The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-08-17
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will please notify them.
Postmaster McGiffin and family left
Friday for West Baden, Ind, to test the
virtues of the waters of that resort.
They will be absent few weeks.
Mamie Pollard has finished her
course in Cream City Business Col
lege and has been offered the position OF
assistant bookkeeping teacher in the
business college at Sheboygan. Her
average in bookkeeping was 100 per cent
Mrs. F. E. Gibson died in Webster,
S. D., Tuesday evening at $50 o'clock.
The remains will arrive here on the $50
train on the Northwestern road Thurs
day morning. The funeral will be held
Thursday afternoon at o'clock from the
residence of J. e. Croft, 116 Lincoln
street, Rev. Mr.. Woodside will officiate.
Mrs. Gibson is the daughter of j. r..
Croft and is we'll known in Rock county.
GAINESVILLE Gazette.
The editor was called to Nortonville,
Kansas, on Friday, by telegram an
nouncing the serious illness of his moth
er, who was there on visit to her
daughter, Mrs. A. B. Stillman. coun-
sci of physicians was held who decided
that the only hope of prolonging her
life lay 10 an operation. DR.. Foster, the
leading surgeon from Kansas City was
called, who performed the operation on
Monday last, removing a number of sur
prisingly large gall stones. She with
stood the trying ordeal so we'll that hope
of her recovery was entertained, but
Tuesday morning unfavorable symptoms
developed and from that time failed rap
idly, until death came to relieve her suf
ferings late that evening. The remains
will arrive in Milton Friday afternoon
and funeral services to take place from
the church at that place at p. m. and
interment made in the cemetery there.
The bones of two human beings were
unearthed by the plowshare on the farm
of CORTLAND Bliven near the shores of
Lake Koshkonong one day last week.
Little dreamed the plowman when he
went afeld to turn the sodded soil that
he was going to disturb the mouldered
bones of beings who had been assigned
their earthly homes in ages agone. Who
they were and how they came to be
buried in graves side by side in the fens
of beautiful Koshkonong, will, in all
probability, remain yelled in mystery.
For aught we may ever know they
might have been the remains of alb
origines who laid down their lives in war
when tribe fought tribe before the
white man prompted the fertile fields and
wooded lands which they roamed and
owned. They had been there so long
that the plowshare turned them up as
dust and the only parts intact were the
teeth.
Last Wednesday the postoffice at
Hanerville was discontinued and the pa
irons of the office are in hopes of having
free rural delivery service in the near fu-
ture. The postal business for Haner-
vile and vicinity has been honestly,
faithfully and satisfactorily conducted
at the home of J. G. Cannon for the past
"a years, Mr.. Cannon being appointed in
1876. Owing to his many farm duties he
resigned in 1895, and his wife, Mrs. Han
nah M. Cannon, was appointed in his
place. By the aid of her daughter, Miss
Eva, the patrons have been we'll and
faithfully served for the past five years,
Mrs. Cannon now resigning. The post
office was established in 1865 Rev. JAS.
W. Lyman being it's first postmaster.
James Haner was appointed the year
following and gave it it's present name.
Owing to his advanced age and feeble
condition he resigned in 1875, when j. G.
Cannon was appointed. Thus after IS
long years the little Hanerville office,
like many others of that class, will be
thing of the past, and the new and mod
ern improvement fill its place.
AS the years roll by Edgerton be-
comes noted as a desirable place to live
in. This fact is demonstrated in a thou
sand and one ways. 1t is city ever up
to the times in the way of improvements
and probably more business is transacted
here in year than any other city of twice
it's size in the state of Wisconsin. The
tobacco industry gives employment to a
large number of people the year round
and during the winter months none need
not be idle that wish to work. The
merchants of Edgerton are not equaled
for their up-to-date methods of doing
business by any who live beyond the
wholesale market towns and the fact
that they turn goods several times a
year is proof that prices are right. Our
public schools and churches in them
selves are drawing card for any town
and parents who have children to edu-
cate are fast learning that this is the
place to come for that purpose Edger-
ton has many fine residences and num-