The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-10-25

lily on Sunday last
-Chandos Pruyn has been confined
to his home by sickness during the week,
but is improving.
Miss Ollie Watson of Fort Atkinson
is visiting with her many Edgerton
friends this week.
Married, Oct. 10, at the home of
Rev. Linnevold, Fred Uilby of Madison
and Myra Bailey of Reedsburg.
John Arthur will be remembered
favorably by Edgerton theater goers for
his splendid production of Hamlet last
season.
Geo. Underhill has rented Henry
Prices new residence on Albion street
and will take possession about the first
of next month.
Mrs. G. F. Tallard entertained a
party of young ladies Wednesday even
ing in honor of her guest, Miss Geblein.
of Baltimore.
Mr.. E. R. Hatch, who has been Wis
iting his son, Scott Hatch, in this city
for a few weeks, returned to his home in
Bethel, VT, Thursday morning.
"A cinder dump is being placed I'M
der the main line tracks at the depot so
that engines while taking water at the
tank may dump cinders while waiting.
Lieut.. Gov. Jesse Stone, ex-Gov.
Geo. w. Peck and G. A. Lougee of the
Park hotel at Madison passed few days
of the week duck shooting down at the
| Carcajou club.
Master Harold Culton, who was crit
| ically i'll when last weeks paper was
printed, is now slowly recovering and is
| believed to have passed the danger
crisis
The Pan-American stamp will not
be sold at the postoffice after October
31st. The old stamp with the immortal
| G.. WIS picture on it will be used after
| the above date.
| "A leak in the water main on Front
street, opposite Conn & Schmidt's store,
was discovered Monday and the trench
opened when it was found to be only a
sand hole which was quickly repaired.
The finest Indian summer weather
ever known in this latitude has pre-
vailed during the week and it has been a
great help to the mechanics as a great
deal of outside building is yet to be
done this fall that will require some
hustling to complete.
There is going to be grand hunt
by local sportsmen to take place in the
near future. A meeting will be held in
the reading room of the Carlton next
Monday evening to organize the club
and choose sides for the event. All good
shots, poor shots, and those that like to
shoot at all are requested to be present
Jas. Brown, head of one of the
strongest gangs of horse thieves in the
west, with headquarters near Chicago,
was sent to prison for five years from the
municipal court at Madison Monday.
He was arrested for stealing valuable
team from Dane county farmer in Au-
gust and plead guilty to receiving stolen
property It is his first conviction.
After November 4th E. Peters & Son
will close their meat market on Sundays
The weather will in all probability be
cool enough by that time to keep meat
without ice. All customers of the shop
should get their meat Saturday even
ings. With the warm weather of next
season the shop will again be opened
Sunday mornings to accommodate the
trade
Hamlet, Cyrano de Bergerac, The
Merchant of Venice, and David Garrick
composed the repertoire of the Slayton
New York Stock company last season.
These greatly dissimilar plays made fine
impressions wherever they appeared
and we expect that a play like can
Enemy to the Queen" written by as
great an author as Victor Hugo, and
played by so commendable star, sup
ported by a strong company, should give
the patrons an entertainment not often
enjoyed by them. Saturday, Oct. Goth
The Pierick Bros. have arranged tc
open new store at Edgerton as soon as
the Schmeling block Can be placed in
readiness for them. The firm consists oil
A. H. Pierick, who is now employed by
Gimbel Bros, Milwaukee, and J. w
Pierick of Muscoda. They intend to put
in full line of dry goods and groceries
and hope to be able to open about Nov
18th. Mr. j. w. Pierick was in town on
Monday in search of living place fol-
his family.
The large potato has not been as
conspicuous at the county fair this sea
son as usual and the columns of the
county press do not TEEN with notices Of
his unusual size. 1t is no fault of the
potato though, for the dry season