The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-02-08
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1902.

Attorney tt. >. Butler has returned
from a business trip to Madison.
Tie social dance given by the Supe-
rior band last evening was well attend
ed.
The city fathers have decided that
patrolmen shall work but ten hours
day.
Twins were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Mensel last Monday.
Chas IL Mcmahon has returned to
Chicago after a two weeks visit with
parents at East End.
BY the grounding of the trolley wire
yesterday afternoon, all street car
service was suspended for two hours.
\ sleigh ride party to the poor farm
has been planned by number of
young people for this Saturday
evening.
The East End Gun club and the Ru-
luth Gun club will hold a shoot here
tomorrow, after which the home boys
viii entertain the visitors from over
the bridge.
Limited passenger trains on the
South Shore and Omaha Rys. have
been late every day for a week on ac-
count of snow bound trains on con,
Meeting lines East and South.
A. NJ Sutherland, Assistant Superin-
tondent of the South Shore Ry. was III
town last Thursday.
Whaleback band will be the attrac
ton at Music Hall Friday evening,
Feb. ii, when they Will give grand
concert, including vocal solos, etc.
Mrs. Wm. Wegner will be AT Home"
Tuesday afternoon, Feb. II, corner
Second street and Robertson Avenues.
Mr. +. j. Erickson is erecting a
large saw mill near Black River Fall.
1t will have capacity of $4,000 feet
and give employment to about 20
men.
The hearing in the case of n. A.
Sheldon has been postponed for one
week. The defense was not ready for
trial and examination has been set for
Feb. y.
We will send you the TIIEs three
months on trial for only % oeats.
Rev j. ID. Searls was called to Ra
cine, Wis, last evening to attend the
funeral OF his sister who died suddenly
in that place Thursday evening. The
pulpit in the First Nj E. church will be
supplied Sunday morning.
meeting of the finance committee
of the common council has been called
for , O'Clock Monday afternoon for the
purpose CT drafting an ordinance
which shall fix the salaries of the city
officers during the next two years.
The tax receipts are greater this
year than last at same time. Nearly
$50 10000 was turned into the city
treasury during the month of January.
If the large tax payers would do as
we'll IS the smaller ones in paying, the
city would be in shape to meet all de-
mands.
W Fl. Webb has just sold 100 acres
in Sec. 4, 40 Is, Douglas County, to
Mr.. Christian Christopherson, "a farmer
from southern, MINI, for immediate
settlement and improvement. Mr..
Christopherson has a number of neigh
bors who are looking up farms i'll this
vicinity.
For only about two months each
year is navigation actually closed at
the head of the lake. The Hunter is
still making her regular trips between
the head of the lakes and Grand
Marals Last We the Bon Ami ar
rived on her las, rip on Feb. 6, and
went into winter quarters Oh Feb. Z.
1t is now nearing the time when navi-
CATION must cease and it is expected
that it will close very soon.
Conrad Kelly returned Tuesday
from Was hburn where he was called
10y the death of his brother, Mr.. John
G. Kelly, which occurred on Saturday
Feb. 1st, death resulting from infiama-
ton of the bowels. Mr.. kelly'S
troubles do not come slngly. On
Christmas day his mother was buried
i'll Washburn and his many friends in
Superior sympathize with him in his
bereavement.
The management of the Music Hall
has made arrangements whereby one
of the leading stock companies of the
at the house for three nights every
two weeks and oftner if patronage
warrants. The company will in the
interval play engagements in Duluth,
Cloquet, Iron River and the Range
towns. Superior, however, will be
the headquarters of the company
where it will spend its off dates and
do the rehearsing of the new peices.
Further details will be announced