Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14
News from Two Flourishing
Villages of the County.
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Letters of More Than Passing
Interest.
BLOOMINGTON.

we have been having considerable
November weather, where it should
have been September and October;
but even at that the people Of this
country have no particular kick
coming, as the poor folks way over
in the northwest and across in
Canada have been having snow
storms for some time now. Our lati-
tude is not so bad after all. The gen.
eral prediction is for an early and hard
winter. All signs indicate as much.
So get up big pile of firewood and be
prepared for it.
Geo. Foster, the circus man, is home
for the winter season. He left Reno
& Alvord at Kankakee, Ill.
Several more fines have been added
to the general fund lately, for drunk
enness and disorderly conduct, princi-
pally.
w. G. Mauger and family departed
for Platteville Monday, where they
will reside in the future. Mr.. Mauger
is engaged in his regular occupation of
blacksmithing there. Drayman Pitts
of that city came over to remove his
household effects.
Messrs. A. J. Frazier of this city,
VIM. Leighton of Little Grant, r. c..
Bennett of Glen Haven and Ed Glenn
of Wyalusing, county commissioners,
and John Harris, Albert Schreiner and
VIM. Patterson, the town board, met
here Friday to receive bids for macad
amizing forty-two rods of roads this
side of the iron bridge across the Nc
Avoy stream northwest of town. 0. j.
Days bid of S12 per rod was the lowest
offer for road twelve feet wide, said
road to contain six inches of coarse
rock for foundation, to be covered
by four inches of gravel. The only
other proposition was made by l.. S.
Sawyer, $3.50 per rod. Both bids
were rejected and town and county are
now building the road on their own
account.
l.. D. Holford has been picking nice
ripe strawberries from the vines lately.
His family had several meals of them.
Frank Raisbeck, ST., has bought Da-
vid Taylor's residence on Pleasant
street and will become resident of
this village.
Reub French we are pleased to
state, has bought one of John Cham
bers' fine lots on Piety hill, and in the
spring will erect handsome residence.
Reub likes the town and intends to
make it his permanent residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hackett of Saginaw,
Mich on thoir HONEYMOON frin ORC
guests of their cousins, the Morkins.
Herb. Beach, the Prairie du Chen
artist and musician, was a guest of
friends in town Sunday.
Mrs. Garner, who has been resi-
dent of this place for about year,
moved to Lancaster Monday.
Frank Hickok is building new
barn on his farm east of town.
The Goldberg building has been
treated to one coat of plaster. 1t is
expected that the store room will be
ready for occupancy next week.
Cad Cooley and Miss Ada Hale, of
Little Grand, had a runaway Sunday
evening. They were opposite Oscar
Knapp's place south of town when
the horse became frightened at a load
of lumber near the road and started to
run, turning the vehicle into the fence.
Miss Hale was somewhat bruised by
the conclusion.
We are informed that VIM. Plimp-
ton of Mt. Hope was robbed of 5000 in
money and about $1,000 in bank checks.
The money was deposited in bureau
drawer and disappeared during Mr..
Plimpton's absence.
The football game which the Lam
to have called forth lot of newspaper
explanation on their part. Not all Of
our boys are attending the high school
yet those offered were the regular high
school team and were all young boys,
with the exception of Prof. Bewick,
who is one of the lightest players in
the team.
Many people here were shocked to
hear of the sudden death of Susan
Bidwell at her home in Patch Grove
Sunday morning Miss Bidwell was
one of the best known women in West
Grant. In company with her brother,
J. W. Bidwell, she kept the hotel at
Patch Grove. She was about sixty
years of age and had many friends and
acquaintance here, who deeply regret
her sudden and unexpected death.
The Star Concert company, the first
number of the lecture course. will be
Saturday, Oct. "a. They come we'll
recommended.
The bowling alley is nearly COM
pleted. Mr.. BENEFITS expects to open
the doors to the public next week.