Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-11

Deforest. Wonder what can be the
attraction there.
Little Willie Schlosser has been
quite sick the past week, but is i'm
proving.
The carpenters have finished their
work on A. w. Stark's residence; next
comes the plaster man.
Mrs. Archie Chapman and Aunt
Lizzie visited Mrs. Ada Taylor Tues
day.
Elliot Edwards and family we're well
come callers at Will Hudsons Sunday.
GLEN HAVEN.
Francis Orr was the guest of rela-
tives at Mt. Hope from Thursday till
Sunday.
Emma Boldt of Bagley, is visiting
with her friend, Katie Mann.
Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Ris of Dubuque,
Iowa, spent the Fourth with John
Lanbin and family.
The addition 10 Charles Chambers
house in Glen Haven, will soon be
completed. They will have a neat and
comfortable home here.
Mrs. Charles Beckett and children
returned home last week from Bland
ing, ILL.,, after visiting relatives there
for short time.
John Vogt was in town Monday
helping unload carload Of brick for
the new Catholic church.
John Neubauer and family spent
Sunday last in Glen Haven visiting
their parents.
Paul Humphrey of Patch Grove was
doing business in our city Tuesday.
John Petty and family visited rela-
tives near Beetown last Sunday.
Fennell Bros, Will Morrisey and Val
Erthe from the Northeast drove in
with hogs Tuesday, but their stay in
town was very short. They all have
hay fever.
Miss Lepha Bennett left Sunday
morning, for an extended visit among
relatives in Colorado. Her uncle,
James Bennett, of Madison, went also.
We understand that building of one
hundred and twenty-three rods of rock
road in our town was let to the Case
line Engine Shredder and Thresher Co.
of Glen Haven.
Mr.. and Mrs. Math McIver are taking
an extended wedding tour, going first
to Chicago, then east to New York,
and are at present at Niagara Falls.
They intended spending most of their
school vacation in the east.
Mic Mann is kept busy getting our
roads in shape and working the farm.
But he is doing some good work both
on the farm and roads.
Frank Edwards was in Glen Haven
the fore part of the week with stock.
Frank says he wishes he could find
some one that would put up his
hay for the whole crop, as the weather
is too hot for him to make it himself.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Geiger and Miss
Bell Lewis of Bloomington drove to
Glen Haven last Saturday and at
tended the picnic. They were the
guests of Mrs. Geigers sister, Mrs.
Edwin Barr, over Sunday:
During the storm of July second, the
lightning struck and destroyed our
flag wire which extended from bluff
to bluff over our town. A subscrip-
ton was taken up Immediately and a
new wire put up. So the stars and
stripes f1oated over us July fourth, as
it has done for the last twenty years.
There is very poor crop of goose
berries and raspberries in this part of
the country, owing to the heavy frost
in the spring.
The steamer of j. S., landed at our
little burg Friday, taking part from
this vicinity on the excursion to
Dubuque. From reports they had q
jolly trip.
The Royal Neighbor picnic in Glen
Haven July fourth was we'll attended,
and all present report very pleasant
time. After all expenses we're paid
they added the neat sum Of twelve
dollars to the treasury.