Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-07
BLOOMINGTON.

son, will have a clearing-up sale on
Tuesday, Feb. 13 On that date he
will sell 80 high grade Shorthorn
cattle, horses, some household
goods, 1O5 swine, chickens, grain,
hay, machinery, vehicles, etc. Mr.
Harris has one of the best herds of
cattle in the county, headed by a
famous imported bull. Farmers
looking to improve their herds
should be present when these thor
oughbreds are up for sale. Mr.
Harris is going to move to Bagley
village, and thus the town will lose
it's chairman. But there can be no
doubt that WYalusing will coax
him into the public service of vari-
GUS kinds
0. H. Winner, the celebrated Bee
town berry man, was in town
Thursday, accompanied by his bride.
Hope the crops will continue abund-
ant on the Winner farm.
Visitors: Miss Florence Hope,
nurse student of Finley hospital, Du-
buque, was a guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. W. Hope, last
week. Rev. Schoenfeld, of Dodge
vile, was in town on business Thurs
day Frank COnerse, of Guttenburg,
formerly of North AndOver, was in
town Saturday Wallace Goodman
of Lakeview, Iowa, was caller in
town Saturday. He came through
Dubuque to see his 5rother-in-law,
Will Foshay, who had an operation
at Finley hospital.
Journeys: Grant Ballantine and
Frank BARLEY are going to attend
the Mardi Gras at New Orleans, and
then take run over to Cuba. Nice
trip. Fred Foster went to Bagley
Friday L. Abrahams made a bust
ness trip to Chicago last week. Mrs.
Sam'l Kitto was summoned to
Palmyra Saturday, to see her moth
er, who is. seriously i'll. A jolly
party of Woodmen, composed of
Harley Hickok, Andrew Roberts,
Frank Hickok, Clyde Brookens,
Chas. Garthwaite, Earl Brother and
Lee BrOokens attended lodge in Bee
town Saturday evening. They had
a good time.
J. j. Bark will have a sale on Fri
day, Feb. 9th, on the we'll known
Alfred Bark farm, in Little Grant.
There will be sold horses, COWS,
Is shoats, hay, straw, grain, ma
chinery, household articles, etc. For
particulars see another column
The Odd Fellows have a brand
new piano in their hall. The instrn-
ment will add much to the good of
the order.
We see horses standing out suffer
ing from cold. Blanket your horses,
There is pew boy at the home
of Elliot Ed wards.
The mail bags will smoke Feb.
14th-St. Valentines day.
Poor sleighing. Not so much
wood coming to town.
George Hickok has signed with
his old employers, the Sherman
Nursery Co., of Charles City, Iowa,
for the season. They think of send
ing him up into Canada.
Saturday Mrs. L. S. Sawyer fell
through trap door into the cellar,
and was badly shaken up and bruis-
ed. There was no one at home, and
she had quite time getting back
up stairs and through the door,
which had closed when she fell.
We Of West Grant are ready TO
contribute very liberal patronage
to the new Dubuque railroad about
to be built to Platteville, if they
will only keep on with their build
ing over this way.
Miss Iva Hinch had a number of
her schoolmates at her home Friday
evening, to celebrate his birthday.
Our neighbor, w. V. Benefits, has
been sleeping out in tent in his
yard, every night this winter. He
says it is making a man of him.
In the shadow of the cross of the
churches some sneak is robbing the
pantries and cellars of the good
housewives in the neighbo1hood.
They know pretty well who is do
ing the work.
O. Fl. Martin, All. Schreiner and
Hiram Cliff have been summoned
for jury duty at Lancaster next
week.
The Busy Bee club of boys met
with Earl Cooper Friday evening.
Miss Adkins is their Sunday school
teacher, and the day being her
birthday, they invited her to the
meeting and celebrated the event.
The ladies of the Baptist church