Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-01-21

er until New Years; the roads were
some muddy, but it was easy getting
around. New Years evening it began
to spit little snow, the wind turned
around northeast, and before 0 p. NJ.
the wind was blowing a gale and it Just
came down in blocks and sections.
Tuesday, the 4th, it cleared up and
thawed some that day and next.
Wednesday it was warm, the wind be-
ing in the south, but about II o'clock p.
NJ, on Wednesday night. the northwes-
ter came in all its fury, and with it a
much lower temperature. For, as the
first storm had been but very little be-
low the freezing point, the last was in
tensely cold The storm has prevailed
Sc hours, but is abating somewhat now.
There are you see some colder places
than Grant county--some worse ones.
But these Nebraskans say billiards are
always followed by big corn crops, and
if we should have one proportionate to
the severity of this, | think we can
count on about 200 bushels to the acre.
Zip -woo-oo! it goes, the sparks
lily, the very corn-stalks are shivering
with cold. The family dog is whining
at the door to come in, his Jaws frosted
up as though he had been playing on a
jews-harp, his mouth is twisted around
until verify believe he is one of Tom
Watson's breed of dogs.
Corn here has been an excellen crop.
Mr.. j. w. Dickinson, of Waverly, in
formed me New Years day that he had
just finished picking one piece of his
corn that went y bushels to the acre;
but that is above an average. 80 or go
bushels being nearer an average. al
though it is said that Cass is the best
county in the state.
We shall have the Northern Pacific
railroad with station within two or
three miles of US this year 1t will take
off of the main line at Weeping water
and run west to Lincoln. Bat as this
road is in Jay Gould's system and the
Wabash has its present western term
mus at Shenandoah in the opposite
county in Iowa, Fremont, it is sup
posed that this is to be the extension of
the trunk line of the Wabash into Neb-
raska by bridging the Missouri from
Iowa division opposite the lower part
of Cass county, Neb., and following the
grade of Weeping Water creek to its
head, thence along near the line of a
short road to Lincoln. 1t is also
said that the G.. & N. w. railroad com
pany are to extend their track to Lin
coin from FreepOrt, 50 that | suppose
when the gap is filled between Galena
and Savanna, your people can 90 direct
from Lancaster to Lincoln, or ship corn
from there for about Is or Is cents per
bushel to your city. The old c., B. &
q. railroad, in running up on the cast
shore. are going to do US all heap OF
good-they are squirting the other fell
lows, the Rock Island, c., NJ. & St. P,
and the G. 81 n w. to run into their
i system here in Nebraska, which is all
right, as it helps us here and in Grant
county too. The B. q NJ. or O., B. &
/ O., all the same as that old Boston com
pany own the whole; will charge US As
much. or nearly as much, to put load
of corn onto the c., NJ. & St. p. or G..
| & n. w. tracks at the Bluffs as they
would to haul it to Chicago, which is
all o. k, as all the rest. Northern Paci-
/ lic included. are running against their
1 system here, and of course the Quincy
is not going to shove freights right out
/ side their line of road to systems that
i they have no joint freight-rate with, at
a local rate on a 81 mile run, the dis.
/ lance from Greenwood to the Bluffs,
when they have no interest in the haul
1 ing after it goes from the Bluffs east
ward To make it palmer they won
shove u load Of corn on to the other
side ut or 8 cents per 100 The
local rates are 50 that they may just as
well haul to Chicago or St. Louis for sc
cents per 100. This situation, however,
is to our benefit. as it is an invitation
to the others TO strike into the c., b. &
@. system on this side the Missouri
river. j
| went down to Waverly Tuesday
morning, after being snow bound three
days at my wife's brothers. ID. Cool
ey's. met our old friend Major Pierce
on he platform en- route to Lincoln
His first word was, "Well, Mr. W, how
is John, meaning General Calls, hi'
old associate in the army. Major i:
about to be relieved Of the register {
office, he says, by n Democrat, and he
is going down to Burnett to start :
bank. also met my old friend, Ed
Esterbrook, from Gundy county, Iowa
who came in New Years day He hac
very many inquiries to make abou
Grant county pcople-changes there
&c. He came over to see his brothe
John. who is very low. | went in tt
see him, but he was so low that he die
not recognize me. He can survive bu
short time. also met an old towns
man, the singing teacher Harris, from
Washburn, who is at p esent residen
of Waverly. shall go up to Lincoln
next week, TO attend to some business
and call on some more of our Gran
county friends. | have had hard worl
to attend TO my few head Of cattle. a:
the last blizzard was the worst storm
, ever saw. Even the feeding cattle stan,
, still, bumped up and huddled together
and the hogs-well.they are showed IN
r der.
Corn is cheap here, II and Is cent