Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-03-29
BAGLEY.
spondence to the Herald.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
A very quiet and pretty wedding
took place at Eldara, Ia, March Is,
when Miss Birdie Brown of Bagley,
and Mr.. Victor W. Hammitt of Pope
joy, Ia were united at the Baptist
parsonage, Rev. Stanley officiating );
Miss Nellie Millin bridesmaid and
Martin Evans best man. The bride
looked lovely in q gown of blue silk,
and the groom very handsome in con
ventional black. The groom who is a
stranger to US runs livery at Pope
joy and is doing we'll. The bride we
have known from childhood and feel
sure the groom has wen great prize.
The happy couple will be at home to
friends at their home in Popejoy,
April LIST. We wish them much JOY
and await with patience the coming
of that wedding pickle.
The birthdays of Nellie Day and
Grace Harvill happening on the same
day a surprise was sprung on them
last Monday; II ladies came in and
sewed carpet rags all day. each guest
brought in lots of eatables and about
30 sat down to the feast. Mrs. Geo.
Harvill was at the head of this
scheme and right we'll she did her
part.
Mrs. Alice Gulick, sold her farm
to Mr.. Mckinney and has since pur-
chased lots in Bagley and will build
at once.
Last Tuesday the woods got afre
and the wind blew guns; like race
horse it rushed up the ridge and
licked up the John Gasner place,
house, barn and out buildings all in
ashes. The Klarman place and Bur-
1oughs farm were better protected and
were saved. The cry of fire sent
lot OF men to the rescue from Bagley
but they were too late.
Nate Brown was at Lacrosse to
visit sister; coming home he met
his wife and Mrs. John Millin at
Prairie du Chen and all returned to-
gether.
Resell Willard got some lots of DR..
Mecum and will build his residence
this summer.
Fred Patch will work the 10 acre
farm owned by Jacob Beer; Fred NOV
ed to town but can't break off old
habits of blowing and sowing. Ten
acres is good to ease off on.
Ira Willard was at Lacrosse We'd
nesday to see his best girl so he said.
Ira is one of the trick men at this
station on g. B. & @.
The quiet Of the village of Wyalus
ing was disturbed by the cry of mad
dog. = Several dogs were bitten and
all had to be killed.
Ed Ivens ruptured a blood vessel in
his leg while helping to unload a
grain drill. He goes around quietly
with slight limp
The wife of Ed Thiessa is now
away visiting relatives at Davenport,
Ia.
John Keller, deputy game warden,
left here Saturday for a Lacrosse
hospital. John is suffering the doctor
thinks from gail stones and an opera
tion may be necessary.
Howard Shrake, the hopeless invalid
and cripple, together with his patient
wife, wish to thank all their friends
for material assistance and sympathy
in a trial but few are called on to
undergo.
So, the licence question is up again
in our town, this spring election.
Well when anyone can give me
valid or a good and sufficient reason
for rum shop, then I might be will
ing to vote for it. have lived in the
world 70 years and never heard that
question answered satisfactorily yet.
Mrs John Yost of Savanna, ILL.,,
will stay a couple of weeks with her
sister in law, Mrs Chas. Urine, who
is in very poor health.
Every man in the township should
get out and cast a vote this spring
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