Richland Republican and Observer

Richland Republican and Observer
July 5, 1883
Page 8, Columns 2 & 3
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--Major F. Halleck, of the United States army, is taking the census of the Winnebago Indians of this State, in order that they may get an annuity coming to them from the United States. Major Halleck calculates that there are about 1,100 of these Indians in the State.

--A fatal accident occurred last Thursday morning on the Northwestern bridge between Sparta and Norwalk. One span was weakened by the late freshets and it fell under the weight of a freight train, the engine going into the stream. The fireman was scalded to death.

--A shooting affray at the Knobs, a couple of weeks ago, resulted in so frightening Mrs. Demby that she died in a few minutes. The shooting did no other mischief as far as we could learn.-- Arena Star. Just as though the frightening to death of a woman wasn’t enough.

--A farmer’s team in Milwaukee, Saturday became frightened by a band of music and dashed through a procession of school children on Forest Home avenue, trampling down the little ones. The driver received fatal injuries, one girl was killed and ten others more or less hurt.

--A general feeling of uneasiness seems to prevail in the grain and provision markets, and prices are on a continual decline. Several failures have occurred in consequence of the tumble in prices in Chicago. Milwaukee shares in the panicky situation, but as yet no failures have been reported.

--The train will leave here this (Wednesday) morning at 6:30 and return at 8:30. Persons intending to take the train this morning will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. The change is only for this morning and is to enable those coming here to celebrate the Fourth of July to arrive in time.

--The decision of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad to build a line to Redfield, Dakota, has created the regulation boom at that place. Real estate jumped up 300 per cent, on the announcement of the railway’s decision. Redfield is where the Misses Mary Jarvis and Lizzie Luten have gone to keep a hotel.

--The annual exhibition of the Boscobel Agricultural and Driving Park Association will be held in that city commencing October 1st and continuing four days. Among the judges announced we find the following Richland county people: Joseph Elliott, Port Andrew, neat cattle; Mrs. E. Carson, Richwood, vegetables.

-W. E. Alexander has sold out his interest in the history of this county, to a Springfield, Illinois, company, who will go on and complete the work. We understand that this company will make it a fuller and more complete history than Mr. Alexander intended to. A number of canvassers will be here soon to work up the field more thoroughly.

-- The Grant county Herald says that a monument to the late J. Allen Barber, ex-member of Congress from the old Third district, has been erected at Lancaster and presents a grand appearance. The granite fitly commemorating the stern and rugged virtues of he who rests beneath. It is a becoming tribute to the love and reverence borne by the living to the noble dead.

--George H. McClintick, who went from this county to Creighton, Nebraska, last fall, has returned to make a short visit. He was in town on Monday and made us a call. He reports the colony of Richland county people who went to that section of Nebraska during the past year, as highly pleased with their new location. Mr. McClintick will return in a week or two.

--Ed. E. Fowler, of this village, graduated at the Whitewater normal school at the close of the present term, where he has been taking a three year’s course. At the commencement exercises he delivered an essay on "How Witchcraft Died," which is highly spoken of. The Whitewater Register says: Mr. Fowler is a solid man physically, and mentally and his oration was a solid and substantial one.

--There has been discovered near Lancaster a large quarry of stone, different from and superior to any building stone yet found in the vicinity. It is of a light gray color, very fine grained, sufficiently hard for all building purposes and cuts and polishes beautifully. A small specimen was sent to State Geologist Chamberlain for examination, and he has made a very favorable report on it.

-There have been a great many rumors extant about the finding of the lost child of Honey Creek. Some claiming that it was found in a swamp, others in a brush pile, etc., but it has not been found. These rumors were started by Mr. Schwanke, the father of the child, going to Madison to consult a clairvyant and prevoyant or extatic waking visioned person, who informed him that the child was lying on a bog in the middle of the above named swamp, and would be dead by the next day. This was ten days after the child had disappeared..--Spring Green News.

The Crops
The immense rainfall in May and the first half of June, and the consequent cool weather had a bad effect on corn, but the warm growing weather of the past ten days has had its effect and it has grown very rapidly. The time has been in this county when corn was tasseling out by the Fourth of July. This season it is not on an average over knee high at this time. It is backward and no mistake, and unless July and August shall prove hot months and the frosts long delayed in the fall, the crop will be exceedingly light in this county and throughout the State. Those who keep a record say that at the present time the stand of corn is about the same as last year, taking one field with another. Wheat, oats, barley, grass, etc., are promising--never was better in the county. The growth is uncommonly fine. Some pieces of wheat will be cut next week, and by the week following the harvest will be quite general. Haying has already commenced.

Postal Money Orders
On Monday the new rate of fees went into effect. The fees hereafter will be: On orders not exceeding $10, 8 cents; exceeding $10 and not exceeding $15, 10 cents; exceeding $15 and not exceeding $30, 15 cents; exceeding $30 and not exceeding $40, 20 cents; exceeding $40 and not exceeding $50, 25 cents; exceeding $50 and not exceeding $60, 30 cents; exceeding $60 and not exceeding $70, 35 cents; exceeding $70 and not exceeding $80, 40 cents; exceeding $80 and not exceeding $100, 45 cents.
Orders to the amount of $300 will be issued at one time if desired, payable to the same payee from the same remitter.

Killed by Lightning.
Last Saturday evening, during the terrible storm, Martin Christianson Staflein, of the town of Coon, and a young man in his employ, whose name we could not learn, were killed by lightning. Mr. Staflein was struck on the head, but there were no marks whatever on the young man. They had just put their teams away, and were killed while going from the barn to the house--Viroqua Censor.

Frightened to Death
Mrs. Demby, a woman living in the northeast part of Dodgeville, was frightened to death according to the statements of physicians. Goods stolen by her two boys were found on the premises. The boys were arrested before Mrs. Demby, and she fell down dead. The boys were secured after a lively tussel, during which several shots were fired.