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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29
The Siberia and the G.. W

The Siberia and the G. w.
Adams, the former loaded with wheat
and the latter with coal, were the last
unfortunate vessels to experience the
Disadvantages of trying to patronize
the Duluth harbor The Siberia tried
to get out on Sunday afternoon but
went hard aground before reaching
the canal, and the Adams stuck along
side Of her while trying to get in with
coal on Monday The tugs could not
pull them off, and so the dredge had
to be run in between them and UNI
dermine the vessels to get them afoat
again which was finally accomplished
on Thursday. Yes, that is lovely
harbor. There is plenty of water there
but it Is all on the surface and none
at the bottom.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29
Eight lots for $1,000.

Lots All and 413, West Sd street.
" 247 West eth street.
d" - and 246 West Sth street.
" 1S2, 1S4, 1876, West 9th street.
Title good. Price only 81 coo.
Inquire of l.. ID. NEWTON,
Superior Wis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29
SALE OF FORFEITED STATE LANDS.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
OFFICE or
nE TIIE pr ri ANnS


COMMISSIONERS OF TIE PUBLIC LANDS.
MADIsoN WIS Sept. I, 1883.
Notice is hereby given that all the school, Uni
ycrsity Agricultural College. Forfeited MOrtgds-
cd and swamp Lands in the State of Wisconsin,
which have been forfeited by reason of the uon-
PAYMENT OF interest for the year 1883. viii be Of
Tered for sale public auction, at the capitol IN
Madison. on the 18th day Of Dcccmlcr. A. ID. 1888
unless sooner redeemed according 10 law: sal
sale will he commenced AT 10 o'clock, Il. m and
continued from day to day until all of saiG lands
shall have been offered.
said lands viii be offered by counties in alpha
bctieh order.
Among these are the following described lands
III Douglas county. which viii he offered at the
price named opposite each tract. under tile head
Ing To.ul amount due state. which includes
the principal due at the time of forfeiture: thu
interest on the same TO January l. 1854 aud three
Der cent damages. the cost of advertising, and al
taxes which have been returned against the land
and remain unpaid. Said lands will be sold
subject To all unpaid taxes assessed against the
same, not included herein.
The percentage payable at the time of pur
chase viii bc fixed by the Commissioners AT tho
sale.
ERNST G. TDDIE.
Secretary of State.
L. c. MCFETRuDGF,
State Treasurer.
J.. f. FKI~BY,
Attorney General.
Commissioners of the Public Lands.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29

Mr.. C. II. Rochester, of Stanford
Ky, arrived here last Saturday, and
will spend several weeks in Superior.
Mr.. Rochester was one of the original
planters Of the town of Superior and
has held Il share Of the original stock
down to the present time, and now for
the first time looks upon his posses
sions. Simply from Il knowledge Of
our superior location at the head Of
Lake Superior, he has had abiding
faith in the final outcome. This faith
has by no means been diminished by
now seeing with his own eyes what he
before knew only by word Of mouth,
and through books and papers. In
fact he Is highly delighted with the
place and we shall not be surprised to
see him commence to improve some of
his property here in the near future.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29

Insure your property in The Liv-
erpool and London and Globe. The
Company that Is doing more business
than any other Co, III the world.
CLINTON ANsLEY, .Agt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29
=. crcafEuE for ,;oat Men.

r.,m The Duluth Times Of Tuesday.
The steamship Siberia Is still hard
aground on the bar opposite the Nor
thcrn Pacific merchandise dock G,s
tcrIay the tug Williams and steam
barges Buttroni and Whiting were en-
gagged in pulling on her at different
times, but could not release her. She
i nearly fifty feet out Of the channel
and will either have to lighter Oft or re
main until the next northcastcr.
This morning the propeller United
Empire endcavored to release the ST
IBERIA, but did not succeed. Several
heavy tow lines we're parted in the al
tempt.
The big schooner Adams, consort OF
the steamship w. f. Graves, got toe
far out of the channel and went hard
aground near the Siberia, in coming
in Yesterday. This morning the
Graves in going to her assistance also
got aground. The Moliie Spencer wa,
endeavoring to relieve them this morn
ing, but was not meeting with any
great amount Of success.
Getting out Of the channel" is /;
very thin excuse for all Of these an
novances. however, and not very com
plimentary to the intelligence of thu
Captains Of the various vessels anC
tugs.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29
For Rant.

