Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-08-03
NEIGHBORHO0D NOTES.
ANOTHER RAILROAD PROJECT OF INTER

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EST TO DUBUQUE.
The people of Turkey Valley, un-
der the influence principally of the
people of Elkader, have again become
interested in forming railroad CON-
nection with this city, and to effect
this object citizens association has
been organized at Elkader to pro.
mote this object. The Judge Will
liams Narrow Gauge Railroad is to
be utilized as much as possible in this
interest. That road reaches Elka-
der by roundabout. way. From
Elk der to Motor, distance of six
miles, aud in the direction of Dubu-
que, the Narrow Gauge road is grad.
ed, tied and wooden rails laid on it
nearly the whole way. From Motor
to Export is only 81 miles. The es>
innate Tor grading this 81 miles
which the people of Clayton county
propose to do, is about $4,000.
Judge Williams offers to tie bridge and
lay the rails on this part of the road.
This done, a connection will be made
with the Dubuque d Minnesota road
at Export. This connection will en-
able the people of the Turkey Valley
to come to this city to trade, and
will enable Dubuque merchants to
send their goods by rail up into the
Turkey Valley and so bring back in
to their relations with this city the
people of Clayton county. This done
the Narrow Gauge might be pushed
farther up the Turkey Valley, first
to Elgin then Clermont, and so on
up the valley.
Besides this, as soon as the connec-
ton is made at Export, this city will
have the advantage of the Narrow
Gauge road already constructed to
Beulah, which traverses another por-
ton of Clayton county that natural
ly belongs to this city.
This is an enterprise that interests
Dubuque vitality, and therefore it
should be encouraged in this city in
every possible way. If the river
roads were not in litigation some
thing might be done by the compa-
MES that own them to help this Clay
ton county enterprise, but under ex-
listing circumstances they can do
nothing. But the merchants, manu-
fac:urers and other business men of
the city can help. And although
times are hard, some help ought to
be given here in Dubuque to this en-
terprise. 1t will be good way to
restore better times to the CITY to
help build this Narrow Gauge Road.
Dubuque Telegraph.
CUPID, HYMEN AND THE SHERIFF.
Eliza Shelley loved William Dolan,
and she thought William loved her.
Therefore she says she listened to
the promises he made her. and yield
cd to his wishes to her sorrow. She
bore it all until she found out that in
stead of marrying her as he had
promised to do, he had quietly slip
ped over to Fairplay and married
Mary Casey, nice looking young
woman, and the innocent cause of
her trouble. In her desire to pun
ish her lover for his faithlessness
and deception she procured war
rant for his arrest on his return from
Fairplay, but he learned what was in
waiting for him and skipped. Yes
terday Sheriff Ferring thought he
would look around little and con-
Guided that he would make visit to
Dolan's fathers house, about ten
miles from town, where be had an
idea the young man had gone When
he got near the place, which is hid
den in large grove, he left his bug.
gy and made his way near to the
house where be lay in ambush to
take notes before making a descent
on the house. From his place of
copcealment be saw the young bride
in the yard playing with some chill
dren and looking as radiant as a
moonbeam and as happy as any new
Iy married lady could look. He nat
urally came to the conclusion that
where there was such look Of hap
piness the husband should be, con-
clusion that any man would come to
in a similar case. To confirm him
in his opinion he heard tho old gen.
tleman, Doan, in the house talking in
an animated tone to some one, which
sounded much like as if the cid man
was giving the young one going
over for having too many irons IN
the fire at once. The Sheriff put
this and that-the old man and
young woman together, and made up
his mind that he would find the
young man in the house. just about
as soon as be had done that he step.
ped into tho house himself and took
the whole party by surprise, and was
little surprised himself for the man
he expected to find was not there at
all. lie had left some time before.
The wife promised Mr.. Ferring that
her husband would come in to-day
and face the music, and she intimates
that she can prove odd things against
Miss Shelley Dubuque Telegraph.
A soANDALoUs AFFAIR.
Last Saturday afternoon the
daughter of Thos. K. Gibson, ESQ.,,
OF Benton, with some Otner partles,
visited Shullsburg with the inteD ton
of staying there all night. The bug
gy was driven by Charles c. Heron,
one of Mr.. Glbson's hired men. On
their arrival at Shullsburg, the team
were we'll cared for and securely
locked in a stable for the night. ln
the morning it was found that some
unknown scoundrel had climbed up
through the door of the hay. loft, and
thus got down into the stable, and
had cut the throat of one of the
horses, valuable bay, in such brut-
al manner as to canse his death.
From circumstances that have trans
pired, suspicion has fallen upon Peter
Farrell, another of Mr.. Gibson's hired
men, who it is supposed followed the