The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-08-24

Byron Long and wife arrived home
Saturday morning from an extended
trip to Colorado.
Elmer E. Wilt, of Chicago, is pass
ing a portion of his vacation with rela-
tives in this city.
W. Fl. Morrisey, wife and son Henry
left Tuesday to visit their daughter
Madge in Minnesota for two or three
weeks.
Mrs. Herman Lidicker and Mrs.
Mike Smith returned home Friday eve
ming from a weeks camping on Lake
Geneva.
Ole Bradeson won new laurels at
the street fair in Clinton Junction last
week. In wrestling match with g. Il.
Harris, of Kenosha, he won easily.
Rev. Thos. Barber and family of
Troy, Wis, have been visiting friends in
this section during the week. Rev.
Barber occupied the pulpit at the Con
gregational church on Sunday last.
Lost on the road Sunday morning
between Edgerton and Amos, one bath
ing suit, one check coat. Finder please
leave same with Conn & Schmidt, Ed
gerton. V. B. MAYS.
Sam S. Miller, leading attorney of
Rhinelander, and his sister, Mrs. @. V.
Bardeen, of Madison, were guests of the
editors family for short time on Fri
day last.
Hunters are beginning to get their
guns and dogs in shape for the opening
of the seasons sport, September l. An
other requisite is hunters license, APP
plications for which are beginning to
come in to County Clerk Starr. Last
season nearly TOO licenses were issued in
this county.
"A live bird shoot for purse of $40
a side between VIM. Taylor, of Brodhead,
VIM. Goldthorp, of Sumner, and ?. Q.
Brown of this city, will be pulled off at
the Driving Park Friday afternoon.
The match is a 10 bird, single rise,
plunge trap shoot and will decide a
rivalry of long standing. The money
for this match was posted three years
ago.
-Hargraves & Phifer have a force at
work changing the ventilating fues in
the public school building with view
of improving the heating of the rooms
The cold air registers will be placed in
the floors instead of the sides of the
rooms and it is hoped the cold air can
thus be drawn from the floors and max
ing it possible to keep more uniform
temperature than heretofore. It has
proven quite difficult matter to keep
the rooms comfortably heated in cold
weather and the change was discussed
preparation was voted for the changes
now being made. The present expert
ment has certainly common sense in its
favor.
Some one is going to have their hide
pierced with lot of little shot if the,
don't quit pilfering around the village OIL
Albion by night On several occasions
lately corn and chickens have beer
stolen from citizens of Albion and few
nights ago Fred Starks saw some one
making away with corn from his crib
He brought out his shot gun and free
three times as the parties ran across tn,
field, but failed to wing" his game [
will not be safe for thieves around AL
bion in the future, for all the shot guns
are being cleaned and loaded for the ex
press purpose of puncturing the aftel
dark providers. One or two parties arr
suspected, and their movements will bt
carefully watched.
The first twenty days of August vii
pass into history as the longest continu
Gus hot spell that has stayed right by u
in years. The hot wave was apparent,
broken Monday evening by a sewers
storm that in several localities had the
nature of cyclone. In the aggregate
good deal of damage was sustained to to
bacco sheds, farm buildings and growing
crops. From all reports the tobacco
sections have been especially fortunate
in escaping storms that have been more
destructive elsewhere. A frame tobac
co shed on the farm T. J. Atwood in AL
bion was blown down and badly broken
Some farm machinery stored in thu
building was also damaged On the J
S. Coon farm adjoining owned by Henri,
Benke tobacco shed partly filled will
harvested tobacco was also blown dow1
entailing a serious loss to him. ia,
Shaw's we'll drilling machine was at Fl
M. Stout's place and the storm overturn
ed the derrick and damaged the machin
cry to quite sum.