House corner 9Th street and Carl
ton avenue inquire at II. ". Shaw's,
"a street.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29

Ladies admire Ayers Hair Nigor
for the rich lustre it gives the hair. 1t
restores eoIor, and promotes growth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-29
Superior Cham'r of Commerce
INCORPORATED
MEETS FyERY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Nice toilet sets, choice cigars, and
pure drugs at Newton's City Drug
Store.
A new lot of nice perfumes at
HEBERT'S.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04
snmehndxL Lying.

In Saturdays New York Times ap-
pears a long and labored defense, dated at
this city and signed Justice" of the De-
partment of Justice in the matter of the
ottman compromise. THE CRITIC has no
means of knowing whether Hon. Richard I.
Merrick wrote It or not, but it sounds like
him. Justice asserts that "Colonel
George Bliss asked The Attorney General to
refer this ottman case to him, which was
DONE"
In the same number of the Times appears
telegram from this city from the regular
correspondent Of said paper purporting to
give what Colonel Bliss says. The cor
respondent reports that Colonel Bliss told
him that he came into the case upon the
request of The Attorney General, and only
after he had protested against the under
taking"
Somebody is lying in this matter. Either
Justice does not know what he is talk
ing about, or else Colonel Bliss has forgotten
the facts Which is it?
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04


WORSE, infinitely worse than trying to
kick Blaine into tho Democratic party, is
the effort of the Republican to throw doubt
upon the solvency and reliability of the
local insurance companies. If there was
any reason for such an effort beyond the
fact that an officious reporter of that paper
was snubbed by the officers of some
of the companies, 1t does not appear
in anything yet published. Whatever may
be the condition of the companies and
some of them are notoriously solvent, with
large surpluses- could be no decent
excuse before examination for the fla
grant hint and odious innuendo of last Sat-
urday's editorial. Confessedly there was
no examination and no knowledge on the
subject hence the favorable locality oper-
ated in and risks taken by the local COM
panies and tho character of the men who
are stockholders, trustees and officers of the
companies should at least induce caution
and moderation.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

GOVERNOR HENDRICKS speaks of him as
THAT fellow Bliss, 'and Bliss says it is pure
drivel on the part of Hendricks. Mr.. B.
further says that he believes that the case
against Tilden for defrauding the revenue
was good one, and that Tilden owes the
Government large amount of money on
his income tax. How the case came to be
dismissed he does not know, but thinks
judgment would have been obtained against
any man occupying less prominent posi-
tion than Mr. Tilden.
Now, if Mr.. Bliss will explain why he
recommended compromise in the ottmau
matter, which was a much stronger case
than any he ever had against Tilden, and a
case against a man occupying less promi-
nent position than that held by Mr.. Til
den," he will satisfy very general
curiosity
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE fellow who IS doing the light fan
tastic for The Judge ought to have his head
rubbed with brickbat and laid up for the
season. Take this as last specimen to date !:
'That coat looks as II 1t had seen servlce,"
remarked a gentleman to a ragged tramp who
81 recSon It has. It's a war veteran" "A war
veteranl You don't mean to tell me that coat
has been through the war; "Weil, 1t don't
look new, does 1t? How dye suppose these
holes came In II II It wasn't wore 20
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

If IT MEANS anything Mr.. Hendricks
expressed willingness to accept the second
place again on ticket with Tilden indi-
Gates that he would prefer to be Vice-Presi-
dent rather than sec Mcdonald President
"If can't, you shan't," says II. to Med.
and thus does he illustrate the truly Chris
tian spirit that dwelleth in his Democratic
bosom and his great desire for peace and
harmony in the ranks.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

COLONEL Cook shows the hollowness of
the pretensc that there was any necessity
for returning any part of the stolen money
to Ottman.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE task of bolstering up Rcrdell was
properly assigned to or assumed by Hon.
Richard T. Merrick. 1t was Merrick who
induced Rerdell to take the witness stand !;
Merrick conducted the examination Mer-
rick was the recipient of Rerdell's con-
fidences. So he was of Walsh. Emnently
proper that he should vouch for them.
Birds of feather flock together
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

