Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-02-09
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ana has returned to Platteville where |
he expects to engage in the study of
law.
Mrs. l. Hodges had the misfortune
to fall or the ice, at her home in this
city. on Sunday evening last, breaking
both the bones of her left wrist. DIR.
Cutler is attending her.
A collision was happily prevented
on the c. & N. w. on last Wednesday
which probably saved the lives of sever
al persons. The engine drawing the
train on which William Jacquith is
brakeman, was derailed at Montfort
during the snow blockade, and an engine
pushing a snow pillow was coming down
from Lancaster at a rapid rate of speed.
The trainmen realized that some action
would have to be taken, and that i'm
mediately, in order to avert collision.
Jacquith was ordered TO go up the track
and signal the down coming engine to
stop. Armed with a red flag and tor.
pedoes he started on bis mission. He
walked up the road about one half of a
mile, placed some torpedoes on the
track, and then walked backed a short
distance, where he stationed himself to
await the on-coming engine. La a
moment it came in sight, running at the
rate of about forty miles an hour, and
throwing cloud of snow on either side
as it ran. The torpedoes failed to ex-
plode and the engineer and fireman did
not see Jacquith, the windows of the
cab being coated with snow and ice.
When Jacquith saw that his previous
efforts had proved uuavailing, he
watched his opportunity, and as the
engine Numbered by him he hurled the
flag staff through the window of the cab,
feat difficult of accomplishment when
train is running forty miles an hour,
and the engine was stopped in time to
avert a disaster which would have
resulted seriously. 1t is said that
Jacquith will be promoted.
DOdgeville Chrouical:- union re-
vival meetings have been held in the p.
M. church in Dodgeville this week, and
are awakening lively interest. The
services have been conducted each even
ing by Rev. j. Hardcastle, of the p. Nj.
church, and Rev. r. PengiIly, of the
NJ. Z. church.
A man stole mule last Tuesday
night from the stable OF j. Ii. Wallace,
Capt. Shields railroad superintendent,
but the animal was balky and lame and
the thief labored all night with it and
had hard work to get it out of sight Of
the stable, and was obliged to leave it
tied to the fence at VIM. b. Williams.
Mr.. Wallace recovered the mule next
| day, but fears now the thief will come
on him for t;me-check for one nights
labor
Mr.. Marks, of the Marks House in
this village, received valuable addition
to his extensive cabinet of curosities,
this week, consisting of an ancient silver
wristlet and wooden halibut hook
made by Alaska Esquimaux and also
and old flint-lock Prussian horse-pstol
of unique design, which were sent him
by his friend, Gov Swneford, of Alaska.
| by the hand of DR. Harrington. of
Madison. The Esquimaux of Alaska
are said to be people of highly artistic
tastes, all their implements of ordinary
use, even, being ornamented with cary
ings of some form of man or animals or
fishes, and certainly the carvings on the
wristlet and flsh-ho0k in question bear
evidence of their skill in this direction.
A number of the men engaged in the
construction of the railroad here on
Wednesday morning struck and quit
work on account of the reduction in
wages from $1.75 per day TO 81. so.
The strikers numbered about fifty and
they tried to prevail on others to quit
work but did not succeed. The strike
will not materially interfere with the
work as it can soon be completed with
the force remaining. The Italians did
not join the strikers.
Galena Gazette A loving young
couple from near Broadhead, Wis, on
the oath ult,. went to GAINESVILLE to oct
married They arrived there on the
train at $40 Il. M, were married twenty
minutes later by justice of the peace.
and Immediately started out to enjoy
their honeymoon, with which they were
getting along nicely at three o'clock in
the afternoon, when they were run out
of town by the police for being drunk
and disorderly.
NJ. S. Robinson, of Chicago, formerly
of Dubuque, has sued an Eastern firm
for $4,000 damages for defamation of
character, the firm having accused him
of criminality in connection with grain
deal.
The new station on the Chicago, Madi-
son & Northern road, seven miles south
of Monroe, has been named Clarno, and
that will be the name of the postoffice
heretofore known as Shueys Mills.
Died
In the township OF Lancaster, Feb. 3,
1888, between ten and eleven o'clock
z. NJ, of measles; Ernest, son of VIM.
and Wilhnlnlina I.eise ared DO uea1S