The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-09-22

Miss Jessie Pelton will attend the
university the coming year.
john Frey, of Brooklyn, n. Y, is
here visiting his sister, Mrs. Spillman.
Claude Hendricks and wife of James
vile Sundayed with friendsin Edgerton.
Fred Mckinney of Evansville has
been engaged to take charge of the new
telephone exchange.
E. S. Lord and wife of Manitowoc
visited with relatives here during the
early part of the week.
james Crandall returned home Tues
day after a few weeks visit among rela
tives in Lancaster Wis.
Mr.. William Butler and wife were
called to Clinton Junction Saturday to
attend the funeral of an old neighbor.
Rev. Baker and wife, formerly of
Albion Prairie, have been visiting among
friends in this section during the week.
Al Simmer, who has charge of the
Heddles Lumber Co.'S office at Ocono
mowoc, spent Sunday with relatives in
this city.
Phil Bonn has gone east to accom-
pany his wife home from a visit with
friends in Philadelphia, Baltimore and
other places.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Hopkins and
Roy are spending the week at their old
home, Boscobel, and attending the fair
at that place.
Mrs. G. r. Bentley and daughter ar
rived home Saturday evening from a
pleasant three weeks visit with relatives
at Pittsburg.
Prof. J. @. Emery of Albion has
beaten the corn cutting record in this
locality. With a new harvester he cut
% acres in 215 days.
"A Mission Festival will be held at
st. Johns Lutheran church next Tues
day. Rev. Frey, of Brooklyn, N. Y, will
preach at the morning service.
VIM. Abbott of South Dakota, for
merly of Albion Prairie, visited friends
in this section on his return from re-
union of his regiment held last week.
-Babcock & Birkenmeyer have put in
an interior balcony to be used as cloak
display room. The Department store is
always working along the line of i'm
provement.
Information has been received that
Clyde White, who has been visiting in
the west, had enlisted in one of the
newly formed regiments of volunteers
and is now on the way to the Philippines
A horse, owned by Will Whittet,
broke through the planking on the iron
bridge on Swift street Monday morning
and help was required to extricate it,
The animal was famed somewhat but
not seriously.
VIM. Taylor, of Brodhead, who with
his niece, Miss Jean White, of Fulton,
have been spending the summer in
Europe arrived home Friday. The most
of the time was spent among relatives in
Scotland. They report delightful trip
with pleasant ocean voyages both going
and coming.
Rural free delivery was established
at FIT. Atkinson Sept. 10Th. The routes
mapped out by Inspector Casson cover
twenty-seven square miles and the popu-
lation to be served numbers more than
$50. A daily service will be furnished
7. Edward Bright was appointed carrier
and William Ell. Bright substitute
-Ex-Sherif Chas. Moulton was in
town Monday making his first trip sell
ing hardware for Hubbard, Spencer,
Bartlett & Co, For nearly 20 years, I'M
til he got into office, Charlie has can
vassed this section of the state as
hardware salesman and he has host of
friends in his territory who will be glad
to welcome him back again.
"A conhagration was averted at Park
Place Saturday afternoon. Children
playing around T. B. Earle's barn. started
a fire in pile of straw at the back of
the barn and had it not been for the
presence of Mr.. Earle's hostler a large
loss of property would have resulted.
Dry as it was at the time and with the
start the blaze had the probabilities are
that Mr. Earle's barn and DIR. Jas. Lords
house and barn would have been de-
stroyed.