TREAT THE HUMAN MACHINE
GENTLY.
NEITBE CONSTIPATION, CoLIC, DIAR-
RHEA, DYsENTARY OR OTHER BOWEL
COMPLAINTS, CAN BE CURED BY ABUSING
THE DELICATE MACHINERY OF THE SYS-
TEN WITH FURIOUS PURGATIvEs. THE
BEST AND SAFEST REMEDY, PARTICU-
LARLY AT THIS SEASON, IS A TEASPOON
Full OF TARRANT's sELTzER APERIENT,
TAKEN IN A GLASS OF WATER, WHICH
WILL GENTLY RELIEVE, WHILE ToNING
AND HEALING THE IRRITATED INTES
TINE.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

SOME Englishmen-who else could they
be?-have made the discovery that Ameri-
cans of the Caucasian type have tendency
to acquire the red Indian type of physi-
ognomy." And one of them calls it acute
Antericanitis, and illustrates the idea by
saying that his son, "after residing in this
country for some time, became thin, lank-
jawed and sallow." but began to recover
Immediately on his return home. He
doesn't tell what his son was doing over
here, whether in the sheep business, sailing
mines or bucking the tiger; but evidently
this country did not suit him, and more
probably he did not suit this country. And
undoubtedly the liquor or the malaria of
the country did not agree with the boy.
There may be something in this new
tangled notion. We may all of us be at
ficted with acute Americanilis. The
CRITIC has noticed tendency to "red"
among the frequenters of the National and
other hotels of this city, especially about
o'clock in the afternoon, and deepening as
the shadows creep up over the dome. But
it had never occurred to us before that it
was the "Ipjun" coming out. If there is
danger Of the Caucasian in this favored
land growing into the "Indian type" the
Interior Department should preserve few
specimens of the real original article in
order that comparison may be made at
some future date. But John A. Logan
won't do, neither will John Kelly-they
are too tame.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE new light thrown upon the cele-
brated Phelps-Dodge case by Colonel Wood
lifts it once more into National prominence
as the champion bit of blackmailing work
of the period
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

COLONEL WOODS latest installment Of
"Startling Disclosures concerns the Star
Route cases. And they are startling, for a
fact, and exceedingly well put together.
The Colonel is something of verbal, as
well as mechanical, expert.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE Republican bubbles over this morn
ing with attacks on our home insurance
companies in the shape Of anonymous COM
munications, bearing the ear-marks of
having been written by persons interested
in foreign companies.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE Sunday Gazette printed an edition
of 10000 copies yesterday, and it went like
bot-cakes at boarding-house table.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

BACK of all that has yet been told of the
Ottman compromise may be seen the dexter
hand of the Hon. Richard T. Merrick. Was
it condition precedent to his posing as
Star Route prosecutor?
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

"MR. BLAINEs Democratic alliance
against the Administration and Malone"
is the basis of column and a-half of most
vigorous writing in this mornings RepuJ-
licaa. 1t reads like the master pen of Cor
ham did n
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

IT WAS a notorious fact that Ottman
would have surrendered all claim to the
whole Of the $31 900 seized by the Govern
ment to have avoided another trial on the
criminal charge. Why then was he given
$4,000 and an agreement to mol. pros?
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE frequency of the showers yesterday
reminded one moro of an April day than
one in June.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE CRITIC inquiries again-who wants
to be Insurance Examiner? Show your
hand. Don't sneak.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE college of the people at large has
very unanimously conferred the degree of
A. S. s. upon the fifteen Harvard men who
hurled their petty spite at Ben Butler.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE Congressional Library is supported
by the peoples money, but the people have
very little benefit from it under present
management.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

TIE President having returned, The
CRITIC calls his attention to the fact that
few hours devoted to the investigation
ofthe Ottman case would not be amiss.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE CRITIC is glad to know that the
preponderance of opinion, after much dis
cussion, seems to indicate that there is still
some room in the world for more popula-
Aim
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

