The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08

-Elgin butter was steady at 261a
cents Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Ellingson left
Monday evening for their home at Lake
Mills, Iowa.
Remember the cake sale Saturday
afternoon at Wilson's Pharmacy, given
by the L. K. club.
Phil Cheek Jr. of Baraboo was in
this city Tuesday on insurance business
with Henry Johnson's agency.
Mrs Larson of Burlington was up to
spend the Thanksgiving holiday with
her husband in our city.
There will be regular meeting of
Camp 44O. M. W., on Thursday evening
December 18th Election of officers.
Joe Conn is in Chicago this week
selecting holiday goods. Watch Conn
& Schmidt's ad next week and see.
The social party given Thanksgiv-
ing eve at Royal hall was attended by
50 couple and proved an enjoyable event.
A light mantle of snow covered the
ground Sunday night which was follow
ed by the first real winter weather of the
season.
Herbert Snow, who is in the employ
of the Santa Fe railway, has been visit
ing friends at Indian Ford during the
week.
Mrs. F. Burt Carr has been in James
vile good portion of the week in at
tendance upon her mother who is
dangerously i'll.
Mrs J. f. Ware and daughter who
have been here for several months past
returned to their home at Hitchcock,
Texas, Thursday.
The short agricultural course at the
university has been entered by about
200 students. The students represent
seventeen different states.
The Congregational ladies are noted
for their chicken pie suppers. The will
serve one Wednesday evening in connec
ton with the fair at the church.
Services at the Congregational
church next Sunday, preaching by the
pastor, Rev. Frank L. Moore Subject
for morning service, "a Look Ahead"
evening, waiting Upon the Lord" All
welcome.
The Ladies Society of the Norwe
wegian Lutheran church will meet with
Mrs. O. G. Hanson Friday afternoon,
December 9Th. All are cordially invited
to attend.
DO not forget Col. H. w. J. Ham
next Monday, Dec. 18th. Mr.. Ham was
with us a year ago and many have said
that he was one of the best orators that
ever appeared in our city. Tickets on
sale at F. E. Ashs.
There were six boys and girls re-
ceived into full communion with the
Norwegian Lutheran church by the sol
emn rite of Confirmation on Thanksgiv-
ing day The church being we'll filled
Death can't into the home of Aid
August Dallman Saturday and robbed it
of their baby, the 6 months old son,
Henry Paul. Funeral services were
held Monday from St. Johns church.
Rev. j G. Spillman officiating.
e. c. Hopkins has been spen ding
the week in Crawford county looking
after his 1000 acre farm in the Kickapoo
valley. A saw mill is now at work there
cutting up $4,000 feet of lumber, he de-
sires to convert into farm buildings.
Rev. Frank L. Moore began his pas
torate of the Congregational church on
Sunday last with an OVERLOOKING atten-
dance. The family have arrived from
Minneapolis and will reside in the Attic
sey cottage recently vacated by D. w.
Wallihan.
MIR. Ellsworth Green, of the firm of
Green & Larson, has been quarantined at
his home in GAINESVILLE the past week
with scarlet fever. We learn there is
number of cases of that disease in that
city, and one of the teachers in the
1st ward school being afflicted with it.
Mr.. J. r. Houghton is here again to
start a poultry campaign. For more
than a quarter of a century Mr.. Hough-
ton has packed poultry in this locality
for the Boston market and has the we'll
earned reputation of paying the highest
market prices. He will be, with us but
short time this year, for his business
will close Dec. 18th.