The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-08

Mrs. j. Linnevold aud child have
gone to Iowa to visit for few weeks
with relatives.
Frank Hoard of Fort Atkinson, min
gIed with the crowd at the picnic on
Wednesday.
Miss Emma Olsbye has returned
home from two weeks visit with Miss
Lilly Gullickson.
DR.. Arthur Marsden of Rio has
been passing few days with his par
'ents and relatives here.
The Edgerton band has been en-
gagged to play one day of the Carnival
week OF GAINESVILLE.
1t was just trihe too cool to make
business brisk for the pop and lemonade
stands at the picnic.
Fred Jensen and wife came down
from Sparta last Friday to pass short
vacation with relatives here.
Miss Tillie Larson is camping with
Beloit friends in Ho-no-gah Park, south
Real Estate Agent E. M. Laid re-
ports the sale of $4,000 farm in Chip
pewa county to John j. Naset and son
-Jens.
Mrs. Mary Watson and daughter,
Emily, passed the first few days of the
week at the pleasant farm home of Chas.
Carey and wife west of town.
An ice cream social will be held at
Mr.. Andrew Johnson's near Sumner,
Saturday evening, Aug. 9th. A cordial
Invitation is extended to ALL
Special election next Monday. The
polls will be open from o'clock in the
morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Every taxpayer in the city should vote
upon the proposition of bonding the
city.
District Clerk Clarke says the fig
ures presented last week of the children
of school age in the district were not cor
rect. The total, he says, is GA, and the
figures presented were those who at
tended school during the year.
Prof August Pieper has been en-
gagged by the Albion band as instructor.
He meets with them once a week at AL
bion. Prof, Pieper is unquestionably
the best musical instructor this city has
ever had, and his services are more in
demand now than ever
After passing short time with rel
atives here Lieutenant Maltpress board
ed special train which passed through
here Sunday morning and Joined his
company on their way to Camp Douglas,
where the National Guard of the state
are camping for a week
The third annual picnic of the Mas
ter Horseshoers will take place at Ester
Beach at Madison, Saturday, August Is.
A base ball game is arranged between
picked team of horseshoers of GAINESVILLE,
Edgerton and Madison, and program
of sports, races, etc, will fill the day.
Relatives of NJ. J. Collins who reside
here have recently received a copy of
LA lara Chronicle, of Coneios county,
Colorado, with his name as publisher.
Mikes friends here will be pleased to
3earn that he is prosperous and the pub
fisher of good paying paper in grow
ing western town.
Gus Leeks of Tomah is here this
week to arrange for taking G. H. Bliv-
ems PAGER, Nicholas j." through the
race circuit of the western part of the
state. He leaves this week on a six
weeks campaign. Mr.. Leeks formerly
owned the horse and says he is in the
best condition he has ever known him to
Zoe in for fast work.
BY working two nights and all day
Sunday, Manager Fred Mckinney was
enabled to change over the switch board
IN the local exchange without much in
corruption to business this week. 1t was
quite an undertaking to cut over 400
wires and trace them back upon the
BOARD without mountaineering the sub
scribers, but Mr.. Mckinney was equal
to the task and the exchange apparatus
as now improved by the changes made.
The Gazette says that several cases
of hydrophobia were developed on the
Ward farm near Mount Zion last week.
Monday morning E. D. Roberts assistant
went to the farm and killed COW and
several hogs that were afflicted with the
disease Two dogs that were thought
to be the cause of the trouble were also
killed. The carcass of the cow will be
sent to the Pasteur Institute in Chicago
for scientific examination.