Richland Republican and Observer

Richland Republican and Observer
December 6, 1883
Page 8, Cols. 1, 2 & 3
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--Everything and everybody is now regulated by the new time except the sun which goes poking along in the old way.

--Mr. W. W. Talyor, of Forest City, Iowa, has been visiting his brother, H. M. Talyor, of this village, during the past few days.

--James Lewis, formerly district attorney in this county, was elected county Judge of Greeley county, Nebraska, at the last election.

--Numerous persons came form a distance to spend Thanksgiving with friends. Richland Center turkey is evidently appreciated.

--Carl T. Morris, of Viola, who has been at home spending a few weeks, has returned to Evansville, Rock county, where he is attending school.

--P. R. Long, of Ash Ridge, on Tuesday sold to. A. H. Krouskop an eight months hog that weighed 290 pounds. Pretty good for a soft corn year.

--Warmer and more beautiful weather than has prevailed during the past week has never been seen in this latitude at this late season of the year.

--There will be preaching at the chapel near Bowen’s Mills by Rev. Jacob Manks, next Saturday evening and Sunday morning and evening.

-I. W. Bradshaw and his clerk passed through here Monday on their way to Chicago to buy a stock of goods for Mrs. Bradshaw’s store at Spring Valley.

--Delegates to the Irish National League Convention which meets in Milwaukee on the 12th inst., will be carried on the railroads for one and one-fifth fare.

--The windows of the stores begin to suggest Christmas, and a multitude of infant lips are suggesting Christmas every day and dreaming of Santa Claus every night.

--A pair of horse blankets were found near the residence of J. D. Dosch on the fancy Creek road Tuesday, and left at this office for identification by the owner.

--O. B. Olmsted and wife, of Chicago, and Mrs. Shue and son, of Beloit, spent Thanksgiving with the families of H. B. Allen and J. W. Burnham, of this village.

--Dr. Baxter will to go to Milwaukee on Saturday morning to buy stock and will remain there till the middle of the next week. His dentist rooms will be closed during his absence.

--Lee Downs, son of Judge Downs, of this village, who has been living in Sioux City, Iowa, for the past three or four years, came home to spend Thanksgiving, and visit his parents and friends.

--Thanksgiving was very generally observed here although the business houses were not closed. Union services were held at the Presbyterian church and there was a large congregation present. The sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Tull, pastor of the Methodist church, and is highly spoken of by those who heard it, as being able, practical and eloquent.

--The twelfth annual meeting of the State Grange will open in the senate chamber at Madison next Tuesday, the 11th inst., and will continue throughout the week. It is understood that the meetings will all be secret, with the exception possibly of that of Wednesday afternoon, when addresses will be delivered by Gov. Rusk, Prof. Henry of the state university and Prof. Whitney of Michigan.

--At the masquerade ball given in this city last Thursday evening the Misses Ella Wannamaker and Becca Carson were costumed in dresses made up of newspapers. Miss Wannamaker represented the Dial and Miss Carson represented THE REPUBLICAN AND OBSERVER, of Richland Center.--Boscobel Dial. Sensible young ladies indeed. This paper extends thanks for the compliment.

--The Prairie du Chien Courier says that a cyclone passed southeast of that city last Sunday night doing great damage to property in its course. An old lady who was living alone was killed, her skull being split open, and when the body was found was frozen stiff. The force of the cyclone was such as to hurl a wagon against a foundation knocking it down and letting the wagon pass into the cellar.

--A district convention of Good Templars will beheld in Temple of Honor hall in this village, commencing next Monday and continuing two days. Mr. Cleghorn, of Clinton Junction, District Deputy, will be present. A public meeting will be held in the Baptist church Monday evening, which will be addressed by Mr. Cleghorn, who is described as being "one of the best speakers out." Everybody invited to attend the public meeting.

--The Vernon County Censor says that Constable Goodelll went to Faribault, Minnesota, and arrested Cyrus Glenn, who, with Edward Ellsworth, is charge with forging Wm. Silbaugh’s name to a promissory note. Ellsworth went to La Crosse in custody of Sheriff Pollard, and plead guilty in circuit court. Ellsworth is a native of Richland county and was arrested for the crime mentioned at the home of his step-father in the town of Eagle.

Runaway Accidents
While coming home from his farm, a few days ago Ed. Krouskop was unceremoniously pitched out of his buggy into a pile of brush and had his face and head badly scratched, but luckily escaped serious injury. He was driving his spirited team at a lively rate and was not keeping a good lookout ahead. He nearly ran against a team going in an opposite direction and in turning out to one side suddenly to avoid a collision one of the wheels of his buggy went into a deep rut upsetting it and throwing him out as stated. The team then ran away and smashed the buggy up badly.
Dr. Mitchell met with a somewhat similar accident while returning from visiting a patient last Saturday night. When coming down the big hill near the Moroney farm in the town of Dayton, his sulky struck a stump and tipped over, throwing him out on the frozen ground with great force, stunning him for a moment and bruising him in a number of places. He was entangled in the lines and his horse dragged him a rod or before he got loosened. The horse finding itself freed, of course, ran away and scattered the sulky and harness indiscriminately along the road. The doctor was compelled to walk home, a distance of three or four miles. When he reached home he found his horse had made much the best time.

Gorgeous Sunsets
The magnificence of the sunsets for two weeks past have attracted the attention and admiration of all throughout the country, and the result of an investigation by scientists is being awaited with very pronounced expressions of interest. It is not difficult to imagine the glare that continues long after the sun disappears below the horizon, coming from some awful great fire. Not only in America has the phenomenon been witnessed, but England has observed it, the only difference being that the brilliant glow lasts longer there than on this side of the water. It has been suggested that the display was due to the reflection of the sun’s rays from a cloud of meteoric dust. To sustain this position, it is urged the meteors have been lately seen in unusual quantities, and that the earth has just passed through the November belt of meteors.