The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-03
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ledge ofgranite which they we're about
to open up. We were :5accompaniedss bv
Eugene Hill, photographers artist, whom
Mr.. Tileston had engaged Is take some ON,
views Of the rock bed alnd Nj. Thomp.
son. The quarry IS located. about four
miles southwest Of this city, and about
half mile west Of Albert Smiths farm.
We had heard something of the quantity
of the rocky deposit, but were not pre-
pared to5witness what here spread itself
before our vision. The granite in SOME
places rises above the level of the earth
forty and fifty feet, and slopes off grad.
ally from the 'front.' Ascending the cliffs
as best we might, in company with Mr.. T.,
we found ourselves upon atield of solid
red granite covering eight or ten acres,
and pextendingsu the -s bowels@~of4 the
earth for hundreds end hundreds of feet.
One of the great advantages of this
granite ledge is that the seams or cracks
are much farther apart than is usually
the case in quarries Of this kind, so that
piece of the rock Of almost any availa-
bic size can here be procured. In the ia.
nous Aberdeen Scotch quarries it is al
most impossible to fill an order for a
piece of granite five feet square. The
monumental base which was dressed in
this city and sent to Chicago last winter,
some seven feet square, was first ordered
in Scotland, but it was totally impossible
to find such piece in that country, and
it was taken out CT the quarry abo.t
which we are writing. This company
will be able to furnish stone of any size
that can possibly be handled, and as
this granite is superior to the
Scotch material, it will soon
take the place Of the for
eign article. After looking over the
rocky surface, we returned to the base of
the precipice, I'VE might appropriately
term it,) and prepared to take a photo.
graphic view Of tho front. Everything
being in readiness, the party disposed
themselves in differeat positions and soon
the artist took faithful representation
Of the whole. including Mr.. Tileston, Mr..
Albert Smith, the modest representative
Of the Times. and one or two others.
Views Of the front and sides were taken,
the object being to show by these
to parties in the East and
at a distance, the magnitude of the
rocky deposit. There is enough Of the
finest red granite in this ledge alone, to
furnish the whole country for three or
four generations. 1t is the intention of
the company to have spur track run in
to the quarry from the railroad, near
where it crosses the Sank river, and to
load cars at the quarry and send them to
any city east or west.
!: The gentlemen composing the company
are fully able to handle the scheme: sue
cessfully, and have confidence that it
will prove profitable. They are now pre-.
pairing to commence operations, and as
soon as tools, implements, derricks, &c.,
can be procured, a force Of men will be
put to work.
An Extensive Gang Of Horse Thieves
Discovered. >,
Iowa Falls, Ia, Correspondence Of Dubuque
On Sunday, Oct. Sd, resident Of this
place missed buffalo robe and some other
articles Of no great value, under circum.
stances which led him t0 think that his
premises had been visited by a thief
Taking neighbour, he set out on the
trail, and at MINIS Grove, in Franklin
county, overhaulcd man AMI woman
resting by camp fire. n search of the
wagon revealed the stolen goods: The
man, one A. j. Reed, escaped. in the
brush. The woman, after denying her
real name for several days.. confessed to-
being Mrs. Emily Pomeroy of Boone
county, who had been travelling with
Reed under circumstances which tell'far
more of her warmth Of heart than Of her
honesty. Camping with these parties at
t he time Of the arrest was S. A. Holly, a
young man formerly residing here, but
latterly at Ackley. His presence there
excited some suspicion, but would have,
soon been forgotten had he. not on the
following day appeared in the court room
and clandestinely passed a letter
to the woman Pomerey." The move:
ment was detected and the letter demand
I'd, whereupon Mrs. F., took the letter
fr ON its hiding: place in her bosom, tore
it in pieces and attempted to thrust it
in the stove. The fragments being SC.
cured and carefully pasted together, dis.
closed letter from Reed, containing in
formation which has resulted in the ex.
posture of one Of the most extensive and
we'll organized bands; Of horse thieves and
outlaws which Iowa has known for many
years. Holly was at once arrested, and
after much lodging and equivocation, his
fears got the better Of him and he owned
up like little. man.. Warrants were
issued for A. J. Reed, e. B. CLANCY Of
Ackley, Charles Peck and. Sylvester. Mott
of Hamilton county, and Nathan Thomp-
son and Nathan Rainsbarger Of Hardin.
all of whom, except Reed and. Raihsbar
ger, were soon in durance, vile. On pre-
liminary examination, CLANCY, Holly,
Peck, Mott, Thompson and Mrs. Pom.
eroy were held to answer. CLANCY made
desperate resistance, his trial occupying