Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-23
West Grant.

Auc, there was one exception. NntH
slight touches OF frost came. On the
average May has been unseasonably
warm, and as a result vegetation is
far advanced We need showers.
Corn j. in the ground
The residents Of Bridgeport hollow
have not vet discovered the incen-
diary who fired the forest down there
The lire ran over about COO acres,
having destroyed much young tim
Der, and endangered the property Of
several farmers. The entire neigh
borhood was out fighting the flames
for several days.
Frank Calls of Lancaster is clerk
ing in Hatch Bros store. Ora
Hatch is studying pharmacy in Mil
waukee.
DR.. j Nj. Lewis. who expects to
turn over his lucrative practice here
to DR.. Allen of Glen Haven. has been
a ,eiy busy practitioner for seven
teen years. and quits country work
on account Of impaired health He
expects to take up special work IN
sone city.
Somebody should inform the war
department that mule is known to
have died here at Bloomington
Ted Sprague's old standby kicked the
bucket recently.
Sam sto:e is back from Oklahoma.
Mr.. Stone saws that the boom is so
great in Oklahoma at present that
the price of land is out of sight. So
he came home to wait until the ex-
citement subsidies little.
Mrs. J. NJ. Lewis is visiting her
daughter. Miss Bessie and Mr.. and
Mrs K. d. Walker at Lewiston.
Idaho. Bessie expects TO come home
with ner.
Our town is talking electric lights
and waterworks. We lack leader
to organize a company and start the
bali rolling. The Sawyer hollow is
near at hand and has seven large
spIings-enough water to supply a
city OF ten thousand.
Glen Haven is stirred up over a
rev last week, in which Otis WAY
and son were roughly handled by
Sam McIver and hired man. Sam
was driving some cattle through a
lare to his pasture, when WAY, who
lives at the end of the lane, objected
and tried to stop the cattle. Me-
Jser Knocked him down with a club
an, hit him several bad ticks on the
head He then settled the son who
was fighting the hired man by blow
on the head. Mr.. Way is a very old
man. and for few days it was feared
that he would not recover.
The Times was mistaken last week
when it said that DR.. NARROW was the
new treasurer of the Epworth League.
Dr. NARROW served in that capacity
the past year. and the league simply
endorsed his faithful services by a
reelection.
John Bennett Of St. Paul visited
his mother, Mrs Bennett last week
NJ. f. Woodhouse, DR.. Brooks.
Clyde Fox and Alvin and Elmer Enke
attended the May song festival at Du-
buque Friday evening.
Mrs. Carey is visiting at Lancaster.
Ray Alexander and wife were down
from Mt Hope Sunday.
The ball game here Sunday result
ed-Bloomington, 80; Cassville, ).
Capt Beebe, the veteran telephone
man, was a caller here Sunday. Cap.
is holding his own with his telephone.
Mrs. Bracket returned from visit
at Waterloo, Iowa, last week.
In an alteration between Ralph
Bailey and J. G. Parker, neighbors
residing in Patch Grove township.
the former pulled a gun and fired At
the latter. Luckily the bullet did
not find the mark. Neighbors should
not let their angry passions rise.
The season of June roses and the
sweet girl graduate is at hand
Shades of the immortals, v no
wouldn't choose to live and love ia
June? Love and the fragrance of the
flowers are two things VIII eh can not
be withheld from the humblest OF
these poor mortals by the covetous
hand of man.
Bloomington high school commence
ment June Z. There is a goodly
class Of the beautiful and the brave
The exercises aud names Of the grad
mates will be published in this column
after the important event is pulled
of. Commencement is a gala day in
our village. Our people are proud Of
our school.
Attorney Philipson went to Madi-
son To-Day to argue case before the
su RENE court
john Clegg. an old resident OF this
place, passed away Monday evening,
after long and painful illness. De-
ceased was one IF the pioneers who
came 10 this wilderness IN the early
forties and did his full share ia sub
DUNG the wilderness. Deceased was
4 native Of England and came To this
country al an early date. He went
u California in 1850. in e mpaul