservative tendencies of the
Friends will be sufficiently strained by
the upholstery, the hardwood finish,
and the general ecclesiastical appear
ance of the house. This denomination
has hitherto stoutly resisted all innova-
tions of this sort. The indications now
are that the old rigidity of Quakers
customs will have to accept a modifica-
ton, in order to keep the younger
Quakers from running off and joining
other denominations.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
PERSONAL.

GEN GRANT never smiles during q news
paper interview.
JOAQUIN MnIER's daughter has become .
Roman Catholic
Gov. HUBBARD. of Minnesota, once edited
acountry newspaper
BANCROFT, the historian, though so, is one
Of the best equestrians Mt Newport.
Mr.. LAYTON, a Milwaukee pork-packer, IL
to give his city a s10o,O0 art gallery.
JESSE PoMERoY, the boy murderer, Is suffer.
ing from epilepsy, and 1t is thought insanity
will follow-if he has ever been sana
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

A YEAR ago last March Mrs. Drake,
a sister of Judge Smith, of the SUI
preme Court of New York, widow
lady, located near Huron, ID. t., as a
farmer. She purchased 800 acres of
land, and is raising grain on a large
scale. Her wheat, oats, and flax fields
are yielding enormous crops, and the
prices are good. She finds no diff
Guilty in conducting her business to adj
vantage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

A TRAIN-BoY may be happy. The
peanut crop of Virginia is set down
this year at 100000 bushels, and
Virginia is generous State. There is
nothing about it of the man "who hath
peanuts and giveth his neighbor none. ="
Tennessee expects to raise 100000
bushels, and North Carolina 135, 900.
Peanut pastry is coming into fashion
down South, the pastry being made OF
peanuts ground up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

IT is reported that a firm in Paris
has patented an invention for the in
Simultaneous formation of steam. so
that it can be used at once in the cyl
inder of the engine. A pump sends
the required quantity of water between
two slate surfaces, which are heated,
and between which there is only capil-
larry space. The liquid, spreading into
a thin layer, evaporates instantly with
out going into the so-called spheroidal
state, and the steam acts in tho cylin-
der as fresh formed steam. The speed
of the pump is regulated by the en-
CINE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

IT was the old story at Americas,
Ga, of beautiful daughter infatuated
with young drunkard, who wanted to
marry her for drink money. They met
near graveyard a few nights ago and
were arranging an elopement. Sudden
". when the fellow was in the midst of
an eloquent plea, hollow groan came
from among the graves, and a white
figure moved slowly toward them, the
eyes blazing and gliptening bones
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

Maori SLADE should steep himself
IN tannin," observed an old-time pugil-
list. 1T would harden him up bit,
and then if he could be persuaded to
practice boxing with trick mule as his
opponent, he might in time be able to
face John Sullivan's Straightforward
shoulder blows"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
Uhe Jrne Aortheruer.
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

NEARLY every engineer on the New
York and New England railroad has a
sweetheart or wife in New Britain, CT.
Every train would whistle salute to
some fair dame, and the din grew so
fearfully ear-splitting that the author
ities have had it stopped.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

SUCH is the encouragement given to
dattery, in the present times, that it is
made to sit in the parlor, while honesty
is turned out of doors. Flattery is
never so agreeable as to our blind side;
commend fool for his wit or knave
for his honesty, and they will receive
you into their bosom. Fielding.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

In order to give place the benefit OF the
free delivery service, 1t must have ~, coo in
habitants. There are seven cities in Michi-
gan supplied with letter carriers: Detroit,
Bay City, East Saginaw, Grend Rapids,
Jackson, Kalamazoo and Lansing. This is
an increase of four in the Michigan free
delivery cities during the fiscal year Just
closed The places are: Bay City, East
Saginaw, Kalamazoo and Lansing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

IT gives us great pleasure, says an
exchange. to acknowledge receipt of
the drawings of Mr. Thomas A. Edi-
sons automatic reversible fox, for which
letters patent have just been issued.
The invention consists of the skin of a
real fox, stuffed with anise and cara
mels, which, by aid of powerful cleo
tro motor, concealed in the hind legs,
will lead the hounds chase of exactly
six miles and then lie down and curl
up. A streamer of pulu, in imitation of
O real tail, is screwed in appropriately,
and may be detached and given away as
a trophy. The retail price of the ami
NAL is SIC, forty extra tails included
-Four of these automatic foxes are now
used by the Queens County Hunt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

clanking "a it advanced. "Begone," IL
warned tho youth; "you would ruin
this girls happiness after getting her
money" The trembling wretch knelt,
prayed for mercy and then ran away.
Meantime the girl had tainted. Her
father, throwing aside sheet rubbed
with phosphorus and some cow-bones,
carried his daughter home, where she
remains as quiet as dove. He has
never told her his masquerade and she
has never mentioned her fright.