The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-25

"A year old geldlhg, partly broke,
for sale by Claude Stout, Albion.
Mrs. Henry Kroos and daughter, of
Peoria, ILL.,, are guests at o. G. Hanson.
Editor Patterson and A. L. Lund of
Cambridge, were visitors in Edgerton on
Saturday last.
M. Pelton has been searching for Z.
desirable farm in the Kickapoo Valley
during the week.
The pastor will preach in the M. E.
church next Sunday morning and eve
ming at the usual hours.
"A. F. Warden, editor of the Wauke-
sha Dispatch, was caller in Edgerton
for a short time last Saturday.
The next regular meeting of the T.
A. & B. society will be held at 3 o'clock
June 10th. All requested to attend.
The big Modern Woodman picnic
will be held at Madison June 9Th. When
last held in that city 10000 attended.
Miss Hubbell will in the near future
open u6E SLuuIO III IOOI1S Ill Cuo ylO1
House block and resume her class in
painting.
The house and lot known as the j.
H. Arthur residence in the I'd ward is
for sale. Enquire of Chris. Olson,
StOughtOn, Wis.
Justice H. Nelson and wife for 90
years missionaries in Para Brazil, South
America. are in town visiting his sister,
Mrs. D. w. North.
II. B. Earle and Frank Monat of
GAINESVILLE were in Barron county during
the week taking up a few carloads of
young cattle to pasture during the sea-
son on land owned by them.
Mrs Fl. E. Miner of Milton Junction,
passed portion of the week with friends
in this CITY, leaving on Tuesday for War
wick, r. l.. where the family have re-
moved.
Ed. B. Ellingson and family arrived
in Edgerton Wednesday morning from
Lake Mills, Iowa, where they have been
living for the past few years. We learn
they come back to make this city their
permanent home again. -..-
E. G. Hopkins and A. S. Flagg left
Saturday evening on trip to Southern
Dakota to look after some farming lands
owned in that section. They will re-
turn the latter part of the week.
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Butte, Mont, that he has received the
appointment of Census enumerator for
quite a scope of country in that state.
The district is in the northeast corner of
the county and extends south from the
Canadian line So miles and east from the
county line IS miles The section is a
ranch country and sparcely settled, re-
quiring the use of saddle and pack
horse. The compensation is $500 per
day.
"A special, gaily decorated train
loaded with J. l. Case threshing ma
chinery halted at this station for a time
Tuesday afternoon, while the Racine
band, which accompanied the train, ia
vored several hundred people gathered
at the depot, with selections of music.
The train consisted of 25 SO foot cars
containing % traction engines and 80
separators valued at over 100000. The
destination of the train is Fargo to be
distributed about the great wheat fields
of North Dakota This is the fifth spec
ial train load of threshing machinery
that has been forwarded by the Case
company this season all being handsome
ly decorated with American flags, bunt-
ing and banners.
What promises to be the warmest
contested game of base ball played in
this portion of the Badger state this year
will take place in GAINESVILLE on Memorial
Day, Wednesday May 80. Teams from
the University of Wisconsin and Beloit
College will compete for honors. Each
nine will be accompanied by band and
fully 1000 rooters will be in attendance
from the cities of Madison and Beloit.
Excursion trains will be run from the
surrounding towns and the committee of
arrangements have already taken the
necessary steps to accommodate ire
mendous crowd. A base ball game be-
tween these two college teams means the
best efforts in each and every player
The battery for Beloit will be Adkins in
the box and jacobson behind the bat
Matthews and Pierce will play the points
for the University of Wisconsin. P.J.
Husting, pitcher of the Milwaukee team,
will play the points when it comes to
umpiring. The game will be called at
Athletic park at o'clock in the after
noon rain or shine.