The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-02-08
-THE IRISH STANDARD" SATURDAY, FEBBUARY78
West Superior Waves.

Vest Superior Waves.
Special Correspondence Of The Irish Standard.
l FL. II. Grace is in Ashland and Hur-
ley on legal business this week.
Circuit Court for Douglas county con-
venes at Superior, February Is.
The ladies of the Sacred Heart church
organized ladies aid society last Sun
day.
Attorney John Brennan is contem-
plating run to the Pacific Coast on
legal business. Is that all, John?
A bachelors club was organized last
week consisting of 80 members. The
club will give ball on February IL.
Frank ]. Kopplin, OF Wabasha, MINI.
is in town this week, looking alter his
real estate interests here Fred has
made upwards of $4,000 here IN the
last two years.
Thos. 'rangney is spo ken Of in con-
nectlon with the mayorality in the ap-
preaching campaign. Mr.. Tangney is
frst-class fellow and would no doubt
give us an honest clean cut admiHistra.
ton,
Municipal politics are being carefully
agitated and probable candidates for
the mayorality are becoming somewhat
numerous. Mayor McRae it is thought
will again become candidate for re-
election and at present his chances are
not all unpromising. ........
About eleven O'clock on Monday even
ing last fire broke out IN the rear of
II. w. Mills meat market, and before IT
was gotten under control did consider.
able damage. The fire fend seems to
have it in for Dan, as this is the second
time he has visited him in the last few
weeks,
Mr.. Clifford, who for several years
has led the dry goods trade in Stevens
Point has recently sold out his business
there and will soon locate here. He has
leased the double store room in the Wis
consin block, corner of Winter street
and Tower avenue, where he will put IN
large stock Of dry goods. .
Miss Mayer gave very pleasant card
party at her home on Broadway last
Saturday evening. Those present we're
Messrs. Hartnett, Murphy, Liebe, Nc
Gill and Twohey, Mis-. es Clark, Stack.
Liebe, Vashen and Mayer. This was
| without doubt the banner card party of
the season, both in tone and pleasure,
and will be long remembered not only
by those whose good fortune it was to
have been present, but by those as we'll
| whose i'll fortune 1t was not to have been
invited.
! The first roll call of the Superior ba--
chelors, as published in last weeks issue
Of The IRISH STANDARD, was a hummer,
but as therein animated was by no
means complete one. In no other city
of it's size in the Northwest are there TO
be found SO many active, energetic, bn-
siness young men as is found right here
in Superior. 1t is very difficult to find
their equal in any city in the United
States, statement which is thoroughly
born out in the wonderful and. substan-
tial growth of this city as viewed in the
light of the following statistics. First
let be remembered that we are less than
five years old, including our village life.
January l, 1885, our population was
1000. January |, 1890. it is 5000.
January /, 1886, we had but two rail-
roads, with but one train day,
January l, 1890, we have seven roads
aud Is trains day. Our wheat receipts
grew from nothing in 1885 to $685., 800
nuoIClo III 4CCOs ouI COdl IcCt1pIS
grew from nothing in 1885 to 100000
tons in 1889 Our post Office receipts
have increased from 1915 for the year
1885 to SO 59i.21 in 1889, and in Jan
uary, 1890, amounted to over LOO
We have 26 thoroughly organized soci-
etles, excluding the Bachelors club, of
recent date. We have seven public
schools and two public school buildings
erected at cost of 1915, 600. We have
Is church edifices and 80 ministers tired
and retired We have steel and iron
plant erected at a cost of 81. 500, 900,
three saw mills, capacity 80, 600, 600 feet,
five miles electric street railway. eight
miles dock frontage constructed, nine
miles gas main. 10 miles water main,
twelve miles graded and graveled streets,
100 arc lights in operation, 200 gas
street lights, one mile paved street, the
largest elevator plant in the world, the
largest merchandise dock in the world,