Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-01
BLOOMINGTON

Prof. c. M Chapman of Chetek,
was a guest at the Chas. Chapman
home last week. Mr. Chapman S wife
and daughter visited her p ople at
Platteville.
Miss Alta Lewis. teacher at Prairie
du CHEN, visited at the M. B. Lewis
home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erven Hale had one
Of the best Christmas presents in the
community A nice boy came to
their place last Tuesday.
Miss Jessie Bates Of Chicago visited
at the VIM. Bates home last week
Mrs. Anna Taylor visited at Bee
town and Lancaster last week.
The Christmas exercises at the three
Protestant churches Tuesday evening
wer6 we'll attended. The trees were
nice and the exercises were pleasing
At the Catholic church there were
services every day and midnight
mass Christmas eve. The attendance
was large.
Frank BARLEY is visiting at home,
and we are glad TO say is improv-
ing in health.
The mails were loaded last week
up to Christmas day, and Postmistress
Nevins and assistants had their
hands full handling all of it.
Alex. Frederick and wife of Prairie
du Chen visited at the home of Mrs
Abba Ballantine last week.
Fred Schuelter of Dubuque was a
guest of Miss Hazel Hickok last We'd
nesday.
There will be a dance on Tuesday
evening, Jan. 7th, at the city hall,
with music by the Bloomington or.
chestra.
Quite number from this city at
tended the dance at Patch Grove last
Wednesday evening, Our Blooming.
ton orchestra furnished music and
made good impression.
The J. C. BENEFITS family of
Prairie du CHEN and Elmer Kast of
Havana, N. D.. were guests at the
W. V. BENEFITS home the past week.
Mr. BENEFITS will continue as a hard
ware salesman the coming year.
Chan. Stiles of Rugby, N. D., a
guest at the Walter Arnsburger home
in Patch Grove, called on friends here
last week. Mr. Stiles had been in a
hospital in st. Paul to have a foot
treated.
Sam. Ketner and wife of Moline,
Ill are visiting relatives and friends
here.
Dick WEIGH has sale on Thurs
day, Jan. 9th. Nick expects to move
to town for a while.
Henry Roberts sale last Friday was
a success.
Coming down the brooklyn hill
last Thursday Will Cooley's horse
started to run away. At the west
end of the bridge, Jim CaIvill, who
was riding with Will. took a rein
and turned the horse up the north
road. The sudden turn threw Will
out of the buggy, and he sustained a
severe cut on top of the head and
damaged hip.
Clyde Scharfenstein, student at
business college, visited his parents
here last week.
A party of young people went out
to the Peter Pagan home, and were
entertained by Miss Erma Pagan,
Thursday evening.
R. N. Greer. the wall paper sales
man. visited here the last of the
week.
Lee Brookens cut his foot while
chopping in the woods last Thursday.
Sylvester Pendleton visited 1ela-
tives In Lancaster last week.
Jas. Sprague Jr had ellison Tyler
take his engine and haul his carpenter
shop from the Tornowske lots to his
own nome premises.
Drs. Lewis and Glasier attended the
medical meeting at Prairie du Chen
Friday.
John Schnorrenburg moved his
baroer shop outfit to Cassville Sunday.
john was a resident of this town
something over twenty years, and
we'll miss his familiar figure on our
streets.
The annual meeting of the Bloom
iugton Mutual Farmers Fire In
surance Co. will be held at the city
nall, Bloomington, Jan. 9TH. Also
the annual meetings of the Grant
County Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
and the Bloomington Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. will be held Jan. 18th.
Wa liar Horpor Of D1oirvjou To-oc-