Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
REST AT LAST.


night providers have made the city thei
Jase Of operations. With a discourag
ing regularity they made their night,
visits. Evidently they we're OF the elias
that held the stomach worthy of al
gentle attention, as their depreciation
were for time confined to shops capa
BILE of furnishing nourishment to tn,
inner man as has been recounted il
previous issues of THE HERALD.
WIDE VOICED RUMoR
suggested that the skillful purveyor o.
sardines and Blue Point oysters wa,
one Nick Ames, and armed with war
rant for the arrest of this youthful des
perado the worthy city marshal sailed
forth right valiantly to surround ant
| capture him The record of that dsas
trous campaign has already been told
| Nick now states under oath or under
the rose, which may, in the young
mans reputation for veracity. amount
to the same thing, that he asked Mitch
ell to ride and the invitee accepted the
invitation, when Nick entered demur
rer which the horses sustained. How
over true may be the tale the enemy
escaped while the city forces retreated
in broken order to their defenses. Still
Nit hell laid it to his soul that he had
at least frightened the bold burglar, i
it was he, away, and this theory came
to be generally accepted.
Yet the depredations continued Will
startling continuity of plot and pur-
pose and as Nick was supposed TO be in
far distant countrie'' the absorbing
question whispered low and with bated
breath, was, Who can it be? Neighbol
eyed neighbor askance and noted the
number Of extra cigars each might have
disposed of, or lodged around the back
yard to see if any cans of freshly emp
tied sardines lay about. Amateur de
tectives multiplied amazingly. Not
only were
TIE BUSHES FULL or THEM
but the very stones in the street APP
pearcd to each hide pair of prying
eyes. Such state of things could not
long last and the county asylum not yet
done.
II seemed in vain that Mitchell came
down by seven a. M, or Jack Lane
stalkcd gloomilv through the deserted
streets at night, while malignant dry
goods boxes and murderous logs laid
skillful traps to trip the careful steps of
the guardians of the peace, and wilIfully
and maliciously rake the cuticle from
the shins of Grant county's elect.
To no purpose were these sacrifices;
the burglarous ignis fatuus continued
his diabolical misdeeds and laughed a
ghostly laugh as he noticed Jack quietly
clubbing himself in a corner, or listened
to Ora's inquiries as to the price OF
Grape.
But as in the midst of feast we are
liable to find hair in the butter so in
the midst of deyilment ray of hope
may CLEAN through. Fortunately for
Lancaster ii cleaned 1t shot its lum-
nous ray across the dark and CORY
criminal horizon in the shape of Grant
county able district attorney. Alarmed
for the fate of the city Robert brought
his well trained mind to bear upon the
difficulties of the situation and solved
the riddle. Robert is
WHOLE TEAM
with a more than ordinary canine under
the wagon when he gets started and in
tie present instance he was 'riled'
clear through. He even threatened to
give up the reading of Boccacio if a
change was not speedily effected. Hap
PLY this cup was allowed TO pass from
him.
Last Wednesday night came the cul-
minating point in this gigantic comedy
While vigilant patrols, with stealthy
step and cooked revolyers, walked theil
beats, the millinery shop of Misses
Crosby and Reynolds was entered by
the happy-go-lucky Jack Sheppard,
and between five and six dollars taken
Then becoming holder by immunity
from capture the operators made al
attack upon the county treasurer,
office. Failing in their first attempt tC
bore through, they broke the catch of ;
window and waded in. They got +,
gold dollar and their labor for theil
pains and decamped without even leav
ing their card for Louis perusal whei
his aStonished gaze wandered over In,
I evidences of the matutinal visit, anC
noted the absence of that gold dolla
that had been mined in Lancaster mud
The succeeding night Nathan's smoke
house. in which was a few hundre,
pounds Of the festive sausage known a
liverwur,t, was visited. and = generou
supply Of this toothsome delicacv re
moved to safer quarters
In the meanwhile Orr had been study
ing Robert is great on finds. tn
abnormal development Of his bump G
Imagination assisting him materially a
times. In the present instance he ha
determined 10 adopt
AN HEROIC COURSE
of treatment He would search tn
court house Whether it was inspira
ton or something else that led him t
this conclusion viii never be known bu
Robert communicated his idea to Depu
ty Sheriff Richards and finding it wa
not ''baby case" Ora gathered unit
, himself his gun and a war5ike array q
aieafS ana followed in the wake {
+ MS Ie.iow detective. Win earef,
; scrutiny and bunch Of lucifer matehe
the south wing Of the sky parlor situa