Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-07
BLOOMINGTON NEWS
Gathered by Our Hustling West
Grant Correspondent.
HALLOWEEN.

Halloween was observed III Inls
place with the usual pranks There
were several parties the whist
club at the A. Fl. Patch home and
the high school pupils in the gynm-
asium, all reporting good time.
There was the usual distribution of
unattached property about town,
and a novel feature of the spirits
pranks was the erection of lot of
tombstones in front of Porter &
Scharfenstein's blacksmith shop,
containing the epetaphs of some of
our UNDERSTANDABLE citizens. Nearly
everybody enjoyed the take-offs,
which were quite original.
POLITICS.
Our people have finally awakened
from their Rip Van Wrinkle political
slumber to the fact of an impend-
ing election. Never was the COM
munity so apathet1c on the subject
of politics as it has been this fall.
Now, however, the pot is boiling.
J. W. Murphy, candidate for con-
gress, was to have spoken here Sat
urday, but owing to the fact that
he had been billed wrong he had to
hasten on to Lancaster. On Friday
and Saturday, r. A. Watkins and
n. L. Moses of Lancaster addressed
the people at Patch Grove, North
Andover and Glen Haven for the
Democratic cause.
FULL OF GAS.
Ora Hatch had a close call to
step oyer the border last Friday,
when he went down into a pit to
fix his new gaslight machine. The
gas was permitted to escape from
the machine and Ora was filled
nearly fulI-fuller than reputation
ever gave him. Luckily Ora Brodt
was watching him, and he gave the
alarm. Several men lifted Hatch
out, and he was quite unconscious.
The doctor said that twenty seconds
more would have put him Ito roost
with his Plymouth Rocks" in ac-
cordance with the epitaph on his
halloween tombstone.
KILLED WHILE HUNTING.
Burnell, nine-year old son of
Lewis Taylor of North Andouer,
was accidentally killed by the dis
charge of a 22-calib1e rifle, while out
hunting squirrels with a playmate
of about his own age. The ball
entered his head near the temple
and went clear through. At this
writing the exact manner of the &C
cident is not known, as the boy
who was with him was too excited
TO tell an ineligible story. The
parents have the sympathy of the
community. The boy is a grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Taylor of
Lancaster.
LOCALS.
Bert Pritchett is clerking for Will
MulroOney.
Will. Miller was over from Lam
caster MOuudy.
Monroe Hoskins visited at Mil
waukee a few days.
A. Fl. Patch and Hib Taylor were
at Dubuque Saturday.
Mrs. Greer and sister Mrs. Bushby
are visiting in Chicago.
Our high school boys are trying
to get together on the subject of
football.
Arthur CaIkins was here from
Bagley Friday. Mrs. Bailey re-
turned with him.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Ludden of BOscobel
visited at the home of her son, j.
B. Ludden over Sunday.
Oats seem to be scarce in this
place. Buyers on the street offered
as high as SOC per bushel for good
oats.
James Chambers sold his remain
ing house in this place to James Nc.
Names. The price is reported to be
$3.50.
Carl Selle went TO PlatteV1lle yes
terday to get a new six-horse power
gasoline engine with which to run
his wood saw.
John Edwards of Beetown has
bought the Israel Roberts farm and
forty acres belonging to Mrs.
Gordon east of same.
Henry Knapp's schoolmates and
teachers gave him surprise on his
birthday, last Tuesday. A fine
fountain pen was the present.
Trade is reported excellent in this
place. Our hardware merchants
have been selling lot of coal
stoves, heaters, etc., lately.
The town board yesterday award
ed the contract for the FenneIl
bridge to w. II. Shons of Freeport,