Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-09-02

Groom of Cassville transaced business
here.
DR.. H. H. Hancock departed for
Balsam Lake Sunday, to find relief
from hay fever, which appears at
this season of the year.
Floyd and Alice Baldwin took Mrs.
DR.. Savage and daughter Gwendolyn
to Platteville Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Cliff and Mrs.
Geo. Garthwaite had an outing at
Bagley last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Hoyman are
entertaining two daughters from
Freeport, III.
Dale Rundell and wife of Living
ston were visitors at the G. H. Enke
nome Sunday, and also visited at
Patch Grove. r
Mrs. Joseph Hurlburt of Lancaster
and daughter, Mrs. Alma Tay lor, of
Loomis, S. D., visited relativ es and
friends here Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. j. T. Taylor of
Campbellsport are visiting friends in
town. Rev. Taylor was pastor of the
Baptist church in this village for
couple of years.
C. A. Guernsey went down to
Thompson, ILL.,, south of Savanna,
and bought 900 melons, which he has
been selling the past week. Asa
says there are some melons in that
country.
Harry and Arthur Humphrey are
visiting at the home of their uncle,
Paul Humphrey. Harry owns and
operates the farm formerly owned by
his father, the late Alfred Humphrey,
near Arlington, Iowa, and Arthur has
! an orange ranch near Los Angeles,
Calf.
The new Congregational church is
under process of construction. Mr..
Scharle of Dubuque is doing the brick
work, and James and Ted Sprague,
John Kinsler and Will Hart the
carpenter work. 1t is expected to in
crease the force and finish it up as
soon as possible.
w. +. Clark and family moved to
Platteville Saturday. where Mr..
Clark will attend Normal the coming
year. Joseph Horsfall, David Ball
and Herman Richter moved them
over. Mr.. Clark made a good record
as teacher here, and the family will
be missed by a large number of
friends.
DR.. Chambers of Georgiana,
Florida, formerly of this place, writ
ing to Mrs. w. H. Brown says he is
we'll as usual. They have had the
hottest and dryest summer since he
went there some years ago. He sent
mango to give an idea of the size
and flavor OF the fruit. The mango
grows on tree about thirty feet
high.
A number from this city attended
the Catholic harvest picnic at Glen
Haven last week, and report large
attendance. We hear that 800 peo-
pie were fed, which required some
thing more than five loaves and three
fishes. The program was entertain
ing and varied. with features pleas
ing to all. The affair was so sue
cessful that they probably will have
another next year.
Our schools open Monday, Septem-
Der 18th, with the following teach
ers in charge IT. M. Bray, principal;
Edith Pennock, Lewis BETTER, Miss
Williams, assistants; Amy Crabtree,
grammar department; Alta Lewis,
interme date department; Wessie
Dudley, third and fourth grades
Sabena Stockert, first and second
grades. There remains one assistant
to be engaged. To our way of think
ing this lineup is one of the best
ever engaged for our schools, and we
look for excellent results.
Only one Bloomington man is run
ming for office this year. o. H.
Martin is a Democratic candidate for
member of assembly. His opponent
is John Kelly Of Woodman. MIR.
Martin is a Bla',es Prairie farmer
and breeder of Shorthorn cattle. He
was brought up on the farm where he
now lives. AS a boy he was we'll ed
ucated both in the public schools and
commercial college. For time he
engaged in the hardware business in
the village, but returned to farming
as matter of choice. Mr.. Martin
enjoys the reputation of being square
in all matters of business. Polite
ally he is strongly progressive, and
favors a more economical administra-
tion of public affairs.
More Bloomington news will be
found on another page of This paper.