Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-01-17
BLOOMINGTON.
special Correspondence to the Herald.

The Grant County Mutual Fire In
surance Co. and the Bloomington
Mutual Insurance. Co. had annual
meetings last Wednesday. In the
former Jacob Schreiner, 81. G. Enke.
s. A. Hatch were re- elected directors.
The hold over directors are A.
Frazier, Lincoln Abraham, Lewis
BETTER, c. P. Him. Griffin Hickok
and G 81. Basford 81. c. Enke
was chosen president. Q. P Him,
vice president, and S. A Hatch,
| secretary and treasurer. The company
paid out $9459. 10 in losses in two
years, about half each year, on
ST, 1866, OPS insurance. In the Mutual
company Albert Schreiner was elected
director to succeed j. NJ. Donnelly,
| deceased, aud Frank Roach and c..
D. Calkins were reelected. The
other directors are Lincoln Abraham,
S. A. Hatch. A @. Tubbs and R. N.
Hoskins. Officers: L. Abraham,
president; Albert Schreiner, vice
president; s. A. Hatch. secretary and
treasurer. This company paid $4486. As
in losses, of which $1453 was on last
year, the insurance amounting to
$500, COS.
Alfred 7. Ketner. son of George
Ketner and wife, died Wednesday,
after an extended illness. Alfred was
born February. 1872. and passed his
life on the home farm. He was
very successful farmer and a capable
young man, until disease undermined
his health. The family have the
sympathy of the community.
The members of the Newrich Recep-
tion Company are rehearsing the
play, which they will put on soon,
Jan. 25tE and Goth.
Sam'l Ketner of Moline, ILL.,, at
| tended the funeral of his brother
Alfred here last Friday.
Sam'l Wilkinson farm on the south
prairie is for sale. A good farm.
Everett SandIeback was quite i'll
last week. bis parents were over
from Lancaster to see him.
There is new hoy at the Herman
Rector home.
Vern Brookens and assistants cut
about two-thirds of the crop at the
ice pond last week. and then shut
| down because the Ice was too thick
about twenty inches. The second
crop will be harvested this week
about twelve inches thick.
James McDermott and his three
daughters visited relatives at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, a couple of weeks ago.
The Woodmen had initiation, in
stallation and supper at their hall
last Thursday evening.
The Beavers had installation Mon
day evening Field Supt Burns was
present to install the officers
The Bagley high school boys played
our boys game of basket ball in the
city hall Friday evening. The home
team won by fair margin. They
will meet again soon.
The Pritchett hotel is undergoing
some improvements. The southeast
room is being fitted into a nice Office,
with hardwood finishing and fancy
stairway leading to the upper floor
| The kitchen will be enlarged.
Rudolph Bohringer has rented the
Will Cooper farm for the coming
season. Rudolph is a good farmer
and will make good on this good
farm.
The cold weather of the past two
weeks has penetrated many cellars
and frozen the potatoes and other
vegetables
Joseph Hoffman, of Lancaster, was
in town few days last week. We
bear that he practically concluded a
deal for the Joe Greer restaurant Mr.
Hoffman will FIX the place up in fine
shape and install modern bake oven.
Such an oven will pay in this place,
as the dealers import lot OF the
product of the bakery.
Quite bit of wood was brought to
town last week The cold weather
has been making great inroads on the
fuel reserve
Mrs. Lucinda Burt, former resi-
dent of this place, is quite i'll in the
hospital at Prairie du Chen
The Bloomington orchestra will
play for dance at Mt. Hope Friday
evening.
Dennis H. Slattery, we'll remember
ed all over Grant County as a hustl
ing solicitor for the Dubuque papers,
now engaged In the insurance bust
ness in Dubuque and writes Us that
bo ,ooda 4b. Grant TOnnfu noporo