The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-26

The Elgin price of butter is II cents
this week.
Ed Carr is up from Chicago visiting
his brother at The Carlton.
Hiram Smiths little daughter, Lutte,
is very sick with lung fever.
Mrs. Carrie Fuller of Milwaukee is
visiting with Mrs. Hiram Smith
Frank Ayers of GAINESVILLE was call
ing upon Edgerton friends here Tuesday.
Irving Wentworth is building a
commodious barn on his farm just west
of town.
Mrs. Chas Tallard was up from
Chicago for few days visit with Edger-
ton relatives during the week.
Miss Anna Collins and Miss Lillian
Micka, of GAINESVILLE, spent Saturday
with relatives and friends in this city.
F. Burt Carr is in Chicago this
week attending the convention of hotel
keepers which convenes in that city.
The Congregational Missionary So
ciety will hold a sale of cakes, baked
BEANS ETC., at Perry & Doty's store Sat
urday afternoon.
james Joyce has improvised shop
and will be able to care for the work of
his customers while his new place of
business is being built.
Albion Academy Commencement oc-
ours on Wednesday afternoon June 7th.
On the evening of the same day there
will be a concert by the superb glee club
of Beloit college.
-Edgerton is surely growing. On the
Downing tract which was subdivided
and sold in lots a year ago, eight new
houses have already gone up or are in
progress of construction.
The town of Porter is to have new
post office and it will be located near the
Wilder school house and will take the
name of Wilder. Mrs. Ida Sperry has
received the appointment as postmis-
tress.
Most of the grape vines, roses and
much of the other shrubbery is found
to be dead, having failed to survive the
severe winter. The oldest settlers can
scarcely remember winter so Obstructive
to garden and lawn shrubbery.
Memorial Day services will be held
at the NJ. E. church next Sunday even
ing at 7:30 Members of the G. A. r.
Sons of Veterans, Womans r. Corps
Congregational church and all interested
are hereby cordially invited to attend
Rev. Frank A. Pease will preach the
sermon.
Quarterly meeting services at the M
E. church next Sunday forenoon. Love
feast at $50, preaching at 1870 by the
presiding elder, after which the sacra-
ment of the Lords supper will be ad
ministered. The presiding elder will
also preach at Albion in the afternoon
and administer the sacrament.
H. w. Child has commenced buying
wool again not only in this market but
at GAINESVILLE and at Waterloo, notwith
standing he has more than 10000 lbs
of last years clip still on hand. The
prices this season are from two to three
cents under that of year ago, the pres
ent quotations being Is to II cents.
"A delegation from this city saw the
Chicago Unions defeat the Evansville
aggregation of ball players on Saturday
by score of ID to 8. 1t was gooc
game, however, and gave plenty O
amusement. The Unions and Cuban
Giants of New York announce game tt
be played at Evansville June II. These
clubs will play a series of championship
games for colored clubs the coming sum
mer, one of which takes place on the
date named.
There will be total eclipse of tn,
sun May 2S This total eclipse of 1885,
will be one of the most accessible anC
important ever known to science, for i
will occur in May, season favorable fo
observation; it will last from sunrise Il
sunset, and will be observable through
out almost its entire course The tract
of totality of this eclipse has been care
fully worked out. The black shadow
will start at sunrise in the Pacific ocear
about 240 degrees east by Is north, anc
will move east at a rate exceeding
thousand miles an hour, until it ends
about the center of the northern half o
the Nile valley, in Africa.