River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-11-05
NEST STPERIOR.

By reading the productions Of some
of the cute newspaper reporters here
one would think that Superior was
buried in snow last Saturday morning
AS matter of fact the ground was
not white with snow though there was
a thin covering of 1.-THE beautiful
upon the sidewalks.
The city tax levied for the ensuing
wear amounts to $4,000. 1t takes a
pile of money to run big city, but
there are great values here from which
to raise 1t.
Another railroad will be built to
connect Superior with the Vermillion
iron range. This means the early
construction of immense ore docks
here not only for receiving ore to be
smelted here but also for the shipment
of ore down the lakes.
Gold and silver bullion is now being
produced from the precious ores being
smelted here and it is said that the
CAPACITY of the smelling works being
insufficient will soon be increased.
That's Just the way it is here. The
capacity of hotels and all kinds of
manufacturing plants is soon enlarged.
The increase in the school popula-
ton of Douglas county is not confined
to the city of Superior, County SUI
perintendent G.. q. Williams report
ing the opening of number of new
schools throughout the county. This
is indicative of the fact that many
hardy settlers are opening up new
houses in the now prosperous county
of Douglas which has for many years
been popularity regarded as barren
waste after the removal of the valua-
BILE pine.
IT is said that Mayor Pattison would
rather be Governor than go to Con-
gress. and Nils Haugen has few
friends who would be willing to in
dulge the mayor i'll his preference: In
whatever manner 1T may be hxed
there will be mighty lively and In
teresting campaign in 1872.
4 few Doodle policemen who have
been looking longiDgly upon "hush
money which they afterward raked in,
are soon to be held up to the scornful
gaze of yirtuous indignation, after
which they will reluctantly surrender
their respective stars--emblems Oh
authority--and go in search of another
LOB"
Kerosene oil at &c per gallon is a
little rough on electric light and gas
comnanies. but the Standard Oil Com
pany having given their thumbscrew
another turn and brought oil up to 10 ;
per gallon serves as an equalizer.
T, 10 eaid that goods we'll bought
are half Sold" and James c. Dawklns
of this city argues that judicious ad-
vertfsing does the rest. He is an
exnert advertiser having reduced this
part of his immense business to a
science to which he gives his immedl,
ate personal attention. He is good
| 'un, lie is.
There are quite good many stem
ographers in this city who recently
| formed a Union, but like the real es'
| tate agents they could not hang
together and so the organization
event busted"
The palace beer garden which cap.
tain Pabst of Milwaukee proposed TO
omen on Tower Avenue between
broadway and Eleventh, failed to ma
terialize because the city council re
fused to grant the necessary license
Cor a saloon in that particular locality
and co those who delight in frequent
inc high.toned beer gardens, while IN
this city must content themselves
with discussing current topics across
beer schooners in an ordinary saloon