Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-14
AROUND The COUNTY
BLOOMINGTON
special Correspondence to the Herald.
DIED MRS. LAS.


take care of her sister, Mrs. Otis
Weld, during her recent illness, was
taken i'll, and after a few days illness
died last Thursday morning. Mrs.
Lias was about seventy years of age.
Mr.. Weld took the body to her home
near Maquoketa, Iowa, Friday.
LAW SUIT.
Saturday afternoon F. G Wetmore
brougt suit before Justice BETTER to
recover damages from Conrad Risic,
former tenant on the Wetmore farm,
claiming damages for permitting
waterworks plant to freeze up. A
jury composed of A. g. Tubbs. Crit
Hickok, Elmer Wager, 0. Knapp. g.
Ballantine and Yves Oates. sat in
judgment. Considerable evidence was
introduced by both sides. The jury
awarded Mr. Wetmore damages to the
amount of 500 Mr. Wetmore was
represented by Atty. M. Casey, and
Atty. Athey of Prairie du Chen look
ed after Mr.. Risics interests
RECEPTION.
Our home orchestra and fifteen or
twenty couples attended the union
reception at Patch Grove Friday even
ing. All reported pleasant time.
TO GUTENBERG.
The Bloomington Band and Harp
Orchestra will give a concert and
dance at Gluten berg Saturday evening,
May 18th The boys of both organiza-
tions expect to be in shape to give a
good account of themselves.
FOR RAILROAD.
The town of Bloomington having
voted for bonds for railroad, Thos.
Mcdonald will move on to Glen Haven
and hold petition election, notice
having been published to that effect.
Mr.. Mcdonald expects to have help to
push the other towns elections
through this season, SO that they can
begin on the road early in the
spring.
LOCALS.
Roy Grindell, the Platteville
tombstone man, was in town Satur-
day, closing up some orders. Mr..
Grindell conducts "show me"
campaign, taking prospective patrons
right down to Platteville in his auto
and showing them 1.-The works, as
we'll as the workmanship.
We hear that Jacob and Albert
Schreiner have bought new Buick
auto.
Sunday morning W. G. Forehand.
popular merchant of this city, gave us
pleasant auto ride to his fine 600
acre farm near Bagley. There we
drank in great draughts of the beauty
and grandeur of the scenery, the
forest-crowned everlasting hills just
coming into their own new coat of
itch greenness. Over in Forehand
Park, across the Burlington track, is
one of the most beautiful spots on the
river. where we find magnificent
groves of grand old oaks, a fine lake
with plenty of fishing and other fine
things to delight the eye. r. E. Jay,
who bought the Forehand homestead
and 10 acres, we found to be farm
ing like a veteran. John Adams,
who runs the present Forehand farm,
has his crops right up with the season.
In his new room in the mill build
ing A. c. Guernsey is making ice
cream to delight the palate The
generous samples passed out to us were
above the average in all respects.
Mrs. J. B. Gilligan submitted to
surgical treatment at Dubuque last
Wednesday, and at this writing is
getting along very we'll.
Victor Jirieck. of Elroy, who has
been working in the Cement Block
Creamery for a couple of weeks, likes
the job and the town and thinks he
will remain for time, at least
Les Pritchett and Fay Ketner
visited Boscobel friends Wednesday.
Miss Lulu Quarterman of Wyalus-
ing visited at the Earl Brother home
last week.
F. M. Wager had business in Ian
caster last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs, Mcpherson of Gays
Mills visited their son Herbert and
wife last week.
a. G. Bishop and wife go to
Elkader, Iowa, this week for a brief
visit.
Miss Van Buren,, state library in
spector, visited our library Thursday.
The Grant County physicians, who
were to have met here last Thursday,
postponed their meeting until Thurs.
day of this week, on account of bad
roads.
Fred WEIGH and Frank REESE last