Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST
AROUND THE COUNTY
Happenings and Incidents of
Past Seven Days.
Many Personal and Social Notes As
Picked Up and Recorded by
Our Reporters.
BLOOMINGTON.

Special Correspondence to the Herald
Grant Johnson has seucred a posi-
ton as pharmacist at Hayward, Wis.
Floyd Pascoe of Beetown, was up
on business last Tuesday.
James Gull Of Prairie du CHEN for
merly a business man of this village,
made Bloomington a visit last Mon
day.
Fred Behlmer has purchased a res
dence of Mr.. F. WoOdhOuse at the east
end of the foOtbridge.
The second minstrel show last Mon
day evening at the city hall was at
tended by fair crowd, netting the
band about $40.
Dell Brown is hauling the material
for his new building and when COM
pleted expects to open up a new bill
lizard and pool hall.
Sherm Hayden, wife and father au-
toed to Beetown, Sunday, to have 8
short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Major
Taylor and family before they depart
ed for their home in Mason City, Ia,
The special election held last We'd
nesday to borrow $4,000 of the State
Trust Fund to pay the balance on the
waterwOrks appropriation, was car
ried by very large majority.
A lawsuit on Monday last between
two Bagley parties before Judge Belt
Ter, Hugh Hazen as plaintiff and
George Clark as defendant, was set
tied by mutual consent without go
ing to the jury
Tom Mcdonald met our village
board again last Wednesday evening
and filed a petition with the village
clerk from about freehOIders of the
village, asking the board to call an
election on April 18th to bond the vii
lage for $4,000 for railroad purposes.
Frank BARLEY returned Monday
from New Orleans, where he went to
witness the annual Mardi Gras and
returned by the way Of Vicksburg to
see the National Cemetery and, pro-
nOunced the sight worthy Of his time
and expense.
A great many people from here
took advantage Of the good roads and
weather last Sunday and went to
Prairie du Chen to see that motion
picture show, "The Birth of a Nation
and most Of them pronounced it
wonder
county asylum for "A years, passed
away rather suddenly last Saturday
morning, and his remains were
brought here Saturday afternoon, and
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning funer-
al services were held in the M E.
church by the Rev. Irish, after which
the body was inferred in the PrOvi-
dence cemetery alongside of relatives
and friends.
If President Wilson will offer a
large enough reward for the capture
of Villa, what is left Of the old 25th
Regiment will get him, and quick too,
for we are well versed in Indian war
fare, as we put down the great Indian
uprising in Minnesota in the year of
1862. We defeated the redskins at the
great massacre at New Ulm and
Sank Center, and besides the Indians
the amount Of game of all description
that bled and died for us was i'm
mense, and | am sure that Charley
Baxter, Dave Schreiner, Bill Croft
and Burt Sumner still have some of
those scalps hanging to their belts,
and as near as I can remember, the
only one hurt in our command was Bill
Croft, who received, while on skirm-
ish duty, a slight wound near the
southwest corner of his solar plexus.
After the enemy were completely sub
dued and the people had returned to
their farms we marched back home in
time to hang up our stocking for
Christmas, and if you don't believe
this, just ask Jack lockwood.