Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-25

VIM. Garthwaite and wife spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. Garthwaite.
Henry Cliff recently disposed of an
excellent lot of fat porkers.
Barnett S seven mule team was out
from Lancaster Wednesday conveying
cement lumber and other of utter
ances to be used in bridge construc-
ton in our township.
Harry Geiger. R. F. D.. now has
the contract to NOW and remove the
hay on the Union cemetery.
Herman Hudson, John Zenz, Frank
Hickok and Henry Pink were Bloom
ington visitors Wednesday.
A cooperative store is being es-
tablished in Bloomington. Several
farmers have announced their inten-
tions of purchasing stock in the new
venture. However their delinquency
will not noticeably depress the old
standbys of Montgomery Sears and
Co."
A. J. Hamer is busy adjusting in
surance claims. Several of our farm
ers are dissatisfied with the compensa-
ton awarded and threaten to sue the
company
W. D. Burr has been canvassing
throughout this and neighboring
towns and villages in the interests
of his county treasurer boom. He was
at Fennimore last week.
Jessie Riese, of Bloomington, has
been engage as pedagogue at the Jeidy
school. Mary Farrell does similar
service in the Welsh district.
Sup'r Gay Landon was a business
visitor at Lancaster Friday.
VIM. Lewis and family, of Platte
Vile, passed through Little Grant
last week enroute for home. They
had been at Patch Grove inspecting
the ranch belonging to Mr.. Lewis
NJ. BARLEY, of Bloomington, was
at Webb's Monday
Haying is nearly completed; the
crop in this locality being only fair
on account of the damage done by the
hail. Harvesting will be almost
nil" for the same reason. In fact
many farmers will not take their
binders out of the barn, Consequently
there will be but little threshing.
oF he hosI T0hrr S411ifh IN
forms us that hail stones as large as
base ball fell at his place and one
teacher in Little Grant who happened |
to be having a picnic two days after |
the storm froze ice cream by means of
the hail stones which had lasted In
sufficient quantities for two days.
Willie Garthwaite was a county
seat visitor last week.
Alf. Adams wa, a business visitor
in Bloomington Monday, July 13h.
The heat of the past few days has
been of great benefit to our corn crop.
You could almost hear the it crackle,
it grew SO fast
Henry Pagenkopf announces the
of saving in his Little
Grant saw mill
Frank Morrow Ray Garthwaite and
VIM. Psgenkopf were county seat
visitors last Friday.
Deacon { y Smalley, of Blooming /
ton, spent Friday in Little Grant.
The Democrat and Republican
are now things of the
past. The respective leaders are Bryan
and Kern, against Taft and Sherman.
Pick your candidates
Mrs Elmer Pritchet accompanied Dy
Miss Mable Pritchett. both of
Bloomington, we're guests as the
Ernest Garthwaite home last week.
Miss Eva Hore is assisting at the
home of her brother Frank in Bloom
ington. John Pink erstwhile student
of the Valparaiso University, of
Valparaiso, Indiana, is visiting at
the home of his brother Henry.
Lewis Cooley has his capacio IS new
hay shed we'll filed with ''new
mown" hay.
Clarence Cooley and Mayor Patrick
Smith were business visitors in
Bloomington Monday, July goth.
Another band concert at Blooming
ton Saturday night.
At Lynass, Henry Pink and Sup'r.
BrandemuehI had business in Bloom
ington Monday, July Goth.
Sup'r. leighton had business IN
Bloomington last Saturday, also Gus
Reynolds.
Warranting weighty -policied
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