Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
COUNTY NEWS.
Herald Correspondents Contribute
Interesting Letters.
BLOOMIGTON.

seminary last week.
Clay BETTER has bought Chris
Coombs' mail-route outfit, and
secures the route.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. BARLEY and son
Leo started yesterday for st. Louis
and the big fair. We hear that
several others contemplate at
tending this week, among whom
are Atty Philipson and wife and
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Abraham.
Mrs. Edward Carter of Lancaster
is visiting her old neighbors on
Blakes Prairie. They are all glad
to see her.
Noel" the bay stallion owned
by Thos. Mcnamara and Fred
Fischer, won a heat in 2:224 Friday,
at independence, Iowa. This promis-
ing colt was sired by Hereto" and
his dam is standard bred mare.
The football game Saturday
between Cassv1lle and Bloomington
high schools resulted in a victory
for Bloomington. Score 25 to 0.
John, Aud, employed on the
McKevitt farm, had an eye quite
badly burned with babbit metal,
last Friday. The eye is healing.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M Lance have
secured the western part of Thos.
Smiths property, and are prepar-
ing to erect a building thereon.
DR.. and Mrs. o. P. Sala Jr. and
baby are guests under the paternal
roof, in this village. They reside
in Davenport, Iowa.
Miss Gertie Kinney is teaching in
Dakota.
Ed Woodhouse of Gordon, Neb.,
is guest of relatives in this vicinity.
Landlord Donnelly had the pleas
ure of entertaining over Sunday
Mr.. Geo. w. Greene, representing
the Fairbanks scales. Mr.. Greene
is a veteran frontiersman, having
built Theodore Roosevelts ranch
log house near Medora, on the
Little Missouri, twenty-One years
ago. Mr.. Greene was with ROose-
welt about six weeks and liked him
very much. Theodore paid him
we'll for the job and made him a
present of a railroad ticket to his
destination, Minneapolis. Medora is
the place where lived the notorious
French Court DeMores, who en-
gagged in some wild speculations
there. 1t is said that one time he
challenged Roosevelt to duel.
L. d. Eastman and A. w. Hast
ings, accomanied by wives and
children, drove over from Lancas-
ter through the pleasant autumn
weather Sunday.
The churches are conducting
union revival meetings this week.
The weather is favora BILE.
Our dealers in general merchan-
disc, Messrs. Brown, Greer, Ludden,
Holford, Frazier, and Goldberg,
have signed an agreement and
given notice that they will close
their places of business during the
winter months at 6 p. M, except
Saturday evenings and during the
two weeks prior to Christmas. It
is nice thing for the merchant and
his clerks to have his nice long win
ter evenings for rest and recreation,
but it gives the town a deserted
appearance in the evening, and
witha small village it is question
if the trade does not go to other
places to a certain extent. A COM
promise on eight o'clock would help
night-hawks and at the same time
give the store people the evening.
Calls and social functions of all
kinds do not begin until after s
o'clock.
Quite a number of our citizens,
especially of the G. A. r., attended
the funeral of VIM. White of Mt.
Hope on Tuesday. Mr.. White was
a brother-in-law of VIM. Moore of
this village, and he was a we'll
known figure in G. A. R. and Odd
Fellows doings.
Mark Handley of Patch Grove
has sued the town of Wyalusing for
damages, alleged to have been sus-
tanned in running from a bridge
down Bridgeport hollow one night
recently.
Ed. Crabtree of Spokane, Wash,
visited relatives here last week. Ed.
is employed in a wood factory
there.
Miss Lucy Heiner is home from
South Dakota.
Street Commissioner Hinch with