Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
COUNTY NEWS.
Herald Correspondents Contribute
Interesting Letters.
BLOOMINGTON.


Hoskins has his ice dam repaired.
and this time he takes no chances,
making regular double dam, " in
the manner frequently suggested
by Hib Taylor. The ice is thicken-
ing up all the time this nice freez-
ing weather. There are now several
inches.
County Supt. Nye fraternlzed
with our teachers Thursday, ex-
changing views, to the benefit Of all
concerned.
In order to accommodate holiday
shoppers our merchants will open
their stores evenings, beginning
next week. They are now receiving
and arranging their holiday stocks
of goods, which are the best and
most extensive ever received here.
Evidently they expect large trade.
Jim Andrews has rented the
Henry Adams farm, north of town,
IOr the coming S0aSOu.
Bryan O'Neill was in town the
latter part of the week. Bryan
has been looking after the horses
on the Humphrey stock farm.
Time was when he was a prosperous
farmer in the town of Lima, neigh
Dor of George Whitcher, and of
former county treasurer, Thos. Nc
Mahon, who lived over the line in
the town of Harrison. Bryan and
his mother lost nearly IS, 900 in the
failure of the Platteville bank of
Hodges e. Son. Mcmahon, then
treas urel, had $4,000 belonging to
Grant county, deposited in the
bank, which was lost. McMahon's
bondsmen did not have to make
it good. Pat BARLEY of this city
was the only member Of the county
board at that time who favored
making the bondsmen make good
the loss. The failure of the bank
was due to the speculation in
wheat on the Chicago board of
trade by several men in Platteville,
who finally got Mr.. Hodges so
badly entangled that he could not
help himself or his depositors,
among whom were many laboring
men who lost the hoard of a life
time. Mr.. Hodges died of broken
heart, but the originators of the
scheme all lived.
The Royal Neighbors are going to
give leap-year ball at the City
hall on Friday evening, Dec. 16.
Crusty and particular bachelors are
not in this, as the ladies have it all
their own way.
Reub. French has been summon
ed to Madison to attend the grand
jury. He is SO busy that he will
try to be excused.
VIM. Betz and Frank Shallen-
berger both had success I'll farm
sales last week. Hoskins was
auctioneer.
F. L. Greer was in Chicago last
week.
B. D. Budworth, representing the
Herald, was in town Saturday and
did good business. Beryl is d hustler.
The popular Clifford Haering COM
pany are to be at City hall all this
week. They come highly recon-
mended. Be ready for the band.
Talk about pioneers, argonauts,
coureur du bois and venturesome
spirits generally, who love to planG
their feet on new lands and enjoy
the freedom af the wilderness, Jo-
seph Sutton, a Bloomington boy
who left this place about three
years ago, has seen quite a bit of
America. First, he went to the
Klondike, where he worked in the
mines near Dawson for a time.
From there he turned back south
ward, shipping for South America,
where he was employed In the his
toric mines of Peru. Thence he
worked his way back rorthward to
Panama, where he is now employ
ed on the Panama canal. 10. will
certainly have something to talk
about when he returns home.
John Clegg Jr. is here from Mon
tana for a visit with the Clegg fam
lily and other relatives and old
friends. 1t has been a long time
since John visited this place.
Lynn Woodhouse. son of M. F.
Woodhouse, fell on the ice and
broke both bones of an arm near
the wrist. Such accidents are sure
to happen with children, but Ma
ture compensates by healing the
fractures rapidly. Lynn is about as
usual, and will be practicing the
forearm movement before we know
it,.