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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17
Notice of Hearing.
STATE OF WrscoNLM,

STATE OF WIscoNLiH,
DOUGLAS COUNTY, "
In the matter Of determining the descent of GER
tain lands in Douglas County, Wisconsin, 10 the
heirs at law Of Benjamin F. Wood deceased, late
OF st. Lawrence County, New York.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That at special term
of this Court, held on the Both day Of January,
1906. the petition Of Florence S. Wood, heir at
law of said .decedant, filed in this court,
PRAYING Judgment determining the descent OF
certain lands in Douglas county, Wisconsin to
Florence S Wood, the widow, and Harrison w.
Wood. a SON and Helen Wood. a daughter, the
said persons being all the heirs at law of said
Benjamin F. Wood. deceased
That pursuant to an order made herein at a
special term Of this Court held the 3Oth day of
January. 1906 the said petition will be heard al
special term of this Court to be held on the 10Th
day of March, 1906 at ten o'clock in the forenoon
of that day in the Office Of the County Judge at
the Court House in the City of Superior, Douglas
county Wisconsin.
That the lands in respect TO which the descent
is sought to be determined and by the judgment
established are situate in Douglas county, Wis
cousin. and are described as follows:
An und.v de,i one third interest in and 10 lots
twenty-nine (29l and thirty 900 in block eleven
I'D in Merriam Park addition to West Super
Tor in the city Of Superior. in the county of
Douglas and state of Wisconsin, according to the
recorded plat thereof in the Office of the Register
of Deeds for said Douglas County, Wisconsin; and
an undivided one half interest in and to the
north fifty go feet of lot seventeen % in block
two hundred and seventeen t217) in West Super
or. Ninth Division, according to the recorded
plat thereof in the office of the Register of Deeds
for said Douglas county, Wisconsin.
Dated this Both day Of January, 1906.
By the court:
l.. s. LARSEN.
Feb. Sill County Judge.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17
Notice of Hearing.
In County Court.
County Judge

State Of Wisconsin.
In County Court
Douglas County,
In the matter Of the estate Of John August
Carlson deceased, latv q the city Of Superior.
Douglas county. wisconsin. In Probate
Notice IS hereby given That sta regular term
II the county court To be held in
and for said COUNT, at the coaa;y
5adsos office in the court house. in the
city of Superior, poue,as county. wisconsin. on
tie 6th day Of March ls't at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon Of Cha, DAY the following matter will be
heard considered aul acted upon by the court:
Inc ara3 account OF Thas. C. Mclean as adj
ADMINISTRATORS Of the ahg,e entitled estate and his
petition prayf0S that shg said account Re allowed
ard Tor distribution 81 thl residue 81 saa estate
ami tha: ha D. discharged IS such admiuts,rat5-.
patcj tins End aAy 30 February. 1895.
81 the caar-
~ 81 LARSEN
tsa ls.-t Csars, judge
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17
LUCKIEST MAN IN ARKANSAS.
Your Friend,
}. Il. Harper

II l.. Stanley of Bruno writes, Pm
the mCkIest man in Arkansas, since
the restoration of my wite's health
after five years Of continuous cough.
ing and bleeding from the lungs; and
owe my good fortune to the worlds
greatest medicine, DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which |
know from experience will cure con-
sumption If taken in time My wife
improved with first bottle and twelve
bottles completely cured her" Cures
the worse coughs and colds or money
refunded. SOC and 81 Trial bottle
free at All Druggists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1906,

Today is AZ eventtul one at nation
al capitol. AT twelve O'Clock, high
noon, Miss Alice, eldest daughter
of President Roosevelt. will be lead TO
the altar by Congressman Nicholas
Longwurtn OF Ohio. TIE ceremony
takes place in the East room of the
White House and hundreds of guests
have gathered to Witness the cere
morN which will be performed by
#.sla. I'D =. r.u.'..e .'- 30 Yrs
trufr .r.u N. .s.. .-. ....| ~
wedding uiu through Aorara aua uu
natti, Ohio.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17

Summons.
Superior Court, Douglas County.
Amelia Starkha,
Plaintiff
vs.. ,t-,,,,,,.,
John Starbha,
Defendant.
The State of Wisconsin. To the said Defendant
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service Of this summons. ex-
elusive Of the day of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the court aforesaid; and
in case Of your failure 50 to do judgment will be
rendered against you according to the demand Of
the complaint.
CArIN, BUTLER & LYONS.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
p 0. Address Superior, sta a. Douglas
County, Wisconsin.
Jan. 27-Mar 3.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17
ON RECEIPT OF SIS. 90

{ viii send You the POLICE GAZETTE TO,
eng Year and leonplctc Set Of Hand made
Boxing Gloves which vii, last for years.
1r Inc Pun hing Bag.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17
Mr.. A. G. Shoug,
Superior, Wis.

