Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
COUNTY NEWS.
Herald Correspondents Contribute
Interesting Letters.
BAGLEY.

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sleet, turning to snow and Tuesday
morning still showing quite hard.
Bagley concluded not to have a
Christmas tree, but just the same
good old Santa Claus reached every
home and bestowed gifts and hap
piness.
Quite a number spent Christmas
away from home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Beer, Leslie Boorman, wife and
child, Charles Glass and nephew,
) Leon Glass, Earl Calkins. Mes
} DANES Houghton and Harville, all
) to La Crosse and vicinity Bessie
Glenn and sister Gladys took the
: same train to their home in Wya-
lusing. Mrs. HarviIl and Mrs.
HoughtOn returned the same day
with small girl baby from the or
phanage, Mrs. Houghton will care
for the little tot as she needs some
one for company.
Families having children away to
school are all happy to have them
at home during the holidays.
| Del Morrissey and folks spent
Christmas with relatives in Glen
Haven.
Chas. Urine and family, of Rut-
ledge, spent Christmas in Bagley.
Saturday evening number of
our people attended a nice tree and
stereoptican views and lecture at
Wyaiusing given by Rev. Vinegar
on South America, which was said
to be both interesting and instruct
i've. Those from Bagley who at
tended were: T. A. Huston, wife
and child, Chas. Mitchell and wife,
Mitch Pace and son Myron, Tom
Boorman, wife and children, Leslie
Jenkins and perhaps others.
Mrs. John Irons, Jr., and Miss
Mary Warwick both took train No.
40 for Dubuque last Monday where
they will be treated at the hospital.
VIM. Winter, our furniture deal
Ell, while moving into his new quar-
ters last week, took a severe cold
that almost lays him up.
A large attendance at the league
Christmas night. Miss Jeanette
Nagle was leader. Leader for jan
uary 3rd is Leslie jenkins. All are
invited.
w. ST.. Clair went to Platteville
last week to be examined for an
original pension.
Will Stewart, OF Glen Haven,
was in town last week,
Chas. Ivans, of Platteville, spent
a few days visiting his brother and
relatives in Bagley.
E. r. Harvill and wife, of Marion,
Iowa, scent a lovely set of napkin
rings to Father and Mother Harvill.
E. r., is employed in the round
house for the c. M. & st. P.
Howard Shrake, railrogder, 10
Gated at Savanna. made a short
Christmas visit to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Shrake.
Ed Thlessa, an operator at Rock
Island, ILL.,. came Monday came up
Monday and returned Tuesday. He
brought his mother a handsome
gold wath as Christmas present.
Amelia Thiessa received present
from some source of set of knives
and forks valued at $25.62. Who
gave them? You tell! Mr.. Lee
Kolb perhaps could tell, but he
won't, and what are you going to
do about it.
Andrew Fousch, of Sank county,
is now visiting his uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gasner.
The Junior league entertainment
here Friday evening was well pat
ronized and the receipts were $40.
The program was suggestive of
Christmas and was well rendered
considering the limited time and
the overworked teachers and other
instructors, who are generally thru
with work about Christmas time.
1t is still showing and the pros
pect for sleighing is decidedly the
best we have had this season.
lied our home merchants as well or
better this year than eyer before.
Harry HarvilI and bride, of Haz-
elton, will soon move to Stoddard
where they expect to find employ
ment on the dairy farm owned by
Mr.. White, a noted farmer of that
place.
Oh, did you see that beautiful