The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-07-28

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held at the NJ. e. church, August 7th.
T. @. Nicholson and wife Of Aurora,
ILL.,, are visiting their brother DR.. Mich
OlsOn'S family.
Miss Gertrude Spencer is home from
visit to her brother Frank in the north
ern portion of the state.
Mr. julius Summerfeldt, wife and
family passed Saturday and Sunday with
relatives near Fort Atkinson.
Ball game at the Driving Park this
friday afternoon between the Chicago
Unions and Edgerton. Game called at
3 o'clock.
DR.. Ray Sharp attended the State
Dental Society's meeting at Madison
last week. More than 100 dentists were
at the convention.
Game Warden G.. w. Johnson Of
Oshkosh, who made so much trouble for
the KoshkonOng hunters, has lately been
let ont of office.
Mr.. A. L. Mickey of the Van Norman
Commission firm of Milwaukee, and NJ.
j. Gosa, stock dealer at Palmyra, were
guests of P. G. Brown over Sunday.
Mrs R. r. Child of Spencer, Ia, and
daughter, Miss Isara Child, and Mrs.
Benjamin Oleson of McGregor, Iowa,
are guests of the Brown and Child fami-
lies in this city.
Mrs. James M. Conway returned
from her western trip Tuesday morning.
After a pleasant tour of the Yellowstone
Park she parted with her husband, he
going to Montana for brief stay while
she came directly home.
Dist. Clerk Clarke has completed
the school census and finds 7O2 children
in the district between the ages of 4 and
20 years. OF the pupils that attended
the public schools last year there were
329 boys and 329 girls.
Services at the M. E. church next
Sunday morning and evening. The
subject in the morning will be THE
Dying Grain of Wheat" and in the
evening "Elijah's Experience in the
Wilderness" You are cordially invited
to these services.
Mrs Benz. Bussey, one Of the pio-
neer women of Dane county, died at her
home in the town of Albion Monday
evening, aged - years. She raised a
family of 10 children, all of whom sur
vive her and nearly. all were present at
the funeral services held Thursday after
noon.
Mrs Emily Miller Avis, former
resident of Edgerton, died at her home
in GAINESVILLE Tuesday night, aged IS
years The deceased was a sister of the
late Jason Miller. At one time she
owned the Hall farm near Hanerville.
The remains were brought here for in
terment in Fassett cemetery Thursday
afternoon.
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in this section. The oat crop is one of
the best that has been raised in some
years in this locality While the yield
promises to be large the straw is bright
and the heads enormously large and
we'll filled. What little wheat and barley
raised is also good.
Miss Myrtle Hutson met with quite
painful accident at Lake Koshkonong
last week. While with party of friends
on the bluff near the Elm Park Hotel
she slipped, fell and rolled down the
rocky bluff some distance to the shore
Her injuries were so severe that she was
brought home and has been confined to
her room since. Fortunately no bones
were broken but her knee cap was dis
placed and she sustained some very
painful bruises.
Word has been received here of the
death of Rev. A. J. DeLano who was
the last pastor of the Baptist church in
Edgerton which took place at Ten
nessee, ILL.,, July. 18th. After an illness
of three days he succumbed to an attack
of peritonitis. The deceased was born
in Canada, July 9th, 1892. He studied
for the ministery in the early years of
his life and preached the faith of the
Baptist denomination. He leaves a wife,
one son, Edward DeLano of Port Byron.
ILL.,; one daughter, Mrs. Boyd OF ST..
Louis and two brothers and two sisters.
His remains were inferred in family
lot at Keokuf, Iowa.