Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-27
BLOOMINGTON.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pennock returned
last Tuesday from an extended visit
with their son in Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Morrissey return
ed home Wednesday from a trip to
Montana and Northern Wisconsin.
Last Friday Mr.. Judge BETTER took
| his wife to Millville on a business trip
| in the interest of the Beavers.
Ed Cornell and Albert Schreiner
went fishing to the big river last
Thursday and that was about all there
was to it.
James Briggs of Sutherland, Iowa,
and old time farmer of this vicinity,
was here Wednesday shaking hands
with old acquaintance and friends.
| Last Saturday the auto bus took
the local orchestra to Mount Hope to
furnish music for their high school
fair.
| o. H. Winner autoed up from Beetown
Tuesday with his son Elgie, Hall
Stephens and Frank Tebo on bust
ness trip.
Leon Showalter, after an absence
of several months passed through here
last Saturday, enroute to Beetown,
where he expects to spend the winter
with his aged father, Levi Showalter.
Elgie Hickok and John Horsfall of
Lancaster, each brought an auto load
of delegates to the Rebekah convention
last Thursday including past grand
master, David Schreiner.
Mr.. Herman Enke returned home
last Thursday from an extended visit
to the San Francisco exposition and
several other places of interest i'll the
far west.
The Winona bus took the Keewatin
college football team to Prairie du
CHEN to play the Lancaster team last
week, and it is reported they defeated
| the Lancaster team to the tune of 80
to 900.
Last Wednesday we enjoyed spend
ing Csc for another chicken dinner at
the residence of Mrs. Harley Hickok
in favor of the Royal Neighbors and
left too full for utterance; and who
can tell from whence all the chickens
come.
Last Wednesday while Bernard Dom
nelly was playing with bulldog in
front of Frank Hoskins' residence, an
auto driven by Mr.. Del Moore struck
and knocked Bernard over, breaking
rib or two, killed the dog and scared
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore very badly, with
no other casualties.
The district Rebekah convention
comprising the lodges of Lancaster,
Platteville, Cuba City, Livingston,
Benton, FennimOre, Montfort, Mt.
Hope and Bloomington met at the /. 0.
! o. F. hall last Thursday and were
treated to a very sumptuous spread at
: 6 o'clock p. m. by the local lodge.
Last Saturday was the regular meet
ing Of the w. r. G. and inspection of
officers, by the district inspector, Mrs.
Agnes Gordon of Waupaca, support
ed by President Mrs. John Taylor and
other delegates from Lancaster, after
which all partook of delicious ban
uuet provided for the occasion by the
local corps.
1 r. w. Hoskins and wife returned
Saturday from Chicago where they
spent several days purchasing fur
nishings for their new hotel. They
were accompanied on the trip by Mr..
and Mrs. Jones, the prospective land
lord and wife of Fort Atkinson, Wis,
and Bob said he spared no money for
the outfit.
Chault Woodhouse has his new silo
nearly completed and says he will
either fill it with corn, pumpkins or
rabbits for the general market.
AS foretold in our last weeks notes,
seven of the old veterans and their
wives accompanied by the Rev. Irish
and wife and j. B. Ludden and wife
as per invitation, chartered the Win
ona Interurban auto-bus and proceed
ed to the rural residence of Joseph
Brookens. where we witnessed the very
impressive ceremony by the Rev. Irish
which united Mr.. Joseph Brookens of