Mr. a. I. SnODR,
Superior, Wis.
My Dear Shong:-
have been so busy for the last
three weeks getting started in my
work here that | have had no time
for letter writing but feel that | am
pretty well started now and can afford
to take things little easier. | am
very well pleased with the school and
with my position in it. Everything
runs along so smoothly and without
any friction The school as "A whole
is n good deal like the Dewey, and
when the principal. yesterday, got
after me for not sending in my report
of abseulees, ! felt at home right
away.
am more than pleased with the
equipment and general arrangement
OF the laboratories. The chemical
laboratory ia at one end of the building
and the physical laboratory at the
other, with my recitation room in be-
tween. In between the chemical
laboratory and recitation room Is 4
small room used for store room and
work shop, and in between the physi,
cal laboratory and recitation room is
my office.
The biological laboratory and ply
steal geography laboratories are in
the basement. am teaching chem
istry, physics botany aud physical
geography. My classes are all small,
the only large one being in physical
geography, in which | have - out
side of that l3 is the largest aud they
run down TO rs low as five When the
building was put up, the class rooms
were all made small It was the in
! tentiul not TO have more than II In a
class, but few classes have gotten
/ beyond that.
The discipline CT the school is easy,
! All the students come from good
i homes, the only thing is that some
are inclined 10 be a little aristocratie
and suohbish The school has IL
teachers and about 200 scholars, 50
. you can see that that is pretty good
proportion. II don't forget it I vii
send you a catalogue of the school
Mr., Bray aud Mr. Schwarm both have
a very high standing in the schoo'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17

eSceilent Dining Service on day trains.
Altralns from Union Depot.
II, \. JUNEAU, City Agent.
,13 TowerAve.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-02-17
NELSON DEWEY ITEMS
By Mildred Wheelon.

The following program VIII be de-
livered Monday afternoon, February
/ 10, at 3:15:
! Duet Helen Robb and Rhea Keaough
! Talk Observation-Disclosures. Dan II amiIton
| Dialect StoIy...... Her)ert Whipple
| The Father in-Law Of Europe .......
-. transformations. Arthur Ninie
Recitation, Peail Smith
Review of SANDY" Florence Zachau
Reading ............... Jessie Roberts
Recitation......,. .Oiiyida Ramstad
German Song Hans Won Eichenstein
Next Wednesday after school the
II. s girls basket bah team will pla}
a gan with the Normal girls at the
Dewey gym Il is expected that the
Dewey girls will keep up their good
record at playing, for in their last
game with the Normal girls they won
by score OF 0to 3, and they feel con
hdcnt in continuation Of good play
ing and a hnal score in their favor.
Wednesday morning the high
school pupils enjoyed talk by Mr.
Pressy, OF Montague, Mass. Mr..
Pr.ssy chose for his subject carts
aud traltsn aud handled il IN very
,n, and iutor'stiug mu per, lie
I.H.. $751;. work. Wulcu l. aeirg
dome H f1al p.rl OF " s~aCnusetls ia
the manual training line and showed
many different things in that line
which tho people have made, pieces
III needlework, basket work, weaving
linen and dye work, palm leaf baskets
and hats, and three very artistic hand
woven rugs. He urged the encourg
ing Of this line of work in the public
schools, and spoke Of the great bene-
tit derived from il.
TIE following is n letter recently
received by Prin. Shong from j. K.
Harper, of Wilmette, H., telling of
work In the schools Of that place:
Wilmette, IL,
Feb, 10, 1906.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
s--!S BY The Valentine Auction Co..
els East Brond Street
y pEc1A1. AND IMPORTANT SALE
High.Grade Furniture
and Household Effects
Fine Upright Piano, Handsome Leather
and Mahogany Library and Pnrlor
Furniture. Folding Cameras
M and Supplies, Etc,

