Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-08-20
AROUND The COUNTY
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BLOOMINGTON
Special Correspondence to the Herald.

ladies' She was a member Of the last
graduating class of the Bloomington
high school, and has been active in
the social doings about town. Mr..
Oaklief is partner in the firm Of
Kitto & Oaklief, hardware dealers of
this city. He is skilled mechanic
and an industrious young man. About
sixty relatives Of the parties to the
contract witnessed the ceremony and
partook of the wedding dinner.
The Rev. schoenfeId family of
Edgerton visited old friends here first
Of the week, and Mr.. Schoenfeld
preached in the Congregational
church. He went to Fennimore Mon
day and preached a funeral sermon.
The family had just been west doing
Yellowstone Park.
Elmer wager and Lewis Wilkinson
have new Ford automobiles, bought
from the Fred WEIGH agency.
Rev. A. ]. Abbott, a former pastor
of the Baptist church of this city,
died at Cottage Hill Florida, recent
ly. Rev. Abbott had not been preach
ing regularly of late, and at the time
of his death was running a small
store.
A number from this vicinity at
tended the Boscobel Fair last week.
Mrs. E. D. Beeman and two sons of
Dubuque and Mrs. Meta Ward and
son Of Oelwein, Iowa, are visiting at
the S. A. and Ora Hatch homes.
Mrs. DR.. hartford and son. of Glass;
Vile, motored to this city Saturday.
L. D. Holford started first of the
week for his home at Tulare, Cali
fornia. Mr.. Holford had a pleasant
visit with relatives and old friends
here. On the same trip he attended
the Gettysburg reunion.
A mouse cage in the store window
of August Dreifus & Co. attracted
some attention Saturday. The mice
were running on slightly inclined
revolving disc, and the motion also
was making little wooden man do
a turn on top of the cage. All this
mechanism was made by Harry Lowe
onsohn, who is quite genius at that
sort of work.
The girl friends of Miss Bessie
Birch, gave her a kitchen shower
Friday evening. They had a good
time and left a lot of useful gifts.
especially appreciated at this parti-
cular time. Now Bessie can 'use
them in her business.
VIM. Forck and family of North
Andover visited in town Saturday.
j. B. Gilligan and family visited
relatives and friends in and near Il avs
Mills Saturday and Sunday.
The Grant County Medical Society
will have their regular summer meet.
ing at Csssville on Thursday, when
Doc Hartford will treat to some of
his celebrated turtle soup and catfish.
Miss Madge Ryan of North Andover
visited in town last week.
Mrs Youngblood of Dubuque is
visiting her friend, Mrs. John Zenz.
These two ladies went to school to.
gether at British Hollow when they
were girls.
Miss Mildred Tubbs of Blakes
Prairie visited in town part of last
week.
Rev. Hambleton preached in the
Baptist church Sunday morning and
evening.
Mrs. Budd, accompanied by her
daughter, came over from Fennimore
for visit at the home of her son
Floyd, who owns the George Garth
waite farm in Little Grant.
Mrs. Jay Donnelly and son Bernard
and Mrs Frank Hoskins visited Du-
buque las week.
Henry Thomas and wife of Lancas-
ter were guests at the Reub. French
home last week.
John Peacock of Fennimore was
here on business Thursday.
Mrs. Rena Barr is visiting rela-
tives and friends in this vicinity.
She is packing up in Glen Haven,
preparatory to removal to California,
where they have been living the past
year. Her husband. Edwin Barr,
is quite we'll in that country
The band boys are thinking of
giving a dance after the concert next
Saturday evening.
Erven Booth of Minneapolis was
caller on old friends here Saturday
evening.
Jay Donnelly drove stage to Ian
caster Monday, for the first time since
getting mixed up in a runaway four
weeks ago.