Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-23
NEWS OF THE COUNTY

IIduCtS AuuT0W Is VlSlulHS uoI
friend, Mamie Thomas, of Dodge
vile.
Frank Moore, who is taking care
of R. F. Livingston's trotting horses
at Platteville, spent Sunday at
home. His son Ed returned with
him.
The F. M. conference will be held
here some time during September.
August II, 1904, will be Living
ston's second annual field day.
Sure to be something doing and
good time is assured.
Misses Nellie, Bessie and Jennie
Allen entertained number of
friends at lawn party Wednesday
evening. 1t proved a very enjoy
able affair.
Mrs. Will Drinkwater has been
quite sick the past week but is grad
ually improving.
Maud Woodward of Sitter is
visiting her many friends here.
GLEN HAVEN.
Quite crowd from Bloomington
came down Sunday and spent the
day above town on the island fish
ing. They said they had good luck.
Lewis Bennett sold fine span of
horses to a buyer from Iowa last
week.
Frank Barr is giving his hotel
and saloon building good painting,
which will improve the looks OF
things considerably.
John Bruer and wife Of western
Iowa are visiting relatives and
friends here for short time.
Charles Tate. is helping Fennell
Bros. with their hay this week.
John Gockel was transacting
business in Glen Haven Tuesday.
Mrs. VIM. Jordan had visitors
from Prairie du Chen Sunday.
Mrs. J. L. Orr visited with her
sister, Mrs. VIM. Klinkhammer,
in Cassville couple of days last
week.
William Barr was calling on old
friends here Tuesday.
Miss Ethel Metcalf and her brother
Charles were the guests of friends
in Lancaster this week.
William Thornton and Charles
Alderman were in Glen Haven
Saturday evening, after a hard
weeks work haying and blowing
corn. They say crops are booming.
J. G. Orr was hauling oats to
Glen Haven the first of the week.
AL. Wright was in town Tuesday
after a load Of lath for his new
house. He says crops are good in
his neighborhood.
Martin Seippel spent Sunday in
Dubuque, visiting his brother Peter.
Mrs. Edwin Barr was visiting
with her sister Mrs. James Geiger
and other relatives in Bloomington
this week.
T. S. Metcalf and wife visited
with relatives at the Glen Sunday
last.
Snakes of all descriptions are
quite numerous this year, especially
rattlers, six or more being killed in
the town limits last week.
Lew Thiessa departed from here
Tuesday evening for Rock Rapids,
Iowa, where he will engage in the
threshing business for time.
Lewis Wildman was in Glen
Haven Monday. He is hauling the
rock for the bridge south Of VIM.
Hutchcroft's. He says they are
putting in some very large rock
there, one Of which makes good
load, weighing from two to three
tons.
Aired Brunson from Ohio spent
few pays in Glen Haven visiting
his sister Mrs. William Humphrey
and other relatives.
Will Tornowske spent Sunday at
home in Bloomington.
The editor of the Bagley Chronicle
was visiting in Glen Haven last
Sunday.
At the annual school meeting in
Glen Haven July 9Th it was voted
to have a graded school of two
departments. This has been long
felt necessity in the town, as there
are too many pupils under the
management of one teacher. The
schoolhouse being of large dimen-
sion, it enables them to partition
the same, making two rooms, each
room accommodating about thirty
pupils. The necessary improvements
are now being made, Joe Kidd
doing the carpenter work and Ed