Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-18
BAGLEY.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Mrs. Greist purchased the Chas
Mitchell home amt took possession
last Saturday. Mr.. Mitchell moved
TO WyaIusing.
Our Ladies' Aid society will give
supper ar the M. E church Fri
day evening April 18th. Plenty to
eat and good time promised.
Miss Genevieve Cortland, teacher
at the Glass school was taken with
whooping cough; while whooping it
up Miss Grace Barr welded the birch
in her place.
While writing word reaches us
that Eddie Harvill, step son of Mr..
Geo. Pilkiutou is dangerouly ill
with pneumonia.
OH yes our citizens are putting
in many Improvements this season
The good work goes steadily on
beautifylng and building up. Joe
Urine is erecting a new dwelling
house; Chas Urine will build on a
large addition; j. Be1derman raised
his house higher and renewed the
roof; 0. j. Oswald has new chicken
house; John Harvill has a new roof
on his house and lots of street
grading and sidewalk building is
projected.
Mrs John Evans and children
returned to their home at Prairie
du Chen.
Ashton Morel helps nearly every
body move where team work is re-
CURED. He has a good team and
follows teaming.
Robert Glenn was on hand cleo
ton day to exercise the right of
suffrage. We read with pleasure
his announcement that he is IN the
race for sheriff. We people out
this way know and admire Glenn
and will stand by him first, last and
always
The town went dry and now the
vets think of digging canal to
connect with the river for irrigating
purposes
OH those mountain lions over in
Crawford county, like Banquo's
ghost will never down. Our mighty
nimrod Jim Kllnger has been over
and measured their tracks and finds
them four inches either way you
take 'em. They claim one of the
three goes on three legs. A bull dog
came up with them and was killed
instantly. If they are there how
did they get out this way. Must
have escaped from managerie.
Chas. Plondke, a thrifty farmer
says winter grain and clover is look
ing fine. He had his small grain in
sometime ago. His soil is sandy
and can be worked early.
Henry Cook has moved his family
to Iowa, where his brothers, Elmer
and Melvin are working on section.
j. T. Clifton and wife went to
Bloomington last week.
Mrs. Jerry Day was at Bagley
last week, to visit her daughter.
Mrs. Resell Willard.
Will Taylor. the phone man, was
in Bagley last week and said he
and helpers had placed phones in
days and was about tired out.
The Ladies' Aid met last Friday
with Mrs John Harvill. Our car
penter was on the roof hammering
on shingles. The ladies held on
well but finally surrendered. the
carpenter made more noise than
they could.
The married men beat the regular
nine in a ball game last week. An
other game was tried and the bene-
diets were still ahead.
DR.. Statery, of Dubuque, was
here last week to see Mrs. j. P.
Day, who has been seriously i'll
for some time. Mrs. Day is better
and may be able to be around the
house again.
Len Scott's child drank a quantity
of kersone oil by mistake; haven't
heard particulars.
Eli Millln and wife drove to
Bloomington. Mr.. Millin rode the
goat into the mystic circle of the
Rebekahs.
Miss Annie Odds was in Dubuque
last week to see her parents VINO
recently moved there.
Aaron Moore and wife Sundayed
with Jackley's.
J. T. Clifton, T. B. Anderson and
Albert Schnee attended the Odd
Fellows lodge at Brodtville last Sat
urday.
Well u g I should SOW onions.
peas and lettuce as early as the soil
will permit.