The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-08-11

A twelve pound baby boy arrived at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Shea
Friday morning, July 29th.
WANTED girl to do housework.
Wages three dollars per week.
II. S. POMEROY.
Mrs. A. r. Warren and children of
Waterloo have been guests at the home
of Thos. Warren and wife.
Mrs. G.. H. Hitchcock and children
went to Rockford Wednesday for brief
visit among relatives in that city.
Mrs. John Thoreson and two
children went to Whitewater Saturday
where they passed few days visiting
with Mrs. VanBerg.
Richard Houfe would like to have
the person who borrowed his breaking
pillow, return the same for fear he might
acquire title through forgetfulness.
For races at Dubuque, Ia, excursion
tickets will be sold at one fare for round
trip. Tickets sold August 9th to Sep
tember I'd, good returning September 4.
Excursion tickets will be sold to
Ringing Brothers Circus at GAINESVILLE
August 18th fare and one third for
round trip, good returning August 18th.
Miss Teresa Durnin of Chicago, who
has been visiting relatives in EdgertOn
the past week, returned home Wednes-
day accompanied by Miss Rosy Harring-
ton.
The suggestion of The Reporter that
an office be provided for the city mar
shall and night officer seems to have
struck happy chord in the minds of
the public. Now let's have the Office.
BY an error of the types last week
The Reporter was made to say that j.
Stafford won second prize on hop, step
and Jump at the I. A. & B. picnic, when
it should have been first prize,
Charlie Mabbett took his PAGER up
to the Driving Park Monday and in a
few whirls took the conceit out of some of
the boys who were impressed with the
idea that they were developing trotters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank II. Burdick, son
and daughter, of Lake City, Mimi, are
spending the week with relatives at
Edgert0n. Frank is still in the employ
of the Milwaukee road as agent at that
place.
The BabcOck block is next to get a
new cement walk. Just a little more
effort and the whole street will join
hands and the business street of town
Will be one uniform thing from end to
to end.
News came from Milford of the ar
rival of little black haired black-eyed
baby boy August ?, at the home of MI
and Mrs Walter E. Gleason. Mrs. Glea-
son Will be better known to her Edgerton
friends as Mabel White.
The excursion party to Mackinaw
returned Friday evening bringing the
unanimous report of delightful trip.
Pleasant weather, agreeable company
and the refreshing lake breezes all con-
spired to make the outing a restful one.
C. w. Pool of Duluth has been visit
ing among former friends in this section
the past week. Mr.. Pool has com
Portable position in the state grain in
spection department at Duluth, where
he inspected over 10 million bushels of
wheat the past year.
The preparations being made indi-
cate that the Modern Woodmen's picnic
at Lake Mills, August 18th, will be the
grandest thing of the kind the Associa-
ton has held for many years. The in
vitation is to everybody whether Wood
men or not.
-Jorgen Halverson, we'll to do far
mer on Albion Prairie, died Monday
aged II years. He emierated from Nor
way in the same steamer that brought
Mr.. Andrew Jensen to America and the
latter attended the funeral of his old
friend on Wednesday,
-Edgerton has had a representative
in the Philippine campaign, though thi,
fact has only been known for a short
time. In letter received by friends
here recently, Bernie McDonough tells
of narrow escape he had in one of the
engagements with the wiley Filipinos,
when ball cut out the bottom of his
canteen and plowed furrow across his
side. McDonough enlisted in the regu-
lar army at the beginning of the war and
was sent to the Philippines where he's
having an Interesting time.