Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-14

ing and they began TO look for dinner. The,
called at the house Of WIN. Ramsey and foune
no one At home. Mr.. Ramsey had gone {,
the WOODS to rat blaekberries ind Mrs. Ram
sey was at Sunday school The three trampi
then planned seizure of valuables One
stationed himself at the river bank to lool
out for persons approaching Another tool
position on the premises outside the house
The third went in to rob. In the house be
upset beds and ransacked shelves and drawer:
hoping to find money There was money in
the house but he failed TO find it except a
dollar and some cents in change He took
that, revolver, valuable shotgun, and a
number OF keys-in all nearly hundred dol.
lars worth. The three tramps then went 10
their skiff ard started on their journey They
went up around the island I'd down the river
on the Guttenburg side. Soon after their dc,
parture Mrs. Ramsey went home. She saw
that the house had been robbed and gave
alarm. In a little while Riehd Kidd, Chas.
Chandler, Milas Weeks and Chris Braithwaite
were in pursuit They captured the tramps
a short distance below Guttenburg, and found
/ the stolen property in their possession They
brought the thieves back to Glen Haven and
on Monday morning took them before Justice
A. II. Bennett. The thieves plead gu ty and
were brought to Lancaster and lodged 10 iail
Monday evening Two Of them, brothers, are
Sweedes and the other German, but they say
they hail from Kentucky, near Lexington, and
that they were up in Minnesota looking for
/ work. They said they wanted work but they
I would steal before they would work for ninety
cents or one dollar day also said they
would rather steal than beg. They gave their
games as James and August Summers and
George Berg, and all say they are under 81
years of age. They are no doubt like many
other lazy loafers here and everywhere who
feel that if the rest of US choose to live hon
estly on an average Of about fifty cents day
they won't object but before .hey will work
for less than about So 90 they will steal the
little we lay up out of our fifty cents Il is
all right for them to so to the penltentiary
and work few years for heir bread We
are almost persuaded that the old fashioned
way of hanging them would be the quicker
way of reforming the community especiallv
that class OF them who will perpetuate such
vilainy as is recounted in the Dunleith HIGHS
way robbery ease printed on the fourth page
OF this paper. Remember these fellows all
have revolvers; they are never too poor to
own a revolver.
Monday afternoon the worthy landlord
of the Mansion House, his face wreathed in
smiles was seen approaching his hotel, carry
ing in his hand box, and followed by
stranger of pleasing appearance, Burnside
whskers and sombre colorel suit somewhat
the worse for wear The stranger kept one
eye on the box and the other on the landlord
He could have passed for tract peddler or
at the worst patent right man He inquired
the price of board. Gene figured on il, told
him spring chickens were worth so much, and
he charged accordingly. Then in large hand
the stranger registered his name, III. LOOMS,
Milwaukee" He shared in spring chickens
and a downy bed freshly renovated by Mr..
Dano, until the next day. The guests were
seated in the office conversing about the last
horse race, base ball, and Kate Sprague, when
Gene rushed in excitedly and inquired in
loud whisper if they had seen H. LOOMS
There was concert of Nos and all followed
Genes beck to see that box Gene pointed
it out and gazed upon it with 81 so worth of
interest. 1t contained four stones bedded in
cushion of smartweed The stones were like
other stones the smartweed like other smart
weed. The way the landlord scratched his
head would have been ruinous to a GOOD head
of hair. Frank Barr, wisely and sympathet-
ically asked, "Gene, did the man pay his bill?n
And Gene raveG and swore that hereafter all
transient customers should pay in advance.
Parties having smartweed and stones to trade
for board and lodging are advised to steer
clear of the Mansion House All is quiet now.
Frank Barr is watching the crossing with re-
newed interest and the feather renovater man
is thinking Of proposing TO the landlord to so
ren0yate that smartweed as TO make good
pillow ont Of it.
-Plattevillc had little excitement ov err
horse -race last Friday. Joe Shanly, Of
Mineral Point, has mare which he calls
Chestnut Oak and the Owen Wright estate
has horse called Trouble. These animals
were pitted against each other to run for
hundred dollar stake. The best 3 in half
mile heats, on a fair race, without reference
to turf rules, was to take the purse The
Betting ran high on the first heat, for the
horse was supposed to be swift footed enough
to win that, but the mare was believed to be
able TO win the race. The horse had the in
side course and on the first round, the mare
having the start crowded the horse off the
track into the corn. Thus the mare got
around first and her hackers claimed the first
heat The horse owners also claimed the
heat because it had been agreed that if any
jockeying or foul attempts were practced
the party against whom the attempts were
made, should be winner. The Judges felt
themselves in dilemma for the betting on
this heat had become of considerable more
Importance than the original purse. They
therefore declared it ''dead heat" and of
course bets would be off This dissatisfied
both parties. The mare was run two rounds
more alone and the race claimed for her
I The confusion created considerable Of row
and for time it looked like trouble. Up to
the present time the only man OF the crowd
in possession of more worldly goods than be-
I fore is the stake holder. lie still holds the
stakes for both sides.
( While the exeursionists were enjoying
/ themselves at Woodman last Thursday, rams
bling along the river and on the bill sides aud
I picnicking, lady, having procured large
tin pail at Faris's went to H. +. Walton's
and represented that she was one of the e1-
cursionists and that a Gsn in Lancaster
wished her to take with her what she could
carry of his nice honey. by agreeable talk
with the children aud with Mrs Walton over
her beautiful house plants and baby and the
1 pleasant appearance OF her home in general,
the lady engaged the confidence Of Mr. Wal.
ton aud obtained ten boxes of what she de-
clared was the best lot of honey she ever
saw. Mr.. Walton oblgingly carried the hon.
ey to the train for the lady but he has not
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