Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-03-07
Additional Notes Of a Newsy Nature.

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I John schreiner was in Chicago
last week.
Adam Tanner of Sitter was IN
Lancaster Friday.
Its time for someone to see the
first robin Of spring.
Miss Mary Gunther visited friends
in Fennimore last week.
Lancaster has been exceptionally
fortunate in escaping fires this season.
viii Rindlaub Of the Platteville
Witness had business here last Friday.
&C w. Burrows is erecting a com
modious little cottage in the northern
part Of the city.
j. F. Shenk. a retired merchant
Of Montfort, was guest of Martin
Oswald few days last week.
Mrs. Art. Benn was the guest Of
her mother at Mineralpoint last week.
She returned home Friday noon.
Jacob Dasch has purchased
half interest in Sam Richards dray
line, has added another team TO the
outfit and the two win make business
fairly hum.
Some attention win be paid to
the ground hogs weather predictions
in the future. When his hogship
says there are to be six weeks Of
weather tackled onto winter. people
will know that he is right. At any
rate he has been right on his prognos-
tication this year.
A maiden fair with sun kissed
hair came tripping down the street
her face serene, her age sixteen. gee
whiz but she was sweet. On the icy
street down she came quick. with
JOLT that shook her eurls, but the
words she used must be excused, for
she's one Of our incest girls.
The ladies Of the Woman's For
eigu Missionary society win hold
their annual Thank Offering service
at the NJ f. church next sunday
evening, March 10Th, at7:30 A good
program with special music is IN
preparation. A most cordial invita-
ton IS extended to all to attend.
Mrs. NJ. H. Prideaux and child
ren took their departure NJ onday
evening, via Burlington route. for Ar
lee, Mont, where they join Mr.. Pri-
deau and take up their permanen
residence Mr.. Prideaux has pur-
chased a half interest in a general
store there, reports fattering pros
poets, and likes the country. MAY
health and happiness be with them.
"A bad freight wreck occurred At
Prairie du Chen sunday evening On
the Milwaukee road Freight train
No. 81, going west, was ditched on
stub switch at Lower Town and the
cars were badly wrecked. The engine
was thrown across the track. turned
completely over and totally wrecked
while ten freight cars were derailed
and piled in a heap. Engineer Frank
Lyme and Fireman Charles Grady
barely escaped by jumping and both
sustained bruises Brakeman Harry
Cutler had miraculous escape, be-
ing thrown from the cars underneath
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Many Of the cars and merchandise
were destroyed. The wreck is the
worst one ever known here. and the
cause is supposed to have been a mis-
placed switch, as the switch bar was
found thrown out Of place.
a Chicago man residing in biz
apartment house has been robbed two
or three times in the past year and
finally grew tired Of it and set about
devising some means of warding off
the robbers. which would not neces-
state someone remaining in the fiat
every evening. Not only does he
leave the gas lighted. but he has pur-
chased graphophone which talks in
/ loud resonant tones for time and
then throws out few remarks in a
deeper voice accompan' ned by much
laughter. The record is that Of 4
conversation between two men and
was made to order. The listener out
side Of the door of the flat would swear
two large Durly men were in the
room. aud. as the conversation is n
long one relative to the ease with
which one OF the men threw two other
men downstairs few nights before.
it is calculated 20 make a burglar
pause and reflect \ megaphone horn
is attached to the machine which in