Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-31
BLOOMINGTON.

| Especial Correspondence to Herald
! The w. r. c. met at their hall last
Saturday evening to make arrange
ments for Memorial Day services.
Tom Mcdonald and Mr.. Burkdoll
were here again in the interest of the
railroad proposition, last Wednesday,
Mrs. Davis of Madison, widow of
James Davis, former residents of this
village, was buried in Patch Grove,
last Sunday.
Landlord Jones, wife and daughter
Betty, accompanied Ora Brodt and
wife in their auto to Prairie du Chen
Sunday, for joy ride.
Will Cooley's new auto fits in mis-
new garage like bug in a rug and
Will is not like the fellow who won't
make it go some.
The high school commencement
will be on Monday evening, June 5,
and the Junior reception, Tuesday,
June 9Th.
Mrs. James Edwards is rejoicing
g.
the home Of her son, Tavern, at Su-
perior, Wisconsin.
Rev. Archelger and wife, after at
tending the Congregational conven-
ing at their former home at Rotation,
Wisconsin.
Miss Roxie Predeaux has novel
"piggery." She is raising three tiny
pigs on the nursing bottle, and it is
very amusing to see what affection
they seem to have for their adopted
nurse.
The Badger Dramatic club, of Cass-
vile presented last Friday "In
Walked Jimmie" to a very meagre
audience. The people here of late have
been almost showed under, and need
some money to support their families.
Miss Isabelle Leamy, who has been
the leading female clerk in the J. B.
Luddens' big white store for more than
ten years, has taken a vacation for
the summer and will accompany her
Sister-in-law, Mrs. John Leamy to
South Dakota, where she also has a
brother living
A chautauqua meeting was held in
library hall last Wednesday evening
to get the ball rolling for the best en-
tertainment of the kind ever held in
and end on July s. Mr.. Zimmerman,
representing the State University Elk
tension Division, was present to ex-
!, plain all details and get the organiza-
ton started.
The members of the G. A. r. and W.
r. G. met at their hall Sunday morn
ing and went in body to the Con-
gregational church where the Rev.
Wooley delivered a very interesting
Memorial sermon to a packed house,
supported by a choir composed of the
best vocal talent in the village. The
decorations within the church were
something sublime, and it seemed that
the good Lord gave us a typical day
for the occasion.
Capt. P. ]. Schlosser of Chicago,
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week, Tuesday, and took his first les
son in siX-hand euchre, and Wednes-
day evening about twenty-five or thirty
of his brother Odd Fellows motored
to the home of his son Henry's on the
old farm, where they enjoyed a good
visit with him and his sons family
for an hour or two, telling old army
stories, smoking cigars, Iunching and
making merry, and returned home
we'll pleased with the trip.
The baseball team of Cassville came
up Sunday and were defeated by our
home team by score of IL to 10. 1t
was a red hot game, all the way
through, and the Cassville team had
the best of it, until the last inning,
when Jay Martin knocked the ball
clear out Of the fair grounds into the
highway, and gave our boys an easy
finish. There was an immense crowd
in attendance, coming from all the
adjoining towns Among those from
Cassville, were: Lewis Okey and Mr..
Stephens and wives. The gate re-
ceipts were $10.15.