Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-04-23
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NeWsy Letters.
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Bloomington, Cassville, Bagley and
Arthur Heard From. Gossip
Picked Up.
BLOOMINGTON.

BLOOMINGTON, APRIL Zl.-In0 mom-
bers of Blakes Prairie Agricultural So
ciety are preparing to re-organize the
society. They propose to make OF it a
stock company and pay their debts,
amounting to about $3.50. This would
be a good idea, and would place the
concern on footing whereby much
more could be accomplished. The
track and grounds Of the society are
in very fair shape, and by starting even
a new organization could make things
fairly hum. AS we are about to have
that electric railroad, which will in
crease our population to about 1900,
there is no reason why we can't have
as good fair as any town in South
west Wisconsin.
Alvin Enke, operator at Bridgeport,
passed Sunday in town. Alvin reports
Bridgeport on the boom.
The Byron jubilee singers were here
Saturday evening. They had full
house and managed to please the
children. Bloomington is a good show
town when the attractions are good.
Chas. Halferty of South Dakota was
in town Saturday. Chas. came home
to see his mother, who is seriously i'll
at her home in Mt. Hope. He says his
brother Downer is sailor in the u.
S. navy.
Mr.. Chelfant of Mt. Hope was guest
of his friend Prof Barnes Sunday.
Will Smith and Art Hoskins have
the contract for building the new
church by the Dodge schoolhouse.
Ben benson does the mason work.
The carpenter contract for the new
Catholic church at Glen Haven was let
to Peter Dinner Of Cassyille, and mas
on work to VIM. Barnes.
Alb Blackburn is nearly ready to
begin the manufacture of brick near
the mill pond bridge. He is going TO
have a model yard, and the clay in
that particular bank is accounted the
best for brick purposes in this section
of the country.
There is always considerable build
ing going on about Blakes Prairie, and
our farmers have some of the finest
homes of any agricultural community
in the state. Houses are building on
the farms of Pat Smith, Little Grant,
r. Ryan and Harry Dolphin, toward
North Andover, T. D. Maggie, Patch
Grove, John O'Connor, north prairie,
and AL Stark, on Beetown road. Prob
ably there are others but they haven't
yet come to our knowledge.
Miss Maggie Habermann of Glass;
vile was guest Of Miss Goldia Ad-
kins Sunday. Together they went to
Bagley, where they have charge of the
school.
Rev. Chalfant of Mt Hope occupied
the Methodist pulpit Sunday evening.
His sermon was enjoyed by a large
congregation.
Miss Josephine Hedemann, who COM
pleted thorough course in profession
al nursing at ST. Francis hospital, Mil
waukee, last week, has been appointed
matron of the hospital at Prairie du
CHEN. The new building to be COM
pleted this season is 200 feet in length
and very commodlous.
G. w. Stone went to st. Paul Mon
day on business trip.
A new kid at r. N. Hoskins' of
Billy Goat Nanny-Goat parentage.
John Ryan Morkin is the name of a
new boy at the home of James Nor
kin. We hope the boy will live to
honor the honorable name with which
he has been christened.
We see by the Dubuque papers that
stocks in the new electric line to
Platteville are going like hot buns 1t
looks like sure go, which practically
insures the road for Lancaster and
Bloomington. We hope to be attend
ing court at the county seat in a COM
Portable trolley car before winter.
Miss Kate Leamy of Lancaster and HI.
Bonn, prosperous young farmer liv-
ing near this village, are to be mar
ried next Monday. May they be happy
and never see a drouth on the old
Taylor plantation.
Bloomington is going to macadamiZe
her streets, and for that purpose has
bought an Austin rock crJsher, which
will be here soon. The township peo-
pie will use it some, too.
The school board have placed a
hundred maple trees in the beautiful
park surrounding the high school
building. Already pleasant place, in
time these extra trees will make it a
summer paradise.
Mrs. Fl. G. Enke, who has been i'll. is
improving. Also Mrs A. G. Tubbs,
Fred Fishers children and Mrs. Bra
zee
Mrs. F, M. Wheeler returned co
Minneapolis Tuesday, after pleasant
visit with relatives and many friends
here.
Mrs. Nancy Ballantine is in receipt
of intelligence of new boy at the