A SERGEANT of the weather bureau, who
has been in some of the Western cyclones,
orat least been studying them, is out in a
letter Of advice. The substance of his ad-
vice is that when one sees a cyclone coming
the best thing he can do is to crawl into a
hole in the ground. If no hole Is handy
get against a west wall and face east And
if no wall is about throw oneself fiat on the
ground and grin and bean it. But under
no circumstances try to bottle up the
cyclone. 1t cannot be done. Cyclones are
like the 800 day prosecutors in the Star
Route caSe-they must have their blow.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

AN absorbing question-Why was Ker
consigned to the Old Capitol prisonP
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

II looks as II they were trying to broak the
force OF his speech by diyertlng tho attention
OF the Jury.
The interruptions by the counsel for the
other side have uniformly been to correct
Mr.. Merrick's misstatements of the testi-
mony. Here is a sample
Mr.. wilson-What is the page to which you
refer?
MIR. Merrck-I am glad to hear tho learned
counsel inquire the page. Tho page is 3056
and the exhibit Is SD +, defonse.
Mr.. wilson-Turning to pago 3056 mud
sometning there signed by French, and no re-
Mr.. Merrick-Look at 371 F, and see how 1t
is; II have made mistake, ] will correct 1t.
Mr. wilson, have examined page 3056.
tions by French.
Mr.. Merrick- 1t signed by French9
Mr.. Merrick~That order was not signed by
Brady, then, but by Brady's immediate sub
the rule Brady had prescribed in signing the
orders.
Mr.. wilson-French was acting as Second
Mr. Henkle-That is not taking it back,
Mr.. Merrick-It Is taking II back.
Mr.. wilson, simply wanted to call atten-
Mr.. Merrick. ITO Mr.. BiIssl-Look at the
jacket and see what Il is.
Mr.. Bliss--It is signed by French.
MIR. Merrick-It Is an error on my notes,
then.
And here is another:
Mr.. Merrick-wo know from Boone's testl-
mony. Boone says he had been a contractor al
his iife, and he never heard of such clause.
Mr.. Henkle-Mr. Boone was clerk In the
Department In 1876.
Mr.. Merrick-Yes, know he was.
Mr.. Henkle-And never had contract before
1876.
MIR, Merrlck-How do you know? He does
not say so.
Mr.. Henkle-He says he had not been con-
tractor before 1876.
Mr.. Merrick-Excuso me, ne SAYS no such
Ming. He Gays he had been In the business all
HIS life.
MIR. Hcnkle-Mr. Merrick, excuse me.
| want TO call your attention to the testimony.
Mr. Merrick-I do not want to be inter-
| rupted.
| The Court-Allow tho counsel to call your
attention to the testimony.
titled:
@. How long have you been engaged In the
business Of carrying the mail PA. Since oc-
tober /, 1876.
Mr.. MerrIck-I think If you Will look In
Boone's testimony you will nnd that he says
that he has been engaged since that time In
carrying the mail, and had been before. That
Is my recollection.
Mr.. Henkle-[ Readingl:
Q. How long have you been engaged In the
business Of carrying the mall PA. Since oc-
tober /, 1876.
Mr.. Merrick - That was my impression,
whether right or wrong; but I will let you
nave IT as you want 1t; you can have 1t just to
suit yourself.
Mr.. Henkle-I only want 1t as 1t is in the
testimony.
Mr.. Merrlck-1S76 is long enough.
In fact the record is full ofjust such :" in
terruptions of counsel for the other side"
Mr.. Merrick seems to have a faculty for
misstatement And the Dizziness has a
faculty for lying in his defense.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE world undoubtedly moves. No less
an authority than DR.. Francis ]. Shepherd
says that there must be awarded to that
eminent quack of the sixteenth century,
Phillipus Aureolus Theophrastus Par
CELSIUS Bombastus Won Hohenheim, "the
credit Of first drawing the attention of the
profession to the value of these remedies in
the treatment of diseases referring Go
opium, antimony and mercury. And the
Doctor also says that the aforesaid quack
'helped medicine to advance by showing
contempt for traditional methods of treat
ment, and the humoral pathology of.the
ancients, which had held sway for two
thousand years"
This is doing well for the medical pro-
fession. Prejudice slumbers. Now if some
legal Iuminary will only arise and say a
good word for those eminent quacks in the
law who are persecuting innocent men for
500 or more day, quack prices, The
CRITIC will be glad to record the fact as
further evidence of progress.
The Evening critic., 1883-06-04

THE Epeniag Dallness, with its usual
lack Of truthfulness, says:
Mr. Merrick's closing argument in the Star.
Route case is, apparently, rendering the de-
fense very uncomfortable. lie is so frequently
interrupted by council for the other side that
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-17
Cotton.

