Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
COUNTY NEWS.
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Interesting Letters.
BLOOMINGTON.

naQ occasion 10 WrlU0 Uuo year Jnc
past three days? Or did you put it
'O4, and then make the correction?
The Cassville bowling team came
up and played our boys game on
the home alleys Friday evening.
Our boys had lead Of 244 pins IN
the three games. This lead was all
gained in the first two games, the
visitors winning the third game by
eleven pins. The visitors were
VIM. Grimm, J. NJ. Klauer, Orrin
Kuenster, Gus. Engler, and Mr..
Jensen. The home team was made
up of Claude Hickok, Marley Day,
Harry Geiger, Mort. BARLEY, and
Roy Heiner. Our boys go down
there to play a return game this
week.
Alice Schre1ner, mentioned with
holiday visitors as being from the
Plattevllle Normal, is a graduate of
that institution, and at present is
teaching school at Medford, Wis.
There will be farmers institute
held IN this village on Thursday
and Friday of this week, program
of which has been published. Near
ly all of the farmers in this vicinity
will attend and take part in the
work. The conductors are men of
ability. who have been chosen on
account of their peculiar fitness for
the work. The City hall is COM
modiOus, and so there will be room
for all who wish to attend. The
work will be interspersed with
music and mixed entertainment.
Every body come.
Nearly all of the large delegation
of holiday visitors have returned to
their duties out in the wide, wide
world, refreshed and inspired by
the taste of home life, and leaving
the home folks happier because of
their presence of few days.
Dick Orr's spirited team turned
a little too quick for him on Canal
street Saturday, and tipped him
out. The team ran as far as John
Small's farm south of town, where
they were stopped.
Lester Hutchcroft, student at the
state university, was a caller in
town Saturday. He has been passing
the vacation at home.
Miss McIver's carriage horse met
his death at the farm one day last
week, while attempting to get to
an Oat bin. He went through a
hole in the floor. The horse had
the bad habit of jumping.
J. B. Ludden and wife went to
BoscObel Sunday, foreman several
days with Mr.. Ludden's father, who
is seriously ill.
George Zimmerman and Ted
Schneyer of Mt. Hope were in town
Sunday.
There were several New Years
parties watching the old year out
and the new year in Saturday
night. On account of illness of
neighbOrs the bells of the town
were n 1T used to assist In ushering
in the new year. Some of the
parties were said to possess the ap-
pearance of informality. But every
thing goes on New Years, including
all bad habits.
Vern Edwards of the Plattevllle
Normal was a holiday visitor in
town.
The California party, including
James Geiger and wife, Mrs. Mary
Humphrey, Arthur Humphrey, and
Miss Roney, expect to get off this
week.
L. D. Holford has bought a drug
store and Is acre rancho in Cal
ifornia. The name of the town is
Tulaire, near Fresno. The family
will move there in April. They
offer their place here for sale. Mr..
Holford is an old-timer here, and
we are sorry to have him leave his
old friends.
Chas. Calkins, Les. Boorman,
Chas. Plondke and Lester Jenkins,
all of Bagley, were visitors in town
Saturday.
VIM. BENEFITS is numbered with
the indisposed.
Chas. Woodhouse departed for Cal
ifornla Sunday, after few weeks
sojourn here. Mr.. Woodhouse owns
farm at Dos Palos. Jay Donnelly
and wife accompanied him to Cass-
vile.
We hear that G. E. Button and
Mrs. Jennie Miner of Mt. Hope
were married at Prairie du Chen
Saturday.
Miss Lena Fischer of Lancaster