Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-09-12
LOCAL EXCHANGES.

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Montfort Monitor Don't fool witt
the hornet! John Whiiish, living nea
Mr.. Newell in F,nnimorc township. haC
his barn containing grain a new sci
binder, and other machinery burned NJ
this Thursday morning. The fire
was caused hy Whlish'S 'rn, youth
OF "a summers attempting 10 burn up
hornets nest under the barn II may
be In place b. add that the Young man
succeeded in completely DESTROY ing Tie
nest II hornets
Dodgeville Chronicle Oh Thursday
evening OF lssi week, dhr,h. Il iheatric-
al performance al The opera house in
this city, willie the men were shifting
the scenes some lamps "cre upset and
good blaze was started on the stage.
A rush was made for the door by II @
people present. when Fred Altenbern,
conductor on the ILL., Central road. gnt
possession Of The ,.o0r and succeeded in
restoring order, and The lire was ex-
tinguished with but little damage
MIR. Samuel Clegg, Of this city, was
the victim of an accident occurring
through The criminal carclessnes Of some
unknown person ON the far ground here
on Thursday of last week. There were
three shooting galleries ON the fair
grounds stationed in the midst of the
great throng of people present, men,
women ami children, with no protection
from the deadly missiles except some
small back. stops, which reason ought to
have suggested were insufficient both as
to size and texture to prevent accidents
The guns used were breech leaders, with
about "A inch barrels. and carrying 90
caliber conical cartridges. As Mr.. Clegg,
who is an aged man, about 20 years old,
was passing behind the target, some
person having a reckless disregard of
human life, fired al the target, and the
ball either missing the back-st0p, or
penetrating through it. struck him on
the right side of tho breast and entered
between the ribs, lodging somewhere in
the inside where il cannot he found. He
was conveyed to his home in wagon,
bleeding prOfusely, and is now lying in
a very critical condition.
Mineral Point Tribune: = Outside pa
pers have been declaring tho pearl craze
on the Sugar river full of emptiness,
neverless r l.. Roberts, of Albany;
Green county, East Saturday, sold to an
eastern buyer $50 pearls. his total find
for thirty days, for $2,7OO.
Dodgeville Sun: On Saturday as the |
afternoon freight on the G.. & N. w.
Ry. was proceeding eastward between
and Cobb, it ran into a small |
drove of calves, belonging 10 Horace
Bishop. at the highway crossing on his
farm. The railway track makes q |
carve in a cut just before the highway,
where the calves were reached. 1t was
therefore impossible TO see the calves in
time 20 stop the tram, The locomotive
struck the animals throwing them to
each side of the track ard through the
board fence coming down to the cattle
guards. OF these one was killed and
three crippled in broken legs and other
wise, so that they would need to be
killed. A fifth was thrown forward up
on the track and passed under the loco
motive. 1t was dragged some three
hundred feet and terribly mutiiated. /
1t was finally thrown TO The side of the
track. dead, The train was stopped
and backed up TO where the accident
happened. No injury was done TO the
train. There seemed to be no one to
blame but the farmer in permitting his
stock TO be in the railway track.
Darlington Journal: j. c.
Knight found The grandest pearl ever
seen in Wisconsin. probably. and one
that might shed lustre from the GEM
decked crown of royalty. IL weighs "a
grains, is at least half an inch in diam
eter with n glorious brilliancy which
proclaims it gem of the first water A
of other fine pearls have been
gathered but nothing equaling this
one
Galena Gazette:-The largest flock
of sheep over seen in this neighborhood
was driven 10 Galena Saturday evening.
There We're 3, 800 sheep in the flock and
they made pretty sight running along
the street, at times strung out for blocks
and again, when the leaders stampeded
and began their circular march, wedged
up so close that their heads were like
paving STOKES in street They raised
great clouds of dust and the on-looker
could well forgive Don Quixote for mis-
taking them for an advancing army.
They were shipped by H0lbrook Il Co.
from Great Falls, Montana, to Mr.. f.
Kuhn, Of this city.
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