Sales yesterday, 1900 bales; to ex-
porters $50; to spinners 1000 and
100 to spectators, closing easy but
with brisk demand and no change
Of prices from the day before, as follows:
Ordinary, 7ic; good ordinary, SIC;
low middiing, 9lc; middling, go;
good middling, lOic; middling fair,
1850. Stains, etc., lower.
The total receipts Of cotton at all
U. S ports for the past seven days has
been l44,498 bales, and 73,2O3 bales
more than last year for the same time.
Total for the season, 4,64O,6l8 bales;
excess 739.O43 bales over last year
and 1925 bales over the year
before. Total shipments abroad this
season 3,O49,8O2 bales against 2, 14O,ll
bales last year,and 2, 7S6.477 bales than
Total stocks at this time 93l $3.50 bales
Last year at this date ,ll2,7O9 bales,
and the year before 845,0 49 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-17
ALTAR TwENTY.FOUR YEARS.
A Mother Finds Her SON Whom
She Has Not seen for Nearly
a Quarter Of "a Century.
Padnoah News.

Padncah News.
Some days ago the News gave q brief
account of the meeting between Bal.
lar1 county young gentleman, named
Suel PugSley and his mother, after a
separation of nearly a quarter of a
century. Both had long considered
the other to be dead. Mr.. Pugsley
aud his mother were in the city this
morning, and the lady was met at the
Maxwell House by reporter Of the
News. Mrs, Pugsley says that she
was married to her husband, John
Pugsley, in Portland, Me-, nearly
thirty years ago. He was cooper
by trade, between thirty-6ve and
forty years Of age, while she was but
sixteen. After their marriage
they lived in several places, Mr..
Pugsley removing from time 10 time
from one point TO another as his bust.
ness required. In 1859 they we're
living in Paducah, or rather its suburb
known as Jersey" In the meantime
three children had been born to them,
but while here the youngest died.
The family we're in extreme destitu-
ton, owing to the inability of the
husband to procure work. Mrs. Pugs.
ley was in extreme poor health and
longed to return to the home Of her
girlhood. An uncle came here for
her aud took her back to New England
again. From that time to a few
weeks ago she states that she has
never heard a word from her family.
Although both herself and friends
made repeated efforts, il was all in
vain aud she had long since given
them up for dead. The war coming
on shortly afterwards, her husband
entered the Federal army and
died in Memphis in 1864. The second
child also died, leaving Suel, the only
surviving child, in the care OF Bal |
lard county family, named Brady, who
raised him TO manhood estate. He is
now in the neighborhOod of twenty
eight years Of age, married and the
father of three children.
Several weeks ago It occurred to |
him to ascertain something about his
fathers family, it possible, He wrote
back to New England and to his eur. !
prise found that the mother, whom he |
had supposed to have been dead for
many years, was still alive. Other
correspondence followed resulting ia
Mrs. Pugsley coming to Ballard county
and taking up her residence with her
long lost sou. She will continue to
reside with him, she says, as long as
she lives.
Surely truth is sometimes stranger
than fiction,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-17
eVKRaasiAa,
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MEhfRfe, TRaH., February III, igSS.


An easy tone rules in the LEADING
money markets of this country aud
Europe: The Bank Of France is an.
nounced to have increased its volume
ofspecie nearly6, 100000 francs for the
week ending Thursday last and the
Bank of England reduced its discount
rate on the same day from 4 per cent
to 81. Three weeks ago it stood at 5
per cent. The Imperial Bank Of Ger.
many is about to introduce the clear.
inghouse system similar to that In
London and New York, to facilitate
business. The rate Of discounts in
this market are as heretofore
irregular at from 6 to 6 per
cent. Exchange is steady. Our
bankers buy Eastern cotton bills at
$l.25a2.6O per thousand, the latter for
grace carrying bills on points 10 New
England. Checks on New york are
sold at $3.50 per thousand premium.
Rates on New orleans are to of buy
ing and par selling.