The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-11

Milwaukee the fore part of the week.
Fred Bentley, who recently removed
from Wichita, Kansas, to Chicago, spent
Sunday with Edgerton relatives.
Miss Clara Hargraves came up from
the Whitewater Normal for an over Sun
day visit at the home of her parents here.
Rev. F. G. Moore was in Chicago
few days during the week attending ex-
ercises at a college where his brother
graduated.
1t was l.. n. instead of w. T. Pom
eroy that purchased tract of land in
the city limits of E. G. Hopkins, as re-
ported in last weeks paper.
Any one wishing electric door bells
put in, bells adjusted or fixed in any
way, would do we'll to call on Elmer
Davis, Edgerton, Wis. All work guar
anteed.
Six car loads of prime corn fed
cattle were shipped to market by P. G.
Brown Tuesday The lot comprise the
finest cattle taken in at this station in
some years.
Ed. r.. Carr was here on visit Sun
day and Monday. He opens the Hotel
Green at Geneva Lake for the season
about June LIST. It is said to be the
finest hotel Oh Geneva Lake.
The Reporter was in error in the
statement made last week regarding the
changes in the railroad time card, when
it said the 7:43 p. N. train ran Sundays
and not Saturdays. This train makes
the Saturday night run but not Sunday.
"A novel experiment was tried at Ed
gerton last Saturday to draw people to
the city and from reports that have
reached us it seems to have been emil
nently successful Through the effort of
the business men the famous Iowa State
band was engaged to give a band con-
cert Saturday afternoon and wide adver
Using of it's coming drew people from
many miles away and from all of the sur
rounding towns. Quite a number Of
Stoughton people drove down and enjoy
ed the fine concert. -Stoughton Hub.
The 4th of July is only few weeks
off and if Edgerton is going to have a
celebration this year, it is high time to
begin planning for it. There is no reason
why we should not get up celebration
that would attract the people from all
the smaller towns and the country round
about. Edgerton is generally in the
front rank with all she undertakes to do,
and there is no reason why she should
not have an up-to-date time on the 4th.
"A carload of horses purchased in
Chicago last week by Liverymen Vile
man, Thompson and Campbell & Hover
son of Stoughton. and James Conway,
arrived Saturday morning. The lot were
mostly drivers and some of them have
the reputation of being fast steppers. 1t
is said Jim Conway got the prize pack
age in handsome sorrel that can turn a
mile in better than 2:2O. Evidently the
boys are getting in shape to give us some
speedy matinees this season. The race
track is being worked and put in first
class condition for training.
Mr.. John LaBundy and family re-
moved to Darian, Wisconsin, this week
where they will engage in the hotel bust
ness in partnership with Mr.. Dodge a
brother-in-law of Mr.. 'LaBundy. Mr..
LaBundy has been resident of Edger-
ton for nineteen years. engaged in the
barber business, and he has always been
counted as straight forward business
man and citizen which any town would
dislike to loose. Both Mr.. LaBundy
and his wife have many warm friends
who are 10th to part with them, but who
wish them success in their new under
taking.
The Senior Oratorical Contest was
held at the Methodist church last Mon
day evening. Seven members of the
senior class of our high school competed.
The orations were we'll written and we'll
delivered, the music was exceptionally
good, and the event was thoroughly en-
joyed by all present. The program was
as follows:
Music
Vocal Solo. ....................M Mrs. M. Schmidt
English in the High School. Edith Maltpress
Our Debt to Chivalry ............ Minnie Brown
WOflu WeaVerS.. :. SIella OgQen
BritOn or BOer. .......... $500. Harry Pt)merOy
From the Cradle to the Grave Mae Marsden
Self Made or Never Made. ..... Mabel Westlake
Expansion. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ameS McGiffln
School
The judges were Rev. Symons, Attor-
ney L. E. Gettle and Miss @. G. Mus
grove. They awarded first place to
James McGifin, second place to Edith
Maltpress and third place to Minnie
Brown.
About seventy teachers from various
parts of the county and neighboring
cities were in the city last Saturday to
attend the spring meeting of the Rock
County Teachers association, which was
held at the high school building. A
lengthy program was to have been car
ried out, but owing to some shortening
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