The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02

-J.P Towne has been confined to his
home by sickness few days this week.
A cement walk has been put down
in front of the Ash property on Albion
street.
L. G.. Compton and wife returned
Monday from an outing at Lake Ke
gonsa.
No butter was offered in the Elgin
market this week but the price was fixed
at 20 cents.
Aid. Andrew Mcintosh has been
confined to his home by sickness sew
eral days of the week past.
Mrs. John Thoreson and children
have gone for two weeks vacation with
friends in Stoughton and Madison.
e. G. Tallard and family and friends
from Joliet, ILL.,, are occupying the cot
tage at Lake Kegonsa vacated by w. T.
Pomeroy on Monday.
DIR. Morrison and wife and sisters,
the Misses Florence and Helen Morri-
son of Chicago spent Friday at Lake
Kegonsa, as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Weetman Dickinson.
Through an oversight the donation
which Conn & Schmidt made to the T.
A. & B. society for their picnic was
omitted from the program of the day.
The society makes this apology.
Assessment number of Modern
Woodmen camp 440 has not all been
paid. Neighbors are requested to remit
their dues to Fl. B. Knapp at once as re-
turns to the head camp are now due.
Mrs. Fred w. Bentley and her moth
er, Mrs. Cody, of Chicago, concluded
their visit with Edgerton relatives We'd
nesday, leaving for Pecatonica, ILL.,, for
short stay before returning home.
Mrs Paul Miller and three children
of Butte, Mont, and Mrs. Joseph Birk-
enmeyer of Stockbridge, Wis. who have
been visiting G. B. Birkenmeyer and
family, departed for their respective
homes on Tuesday.
Remember the dates for Babcock &
Birkenmeyer's big clearance sale-Tues-
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
next week. They will close from l to
p. NJ on Wednesday for the T. A. & B.
picnic.
Rev. Father Loughran of Minden,
Neb., spent Friday visiting his mother,
sisters and brother in Porter. He came
east to be present at the conservation to
the Episcopacy of his friend and class
mate, Bishop Muldoon of Chicago.
On Saturday, August II, Horse
shoers' holiday will be celebrated at
Taylors park, Lake Koshkonong. The
following shops will be closed on that
date: T. Westlake, Curran Bros. and j.
M. Joyce, of Edgerton; Ferd Drake and
L. Teuton, of Albion.
Close to 300 tickets were sold from
this station to GAINESVILLE Tuesday to peo-
pie attending the Ringing Bros. show.
The many more who went by team would
make up quota that must have spent
at least 81 900 of Edgerton money, the
greater part of which went into the
strong box of the show people. And
everybody thought they got their mon
ey's worth, too.
OT
postoffice was changed Tuesday so as to
accommodate 200 more call boxes as we'll
as new section of lock boxes. The bus
mess of the office has increased so rap
idly of late years that despite the fact
that the rural routes had relieved good
many boxes, there was still shortage
and additional room was imperative.
The postoffice facilities had not kept
pace with the growth of the town but
these matters are now adjusted.
During the storm last week the cleo
trio wires leading into Babcock & Birk-
enmeyer's store came in contact with the
iron posts of the front and the current
that leaked charged the post and several
squares of the cement walk in front of
the entrance. People passing in or out
of the store while the electricity was
thus leaking involuntarily performed
some very laughable things. One woman
came out with her arms loaded with
bundles and stepping out onto the
charged block gave an piercing
scream and jump while the bundles
were thrown in every direction. Ferdi-
nand Peters came out of his market to
investigate long enough to get touch
of the current that sent stream of
broken German from his mouth too long
to be interpreted. Quite crowd watch
ed the antics of those who involuntarily
took the electric treatment. The current
was not dangerous but gave good
strong shock, nevertheless.
Death of j. r. Houghton.