d - 70. .
BY order of the oTners we VIII sen NJ
! our salesroolns. No. 61s East Broad street
commencing at 1880 O'clock,
TOMORROW tN1ONDAY) APRIL BIRD,
handsome collection Of fine Furniture,
embracing fine Ebony-Case Upright
Piano witl, Stool and Cover. very hand
some Leather Library Suit, fine Leather
Couch. Rocker and Easy Chair. Ma
hosany- Frame Parlor Suits, Bedroom
Suits in quartered oak and walnut. wal
nut and Oak Mirror-Door Wardrobes,
massive CHARTERED Oak China Case, oale
Folding Beds with mirror fronts. odd
presEers and Washstands, Enameed Iron
Beds. 7ne Box Spring Mattress. Pictures
and large Mantcl Mirrors, massive wal
nut Buffet. massive Walnut Hall Rack
With large mirror. Sideboards. Dining
Tables, Chairs, Cane Seat and Pa:lor
Rockers, Parlor Chairs. Toilet Sets, OAK
Hat Racks, fine Refrigerators, good Ice
Boxes, fine Cooking Stove. Oak Chif-
fonieres Baby Carriages, Druggets,
Crockery, odd Bedsteads. etc.
Also three good Folding Cameras with
tripods, plateholders plates, etc.; set
Poker Chips and Cards, Safety Razors,
etc.
Ladies are especially invited to attend
this sale. ~
= . "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
5g (By ]. Thompson, Brown &: Coz
aAucr'oN SALE
Two Extra Large Corner
Properties
n ON THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH.
WEST CORNERS OF
Franklin and 26th Streets,
Admirably Adapted for Public Use; One
! With 2e Rooms. Large Lot; the
Otter Is Rooms,
! Nos. 2521 and 260l-' 3 East
Franklin Street,
Tuesday, April "a, 1906,

The above property are two large and
spacious brick corner residences:
Il No. 2521 Is three.story and basement
abrick corner residence, most substantial
sly constructed, with l6 rooms; command
ling extensive views OF the river and sur
rounding country for miles; the lot fronts
.S3 feet BY l57 feet in depth.
81 Nos. o60l-3 is an extra large four-stor
1 brick residence with basement above the
i ground In rear. and contains 20 rooms,
which would make an admirable boarding
house. or for any public or charitable
uses This lot fronts 63 feet at the corner
running back $50 feet. and is known as
tthe Cownrdln house. The house can be SO
arranged that 1t can be used either as two
{ Or as one house, az may be desired
b Both of these houses contain elegant
4 marble nantels and were constructed
with very best material and without re-
I gard 10 expense: and will be sold at q
per cent. less than cost Of the property
Inspection solicited,
n Terms: One-fourth cash: g. IL and Il
months; or one-third cash, one, two ant
n three years, at q per cent, INTEREST," Sc
cured by deed Of trust
Al Auctioneers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
AUCTION SALES, Future Days
AT the
Richmond Bazaar

we Will have fol- sale next Wednes day.
April 5th two hundred (20o) head Of
s1orses and mules. The horses are OF q
/ high class, consisting Of mated teams,
saddleis Of Nigh class, some extra
splendid drivers. son1o extra Southern
chunks. and, In fact, any kind Of horse
you could desire, for yotir owl, use or Tor.
your trade.
Tho mules run in size from 300 TO l,aoo
pounds, We also have one load Of mules
that have been working on n contract,
that Is now finished, and they Will be
sold at this place next Wednesday,. Am
satisfied that there will be some good
work mules among them that will suit
for all kinds Of work. having plenty "
size, seasoned and ready for Immediate
use.
Be sure to attend this sale II In need ed
JOS. LAslrTER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
t8| fs |||a@a '|'p)
George w. Mayo, Auctloneer.

BANKRUPT SALE
OR TIE
Effects Of the Lorraine Coal
Company at Auction.
Horses, Mules, Trucks, Carts,
Harness, Motor, Engine
and Boiler, Saw, Wagon
Scales, Iron Safe, Type
writer, Coal, Wood, Office
Fixtures, Etc, Etc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
POLLARD & BAGBY.

SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE
VALUABLE COUNTRY PROPERTY WITH
HALL. FOR sA1,E--Unusually valuable prop
erty in Norfolk county, Va. adjoining boundary
sisting OF about twenty acres Of high and adj
miraAly- ocatcd land. This property Is one OF
the few large-acrcage properties for san. Inn
also within easy reach OF two lines Of electric
street cars. and has largo railroad and county
road frontage It's location Is such ms 10 make
4, exceptionally valuable rs either residence
or business property, School and church fnclli-
ties are on property mmediately adjoining.
of not less than one fourth of the purchase
price will be required but if so desired~by the
purchaser. the remainder OF the purchase price
can be in the form Of Understanding notes,
secured by decd OF trust on the property sold.
For terms and further particulars apply to
EXECUTORS OF Estate OF w. Y. capps, oak
land lAmberts Point. Norfolk, Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
Grand Auction Sale
Horses, Horses, Horses,
1000 Head. 1000 Head 1000 Head
Smyth Bros. McC leary-McC lellan
LIVE STOCK COMPANY
kline-GoodWin- Throop, Inc,
The Norfolk Special Horse Sale Company,
UNION STOCK YARDS,
NORFOLK, VA,

NORFOLK, a.,
Tuesday hand2
a number Of
class
The
are
pacing. ,,.,rale:
Golden Thorne. 2:1t PACING , trial. ?3A
IA,
..
,
Warlock
while
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Cl-T hes ternpa II Virginia step In
KGra one-q In nesend
CT 0toting
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5)Trottel
Honey
2o5
a
Judge Elwood lb-Iott!ng trial
Iodaa al ien-ta me pair;c can pole in
B~-Pa
thirty-h y
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Address LIVE STOCK
X Stock Yards Norfolk, Va,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
BY \. w, Bowe & Son,
Real les tate Auctioneers.
"A UCTlON SALE OF BRICK DWELI.-
~ ING, NO, % SOUTH ADAMS
STREET. CORNER CARY.

Al the request of the owner, who has
determined 10 sell. we will offer for sale,
5on the premises, on
\ WEDNESDAY, APRIL u. 1906, AT
O'CLOCK p NJ,
the attractive house above referred to- at
sthe northeast corner OF Cary and Adams
Streets. This is two-story brick house.
nine rooms, modern plumbing,
and will make a good home or pay hand
gsqmely as an investment,
q Terms-Liberal and at sale.
y n. w BOWIE e. SON.
Auctioneers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
BY Green & Redd,
Real Estate Auctioneers.
Auction SALE q
Dwellings Nos. 405 and
407 S. Linden St.
and
Dwelling No 1903
Beverley ST.,

WEDNESDAY, APRIL Is, 1906,
We will offer the above property at auc-
ton. That on Linden Street at $50
o'clock and that on Beverly Street at 6
o'clock. This property is we'll located for
renting purposes and will pay handsomely
as an investment.
Ternrs--One- third cash, balance at six
and twelve months, or Ill cash, at the
option Of the purchaser.
GREEN & Redo.
Auctioneers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
-fs7f 3-gTTT-II-ITFf "-TE - - 7 n
BY Pollard & .Bagby,
1lH East Main Street.

A UCTION SALE 10 TIE HIGHEST
q BIDDER OF BRICK DWELLING
and large lot, northeast corner OF Seven
.teenth and Cedar Streets-132 feet front
on seventeenth by 81 feet on Cedar
Street M .,s 4, \, 80 f.t4
!" FRIDAY, APT 1L - 1906. Ar $40
III, a-5bro'C I.OCKstP. M,
Come and buy. pays 10 per cent on
$1,000 and over half of the lot not used.
Terms easy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-11

