Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-10

der, with whom he had gotten slightly
acquainted, and asked for work. Mr..
Calder told him that they were not in
need of help but there was an extra
spade and pick on the dump that he
could use and to go down in the ravine
pointing to a particular place, and try
prospecting The man did as he was
told to do and in a few days found
some nice float mineral Mr. Calder
| then advised him to go up the hillside
little way and sink mole. This he
did, and when only few feet below
| the surface, opened up fine prospect.
1t soon became known that the hog
merchant had struck some good dig
gings. Daniel May, mining specula-
5000 for half interest in his prospect.
In the meantime the hog merchants
son came from their home down in
Illinois and told dad that nam wanted
him to come home. He didn't like the
idea of parting with his claim but if
the wife wanted him to come he con-
prospect for $500 in gold. This was
on a Saturday morning. Potosi in
those days, like all the mining camps,
contained lot of gamblers ready to
fleece the miners out or their money.
Sundays were the chief gambling days
The gamblers formed plans to entice
the hog merchant into playing cards,
believing him to be an easy victim,
but these well-laid plans were frus-
trated. Greene Dandy, we'll known
and honest man, was doing freighting
with teams between Potosi and Galena
Mr.. Kaltenbach told the hog merchant
that Bandy was going to Galena Mon
day morning to get freight for him
and that it would be good chance for
the hog merchant to get on his way to
his home. Mr.. Kaltenbach advised
the son to go and see Bandy and offer
him a sovereign to take the father and
son to Galena Sunday morning instead
of waiting until Monday. Mr.. Bandy
readily consented to do so, and early
| Sunday morning he was on his way to
Galena with his passengers while the
gamblers were waiting for the hog
merchant to beat him out of his money
Mr.. Bandy saw to it that the man and
son secured passage on the Frink and
Walker stage coach to reach their
heard of the hog merchant in Potosi
No doubt he reached home safely and
with mann enjoyed the fruits of his
hog sales and mining venture"
"In early days Potosi contained
many hard and rough characters
Among them were two brothers, Sam
uel and Henry Redman, and they were
terrors They lived in Dutch Hollow
in log cabin opposite to where the
owned by st. Andrews congregation
for auto parking. They had been sue
cessful in mining and freely spent the
money in intoXicants and always look
ing for trouble. 1t was in June 1855
that Buckley's large One-ring circus
then the only kind on the road, came
to Potosi and pitched their tent on the
corner of North and White streets. w
H. Hunt many years afterwards built
fine residence on this lot The cir
Gus tent overflowed with people and in
the crowd were the Redmans cursing
and swearing and defying everybody
casting slurs at lady performers and
jeering the clowns. Their conduct be-
came so abusive that forbearance
ceased to be a virtue and two clowns
walked out of the ring and each took
| hold of a Redman and yanked them
out of the tent and fought them all
the way down the street TO the Lewis
corner where the Redmans ran for
home The clowns returned to the
tent and went along with their fun
making as though nothing had occur
red to mar their pleasure. The Red
mans ceased to think they could bully
the world after getting the licking
they got at the hands of the clowns.
Both died here in their young man
hood. The clowns were Dan Rice and
Warren Daley, both famous in the cir
Gus ring. Warren Daley came to Po-
tosi few years after the above Incl
dent, and conducted a saloon and ten
pin alley in frame building between
the present city hall and the Hender-
son, now Durley building. Daley while
here related how he and Dan Rice had
| held whispered conversation in the
ring to step out and silence those row..
dies and how they got them out of the
tent and didn't give either one of the