Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-13
LITTLE GRANT.

week
r N. Greer and John Tornowske
both Bloomington painters were
engaged In their official capacity IN
this vicinity last week.
A ]. Hamer was 10 Bloomington
Monday; his daughter Clara re
turned to that municipality to re-
engage in her school duties there.
Chas. Addison and Geo. Hillery
are actively engaged in the con-
struction of Lee Brookens' farm.
Bert Garthwaite and John Cham
pion were Bloomington visitors
Monday.
Frank Fivecoats who is employed
by the Donnelly McKevitt horse
breeding association, was circulat-
ing in this vicinity Monday and
Tuesday.
Sup'r. Albert Brandemuehl was a
Bloomington visitor last week.
Atty. P. BARLEY. of Bloomington,
passed through Little Grant last
week, enroute for Lancaster.
Chas. Underwood, of Madison, is
assisting his father in the manifold
farm duties of late.
Jacob Henry was Bloomington
visitor last week.
The farmers are rather undecided
as to when to plant corn. They do
not want to have any repetitions of
last years corn fiasco.
Roy Garthwaite was county seat
visitor last week.
John Wilson has again entered
upon his official duties as assessor.
Geo. McCarm1ck has new
manure spreader, which he pur-
chased of Geo Horton, of Patch
Grove.
Will Garthwaite was a Lancaster
visitor Sunday.
The dance at Mt. Hope Friday
evening was not very well attended,
there being only about thirty num-
bers. Several from Little Grant at
tended and report good time.
Henry Farnsworth, who lives
with his daughter, Mrs. Benz.
Pendleton, of Little Grant, is at
present visiting friends and rela-
tives in Mt Hope.
The temperance lecture delivered
by W. d. Cox, of Milwaukee, at Mt.
Hope last Sunday morning was
largely attended by our constituent
citizens.
Little Grant has one of the most
successful and persistent hunters
possessed by any community in the
state of Wisconsin. Columbus
Wayne is the gentleman to whom
we refer. Mr.. Wayne has recently
received a bounty of $48 on SIX
wolf pelts and during the past four
or five years has secured many
more such bounties AS far as it
lies within Mr.. Wayne's power to
do so the wolves will soon be ex-
terminated
VIM. Heiner and son of Bloom
ington drove some cattle TO Mr..
Heiner's stock farm in Little Grant,
Saturday.
Saturday visitors in Bloomington
from our township were Mayor
Patrick Smith, John Gull, Addison
brothers, Paul Smith, Gus Reynolds
and wife, Hillery brothers, Jay
Hickok, JAS Abrahams and wife,
Lynass brothers, John Zenz. Henry
Pink and family and perhaps others.
A neck tie sociable occurred in
the Miner schOolhOuse last Friday
evening. The teacher Miss Ida
Govier, is an energetic pedagogue
and had number of children render
an excellent program during the
course of the evenings entertain
ment. Abe Gray, professional auc
tioneer of Mt. Hope, auctioned off
the baskets and from the sixteen
baskets sold secured total of over
nine dollars. An excellent time is
reported by all who were in attend
dACO. mlSS 0ON1CI COHiDIOlOO nCA
terms work on Tuesday, May Is,
and from all reports has given good
satisfaC ton.
A few Little Granters attended
the orchestra concert and dance
which occurred in Bloomington last
Saturday evening.
Herman Lynass's barn will soon
be ready for raising. The base
ment is finished and is pronounced
by experts to be an excellent piece
of work. The mason, John Schooner,
of Dubuque, has gone to Dubuque
to complete few jobs there and as
soon as they are consumated he
will return and begin the founda-
ton for the new residence of his