Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-07-27
AROUND THE COUNTY
BLOOMINGTON.

Miss Myrtle Ferguson to Harley Welsh
at Mt. Hope last Wednesday.
Dave Ballantine expects to get
some good service out of that new
FIVE, passenger Lambert auto. 1t is a
fine machine.
Orville Ballantine gave his friends
a party Thursday evening.
Fred Wetmore lost twenty acres of
hay by fire Thursday. His son was
about to cut the hay and Fred fred a
small pile of rubbish in one corner.
The fire communicated to the hay and
the field soon burned Much fighting
was necessary to save adjoining barley
fields on the John Davis and Ben
Brookens farms.
E. w. Chain, the prohibition
politician, who is trying to coax all
temperance people into the prohibi-
tion party. spoke in the Baptist church
Sunday evening.
Bloomington and Glen Haven
Catholic church will soon be separate
parishes, each with it's own priests.
1t is understood that Rev. Bruder-
MAINS will remain in charge Of the
Bloomington church.
Mrs. @. c. NARROW of Lancaster
has invited some of her old friends
and neighbors of this place to take
luncheon with her oday-Tuesday
VIM. Lewis Of Lancaster is guest
at the Donnelly House.
A. e. Bishop entertained his mother
and sister for a few days. Their home
is at Elkader. Iowa.
Mrs. John Foley of Cassville was a
visitor he1e for few days last week.
Fred Wetmore has a new Mitchell
auto. bought through the Horton
agency at Patch Grove The Mitchell
is as good as the best.
An auto advertising Edward 7.
FairchiId for governor was through
here Friday.
While helping Harry Tornowske
tear down an old barn on the Thos
Harper farm last Saturday, George
Stockert and Elgle Cooley sustained
injuries which will lay them up for
some time. They we're taking down
some lumber with ropes when some
thing broke and the lumber fell upon
the boys. They were quite badly in
jured about the hips and back.
DR.. Savage of Platteville was a
guest of Miss Kate Baldwin Sunday.
Fred Fischer and wife returned to
the west Sunday. Reub. French and
wife accompanied them to Cassville.
A party of Fennimore gentlemen
came to town in an auto and advertis-
ed the Big Days. Aug. 4 and 5,
Saturday. A lot OF us expect to at
tend.
L. Abraham and Lewis BETTER went
to Brodtville Saturday evening" where
the former as district deputy installed
the Odd Fellows officers.
Mrs w. Fl. Brown has been passing
a few days in Prairie du CHEN.
Mrs. III. G. Enke is visiting at the
home of her son Alvin at Wabasha,
MINI.
r. N. Hoskins and family visited
friends at Watertown last week.
Mrs. M. B. GIasier entertained for
Mrs. Fisher. of Greenacre, Wash.
and Mrs. Foley Of Cassvlle Saturday
evening.
j. M Donnelly, A. H. Patch and
Oscar Brady of this city were initial
ed into the M ysteries of the Lodge of
Elks at Dubuque Friday evening.
TIE event was brought about princi-
pally through the influence Of DIR.
Heraty, who is member of the Fond
du Lac lodge. DR.. Hancock. also was
a candidate, but could not attend.
The Dubuque Times Journal had a
column write-up of the happy occa-
sion.
DR.. 0. P. Sala Jr,, OF Davenport,
Iowa, with his family, visited his
father, DR.. O. P. last week. He made
the trip by automobile.
Mrs. Leslie Clark of Lancaster
spent several days of last week with
relatives and friends of this place.
The ladies of the Merry Go Round
Club, gave an enjoyable picnic last
Wednesday evening in honor of Mr..
and Mis-. Fred Fischer, of Greenacre,
Wash, who were visiting here.
Mrs. Israel Roberts and daughter
Daisy returned home last week from
visit with friends at Fond du Lac.
They were accompanied by Miss Irish
a cousin, who will visit here for a
time.
Mrs. Daisy Brown and son DeForest
returned last week from four weeks