Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-24
AROUND The COUNTY
BLOOMINGTON.
Special Correspondence TO the Herald
NEW RESIDENT SUICIDES.

Wednesday, on the following day
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with razor. His wife found
him in the barn, after missing him
several hours. Apparently he had
done the deed in the haymow, and
then climbed down the ladder and got
in the manager, where he was found.
Apparently he had lived some time
after inficting the wounds upon him
self.
Mr.. Freeze bought the farm of
Mr.. Cooper last fall. They came
from Farley Iowa, last week, shipping
their goods to Glen Haven. The
neighbors helped them haul the things
home, and were taking a friendly
interest in their welfare. Every
thing appeared to be well, and no
cause is assigned for the act. The
only clue was a fit of melancholy that
took possession of Mr.. Freeze after
they started to move.
Two brothers of deceased and the
father of the widow came Friday and
with the widow and son took the re-
mains to Farley for interment.
1t is reported Mr.. Cooper has kind
ly consented to relieve Mrs. Freeze
of the contract for the farm.
Mr.. Freeze was forty years of age.
He was a bright, intelligent man,
held in high esteem in his home town.
ODD FELLOWS MEET
Sixteen Odd Fellows went from
this place to Lancaster, Friday, and
with delegations from Mt Hope,
Fennimore and Boscobel assisted the
Lancaster lodge in the initiation of
ten candidates. Those who went
from this city are Il. S. Sawyer,
Andrew Roberts, James Sprague Jr.,
Ort Cooley, Clarence Ball, Fred
Cooper, Henry Schloesser. Bert
Garthwaite, Everett Kavanaugh,
Lewis BETTER, Will Smith, j. M.
Lance, Lee Bailey, John Gates,
Everett Pritchett and Lincoln
Abraham. They report good time.
BAND CONCERT
The Bloomington Band will give
concert in the city hall on Monday
evening, March 9Th. A splendid pro-
gram has been prepared by Prof.
Bray, director of the band. This
will be benefit concert, and as the
boys are putting in lot of time and
work this winter they should be en-
couraged by good patronage.
DEATH OF LILA HICKOK.
Our people were painfully shocked
Sunday morning TO hear of the sudden
and unexpected death Of Lila, fifteen
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley HickOk. Lila went to bed
Saturday evening apparently in her
usual health. Sunday morning her
mother heard noise in her room and
went to investigate. She found the
girl breathing hard and FASTENED to
call a doctor on the telephone.
Upon returning to the bedside she
found the sufferer breathing her last.
Heart disease is given as the trouble.
Messages were sent the father, who
had been in Chicago some weeks on
account of illness; Vera, teaching at
Glasgow, Mont, and Gladys, a
student at Platteville. They all
came as soon as possible. Lila was
a bright lively girl, and will be sadly
missed by her family, schoolmates
and friends generally. The sorrow
ing parents, brothers and sisters have
the deep sympathy OF the community.
LOCALS
Rayland Fisher, the WyaIusing boy
who had his skull fractured while
riding down hill, is reported better at
this v ing. He is in the hospital
at La se.'
From Florida d. w. Horsfall,
formerly of Prairie du Chen, sent
the high school here the interior shell
of what purports to be large cocoa
nut.
Den OHlOSE last MSSh HORSu 4IOLl
the VIM. Heiner farm to the Henry
Adams farm north of town.
Mr.. Clark, general manager of the
Inter-Sta Electric Light and Power
Co., will be here Thursday, weather
and roads permitting, to talk about
the plan to extend the Lancaster line
to this city. Probably there will be
a meeting in the evening. The COM
pany gives first-class service, and if
our town would like electric lights
now is a good time to hitch onto the
main line.
Our city basket ball team expect
to play Prairie du Chen again soon
in Bagley or Boscobel, and if they
60 to Bagley possibly they will play
Epworth College team. EpwOrth has