Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-08-15
LOCAL EXCHANGES,

day one end of The furnace OF the lin
Works in this city fell in, compelln;
the establishment To shut down for re
pairs, which will take up from -four Il
six weeks. This is the first stoppage o
any kind the Works have had for abou
ten months, all OF which time they hay,
been running day and night.
Mineral Point Democrat The pres
ent output Of the mineral range on th,
Ross land, just north and east of Oh,
residence Of viii s. Ross, in this city
furnishes good evidence thai the mine.
in this vicinity are only partially devel
oped. Twenty years ago many miners
supposed that every valuable sheet oi
ore in this range had been thoroughly
worked; but to-day there is scarcely q
richer piece of mining ground in south.
western Wisconsin. The ores obtained
are blackjack, drybone and lead, and
these in good paying quantities. Al
tho shaft where William Cornelius,
Winfield Davis, and James Polglayse
are working sheet on tribute, for vii
liam Perry, large quantity Of the
thickest blackjack ever mined in the
Mineral Point district can now be seen
on the surface.
Prairie du Chen Uni0n:-On Satur-
day last about A. p m. while the work
man, employed in driving piles on Law
ler's pontoon bridge were raising a pile
from The water, preparatory TO driving
it, in some way the pile slipped and
swung round, striking Joe Loomis and
Joe DuChien, and knocking them both
into The water. The injured men were
taken to their homes and upon examin-
alton it was found that DuChien had
three ribs broken and was terribly
bruised other wise. While Mr.. Loomis
escaped with severe bruises on the chest
and limb Mr.. DuChien died the fol-
lowing day from the effects of his iniu-
ries and was buried on Tuesday at the
Catholic church. The Aetna fire Co,
to which he belonged, turned out in I'M
form. Deceased leaves wife and one
child to mourn his untimely death. Mr..
Loomis is rapidly recovering from his
injuries.
Dali Monday night burglars made
quite raid ON the neighboring village
of Sun Prairie. The general store OF
George Maloney was entered by break
ing pane of glass out OF real
window, and all the knives in the cut
lery case except two were taken, beside
eight or ten pairs of shoes and several
revolvers. The total haul here reached
abont 500. A pane of glass in the
front door of Gilbert & Robbs meat
market was broken out and two shot
guns and rifle purloined from the in
terror. The saloon of l. Reddeman
was entered in the same manner as the
market and small amount of change
taken, while some liquor was carried of
from p. b. Koltes' saloon, which was
entered through the rear door, it being
pried open. The thieves are unknown.
Galena Gazette. Willie, the 1l-year-
old son of Henry Bergman, had mar
row escape from being burned To death
yesterday afternoon through the foolish
action of an aged lady who had failed
TO profit by the old-teld story of wha
kerosene can do when loaded The
boy was assisting Mrs. Casey, sister
of the late Father Farrelly, who has re-
Gently moved TO Galena, in her house
hold duties and together they were en-
deavoring to light a fire in the kitchen
stove. As the fuel would not ignite.
Mrs. Casey brought the Kerosene can
and poured n liberal portion of its con
tents on the wood The hoy naain
touched = match 10 The fuel aud in Al
instant was envelop.d in flames which
were suppressed with the grrat,.l difli-
Guilty, The little fellows face and n,..k
were terribly burned and for 'ime he
suffered intense pain, but is resting easy
to-day The old lady was not injured
and no property was deslro, ed.