Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-17
BLOOMINGTON.

Special Correspondence TO the Herald.
BALL GAME While the Lancas-
ter boys beat our boys in that city
Thursday by a score of to they
knew 1t was no walk-away, and SO
they were prepared to receive the
drubbing which they got in this
place Saturday. The game was
close all through, and the final
score was 4 to Our battery,
Greer and Schoenauer, did good
work. Greer struck out fourteen
men and allowed four hits. The
Lancaster battery was Piddington
and Basford This is the way the
game went:
Lancaster ast5s 80 -. o o Q / O-3 AZ
Oar town doesn't seem to APP
preciate the good team we have
here. During the game Saturday
nearly everybody stood up on the
sidewalk, and when the hat was
passed very little money was realiz-
ed.
For A RAILROAD. w. H. RI.
Cash, an old railroad builder and
capitalist from the north, is eX
pected to look over West Grant
this week with view to building a
railroad from Fennimore through
Mt. Hope and Patch Grove to
Bloomington. A road is something
we have long needed and might just
as we'll have had long ago.
DIED Mrs Michael Mutually died
in the asylum last Friday, having
been an inmate of that institution
for % years Her maiden name
was Bridget Pagan, sister to the
we'll known family OF Fagan's OF
this viclni V. She was about sc
years of age and leaves husband,
two sons and three daughters to
mourn her demise. The funeral
was held in st. Lawrence's church,
Patch Grove, Rev Coutlee officiat
ing.
LOCALS Gus Reynolds had a
number of neighbors help him raise
his new barn last Friday.
Thanks TO Hoshins, the furniture
man for Dice New Home calendar.
The business association had a
meeting Thursday evening.
o. B. Cooper. editor of tn DeSoto,
Crawford county, Argus, and broth
erin law to Fred Perrin, conducts a
very able department of criticism In
the National Printer Journalist.
Mr.. Schoenauer came over from
Guttenburg to catch for our boys in
the Thursday and Saturday games.
He is great catcher.
Herman Voss lost valuable mare
from heart disease last week. She
had a colt eight days old, which
misses its mother very much.
Nomination papers have been CirE
culated for several candidates the
past week. For some Offices there
are so many candidates that the
signatures will scarcely go around.
Geo. E. Budd, who Is looking for re-
nomination for clerk of the court,
and w. B. Burr, of Little Grant,
candidate for treasurer, were in
town Saturday. Mr.. Burr recently
broke a bone in the back of his
hand, and when it was nearly heal
ed he met one of these grip"
friends who gave it such squeeze
that he broke it oyer again.
Walt. Gulick, of Wyalusing, re-
Gently purchased of the Lance Music
Store fine piano for his daughter
Erma.
Saturday was an. unusually lively
day in town. Many were here from
neighboring towns, as well as peo-
pie from the countryside.
o. H. Winner, the Beetown berry
farmer, is now marketing his straw
berries. They are very nice, but
the crop is light, which is the case
with other fruits and berries, ex-
cept black berries, which promise to
be plentiful. He attributes this
shortage to the late freezes. Mr..
Winner has several peach trees,
which are fairly well loaded with
peaches. He thinks that if peach
trees are thoroughly acclimated,
they can be made to produce IN this
climate.
Will G.. Lewis is building new
house. James Sprague Jr., is do
ing the carpenter work.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Hum
phrey was held at the Humphrey
home Sunday, large number OF
old ueighbors and friends attending.
Mrs. Humphrey had written her
own funeral sermon during her last
illness, and it was read by E. M.
Lowry, of Lancaster, near friend
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