Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03
BLOOMINGTON NOTES.
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West Grant Correspondent Sends
Interesting Letter.
BLOOMINGTON

The funeral of Archie Ryan was
held at St. Lawrence's church, Patch
Grove, Thursday, and the attend
ance was very large. Archie was "a
years of age. He was son OF VIM.
D. Ryan, a well-known citizen OF
Glen Haven township, residing near
North Andover. There are living
two brothers and five sisters. He
went to Colorado two years ago TO
seek relief from consumption, his
sisters Mollie and Laura having
gone there to teach. Later he went
to California, staying for while
with The family of Chas. Woodhouse
at Dos Palos, but soon returned to
Colorado, where he died on Sunday,
April %. His father was with him
in the last moments. Archie was a
bright boy and had many friends,
who sincerely mourn his early
demise. May he rest in peace.
Arrivals: Mrs. Henry Heiner ex-
pected this week from Maxwell,
Iowa, fora visit; Grace Ballantine
from Minneapolis, where she
attended business college; Al.
Morse and Roy Mccoy, insurance
agents, here Friday; O. F. Tate,
Cassville, Friday; Harry Lathrop,
station agent at Bridgeport, here
Friday; Frank Barr and Martin
Seippel, of Glen Haven, Friday;
Frank Pitts, of IPlatteville, Satur-
day, buying horses and mules.
Uncle Horace Lord: Yes, I'm IN
my eighty-fourth year, and intend
to stay as long as they'll let me.
Came to Grant county sixty years
ago next spring. Brother Homer
had been here two years, and
Henry had just come the preceding
fall. Was married before starting.
We drove from western York state
to Cleveland. but on account OF bad
roads shipped from there to Chic
ago, and thence drove on over bad
roads to Grant county. Chicago was
about the size Of Bloomington, and
the streets were paved with hewn
timbers, which would spring for
twenty feet in all directions when
one would Jump on them, so soft
and swampy was the ground. There
have been great changes in this
country since those early pioneer
days, which l enjoyed to the full.
Frank Hoskins was in Bridgeport
last week, where he painted and
papered Nose Hicklin's saloon.
Mrs. Greer visited her daughter,
Mrs. Patterson, in Minneapolis last
week.
The band boys gave a dance in
the city hall Friday evening. It was
not as we'll attended as it should
have been.
Joseph Sutton writes his folks
that he is in New York City, hav-
ing given up his job on the Panama
canal, and says that he may walk
in on us any day. Thus, Joseph
has made a big circuit. He went
from here to Alaska, thence back to
California, thence by steamer to
Peru, South America, where he
worked for a time in the mines;
thence to Panama, where he worked
on the canal; thence to New York.
He saw more of America than the
majority of us will see in life
time.
Street Commissioner Hinch is
quarrying some rock for walk and
road purposes. There is not a foot
of cement walk on the streets of
our town, but as we have gang
here putting in some private walks,
no doubt our city dads will get the
fever and build block or two.
j. M. Donnelly took the stallion
Victory to Darlington last week,
for the season.
Rev. L. j. Ingraham sends word
that he intends to be present at the
dedication of the new Baptist
church. He is now a resident of
Minneapolis.
Saturday was another good trade
day. J. B. Ludden 81 Co. sold over
a thousand yards of calico at their
special sale. Every woman in town
will be having a new dress.
The Cassville high school child
rem put on 1.-THE Squire's Daughter"
at city hall Saturday evening.
Youth and inexperience considered,
they gave a creditable performance.
Arbor Day was observed at our
schools with appropriate exercises.
James Sunney, residing four
miles north of this village, and four
of his children are i'll of scarlet
fever. One of the boys is quite bad.