The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-10-12

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20. r. Pomeroy has dozen Shop
shire buck lambs from the hocks of Jas.
Lyle and Jacob Patterson, for sale.
Mrs Churchill and Miss Campbell
of Clinton Junction, have been guests of
Miss Edith Maltpress the past week.
Miss Nina Dill, who has been visit
ing her uncle, Mr.. Phifer, in this city,
left today for her home in Oaks, North
Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Bentley and Mrs.
G. 0. Shannon attended the double
wedding at the home of O. D. Rowe in
GAINESVILLE Tuesday.
Miss Sena Erdahl of Stoughton,
has been assisting the salesladies in
Babcock & Birkenmeyer's store during
the rush of cloak sale this week.
M. Pelton was down from Madison
few days this week assisting in the
sampling of the '99 packing of tobacco
which he has an interest in.
Geo. l.. Pullen, the Evansville bank
err, was over Wednesday to get his trot-
ting horse that has been in training
with Gus Drager for some time past.
"A special train will be run over this
division for Madison Monday evening to
accommodate the people who desire to
attend the big republican rally at which
Mark Hanna and Sen. Frye are billed
for addresses.
John Spencer & Daughter have
moved their jewelry store into the Hall
block which they share with the new
Fair Store. A handsome new show
case has been received for displaying
their stock of silverware.
Congressman Fl. A. Cooper will de-
liver three campaign speeches in the
county the latter part of the month,
probably 25th to 9th, at Beloit, James
vile and Edgerton. The exact date for
this city will be announced later.
About twenty members of the ladies
sociey of the Congregational church took
the morning train to Madison Wednes-
day and were entertained at the home
of Mrs. Will Earle in that city returning
on the later train the same evening.
The foot ball game in Milwaukee
Saturday between University of Wis
consin and Beloit college teams will at
tract large number of lovers of the
sport throughout the state. Experts
pick the university team as the winner,
but it is believed they will have to work
for the honors.
Game Warden Fisher, of Brodhead,
has been watching the work of the
hunters about Lake Koshkonong few
days this week to determine anyainfrac-
tons of the game laws. But very few
canvass backs ducks have yet come into
the lake and shooting mud hens is be-
coming rather monotonous sport.
&C. E. Sweeney reports the following
real estate sales for the week. Albert
Dallman, 80 acres in the town of Porter,
to Herman Fritzke, consideration $4,000.
Herman Fritzke house and three acres
in the city of Edgerton to James Spike
for $1,000. Olaf Sunne, 5 acres in the
town of Albion, to Geo. Hall for 1925.
Miss Hubbell will give an exhibi-
ton of the work done by her class in
painting in the studio rooms in the Tay-
lor House block next Thursday afternoon
and Thursday and Friday evenings. A
few pieces, the work of Miss Hubbell,
will also be offered for sale. Anyone in
terested are cordially invited to be pres
ent on these dates.
Those who went to Royal hall Mon
day evening to see Faust, went away per-
fectly satisfied. They were satisfied
with the play, the scenic effects and with
everything that was presented for their
entertainment. Mr.. Labadie as Mephis-
to, Mary Van Tromp Labadie as Mar
guerite and f. Brewster Smith as Faust,
are actors of that class which seldom
visit cities the, size of Edgerton, and
their portal of these parts in Goethe's
immortal story won high favor with
those present Monday evening. The
company as whole are evenly balanced
and cannot help but please before any
audience The electrical effects were
something new here and in the Garden
scene, the Great Broken scene and
Marguerite in Heaven, presented to an
Edgerton audience something grander
than they had ever seen before. Mr..
Labadie and company can at any time
have first-class recommend from the
theatre goers of this city.
We publish elsewhere in this issue
the financial statement of the city for
the fiscal year ending Aug. 31st. 1t
will be observed that it costs something
over $4,000 year to run the city of
Edgerton. The big item of expense is
of running the public Schools which
consume over a third of all the receipts.
The next largest item is the water works