Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-24
BLOOMINGTON
correspondence to the herald.


cement work for the season, and this
week will lay the floor on the iron
bridge leading 10 Brooklyn Heights.
New walks have been laid for a block
soath of the old schoolhouse and
James Peacock, Jamie Sprague and
Mrs. D. E. Brown residences: thence
across the street. and one block north
past tire DR.. Sala, Thos Mcnamara
and Harry Geiger residences on south
and east sides of L. S. Sawyer's !;
about the premises of VIM. Morrisey
with crossing to the Catholic
church, about the new Catholic
parsonage; fronting the Oscar Knapp
residence; south of the Hoskins furni-
ture store, Mrs. jays residence and
the John Thornton residence; from
the high school building to the north.
west corners of the park. With the
exception of few short stretches our
village is we'll supplied with fine
walks. The cost of keeping them up
will be very light.
The new Catholic parsonage
BARLEY property has been painted
and renovated, and soon will be &C.
cupied by Father Ruprechter.
OrdelIo Lyman and wife and Mrs.
E. A. Benedict and daughter, Mrs.
F. NJ. Smith, sutoed over from
Fredericksburg, Iowa, one day last
week and visited couple of days at
the home of Mrs. N. Austin.
Horace Wood of Glen Haven was
in town Sunday. He was accompan
led by Wills McCune of Chicago, an
employe of the great Marshall Field
store, now out at the pleasant Wood
farm for little vacation, When
leaving Chicago for this visit Mr..
McCune had the misfortune to be in
the bad railroad collision just out
side of the city, when thirteen people
were killed and a lot injured but
he escaped with a slightly injured
leg.
Mrs. ]. P. Weiss of Madison is
visiting her sister, Miss A. Y. Ryan
and other relatives and friends in
this vicinity.
While going from his barn to his
house. out in the west part of the
town. Al. Marshall stepped over a
Erattlesnaks He hastily procured a
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lantern, but the raptile escaped in
the grass. During the summer rattlers
wander quite ways from their dens.
| Last week G W. Hoyman enjoyed
a visit from two of his daughters, OF
Freeport, Ill.
Miss Berry of Seattle. Wash, is a
guest at the home of Rev Woo LEY.
Harry Bates, one of Uncle Sam s
regulars, stationed at the Presidio,
California, sent his folks here pictures
of himself and friends, and some
souvenirs of army life. Harry is at
tached to the hospital corps and s in
line )r promotion in the near future.
DR.. Kennedy attended the state
meeting of veterinarians at GAINESVILLE
last week
We are to have the Shyle-Cenadef
Motion Picture Co. here July Gath
and tie Mysterious Smith Co. August
18th.
vern Knapp and Clyde Small.
while driving one of Dick WEIGH s
teams last Friday, had a runaway.
The harness and buggy were damaged
somewhat.
Mrs. S. E. Pearson and son Carlisle
and MIR. and Mrs. Chris. Roberts are
visiting at Lancaster this week. The
Robertses expect to return here before
returning to Lincoln, Neb.
S. E. Pearson, school clerk, recent
ly took the census Of school children
in this district, There are 218 Of
school age, of whom 1O4 are boys and
ia girls. Of this number 40 are out
side of the village, leaving 176 in the
village.
Mrs. A. G. Zimmerman of Madison
is visiting her mother, Mrs. G. E.
Brown. The Zimmermans came
through to Mt. Hope in an auto, and
Mr.. Zimmerman has been visiting
relatives in that place and Prairie du
Chen. He will call on friends here
this week.
Vim. Zenz and family of Hurricane
called here Friday. enroute to Mt.
Hope to VISIT the Dagenhardts.
Clint Bishop and sister Ruth of FL
kader, Iowa. visited the a. O. Bishop
family here a few days last week.
Mrs. Bessie Lewis Hill of Omaha.
Neb., is visiting her father DR.. j. NJ.
Lewis, and other relatives ard friends
here.
Messrs. BARLEY, Kitto and Wood