The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-24
y. w. COON, Editor and Publisher

Mrs. +. u brown FetufLeu lIoiA
Palmyra Thursday.
Don't fail to see the Isl Slocum"
band at noon, on Friday, May 3lst
Miss Lottie Parks, of Jefferson is a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. James Reynolds.
-Willett Main, of Madison, was a Wis
itor in Edgerton for few hours Monday.
Mrs. J. A. John son passed portion
of the week with her daughter in Chi
cago.
John Spencer left Wednesday for
La Crosse on a visit to his daughter,
Mrs. Richardson.
Rev. A. W. Stevens delivers the
memorial day address at Merrill next
Thursday.
Andrew Jensen has been attending
the Synod meetings at Mcfarland dur
ing the week.
The basement walls for Charlie
Sweeney's new house on Washington
street was commenced this week.
Mrs. L. D. Harvey, of Madison Wis
tied friends in this city and at Albion
few days early in the week.
Some wool is being marketed here
at prices ranging from Is to IL cents,
which is 3 to 4 cents under the prices
paid year ago.
Wilmer Clark who has been max
ing his home in Oklahoma for several
years past has been visiting friends IN
Albion and hereabouts for the past few
weeks.
Chris Thoreson, who has been pass
ing the winter in Alabama, returned to
Edgerton on Monday and will remain
during the summer with his brother,
John Thoreson.
The members of the w. r. @. are re-
quested to meet in the basement OF the
M. E. church next Sunday evening at
o'clock sharp to attend the memorial
services in body.
ALI neighbors of Edgerton Camp, M.
w. A., are requested to meet at their
hall on Thursday May 30, at o'clock p.
N. sharp for the purpose of taking part
in the Decoration day exercises.
The Sunday Sentinel conveys the in
formation that the marriage of Miss
Eva G. Triggs of Chicago, to DR.. F. Ell.
Martin of Edgerton, formerly OF Mil
waukee, will take place June 5 in Chi
cago.
Editor Hearn, of the Dodgeville
Chronicle, paid this office a brief call
Saturday while enroute to Albion Prairie,
where he went to report the proceedings
of the P. M. conference in session with
the church at that place.
John Peterson of Viroqua, who as
sisted G.. M. Underhill in the purchase
of tobacco in the Vernon county district,
spent several days of the week in Edger-
ton to get better acquainted with the
methods of the tobacco business in this
market.
The Bruno-Alden Stock company
played a three nights engagement at
Royal hall commencing Monday evening
They are the best repertoire company
that has been to Edgerton for a long
time, and the plays were all new and set
with good effects. The specialties were
catchy and pleasing. This company
may safely be billed for any play house.
A. w. Bentley is the owner of a
yacht purchased of FL. Ell. Porter of Lake
Geneva which was launched on Lake
Koshkonong on Monday. The new craft
is "a foot over all, 7 foot beam and will
accommodate a large party. 1t has
been christened 1.-The Pathfinder" and
will make an important addition to the
water crafts owned on the lake this sea-
son for it is believed will outstrip any
thing now on the lake.
Joe Litney living near Indian Ford,
was quite seriously injured Saturday by
being caught in the machinery of a corn
planter which he was operating. He
was thrown from the seat by the imple-
ment striking a stone and fell in such a
way that he was drawn into the machin-
cry so tightly that he could not extricate
himself without help. The bruises and
cuts sustained required the services of a
surgeon, and DIR. McManuS was called.
The Edgerton Telephone Co. are
building a toll line to Fulton to connect
with the town of Porter company lately
organized by the farmers of that town
ship. Some eight or ten farmers along
the new line to Fulton village will be
connected with the exchange in this
city. When these lines are completed
the farmers in this section of the county
will be in close touch with Edgerton and
through the local exchange with the
most of the southern Wisconsin towns.
j. E. Gleason, supervisor of the
town of La Prairie, was here Monday in
consultation with the town board of
Fulton in relation to a new steel bridge