Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-01-10
AROUND The COUNTY
BLOOMINGTON.

successful modern play, Will be pre-
sented at the city hall on the evenings
of Jan. 25tn and goth. for the benefit
of the Blakes Prairie Agricultural
Society. In connection with this
play there will be a basket social
More about it next week.
Some of the lodges of this place
have oeen having installations of Of
fcers, accompanied by banquets and
some are yet to come. The man and
woman who belong to half dozen or
so of lodges each can get two or three
banquets per week for some time about
this time of year.
The Elmer Wager family now
occupy the Mrs. Carrie Ballantine
home in Brooklyn. A pleasant place
and handy to the creamery.
School resumed Monday. after
pleasant vacation. The teachers who
passed the vacation at their homes in
other places are on duty again.
The recent colo weather ate into
the fuel supply of our town. When
mercury is below zero all day and 20
to 80 below at night the heat required
is immense. Wood has been some
what scarce in town, selling at the
old price Of So 90 for cordwood and
$2.75 to So 90 for blocks.
Miss Minnie Orr &C Fennimore is
visiting at the Mrs. Lydia Mogan
home.
Grant Ballantihe was in Milwau.
kee on business last week.
Quite number from this place at
tended the funeral of Mrs. George
Vogt at Glen Haven last Wednesday.
Oscar Sells is home from Iowa for
a visit.
The Bloomington orchestra played
for the New Years dance at North
Andover last Monday evening.
Misses Gull of Fennimore visited
in town Friday.
There was social gathering at the
Henry Knapp home Friday evening.
Louie Goldberg entertained a party
IF friends FRIDAY evening.
: Chas. Hickok is visiting few days
in GAINESVILLE.
P. BARLEY and wife were at Lam
caster Friday.
VIM. Gates, Que of old-time resi-.
dents of the lower prairie, died at his
home in the town of Beetown last
Wednesday. The funeral Friday at
Dodge church was largely attended
despite the cold weather. The SER
mon was preached by Rev. 81, J.
Witherbee, former pastor of the
church.
The Bloomington Farmers Fire
Insurance Co met last Tuesday and
elected the following directors IF.
G. Wetmore, president, Patch Grove
o. Knapp, secretary, Bloomington;
Henry E. Mink, Potosi; Geo. E.
Gruom, Cassville; D. ]. Harris,
Wyalusing W. q. Hickok, Beetown:
W. F. Alderman, Glen Haven; Frank
Brandt. Mt Hope; A. J. Hamer,
Little Grant. The company is in
good shape, carrying So. 61O, 254 in
surance The sum of 81, 915 was paid
in loses $1,000 of said sum being from
the previous year.
Thos. Woodhouse and Harley
Hickok expect to start this week for
Gordon, Neb. Harley will visit
there couple of weeks.
Miss Florence Hope is employed as
nurse in the Doolittle hospital in
Lancaster.
While splitting wood in his yard
Frank Scharfenstein caught the
clothes line and as a result cut
cash in his head.
Herbert Mcpherson and wife of
Gays Mills are guests at the home of
Rev. Woolley.
Ice is of good thickness and Vern
Brookens expects to put up his crop
tn1S week.
Upon recommendation of State
Supt. Carey, the school board expects
to employ another teacher for the
high school.
f. j. Holt of GAINESVILLE, former
principal of our schools. won thirteen
prizes on Houdan chickens at the Col
iseum show at Chicago last week.
John K. Patterson, of this city,
for many years a resident of Beetown,
died Sunday evening. after prolonged
illness. Funeral services today at the
Catholic church. Mr. Patterson was
81 years of age.
Sherman Tubbs feels no marked i'm.
provement IN his condition, which is
discOuraging.
Will Cooper ana family now reside