Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-03-26
hAS'm WESTERN WISCONSIN.
NOTES FROM NElGABoRING TOWNS
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.

Items of Interest from Grant Iowa
Dane Crawford and Lafayette Counties
Cleaned from Exchanges and Condensed
for Herald Readers
Mrs. NJ. j. Smith of jamestown is
dead. She leaves husband and three
children who have the sympathy of
large circle of friends.
Owing to numerous robberies and
much pilfering in the city of Boscobel
the business men of that place are
proposing night watch.
Numerous reports have been cir
culated in Platteville rejecting on the
conduct of City Clerk A. W. Hastings.
charging him with unlawfullv with
holding moneys received for rents for
the city hall. The council published
in last weeks Witness a complete ex-
oneration of Mr.. Hastings.
Galena Gazette: The editor of
Word and Works" published in St.
Louis, Mo-, recently offered three
prizes for the best three essays on
What | have Discovered. Rev. Mr..
Challinor of Hazel Green entered the
competition with over two hundred
others, and has just been awarded the
first prize, $25.
tramp called Whitley was turned
out of the Darlington Jail Monday and
stole a ride to Gratiot on a freight
train. When he alighted at Gratiot
he had on the cons. overcoat which
he tried to sell, but didn't find pur-
chaser Then he attempted to pick
Smith Van Brunt's pockets, when
Smith gave him a sockdolager straight
from the shoulder. knocking him
fiat and sensless. When ..Whitey''
regained consciousness and found he
wasn't dead, he picked himself up
and meandered back TO the depot
where one of the yardmen recognized
the overcoat, took it from him and
gave him swift kick which landed
him several miles into Illinois
Dial-Enterprise: John Ruka cele-
brated his Goth birthday yesterday
As mark of esteem in which they
hold their venerable employer, the
workmen in connection with the es-
adjustment presented him with an
elegant upholstered chair. Mr.. Ruka
is hale and hearty and from appear
ances will live to see many return
day. At least such is our wish.
$500. Messrs Henry Achenbach and
Chas. Beimborn were victims of a
rather peculiar accident last Wednes-
day afternoon. They were engaged
in loading wagon with saw dust at
the saw mill from the immense bank
of that material, when suddenly,
without warning, it caved in from
above and enveloped them to their
necks in dust, chips and splinters, Of
which the pile was composed A
farmer in passing by on the road wit
messed the occurrence and came I'M
mediatelv to their rescue. Both were
so bound and pinioned by the great
weight about them that getting out
without assistance was impossible
They were soon extricated and aside
from few slight bruises received,
were unhurt by the thrilling expert
ence through which they passed.
Darlington Journal: viii Hogan
of this town, now at Chaldron, Neb..
writes to his brother Philip in this
city as follows: You say some peo-
pie are going from Darlington TO
Alaska Four of my friends went
there last year Three of them are
old and experienced miners, having
been in Lead City and the Black Hills
for fifteen years. They have returned
all sick of the country There is
nothing IL this boom and the people
who leave Wisconsin for Alaska are
making serious mistake. The min
ing season only lasts forty days. when
everything freezes up for the winter.
! Ont Of 210 miners who wintered in
Circle City last winter, only three or
four made more than expenses. One
Of the returned party, Mr.. Kramer,
says: i do not know the extreme
cold there. but Perry Davis Pain
| Killer which is said to CONCEAL at 40
degrees below zero, remains solid for
several weeks at time Mr.. Kramer
further says i have meyer visited
place so universally condemned by
the people who live there themselves.
One can endure hardships when there
is something in it, but when one
earns little or nothing and takes
chances of losing his life every day.
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