Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-05-04
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BLOOMINGTON.

A delegation Of about ninety high
school students. teachers and their
friends accompanied our speakers to
Cassville Friday and upheld their
hands and courage in the district
speaking contest Friday evening. The
contest was between Bloomington,
Cassville, and Patch Grove schools
two speakers for each school. The
Bloomington speakers won both
places-Lewis BETTER, first, and
Lucille Woodhouse, second. These
two speakers will represent the
district in the larger district contest
at Platteville May 31st. Nettie Gray
bill of CassvlIle won third place in
the contest. The other speakers were
Frances Holford Cassville, and
Richard Robertson and Mabel Monroe.
Patch Grove. Naturally our school
is much elated over winning both
places, and the girls expect to strive
earnestly for higher honors at Platte
Vile. The high school ball team
went with the ''bunch" and played
the Cassville boys, but were defeated
by a score of Is to IA. The judges of
the speaking were Profs. Gunderson
of Prairie du Chen and Fitzgerald or
Bagley, and Miss Mccormick of La
Crosse.
Last week friends here were pleased
to receive announcement of the mar.
rage of Miss Gertrude Christie to
ALVIN B. Enke, at the home of the
bride in Prairie du Chen. Mr. Enke
is a son Of Herman G. Enke, owner of
the we'll known Euke harness shop Of
this city. He is in the employ of
the c. Nj. & ST. Paul railroad at
Wabasha, Mimi. with good prospects
for advancement. The bride is quite
we'll known in this city, having
visited here several times.
VIM. Mcmahon, the Lancaster
bridge man, was flirting with the
town officials hereabouts last Wednes-
day. He caught on" all right, be-
cause he has the right kind of bridges
at the right prices.
O L. Brady and wife made bust
ness and pleasure trip to Dubuque
last week.
While stretching barb wire one day
last week Peter Roney had his face
badly lacerated with the pesky stuff.
The wire slipped from the stretcher
and caught into the flesh of his face.
It is a painful wound.
J. L. Brady & Son now have their
i billiard hall in the James Sprague
store room, under the city hall. They
are replenishing their stock and max
ing the room pleasant for customers.
The Bradys lost heavily as result of
the recent fire, and as they are and
have been business men of strict in
tegrity, they are entitled to considera-
tion at the hands of the community.
A delegation of Patch Grove ladies,
chaperoned by Alex. Robertson, at
tended Eastern Star lodge here Wed
nesday evening.
Reub. French returned home from
MilW aukee last week, having nearly
recovered from his eye injury.
Mrs. S. McIver and daughter Mate
returned from Florida last Friday.
They spent the winter there and en-
joyed the climate.
| The fight of wild geese northward
last week reminded us that at last
we can reasonably expect sure enough
spring, with no winter tricks up
Father Times sleeve.
! T. S. Metcalf and wife Of Lancas-
ter called on friends here Saturday.
They had been over to their home in
Glen Haven.
! There was quite delegation of
Mt. Hope neighbors on the street Sat-
urday. Some that we remember
were G. E. Button and wife, Mrs.
Walter Lambert and Miss Scott of
Boscobel, Mrs. r. M. Day, Ed.
Koschkee and wife, Earl Cairns and
wife, Dick Morris, and several others
whom we do not now recall.
Pat. Roney, who has been in the
south for some time, is visiting rela-
tives in these parts.
Mrs. Sam Clegg returned to Sibley,
Iowa, last week after pleasant visit
with relatives here.
Wins. Quick, wife and daughter
of Bridgeport, visited friends here
over Sunday.
A letter written by T. Fl. Chambers
of Georgiana, Florida, states that his
son Archie, while still living. shows
no improvement in health. DR..
Chambers says that thousands and
thousands of acres of Florida lands