Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
AROUND THE COUNTY
BLOOMINGTON.
special Correspondence to the Herald.
LARGE TARANTULA

LARGE TARANTULA
Bert Quigley discovered a large
tarantuIa in bunch of bananas in
the Kavanaugh Cafe one evening last
week. DR.. Hancock chIoroformed
the ugly looking insect, and it was
put in a glass jar for inspection. 1t
is getting to be quite common
thing to find these poison spiders of
the south in banana lunches, and all
who handle them should be very care
full.
a PIONEER ENTERPRISE.
On the sidewalk by the ruins of
the Groom store are some old iron
plates which were on the steps lead
ing to the second floor of the store.
Mrs. Fred Riese called our attention
to the fact that her father, Eugene
z. MessmOre, and partner, E. L. Mer
rill, made those plates in their
foundry, in the building now owned
by Fred WEIGH, almost forty years
ago. The firm had a nice start at
foundry work, but Bloomington was
too far from the railroad and too
small to make enough business, and
so they soon gave it up, as many
other things were started and given
up in the new towns of the then new
country.
JUNIORS WILL PLAY EARLY.
The high school juniors will have
their class play, aaron Boggs,
Freshman Friday evening, April
10th. Their reception will be held
on Tuesday evening, April 9th.
Gabel's six-piece orchestra of La
Crosse will furnish music for the
latter.
SALMAGUNDI CLUB BANQUET.
The Salmagundi Club, a well known
ladies' literary society of this city,
have swell banquet every spring be-
fore they adjourn for the summer wa
cation. The banquet for this season
was held at the G.. A. Guernsey res
taurant last Thursday evening, and
each lady took her husband or some
friend to help enjoy the feast. The
spread was all that the ladies expected,
and even more After the courses had
been given Individual attention, there
were tOasts and remarks of a general
nature. The guests voted the ladies
good fellows, and the ladies thanked
them for lending timely assistance in
tacklmg a big job, and all hands voted
the meet and the eat a grand success.
Rayland Fisher, the boy who had his
head crushed while riding down hill,
died at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Fisher, near Brodtville,
last Friday.
Peace day for the Catholic church
was Sunday, and the attendance at ST.
Mary's church was large Services
conducted by Rev. Rupprechter were
an appeal for divine help in bringing
about peace in Europe.
r. N. Hoskins made business trip
20 Chicago last week.
Herman Rector has given up his
Glen Haven freight route and will farm
his fathers place between this city
and Patch Grove. His father. John
Rector, will move to Patch Grove.
Del Brown bought some of Herman's
freight outfit and will continue hauling
the freight from Glen Haven.
Fred Foster and ThOs. Woodhouse
are home from Nebraska They re-
port that when they left last week
there was lot of snow all over the
west country. This fact almost GER
tainly insures a good crop for this sea
son.
FAIR OFFICERS.
The directors of Blakes Prairie 40
rlcu tur1 Society met at DR..
Heraty's office Thursday. The
officers elected for the ensuing year
are VIM Morrissey, President;
Oscar Knapp, Secretary: o. L.
Brady. Treasurer, O. 81. Martin.
A. McKevitt, vice presidents. The
aftalrs Of the society were found to
be IN fair condition.
" discussing program. the senti
sments seemed to favor adding racing
90 the G5tractions of the fair.
Owingfto the fact that the Ian
caster fair society jumped our
dates. the matter of dates was dis
cuss7d. The majority opposed
sticking to the dates and competing
with the Lancaster fair, it was de-
cided TO make an earlier date. en-
uTely away from the Lancaster
fsir.
YG;sa to make some improve
ments on the ground, one of which
is to be a double cattleshed.
An enthusiastic spirit pervaded |