Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-26

Lancaster train Thursday were forced
to spend that night and great portion
of the day following in snow drift
six miles south of Montfort The
Madison Galena train the same day
was fortunate enought to reach Mont
fort The snow that day lad not
only drifted badly but had become
thickly crusted. Friday morning
several attempts were made to send
pillow out from Lancaster to ex-
tricate the Galena- Lancaster train but
it was not until late that evening that
they succeeded in getting through.
The passengers on both trains arrived
here Friday evening. Those on the
Galena Lancaster were forced to go
without food for nearly twenty four
hours as it was impossible to get even
team to them. The day following
the track was pretty we'll cleaned on
all parts of the line AMI since then no
great difficulty has been experienced
by the railroad company.
The G. q N. W. railroad has
been criticised severely for sending
small worn out locomotives on this
division but it seems that the officials
ara experiencing difficulty with the
large engines recently purchased
for use on the main line. These
engines, it is said, have been unable
to stand the test of actual use on the
road The chief difficulty is that
they have not sufficient steam
capacity This trouble was caused by
fault in their construction. The
crown sheets are too high and there
is not enough space left above the
water for steam. When carrying a
heavy load this fault causes the
engines to fail The capacity of the
water tenders is about $500 gallons
instead of the specified $500 The
above criticisms have not been made
public by the railroad officials but
are matters Of common knowledge
among the employees.
On another page we speak Of the
Montort wolf hunters not meeting
with success Since the item was
written however one of the nimrods
has appeared in County Clerk Tuffiey 8
Office with sufficient proof that he is
entitled to the legal wolf and fox
bounty. Miles Helm, of Montfort,
was the lucky man. He brought the
carcasses of fox and a female wolf
to the court house Monday afternoon.
As the law requires the animals to
be scalped in presence of the town
chairman and the scapls sent to the
county clerk little red tape will
have to be gone through with before
Mr.. Helm obtains his twenty three
dollars bounty. The bounty hunters
are keeping busy in that section of
the county as there are still several
good sized wolves committing depreda
lions thereabouts. Joseph Chech of
Muscoda also sent proof this week
that entities him TO the fox bounty of
three dollars.
The new johannesburg comet,
called by many astronomers the most
spectacular in quarter of century,
has been visible to Lancaster people
the last few evenings but on Monday
evening the celestial wonder presented
more beautiful appearance that it had
previously. The comet looks like
flaming sky rocket. The tail points
upward and is curved prettily at the
end. Scientists state that the APP
parent length of the tail is about
eight times the apparent width of the
sun. The johannesburg comet is said
to be unusually brilliant and can be
seen Immediately after sunset; of
course it appears at its best when the
sky is perfectly dark. 1t can be
observed for about an hour after sun.
set. Many comets, it is eaid, have
obscure ed or so far from it that they
could be seen only late at night or
early in the morning. The new
comet, however, is admirably situated
AOE pOpuAdI Ooe0L NdOIOus ASOLOuOlAOAS
figure that the traveller is moving
toward the earth at about 1900, 600
miles day.
The sad news was received here
Monday evening telling of the sudden
death that afternoon of Joe Sitter, a
former Lancaster boy who for the past
year had been living in Freeport, I'll.
The dispatch received by his brother
Ora merely stated that he had been
accidentally killed in Chicago while
engaged in his duties as brakeman
on the Illinois Genital A lie tier the
following morning confirmed the
telegram but gave no further details.
! In Yesterdays Chicago Tribune ap-