Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

Doyle, Edge, list; Sheedy, Marks,
Smith, Edge, End; Bloomington,
Holt, Gartnwaite. Ketner, Wet
more, Sd: Hillery, Knapp, Snider,
HilIery, 4th.
There We're over 1000 entries.
The art hall looked very fine. The
display of grain, fruit, vegetables,
poultry and birds was very good.
Canned goods made a fine showing.
The stalls for live stock were all
full to overfowing.
Prof Dcckstader made a balloon
ascension Thursday, but on Friday
the wind was so strong that he
could not go up.
It was an orderly lot of horses, as
not one of all the horses on the
grounds misbehaved, and there
were hundreds of them.
The Baptist table fed hundreds of
people, making a good profit from
their strenuous labors.
The meeting was married by one
accident: Okey & Williams running
horse, Little Jock, broke an ankle
during the last race, and the I'M
fortunate animal was killed.
Tate & Kleinpell, of Cassvllle,
had fine display Of about 80
buggies under a fine large tent.
They sold lot OF them.
Many of the candidates for office
were on the grounds.
Provided space permits list of
premium winners will be published
in this paper soon.
PERSONALS
On account of the fair many peo-
pie have been in town the past
week. Among old acquaintance
from abroad we noticed Art. O'Neill,
wife and daughter of Chicago; Clay
Adkins and family, Frank Pitts,
Claude Hickok, Charley Flynn, Mrs.
Mauger, Gay Pitts, W. E. Lewis,
and Tom Garside, of Platteville;
John Tornowske, Dixon, Ill, Tom
Leamy and Peter Paequette, OF
Shullsburg, latter being a nephew
of John Brady; Arthur Humphrey
and wife, of Fayette, Iowa; Robert
Collier and wife, of Campbell, Ne5.
Thomas Prideaux and some of his
family, Arlington, Iowa; Will.
Enke, of Chicago; Elmer Alexander,
Hazel Green; Rev. Schoenfeld,
Dodgdville; Orion Brady, Of Ocean
Park, Calf, here for a month
Harrison Day, Highland; Dr. John
F. Taylor, Buda, I'll. George Myers.
Alexander, Iowa; Nelson Myers,
Meservey, Iowa; Mrs. Montpleasure
and daughter Mason City, Iowa; ].
McKernan and wife, Platteville;
jim Morkin and family, Fennimore;
Rev. Woolley has gone to M. E.
Conference at Dodgeville, and we
expect he will be returned to Bloom
ington. Orlo Martin and Editor
Bishop went to Lancaster Saturday
evening to hear Senator Tillman.
Mrs. Gilpatric of Minneapolis is
visiting relatives here and at Patch
Grove. Bank Examiner Bergh in
spected our bank Thursday.
LOCALS.
The Frank E. Long Co. closed a
weeks engagement here Saturday
evening. They have a good COM
pany; including good speciality peo-
pie. In our mind the best effort of
the week was presentation of the
Count of Monte Cr1sto on Saturday
evening, with Chas. Archer in the
title role, ably assisted by Miss Mana
Sullivan. Mr.. Archer is an acton
of great power. He was in Bloom
ington Is years ago with the Sails
bury e Horn Co.
There was reunion of the An
drew Myers family last week, all the
sons being present but Alex, who
lives in Oklahoma. The others are
George Of Alexander, Iowa, Nelson
of Meservey, Iowa, John of Ian
caster, Ed. and Myron of Glen
Haven, and Frank and Tom of
Bloomington. They are all good,
solid, useful young men of affairs
Messrs. Ellis and Sphinx and ladies
of Platteville passed thru here in an
auto Saturday.
A two-year-old colt of Rob. Don
nelly's was badly injured last week
by jumping onto pointed post.
Frank Hickok sold his black car
riage team to an eastern buyer for
$3.50.
Fred Lambert and Chas. O'Ne1ll
bought running mare. Lady Wad-
dell, of w. H. Mercer of Marion,
Iowa, here at the fair last week.
The whist club went to the show in
a body Saturday evening, and after
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