Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-08
BLOOMINGTON.
correspondence to the Herald.


secured the contract for building the
new So. 600 school building in Bee
town, and he will staff the work at
once. The brick is already made.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ". Reynolds of
Soldier, Kansas are to visit the Nj.
W. Hope family this week. Mrs.
Reynolds is a sister of Mrs. Hope.
Mrs. Della Young is entertaining
cousin, Mrs. Curley of Idaho.
Misses Name and Tillie Smith
have been entertaining cousin, Miss
Hardin of Chicago.
Mrs. r. N. Greer is visiting friends
in Mason City and New Hampton,
Iowa.
The Lewis BETTER family expect to
occupy the BETTER building on Canal
street. DIR. Sala will move his Office
to his residence.
Mrs. Abraham and Miss Agnes
Wood saw the play, The White
Mouse, > at Prairie du Chen THUS
day evening.
Miss Nell Phillips returned to
school duties at Milwaukee last week.
A number from this vicinity at
tended the Platteville fair last week.
Some that we noticed were Roy Gates
and Ora Hatch and wives, Leo Philip
son, VIM. Mulrooney. Vern Brookens
made two trips with his automobile
in good shape.
Will Smith and Ford BrIt.enham
returned from Ismay, Mont, last
week, where they had been to take
up a homestead. Will got $50 acres
and Ford 100. They like the land
and country very much and expect to
return with their families as soon as
they can fix up their business here.
Willis son-in-law also took up a
homestead in the same neighborhood.
Miss Olive Hope expects to enter
tain Mr.. and Mrs. Bloss of Salem,
Wis. at whose home she lives when
teaching there.
Mrs. Chas. Alderman and son of
Alden, Iowa, are visiting her brother,
Amos Brown, and other relatives in
this vicinity.
r. N. Hoskins sold some furniture
on the street Saturday.
Howard Rhodes of Lancaster went
through town with his auto Saturday.
A son of Paul Esser had leg badly
cut as the result of mix-up with his
hormse and carriage. The horse was
scared by an auto. Esser came to
town and had the wound dressed.
The postofice department is now
thinking of keeping Del. Browns
route over the hills to Lancaster and
having Will Morkin. route carrier,
meet the Beetown carrier at the Rails
beck corner and exchange mails with
MIN. The desire of everybody in this
vicinity is to have Morkin carry his
mail to Beetown and then straight
out again.
G. 81. Hesselman of Dyervsille,
Iowa, has bought the Thos. Harper
farm.
W. H. Pearson, clerk in the post
Office department at Washington, is
visiting his brother Samuel and others
in this place.
Earl Brother and family have
moved into VIM. Moore's house.
Ross & White of Mineral Point
were here Saturday buying some
cattle.
Andrew Roberts brought to town
stalk of corn twelve feet high, with
the ear of corn up seven feet from
the ground.
Harry Greer. lineman for the Bell
Telephone Co. at Carroll. Iowa. has
been promoted to the position of dis
trict manager for that district. Harry
is moving right along.
Miss Sylvia Greer is home from
Chicago for the fair.
The Jay Abraham family expect
to go to GAINESVILLE this week, where
Jay has a position in a store.
The Lancaster and Bloomington
boys played a game of ball here Sun
day and our boys won by score of 5
to f.
Everything is ready for our fair
The ontrioS DrouniSoi q GRAND. eyhihIt
The running races promise to be I'M
usually lively, as there are thirteen
horses entered. The ground is filed
with attractions of various kinds
Joseph Philipson. accompanied by
his son Leo and wife. returned to
Chicago last Sunday.