Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-05-17
The Mighty Mississippi.

and Glen Haven the stage Of water is
nearly % feet, and the damage will
reach q considerable amount at these
points. Reports further up-river and
from points on the Wisconsin and its
tributaries. indicate an additional rise Of
at least twelve inches. Should this
stage be reached the water, which lacks
but four inches Of the high water marb
Of 1880, viii force the vacation Of prop
erty on the river banks, while even now
many inhabitants are living in dwellings
the ground floors of which are but two
and three inches above the waters sur.
face. On the Newberry farm in the
town of CasSville, the water has sur
rounded all the outbuildings on the low
lands and all stock has been removed tc
high ground.
The land which last year bore an Gle
CANT crop of corn, is now vast fish
poad, fifteen feet under water, and
among the corn-stubble the nets of the
fishermen gather in the big-mouthed
croppies, the gamey pike and the slip
perry catfish. Above and below, the river
presents a scene OF wonderful beauty,
and as our chances at the water-lines on
the rugged bluffs whose surface indicates
the stage of water when the long ago
was but an infant in the arms of Time
the thought cannot be restrained:
ON Mississippi, rolling en- thy way,
Thy beauty. strength.are wonderful. sublime
But those art but tae playthng OF to-da
Thy part was King 'erall but Goda and Time"
Last week the dispositions Of four
witnesses were taken before the U. S,
circuit court commissioner, l.. j. ARTHUR,
in the case OF Jabez Thomas, formerly
of Darlington, for Interference of patent.
Some years ago Mr.. Thomas invented
a perpendicular forr bolt, aadi made
application for patent, but by some de-
lay it was not obtained at once. and in
the meantime, he Claims. lis idea was
used by another party who obtained a
patent Mr.. VIM. Carter is attorney
for Mr. Thomas, and he viii probably
succeed in proving the prior claim.
Mrs. Amelia Bayman of Sitter, visit
cd her relatives in town last week,
j. H. Nicodemus. who has been con-
fined in the county jail on charge of
embezzlement, was yesterday relies ii
upon q writ of habeas corpus.
The annual meeting Of the Lancaster
Fire Company was held last Monday
evening. The following officers were
elected: Foreman,J. NJ Hurley; First
Assistant, John Stephens; Second, f.
Graham Secretary, w. n. Stone; Treas
urer, R. Meyer Jr. The only changes
were in the trustees, DR.. L. /. Crane be-
ing elected in place of H. Buchner, and
his place Us second assistant was filed
by E. Graham.
Charles Vincent, Of British Hollow
was in. town wednesday on business
He remembered his annual visit at the
HERALD Office.
Last week man in Milwaukee came
to conductor John Zannigar apparently
in great trouble; he held three one-third
tickets in the Louisiana State Lottery.
and was anxious TO dispose of them.
MrZannigar At first refused to take one,
but finally to help tho man, agreed 10
DO so, and gave him dollar for it.
He then succeeded in disposing of one
more to another good-natured man who
was present When they entered the
car, the original holder of the tickets,
wrote their names on the backs, and
threw them together into box, wne,e
hey lay until the other day whom the
one bearing Mr.. Zannigar's M me was
jailed for as it correspondent to that
irawing the $4,000 prize. The ticket,
icing only one-third gave The lucky
'wner $1,000, which is good enough
interest on q 81. investment 10 suit any
,ody.