Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-03
Mrs, VIM. Hauk of Cassville
was caller Yesterday.


school duties Tuesday in1 the Henry
Wiesbenner district after a two
weeks vacation.
Guests at w. J. Eberhardt's
first of the week were Mr. and Mrs.
r. L. Mcbride of Minneapolis, Mr..
and Mrs. Nadab Eastman of Platte
vile and Claude Eastman of
KeosOnkna, IA.
Sixteen carloadsI of live stock
went from Lancaster yesterday, a
special train being required. Place
Bros. & Jerrett and Moore & Ray
had s; EdsAustin %; j. G. Bailie 2;
Lester Hickok 3; gW. H. Welsh 1;
VIM. Gates 1. Seven carloads more
are billed to go today.
The Northwestern aroad is pre-
pared to fight snow drifts better
than ever at this send of the line
this year. An immense snow plow
attached to a gondola ballasted with
sand designed to be pushed in front
of locomotive is Gin readiness
The weight ofithe car :and plow is
80 tons.
After having run his engine
past eight stations at the rate Of
sixty miles an hour without single
stop, the Chicago Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad officials had Engineer
Chas M. Warrenlremoved from his
cab at GAINESVILLE. It was found that
the man had gone insane and after
being examined he was sent to
Mendoza asylum. Warren sent his
train down grade and around
curves, throwing passengers from
their seats, stopping only at places
where there were no stations.
"A German traveller who tried to
pass a meal ticket on a North
western train the other day was
told by the conductor that he would
have to pay the regular fare of
thirty-fve cents. Thel German
argued and refused to pay more
than twenty-five cents, whereupon
the conductor stopped the train and
put him off. In a twinkling the
traveller ran ahead Of the engine and
started to walk the track. The
engineer blew his whistle violently,
but the irate German turned, shook
his fist and called out: you can
vissel all you want to; Iisvont come
pack"
The annual distribution of
vegetable and flower seeds by the
department of agriculture COM
menced at Washington December
1st, and before planting time it is
estimated that the entire amount of
80, 0O0,0 900 packages will be in the
hands of the people in all sections
of the country. Congress has for
several years appropriated 1920, OOOj
for this purpose, but part of the
amounts is for foreign experiment
work. Most of the. seeds are sub
ject to the order of senators and
representatives for distribution
among their constituents, the secre-
tary of agriculture reserving one
fifth of the entire amount to supply
the statistical crop correspondents
and the lweather bureau ard for
other purposes.
-Galena is to have new town
clock completed by April. It is to
be in the tower of the new high
school building. This clock will
cost 81, $50 and will be a model
piece of mechanism, up-to-date in
every respect, and will stand the
wear and tear of years to come.
The clock will strike the hours and
half hours and will run for eight
days without winding. The weights
and pendulum will be very power
full. The dials, Of which there will
be three, will be composed of the
finest glass. The bell is to be of
the very best material and is to
weigh 1900. The massive bell will
toll out the hours and half hours,
loud enough to be heard in almost
any quarter of the city.
The slaughter OF deer in Wis
consin during the recent open season
was greater by probably 1000 than
during the open season a year ago.
The total number of deer shipped
during the season of 1904, as shown
by the shipping stubs returned to
the office of the game warden at the
capital was 3,704. Calculating the
large number that were killed in the
woods by local hunters and never
taken on the railroads, there were
fully 800 deer killed. This year