Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-01-25
The Rlackade.

Galena passenger train, which left this
city Friday afternoon. was showed in
at Rewey Station and the trains on the
Madison line were in a ike plight, If
not more so, gave the reporter a point
er, and DOMINIC his sealskin coat. all
reporters have sealskin coats-in their
minds--he struck the Winding trail to
the station. 1t was a hard trip but
with some muscular exertion and cheer
ing thoughts of that bright future when
Lancaster sidewalks would be kept
clear of snow, the feat was accom-
plished,
Bringing to in front of the aperture
made for the passing out of tickets and
tossing in of questions. the scribe pro-
pounded the query:
what about the trains?n
"Oh, go back; you're worse than the
small pox."
Now this could hardly be called a
hearty welcome, but being on the out
side of the partition the reporter went
about on another tack and tried it
again.
Il understand the Galena train is
showed in at Rewey."
yes"
"Will the Milwaukee train get through
today"
Don't know
Where is the train going east?"
''They had got as far as Cobb the
last we heard from them"
Decker finding escape impossible.
arose from his voluptuous~ easychair and
knocking the ashes from his twenty-five
cent HAVANA into the silver cuspidore-
all stations on the Northwestern have
silver cuspidores-came forward smil-
ingly and unbosomed himself to the
effect that there was little prospect of
the trains getting through as the snow
was drifting badly put on the prairie.
and the cuts would be swept full.
With this, the scribe had to be content,
and after an interchange of a few mutual
remarks on the perverseness of weather
in general and this weather in particu-
lar the scribe plodded back. Another
visit later, brought out the news that
there would be no train that night as
none would leave Madison, and three
engines were bucking snow below Rewey
trying to get through to Galena, a feat
which they accomplished during the
night, by means of q snow-plow at
tachment. Sunday morning they start
ed for Madison, but going into Platte
Vile got caught with snow to the right
of them, snow to the left of them, snow
all around them, and there they stuck
until Monday when they managed to
get clear.
Frequent trips to headquarters Mon
day developed nothing but the same old
story and a disguised look on the face
of stockmen when some ventursome
individual would drive up with a load
of hogs, which he preferred to transfer
to the buyers pending the future devel-
opement of the blizzard.
Tuesday aray of lightgleamed through
in the arrival of two days mail, which
came in from Plattevillc. This gave a
little intelligence of what vas going on
outside and was a reminder of the
possibilities. Once more the scribe pes
tered the weary railroad officials only
to learn that the Galena train was some
where between Cuba City and Platte
Vile.
what is the news on the other
lineph'
1.-The snow-plow has got as far as
Ridgeway."
''Wil they get through tonight"
That depends upon the amount of
snow they find about Edmunds."
Hoping that Edmunds might draw it
mild this time for old acquaintance sake
the weary reporter beat an orderly re-
treat trying to imagine that he was the
bearer of cheerful tidings.
About eight o'clock in the evening
the welcome sound of q locomotive
whistel was heard and a few minutes
later the snow-plow came putting down
into the station. Two-thirty a. M. pas
senger arrives bringing mail for a week.
The blockaid is raised and everybody
happy and praying forno more snow.
p. S. The Galena train is abandoned
at Rewey. Fateful Rewey.