The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-11-08
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
SATURDAY, NOV. s, 1902.


1t is estimated that during the
month Of October the Lake Superior
Car Service association handled 45, 900
cars, which beat all previous records
Up to November first the Great
Northern road had this year shipped
3,706, s92 tons of iron ore, beating last
years record by over a million tons
Last month S1,OS475 was paid in
fines at municipal court. The largest
fine was 1925 paid by man who broke
the game laws.
A number of friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. II. Woolford made them very
pleasant surprise at their home, No
$50 West Fifth street Monday even
ing,
Mrs Grafton Mason and little dau
ghter who have been visiting friends
in Washington for several weeks past
returned to their home here this week
Miss Lucille Shields of No 40 West
Sixth street was quitely married to
Capt. Edward Blair of the Steamer
North Wind, in Duluth last Thursday
Evening.
r. N Williams of Chicago, arrived
this morning for his annual outing,
and will spend ten days with a party
of friends at AminicoE Lake.
Hard wood For Sale at
COREY BROS. LUMBER co.
Prices Right. Phone 1888.
Miss Nina Nj. Daniels who has been
visiting tor some time past at the
home of Rev. c. j Mcconnell depart
Ell this week for Battle Creek Mich.
Hard coal is now selling at s7.75
per ton in this city. Four boats load
ed with the black diamonds are ex
pected to arrive here o-day or to-
morrow.
The Tug boat Record which was
tied to the Alloueze Ore dock was
run into by Steamer early Friday
morning and sunk in a short time.
The fireman on the tug was seriously
scalded by escaping steam.
NJ Burnette & Son plumb ers of
South Superior are again locoted in
the basement of the Euclid This
will again give the East End a plumb
err shop. something we have felt the
want of for the past year,
There is a movement on foot
among members of the library board
to have a museum in the library build
ing in connection with the exhibit of
historical interest to Superior collect
ed by the historical society
A W Knight has leased the machin-
cry IF w. |! Wheeler, and will
manufacture shingles. sash doors, etc
Mr.. " heller Ict"ins the lumber yard
and saw mill They are now replacing
the old engine and boiler with large
one in order to meet the demands of
their business.
The famous libel suit of Henry w.
DeForest of the Land and River Co.
agains Elk Mayor Parker has been set.
tied out of court, Mr.. Parker paws
The costs and makes a public state
ment in which he says he was mis-
taken in regard to the charges he
made against Mr.. DeForest md the
Land Company.
Three Superior young mer, mem
bers of Company |, have joined the
regular army. The names are Ben
Knapp, Alvin Morey and Robert Mil
Ter. They are in the heavy artillery
and will be stationed in Oregon.
Knapp is the only one of the three
who has seen service. He was
member Of a Minnesota regiment dur.
ing the Spanish American war.
Lieutenant Kelly, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kelly, is now on his
way home from the Philippines where
he has been stationed for the past
eighteen months, by way of the Suez
canal He viii be stationed at Wash
ingtou, but before taking up his dut-
les there, viii return to Superior on a
furlough.
Judge Smith has decided the man
damus case brought against County
Clerk Erickson in which Miss Anna
Roberts, recorder for the office OF the
Judge o. probate court sought to com
pei the county clerk to issue her reg
ular monthly order a. had been done
before the county board voted to cut
oil that salary The court finds for
the clerk, that he should not issue
the order Attorney Louis Hauitca
for the plaintiff argued that the board
having fixed the compensation of the
recorder and OF the Judge before the
Ia ter was eiec could not change
either during the term Of Office Dis
trIct Attorney Crownhart argued that
the board had the power to do this at
any time so far as the recorders sal
AIRY is concerned