The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-09-08

Mrs Mary Lee has moved from this
city back to her home near Stebbinsville.
Miss Hannah Gilderhus, of Milwau-
kee, passed Sunday with friends in this
city.
E. NJ Hubbell rode a short distance
Tuesday, being the first time he has been
out of doors for nine weeks past.
-Orson Thompson, formerly engaged
in the livery business in this city, is now
conducting a restaurant in Cambridge.
On Thursday evening the home of
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Spillman was
made glad by the arrival of nice baby
boy.
After passing a week with his
parents in this city, VIM. Watson on
Saturday returned to his home in Down
ing, Ill.
Miss Ina Stevens and Jennie Wal
rath spent few days of last week in
Madison visiting the formers cousin, j.
>. Eastman and wife.
For State Fair tickets will be sold
from September 9th to 18th, inclusive,
at one fare for round trip, good return
ing September 18th.
For Dane County Fair at Madison
excursion tickets will be sold at fare and
one third September 18th to 22d, good
returning September Odd.
Andrew Jensen and son, Adolph,
left Monday evening for Dekorra, Iowa,
where Adolph Will be placed in school at
Luther College for the coming year.
The Cambridge News says: &c. O.
Mosher, of Edgerton, and Miss Laura
Nelson, of this village, were united in
marriage on Wednesday, August 25th.
For Milwaukee Exposition tickets
will be sold at one and one-third fare for
round trip, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, good returning following
Monday.
GAINESVILLE, Evansville, Ft. Atkinson
and in fact nearly all the neighboring
cities are infested with the burglar who
burgles by night. IF some of them don't
make close connection with "Johnnie's
gun" it will be because Johnnie failed
to obey the command.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Attlesey left
on the Sunday morning train to join the
G. A. R. excursion in a "trip to Phila-
delphia and the east. They were ac-
companied 10y Miss Haggerty, cousin,
who has been visiting here for several
weeks, now returning to her home in
New Jersey, and Miss Matte Wilson
The adoption of clean, honest meth
DDS, with agriculture clear to the front.
attracts unusual attention to the Wis
cOnsin State Fair. It's farmers fair
now. Everybody appreciates it. The
dates are September 18th to 18th, with
half fare on all railroads. Side attrac-
tions will be honest and excellent.
The switchboard for the new tele-
phone exchange has arrived and being
installed, having capacity for 100
phones. The work of connecting up the
instruments is now going forward and
the contractor hopes to have the job
complete and ready for business some
time the coming week
E. NJ. Ladd piloted couple of real
estate deals this week, one being the
sale of the Lidicker block, formerly
occupied by the Edgerton Hardware Co.,
to the Hausmann Brewing Co., of Madi-
son, who own the adjoining property on
the corner. The purchase price is in the
neighborhood of $4,000. Pliny Ide has
also sold Billings property west of town
to Robt Baum.
In various cities nearby business
men are adopting the plan of closing at
six o'clock p. m. and the plan is meeting
with dec ded approval on the part of
merchants as we'll as customers. The
agreement entered into between the
business men provides for the closing of
stores at six in the evening. except
Wednesdays and Saturdays and the
month of December. Farmers and others
who have to do trading in the evening
will find abundant time to do so on the
two evenings during which the stores
will keep open. The system of early
closing is not an Innovation, but has been
tried and is in use in almost all places of
any considerable size, as we'll as in cites
no larger than Edgerton.