The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-11

DR.. Howard Henderson thinks
there is a decline Of hospitality and
courtesy among Christian people. In
the Richmond Christian Advocate lie
says: "While in New i ork City | did
not have call from but two co pastors
and my wife came away knowing but
one preachers wife. In my present
charge the majority of my best-to- do
members have never asked me to brea
bread with them. and some of them
have never called at tie parsonage.
There is q great decay Of courtesy all
over the country, and good manners
ale booked for the tomb. They are 60
ing out with the baffalos. Dumb
driven cattle are taking the place OF
the retreating bison. Soon like the
cached mammoths of Siberia. courtesy
viii be found as leltc OF previous
age locked up i'll ice. The preacher
that can sweat in refrigerator Will
crenate his congregation. The lack
and unrelIability OF domestic service
and the mascUliniZing OF women are
the main causes. ethodiSt Herald.
is it ira as some say, that labor
is coming more and more INFO the
bondage Of capitals The assertion is
reckless one. Compare present con
dltions with tho'e of any former age.
Go back a few score, q few hundred
few thAr,snnI ~,
the compulsory labor that erected the
yramidS, the temples Of Diana and
lierod, the gardens Of Babylon ami
the Appian way. If this contrast Is
too sharp, take any other period of
the past. This is not claiming that
lab0rers are not now in many cases
subjected to oppression and injustice
but we do claim that their condition
is everywhere improving M tho list
Herald
The Water, Light ana Power
company caused to be published in its
organ, The Telegram, some Two weeks
since, that all connections had been
made with the Lake and that lake
water was being furnished the people
Of the city. Bat It was all lie The
people have not had q drop Of lake
water yet and will not have for some
time to come. We are still paying an
enormous price for bay slush. TIE
company has forfeited its contract
and charter times without number
and we think it IS about time
the city was taking this water
supply question into is own hands.
The vote polled ,st Tuestlav, % %,
was more than 1000 short of the en-
rsllment Where there are 50 many
candidates as on this occasion it
seems that very nearly or quite q full
vote ought to be polled Every voter
Shoald remember that every vote cast
counts in more ways than one. 1t
helps to give us Il better standing
abroad and it gives lis better represen-
tation in the political councils OF the
state and legislative districts AL
ways 90 and vote 1t is Your duty to
do 50.
Where will be the battlefield of
the next European war? This qucS
ton apparently 50 difficult to answer,
Will be Diseased III The forthcoming
number OF Iiarper's Weekly i'll an
article on Bulgaria, by Stephen Bonsal
the New York Herald Bulgarian cor
respondent. Mr. Donsal is Il native Of
that country, and having had extra
ordinay opportunities for acquainting
himself with the various phases Of Eu-
r0pean politics, his article is one which
viii command attention and repay the
reader.
A Young man from one Of the
rural districts came to Superior week
ago with some money to invest IN a
town lot. Some bunco steerers run
him into one Of the wide open gamb-
ling GenS on Tower avenue and soon
relieved him of 800 in gooi and law
full money. The case was reported
and district attorney Murphy has
instituted vigorous prosecution.
The law will give the keepers of the
den one year in the county jail. Can
the law have its way i'll this case?
w hen the town Of Gordon report
cd on election it was found that the
vote on municipal Judge, from all the
voting precincts OF the county and
city stood thus: Fridley Isl; Perkins
coo; EIutchins 534 Loud 81; Steele
596 This gives Mr.. Fridley major
ity Of I29 over Mr.. Perkins the next
best man. Mr.. Bryant has 81 major
ity over Mr. Stowe for associate mu-
nicipal Judge.
-Racollections of President Lincoln
and his Administration by l.. L. Chit
tenien, his r g lister of the Treasury,
viii be published on April 18th, by
Harper x Brothers. Mr.. Chittenden' 5
remin2uces cover the entire period of
the civil war, and being the work Of
one having unaqualled facilities for
personal observation, the volume Will
doubtless prove to be an important
contribution to the history of that
event
The total vote for mayor as given
by wards was as follows
Wards Pattison. Dobie.
list 80. ....-... ~ -
Slcond .........-.... ia o.
Third ... l91 So