The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-10-20

John Copley is having furnace put
into his home.
The Elgin price of butter is 1890
again for this week.
Mrs. r. r. Brown has returned from
a visit to friends in Chicago.
The common council held brief
session Monday evening and allowed the
monthly bills.
Fred Hutson and wife of Lodi Wis
tied among friends here and 1T Slough
ton during the week.
Mr.. Andrew Jensen was at st. Paul
early in the week attending the dedica-
ton of Lutheran college near that
city.
Mrs. w. D. Warner of Juneau is
visiting with her son, A. S. Warner and
wife. Mrs. Ell. e. Zimmerman of Bur
lingtOn was also a guest the first of the
week.
DR.. J. A. Lord and wife reached
home Saturday from four weeks trip
to the coast with party travelling in a
special car from st. Paul. They report a
delightful time.
Mrs. Bliss of Portage, who is at the
head of the Woman's Relief Corps in
the state, was in Edgerton Tuesday even
ing and inspected the local branch of
the order here at the G.. A. r. hall.
The Minneapolis Journal says four
thousand people were present at the
dedication of the Luther seminary at
Hamline on Sunday last. Prominent
scandinavians from all over the north
west were in attendance.
Rev. Lester G. Randolph, an evan
gelist of the S. D. B. church, is conduct
ing a series of meetings at the Albion
church this week and awakening con
siderable interest. Rev. Randolph has
for few years past been located in Chi
cago and is quite successful in his mis-
sion work in that city. !.
The jury in the case of The Nc
Cormic Harvesting Machine Co. vs.
Thronson, tried last week, returned a
verdict in favor of the defendant. An
be taken. This paper was in error in
stating last week that Thronson pur-
chased a rival machine.
The DR.. Lord homestead property
has been sold through E. M. Ladd, real
estate agent, to T. B. Earle for $500.
There are 212 lots frontage on Albion
street and Mr.. Earle contemplates con-
verting the property into tenament
houses, for which there seems to be an
urgent demand at present.
Promoters are at Beloit asking for a
franchise for an electric railway designed
to connect that city with Rockford and
GAINESVILLE. A good deal of right of way
has been secured between Rockford and
Beloit it is said 1t is proposed to con-
meet all these towns by electric car lines
with the lake region at Delavan and
Geneva.
Miss Mamie Vayette, who is en-
ployed by Wilson Bros was quite ser
iously burned last Friday She had been
cleaning gloves with gasoline and light
ing match soon after, flames burst out
enveloping her hands and communicated
to her clothing. By prompt action of
other employees the fire was soon extin-
guished, but not until she was quite
painfully burned.
Two deaths occurred in the Third
ward Tuesday both being aged German
ladies', Mrs. Wilhelmina Griep aged
"A years and Mrs. Dallman, mother of
August and Herman Dallman, aged II
years. Funeral services of Mrs. Grieu
were held Thursday afternoon, and on
Friday the funeral of Mrs. Dallman, both
from st. Johns church, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Spillman. The bereaved
families have the sympathy of the entire
community.
Ten new subscribers were secured
to the Edgerton Telephone Co.'S ex-
change the past week and are being con-
nected as fast as the manager can run
the lines. The exchange now has more
than double the number of telephones
the Wisconsin Co. ever had in this city,
while the latter company has lost more
than half its subscribers here since the
new company commenced doing bust
ness.