Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-22
LITTLE GRANT.
Special Correspondence to the Herald

Inc IOllOW1ug 1lGCl0 GrauC0rS W6I0
IN Lancaster last week ALT. Adams,
Harvey Hurlburt, T. S. Pendleton,
Chas. Wetmore, f. Bruse, L. E
Pendleton, VIM. Pagenkopf, John
Groin, Patrick Smith, j. G. Welsh,
VIM. Welsh and others.
Harry Kaap, who has been in
Texas looking over the country with
a view Of purchasing land, returned
home last Wednesday evening
Harry was not very favorably i'm
pressed with the prospects.
Isaac Garthwaite was again chosen
representative director from the
towns of Little Grant and North
Lancaster to the Farmers Mutual
Fire and Lightning Insurance Com
pany. of Bloomington. Mr.. Garth
waite was elected at the company's
meeting at Bloomington last week
and is a very efficient officer.
7. E. Pendleton, one of our most
worthy farmers, is epdeavoring to
bring about the sale of his farm.
The gentleman is considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of locating either in
Bloomington or Lancaster,
Carl Block has leased the George
Miller farm, north of Bloomington,
and expects to take up his occupancy
in the spring.
1t is reported that Chas. Krohn,
one of our former farmers, has dis.
posed of his farm lying north OF
Bloomington to David Baldwin, OF
the same place, and will probably
locate ID Bloomington city.
Fred Brandemuehl. one of our re-
cent benedicts, gave a dance and
oyster supper TO some of his friends
last Tuesday evening. The event
was sort of a reception for himself
and newly welded wife.
r. w. Hedeman and wife. OF
Bloomington, visited at the home OF
VIM. Garthwa1te last Friday.
Mrs. Frank Clark, of Mt. Ida, has
been visiting at the home of T. S.
Pendleton the past week.
Mrs. Louisa Morrow drove tC
Lancaster Saturday for the purpose
of procuring a carpenter to put the
finishing touches on the interior OF
her dwelling.
Mrs. Celia Garthwaite has been
visiting at the home of Mrs. George
Garthwaite lately.
Several of the church goers at
tended the regular quarterly meet
ing at Bloomington last Sunday.
Ellsworth Jeidy is getting Out
timbers to use in the construction
of a new barn. He says if the crops
are good he expects to begin con
struction next year.
Bert Garthwaite was at Chas.
Wetmore's last week.
T. S. Pendleton and wife. and
Mrs. Clark Of Mt. Ida, spent Sunday
at the Webb home.
A good many people are getting
up their winters supply of wood.
The gasoline saws are quite busy
reducing 1T to burnable lengths.
Several who have sawed recently
are John Krohn, Thos. Webb, VIM,
Welsh VIM. Garthwaite, Albert
Brandemuehl and Isaac Garthwaite.
Several of our citizens attended
the Hayseed Club dance at Lancas-
ter, last Friday evening. Among
those attending were VIM. Welsh
and family, Frank Morrow and
sisters and Harry Kaap.
Mrs. Adam Morrow and daugh-
ter, Grace, visited at the home of
Mrs. Thos. Webb last week.
A masquerade ball occurred at Mt.
Hope Friday evening and was at
tended by VIM. Kaap and perhaps
others from Little Grant.
Among those seen in Bloomington
Saturday were the Addlsons, Hell
brys, Wetmores, Smiths, Krohns,
Culls, Lynasses, Hickoks, VIM.
Garthwaite, Hopes and perhaps
others.
George Henry and Ed. Mccormick
were in Mt. Hope last week.
Rev. Nabholtz, of Lancaster,
delivered a stirring address at the
German Evangelical church last
Sunday.
The school children in this town
ship have been taking ad vantage of
the excellent skating lately and
have been enjoying themselves to
the fullest possible capacity in that
direction.
Luke Webb, of Little Grant. and
Mort BARLEY, of Bloomington, drove
to Lancaster Saturday and took the
1 40 train to FennimOre. While at