The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-12
nv. COON, Editor and Publisher

week with relatives IN chicago.
Saunders creek went dry Monday
morning for the first time this season.
On Tuesday morning a boy baby
was born at the home of Robert Jensen
and wife.
Henry johnson and FL. S. Sloan with
their wives visited the resorts at Lake
Ripley on Sunday.
Next Tuesday evening is the time
for the second meeting of the council for
the month of July.
Miss Mamie Mulligan was in Beloit
the latter part of the week paying a
short visit to relatives.
"A little baby girl came on Monday,
July 1st to make glad the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Gust Dallman.
The Misses Florence and Lottie
Skinner started Tuesday morning for
Orange, NJ. They will be absent about
two months.
Prof Fl. B. Fehlier of Columbus,
former teacher of the Lutheran school
here, has been visiting friends in Edger-
ton a few days this week.
At the home of Albert Stricken and
wife, on Wednesday, July Bird, little
boy was born. The young man was just
in time for the 4th of July celebration.
Ben Olson and wife of Iowa, are
visiting cousins in Brown and Child
families. Mr.. Olson is a conductor on
the Milwaukee road running out of Des
MOines.
"A large number from this city pat
ride about Lake Koshkonong on Sun
day last. The boat has begun to make
its regular summer trips.
"A pocket book containing a small
amount of change and some trading
stamps, found near town, has been left
at Lidicker's store for the owner to prove
property and pay for this notice.
Services will be held at the Congre-
gational church next Sunday morning
and evening. Subject for the evening a
continuation of the subject "The Eman-
cipation of the Slums and the Life of
Jacob A. Riis." Special music in the
evening. All are welcome.
The plant of the Edgerton Pottery
Co.. was sold Wednesday morning under
foreclosure for an even $1,000. Several
people were present but no one raised
the only bid made by Andrew Jenson
for the mortgage. Property that origi-
nalIy cost from $4,000 to $4,000 went
for song.
The Victor Kremer Co., music pub
fishers, IS Clark ST., Chicago, favors this
office with two of their latest produc-
lions, cola Waltzes" and "Way of the
Cross" the latter beautiful solo, suit
able for religious services. Orders for
anything in the musical line addressed
to them will receive prompt attention.
The hot, burning Kansas winds that
prevailed Tuesday and Wednesday were
dreadful scorchers on the growing crops.
Nothing can long survive the whitening
effect and untold damage was done grain,
corn and tobacco by the parching heat.
The crop outlook in this section at the
present writing is away below the usual
standard.
-Edgerton is surely growing. The
school census just taken by W. HI.
Clarke clerk of the school board, shows
451 male and 437 female children in the
district between the ages of 4 and 20
years. This is an increase of 1853 over
the figures of year ago. Using this
computation as basis, the population
of Edgerton cannot be much less than
5000 at the present time.
During the storm Tuesday afternoon
lightning struck the home of Mrs. Geo.
Madison in the western part of town
the shaft going in at the chimney on the
upright which is badly shattered. The
rafters under the roof were also broken
and splintered in several places requir-
ing quite extensive repairs. Fortunately
the building did not take fire, but the
occupants were somewhat stunned by
the shock.
The announcement comes from
Madison that Mr.. Walton Pyre, who was
last year an instructor in elocution at
the University of Wisconsin, and who
has been prominent in amateur theatri-
Gals at that institution, has resigned his
connection with the university to go on
the stage. He leaves this week for New
York. Harry Forrest, who was promi-
nent in university athletic and theatre
cal events while at Madison, is playing
the gladiator in the Eastern 'Quo Vadis'
company.
MIR. Varnum Wescott, one of the
pioneer farmers of Albion, is bedridder
as the result of broken hip. July Sd
he was walking in the road near his