Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-25
BLOOMINGTON NOTES.
New Baptist Church is Completed
Other Newsy Items.

place. They are beautiful. The
church is almost finished, and right
soon the Baptists can be holding
their regular services in their own
church. The building is beautiful
and artistic throughout one OF the
best planned churches in this part
of the country.
Ray Walker, late of Pomeroy,
Wash, called on friends here Thurs
day. He had just returned from a
business trip to Mexico.
A regular epidemic of grip has
held this town up for a couple OF
weeks. Half of the people have
been out of sorts, more or less, and
at least dozen have been down
sick with it.
H. C. Enke went to Prairie du
Chen last week, and returned with
Mrs. Enke, who had been taking
treatment at the sanitarium for
nervousness.
The marriage licenses inform us OF
the forthcoming marriage OF Ben
Walz of Blakes Prairie and Title
Esser of Glen Haven. The young
people have large circle of friends.
Mrs. Witherbee went to Elroy
Friday, to see her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Scott Witherbee, who is very
ill of typhoid fever.
Luke Webb of Mt. Hope has
sale on Jan. 81, Frank Webb has
one on Feb l, and Herb. Cartey OF
Glen Haven has one on Jan. 80.
We are glad to hear that our old
friend Clint. Edwards has bought
back into the old stand at Beetown.
He bought out OF. Stephens. John
Mankel retains a half interest.
Auction Saturday afternoon was
we'll attended. A lot of the old
goods of the D. F. Brown stock was
sold in the old bank building.
A lot of people were here from
neighboring towns Saturday. The
streets were crowded and trade was
brisk.
Fred Scott and wife are home
from Winnipeg for a visit. They
report the Canadian metropolis on
the boom.
Thos. Leamy of Shullsburg is a
guest of relatives in town.
We have the annual mid winter
ball on Jan. 10. Music by the Du-
buque harp orchestra.
Ed Smith has sold the Abe Key
farm, near Bagley, to Frank Keene,
of Lancaster, taking a Lancaster
house in part payment.
The skating Kinks runs Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights.
10. Donnelly has bought the
stallion Cedarwood of Splague &
Gates.
The Mt. Hope Rebekahs came
down and installed the officers of
the local lodge Saturday evening.
They had supper and good time,
A delegation of Royal Neighbors
went to North Andover and helped
in installation ceremonies Saturday
evening.
Rev. Coutlee, the new priest of
the Mt. Hope parish, was in town
Thursday.
The John Zenz family entertained
a sleigh load of Gutenberg friends
ever Sunday.
There was quarterly meeting at
the M. E. church Sunday. Rev.
Morgans of Lancaster preached the
sermon.
There is bill before the legisla-
ture to cut down appropriation for
county fairs. The state can not
spend the money to better advant-
age than by helping out the fairs.
The local paper at Ocean Park,
Calf, tells how nicely Orion Brady
decorated the windows of the store
in which he worked, during the
holidays.
There will be a teachers meeting
in the high school on Friday and
Saturday of this week. A large at
tendance is promised.
Ora Hatch and wife visited at
Dubuque Sunday, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. E. Beeman.
w. H. Hinch and daughter, Mrs.
Davis, went to Lancaster Sunday.
Mrs. Hinch, who had been there a
week, returned, but Mrs. Davis re-
manned to help take care of that
new boy at the heme of Clarence
Hinch,
Frank Day went to Chicago to
learn the barber trade, and his sis