Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
BLOOMINGTON.

much discussed Uncle Joe Cannon. The
doctor, heing interested in Uncle Joe,
looked him up little, and found
that he cuts about the same figure
in his home town that he does in
congress. He owns a controlling in
terest in the leading banks, the street
car lines, the buildings in which
most of the saloons are located, and
in fact has an "investment" wherever
any political advantage may be
gained. His b ome people say that he
is self-wIlled, domineering and tyran-
nical at home as we'll as in Congress.
We think it will be matter of very
poor policy for the republicans of the
house to give him control of that
body during the coming session.
Badly injured. While returning
to his home on the southeast Prairie
from Glen Haven, last Friday, Elgie
Maiden's team ran off bridge, and
Elgie is badly used up as result of
the fall. He was up on hog rack,
having been delivering hogs at Glen
Haven, and the accident occurred
when he had nearly arrived at his
own home. The injuries proved to
be cracked skull, broken collar
bone, broken finger, and bruises.
He was unconscious for several hours
and his recovery for time was con-
sidered doubtful.
Basket ball. The Platteville Y.
NJ c. A. basket Dall team played our
boys here Saturday night and the
result was tie, SO for each team,
but the score keeper announced Sc to
81 in favor of Platteville, and so
the Platteville boys claimed the
game.
The Chase. "A hunting party, made
up of Del Brown, Oscar Brady, Harry
Witcomb, Oscar Selle and Raymond
Jay went down to the old Heiner
place Sunday morning, and met
party of six from Lancaster. The
united party killed 60 rabbits, our
boys winning the contest by narrow
margin. A union dinner was en-
joyed in the shelter of the bluffs.
Typhoid. LINN Woodhouse came
home last week, suffering with
typhoid fever. contracted in his
boarding house at Madison, where he
was attending the University. Only
week or so before he brought his
room and classmate, Mark Hoskins,
home with him, with bad attack of
the same disease. There was re-
gular epidemic in the house in which
they boarded, eighteen cases being
reported.
Beavers. = Deputy Mrs. Bennett in.
stituted a colony of Beavers at North
Andover Monday, there being q
members. She has added quite
number of new names to the Bl ON
ington colony. Mrs. Benefit is very
successful in this insurance work.
In China Last week f [. Greer
received copy of the Tacoma,
Wash. Ledger, containing a long
interview with Frank B. Cole. who
told of recent two months visit
In China. 1t was one of the ablest
letters on the Eastern questions that
we have seen for some time. Mr..
Cole doesn't think that the Orient
will be a very valuable customer
for American goods.
Locals. "A. R. Wanezek returned
today from an extended business trip
in Minnesota.
F. L. Greer is purchasing winter
goods in Chicago this week.
The second number of the lecture
course, Father Nagle, Dec. 1. The
lecture will take place in the Catholic
church, the use of which was kindly
rendered the managers Of the course
by Father Brudermanns.
Joseph Horsfall's sale Dec. 3.
Miss lockwood, of Lancaster, is a
guest of Miss Lewis BETTER.
J. Victor Patterson writes US from
Spokane. Wash, that he has very
pleasant run from that city to Mis-
soula, Mont, in his capacity as mail
clerk Victor seems to be making
good in this work.
Our merchants are stocking up
heavily with a fine line Of goods for
good, and they are going to employ
a genera us amount of printers ink to
keep it good. One of our merchants
said that one day last week was the
best ordinary week day that he had
experienced in several years.
George Kinney, who went out to
Spokane, Wash, last spring to work