The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-10-14

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Five hundred chickens. belonging to
different Calumet people. have been killed
within the past two weeks by some I'M
known animal
longing to Riebenack x Sanborn of Al
pena burned at Osincke. Loss, $4,000:
insurance. $1,000.
The Howard City electric light
plant and Messenger X Summers
woolen mill We're destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000, no Insurance.
The small schooner II. T. Lambert is
plying between Au Sable and Bay City.
carrying the lumber of houses that have
been torn down there.
Near Flint ten hogs took refuge I'M
der tree during thunderstorm. The
tree was struck by lightning and every
one of the pnrkers killed
-Manistees bond issue of 100000 wa
ter bends, drawing 1 per cent. interest,
was sold to the First National bank of
Columbus, O., ut il premium of S21 .0J1.-
30.
in OSceola county hundreds of acres
of potatoes will not be dug, as they are
so small they will not pay the digging.
Men demand S1.J0 per day and are very
scarce.
Mere than $1,000 was paid in one day
by Duluth buyers for BcnZie county ap-
pies. The buyers estimate that the crop
yet to be marketed will reach $4,000
bushels.
An infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
George Stanley. who live two miles north
of Upton, fell into cistcrn. Mrs. Stan
ley jumped in to rescue the child and
both were drowned.
Near Woodland Barry county, a pair
of old quails have adopted couple of
young chickens and guard them as care
fully us if they We're their own offspring
The chicks answer the guailS call.
The amount of international money
orders issued from the Calumet pOStoffice
runs into high figures on account of the
large amount sent across the water by
foreigners who work in the mines.
The much dreaded Russian thistle
has put in an appearance near Hanover,
the section men having secured Il Speci-
men nearly four feet i'll diameter. Sys-
tematic steps will be taken to stamp out
the pest i'll its early stages to prevent
spreading.
jacob Seel. probably the oldest and
most extensive apple buyer in Michigan,
has abandoned his intention of buying
apples i'll that state and Illinois, owing
to the fact that the entire apple crop is
i'll danger of being ruined by the worms
"A large percentage of the imported
men who came from Cleveland to work
for the Cleveland Mill company are quit
ting the camps and seeking employment
about the mines. The men are dsap.
pointed i'll the jobs offered by the mill
company.
Fire at \. J. Dollertys stock farm,
four miles south Of Clare, burned five
barns, six stock sheds. 100 acres of
wheat. unthrcshed: 20 acres of buck
wheat. $40 tons of hay, Two binders. all
the farm implements and $500 worth of
calves and hogs. Loss, $4,000; insured
for $11. $50.
S. L. Smith of Azalia exhibited ut
Dundee fair samples Of corn stalks con-
tanning seven or eight ears of corn each
The corn is Il new variety hereabOuts,
known as the cOrllucopia dent; the ears
are large with superior quality of corn.
1t is Il hardy variety and stands early
froStS should any occur.
The delivery of nursery stock for the
fall season promises to hr the largest on
record. The activity i'll the nursery mar
ket is largely due to the cold weather
last winter. which destroyed so many
trees. Carload lots are being shipped
10 Colorado. Delaware and Maryland,
while smaller lots are going to every
state in the Union.
Moose continue to make their appear
ance near Sault Ste. Marie The other
evening one was tracked across Judge
Stccre'S island to the mainland, where
If remained for twcnty-four hours, when
1t returned over the same path. Two
young moose have frequently been seen
on Sugar island during the summer and
will undoubtedly remain and increase if
left alone.
-Mastodon remains. nearly enough for
an entire skeleton. have been found neal
Olivet. The complement of leg bones
was complete the largest being SO inches
long and - inches in circumference. The
longest rib was - inches long. The yer
tebrae were nearly Il foot across and /
inches thick. The teeth are several
inches across and have upon them three
rows of concal projections.