thor Chaste and classic in its style of
composition smooth and graceful in its
delivery. it had the happiest effect upon
the fashionable audience. who manifested
their appreciation by the profoundest at
tention. For about an hour every one
present seemed charmed and delighted
with the rich Intellectual entertainment
afforded them by Mr.. Poe's disquisitlon
on the 1.-The Poetic Principle" and our
only regret arose from the fact that there
We're so few to partake of it
Poe must have been in an absent frame
of mind when he wrote to Mrs. Glen
that he lectured in Norfolk on Monday,
for it was on Friday, September H. 1910,
that he did SO. The Southern Argus of
that date printed on its editorial page the
following paragraph
Don't forget the lecture of Mr.. Poe
tonight at the Academy. Norfolk has
frequently been tainted for the want of
her literary taste, but we hope our citi-
zens will. upon the present occasion. vim
dictate themselves against such an impu-
tation.'
1t is not within the scope of this article
to succumb to the temptation of u.gress-
ing from it's main purpose of pointing out
some of the literary landmarks of Tide
water Virginia. made forever memorable
by the presence of Poe. The temptation
to revert to the man himself, whose fame
grows brighter Wlln the NdIln6 NtdiHi
is almost irresistible. Many lives of Poe
have been written. and few can remem-
Der the names of the writer's; Poe's name
was not thought worthy to grace the al
legged Hall of Fame while nobody can
remember whose names were thought to
be thus worthy. Many a hardened topper.
on reading the many pharissaical bio
graphes of Poe. is highly shocked at the
stories of his occasional intemperance on
which these writers love to dwell Girls
old started it. and the rest of the sorry
pack followed in full cry An excerpt
from Augustine Blrrell's essay on Charles
Lamb might well apply to Poe. With fine
scorn this writer says:
Lamb was rich In all that makes life
valuable or memory sweet. But he used
TO get drunk This explains all. Be nn-
truthful, unfaithful, unkind, darken the
lives of all who live under your shadow
rob youth of joy, take peace from age
live ,lnsought for, die unmourned and re-
naming sober you will escape the curse
of mems pity and be spoken of as a
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side in Richmond with his girl wife, who
hardly looked more than fourteen; fair,
soft and graceful and girlish. Everyone
who saw her was won by her. Poe was
very proud and fond of her, and she in
turn idolized him. When she was Ill he
lowered around her couch with fond
fear and tender anxiety. II rode out
with them one summer evening"" wrote
a friend land remembrance of his watch
full eyes, eagerly bent upon the slightest
change of hue in that loved face, haunts
me yet as the memory of a sad strain"
Poe was proud of being Virginlan
and was very fond of the Mother of
States In 1871 he wrote to a friend in
Baltimore: Il am a Virginian-at least
l call myself one-for | have resided all
my life until within the last few years,
at Richmond"
Virginia is, likewise, proud of Zoe. His
memory has been indicated by the fine
old university where he was a student.
and the woud-be assassins of his char
acter have been silenced forever. mere
were all too many of these vultures, the
chief of whom was the unspeakable Girls
void, the ghoulish sanderer, destined
like the temple burner of ancient Ephe-
sus, to live forever in lasting nfamy, his
dishonest name dragging after that of the
brilliant genius. to emulate the work of
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especially in his last years, Poe's voice
and look had a magical power, although
this was probably only the extraordinary
charm peculiar to the Virginia society in
which he was Bred and on his side Poe
had long INDUCED habit of idealizing
women and worshiping them in secret
Yet while the society of refined women
was absolutely essential to him, and
while he knew that in a second marriage
lay his only salvation, yet it is obvious
as Mrs. Osgood-to whom he had paid his
addresses-said, that his wife, Virginia
was the only woman whom he ever
truly loved
On September Is, Poe wrote from Rich
mond to his mother-in-law that he had
arrived there from Norfolk the night be-
FORE and adds: Il lectured at Norfolk
Monday and cleared enough to settle my
bill here at the Madison House, with
50 over. l had highly fashionable au-
dience. but Norfolk is small place and
there were two exhibitions the same
night" 1.-THE papers here are praising
me to DEATH
The Southern Argus, published at Nor
folk. Va. on Monday, September IL. 1S49
at the top of the first column of it's ed
itorial page, said:
Mr.. Poe's lecture on Friday evening
was an effort of great merit, and re-
Elected credit upon the distinguished au-
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Hale and Hearty at 3o6.

From the New York Herald.
Oldest of all living things in New York
is the big tortoise of the Bronx Zoologi-
cal park. which is 306 years old. He was
a slider" when buffalo were grazing on
what is now the W hlte House lawn al
Washington (Memoirs of Colonel Samuel
Argall, deputy governor of Virginia, 1862.
In the first three hundred years of his
life he attained n weight of 156 pounds.
In the last six he has gained eighty-one
pounds. And he keeps on getting fatter
and bigger, greatly disconcerting scien-
lists who have been accepting as a fact.
that the size of the big South Pacific
tortoises was an indication of their wealth
of centuries of age.
Buster is the tortoise's name. His shell
and his flesh are worthless. and he is toe
old to add to his ancient line, now prae-
tically extinct. He came from the Gala
pages group to the Bronx six years ago,
but not directly. His race is forgotten on
the islands, and only a few specimens are
distributed in geological parks over the
civilized world
In spite of his years, and the new en-
vronment into which he has been cast.
Buster is healthy and promises to live to
II hearty old age and east from the hands
of his keepers.