Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-11-26

anu aitnOugn 1uliy lntenueu last week
to shake the dust of Beetown from my
feet, am still here, circumstances over
which ! had no control compelling me
to remain while longer in this lively
town. / started out as per programme
to seek fresh fields and pastures new,
but was driren back, and here still
remain. 1t happened in this wise: l
had not left the place more than mile
behind when | heard, issuing from q
cornfield was passing, songs Of prayer
and praise-and very joyful songs at
that. | stopped to listen; drew near as
l became more Interested, and at last
was compelled to sing out loud
"Amen.'' when found myself in the
same predicament as Tam O'Shanter,
for ''Out the hellish legion sailed, = con-
sisting of half a dozen able-b bodied
young men, led by Clint and James
the Comical. and pelted me with corn
until | took to my heels, and never
stopped until | landed safely again I'M
der the protecting walls of Fort Dead
fall. And here / still remain. There
are now two rest-your-aunts and a
clearinghouse in town, and lots of old
vacant buildings, and / am we'll fixed
and propose to remain here, taking an
occasional trip to other towns to gather
up items for your readers. But l shall
never forget that 'seance' on Blake's
Prairie.
learn that upon last Monday more
than thirty teams were engaged in haul
ing ore from the Ross mines, and they
hope to complete their job this week.
In personals we note visit from Mr..
Frank Chalders. of British Hollow, for
the last few days. Mr.. p. Stephens was
here upon Sunday; also Mr.. G. Engler,
Of Cassville.
Mr.. j. Rockefeller, former resident,
was seen on our streets Sunday in a
very confused state of mind. He found
his former residence all right, but the
shop on the corner lot was missing.
Said he had rented it to Amos. but il
appeared TO him that the site was now
occupied by new building, in which
the firm of Tongue, Triple & Pigs Feet
appeared to be doing business, from the
sign over the door. 1t was explained
to him that it was the same old shop,
and that it was notice that those arti-
cles were for sale therein. The fact is,
the building was 50 plastered ever with
signs that Rocky didn't know his own
but when be "got located" he dashed
up the stairs and collected three months
rent in advance, in short order, and
made an appointment for another visit
Feb. %, 1886. We shall be glad to wei.
come him, as he left dime for the
Tramp
Messrs. Stephens & Bonham started
with a drove of seventy-five hogs fol-
LdHCdSleT Oh MOuudy.
Mccoy Bros. have rented their store
building and sold their stock to Mrs.
Anna Bonn, who leaves for Dubuque
this week to purchase new goods.
Several of our laboring men have
gone to the river to work on the rail
road. They will probably fiud it harder
work than sitting around bar-room
stoves; but it is to be hoped they will
hold out faithful until the road is CON-
pleted.
Mrs. Hannah Stevens, of Colorado, is
visiting with Mrs. Blewett, her sister,
and other relatives.
w. G. Beer. may be seen on our
streets at present, working as agent for
THE HERALD.
Listen my children, and you shall hear
OF the mdn ght ride Of Paul Revere.
No, it wasn't him, but it was two chaps
from our village who took a bareback
ride to Lancaster, last Friday night, to
capture some crooks who had stolen O
lady's cloak from one of the CROUCH
riders But they didn't make any
prisoners 10 speak OF, and they didn't
recover any cloak, until they got back
again about two o'clock the next morn
ing, when they found there had been nc
theft committed, and that the garment
was right where the owner had left it.
and owing to ''lapse of memory" had
forgotten that little fact and came tc
the conclusion it had been stolen by
some honest men who were returning
from Cassville through Beetown to Lam
caster. So much for hailing from the
wrong end of the route. Meanwhile,
those active detectives are taking theil
meals standing, doing most of theil
sleeping in perpendicular position,
and highly indignant if asked to "take
chair How they fixed it up with
the Lancaster boys we have not vel
learned.
There will be the usual Thanksgiving
ball here this Thursday night.
On the day that NJ. Isaac Shepard
discovered the loss of his money, some
weeks ago, it was whispered about
quietly that an insurance agent, an edi.
tor and deputy sheriff were all seer
prowling about that neighborhood
There were three sets of very deep and
long-drawn signs of relief heard wher
it became known that the thief hac
been traced to river city, and the fail
fame of those gentlemen was cleared
from suspicion.
Teams and men pass through oul
village frequently to work on the new
railroad Your correspondent proposes
to visit that internal improvement mex
week, beginning at the city of Cassville
and will try to take copious-notes o.
what he sees. Until then, will endeayol
to keep track of the happenings here
TRAMP.
DEATH OF Mrs. SCHNEIDER Acting
upon what appeared to be reliable in
formation, we sometime since alluded
to the death of Mrs. Schneider, of Pc
tosi, as suicide, but later evidence un.
doubtedly verifes the following from
The Dubuque Times: ..The funeral O