Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-18
Bloomington.

MISS Juila hlekmaSter has returned
from Dakota, where she has been
spending several months with her
brother and friends.
Pitt Jacco has secured position in
drug store at Racine and is already at
work. Pitt served three years in l.. d.
Holford's drug store and passed an
examination before the State Board of
Pharmacy, and is qualified to fiji any
position in that line.
A change has occurred in the we'll
known business firm of Manger and
Spencer. whereby, Mr.. Spencer ratires
from blacksmithing and takes charge
of the new music store recently opened
by Ii. Aldrich of Sterling, ILL., MIR
Spencer is a good musician and an hon
est conscientious man in what ever he
undertakes and we believe he viii sue
coed in his new venture.
Al. O'Neil, travelling salesman for
commission house in Chicago, spent
Sunday with bis family in tins place.
DIR. Lewis and wife spent couple of
days last week in Lancaster, Mrs
Lewis visited her friend Mrs. j. }.
Humphrey.
While Mr.. Council and wife were
attending church services last Sunday
night, their team, which was hitched to
post near the church, became fright
ened at something and broke loose and
did some lively running for few min
utes. They finally ran between lamp
post and fence and were caught, after
demolishing the lamp and breaking the
buggy. Fortunately no one was iDiur-
ed
Mrs DR.. Orr of Mt. Hope. accompa-
MED by two of her children, spent
Sunday among her many friends in
Bloomington.
Messrs. Spencer and Aldrich drove
over to the Hub last Friday. They
went on business connected with the
new music store.
Our new Elgin butter factory will
begin operations next Monday. We
understand an expert butter maker
from Elgin will open the factory and
will instruct some man here whom the
stock holders shall select, in the meth
DDS of making this high grade butter.
We believe it viii ke profitable en-.
terprise to the farmers who are inter-
ested
Mr.. Anthony Abrahams of Mt. Hope,
came over on business Monday. lie
was accompanied by bis daughter
Ethlyn.
II. Aldrich and wife of Sterling, H.,
who have been spending several weeks
here, returned 10 their home on Tues
day.
A little excitement was raised last
week among some of the church people
because one Of our ministers, while
preaching on "Inspiration, said that
he believed some of the things told in
the Old Testament were allegories and
not to be taken literally and were there
to teach us some great lessons, such as
the books of Jonah and Job. The fol-
lowing Sunday the other ministers en-
deavored to prove that every word
should be taken literally, and that
Jonah really occupied the interior of
the great fish for three days.
Mrs. Sam Kitto is in Palmyra visit
ing her mother Mrs. John Higgins.
Her sister Mrs. Schutt of Minneapolis,
visited there at the same time.
A number Of our citizens are prepsr-
iDg to visit the Worlds Fair the coming
month. A few have already visited |
the white City" aud report it in an
unfinished condition as yet, many of
the exhibits being still in the boxes.
Chas. Pierce has purchased the old |
creamery property, and will remodel |
the building into dwelling house
MARY Ann