The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-14
"A daughter was born to Mr.. ano
Mrs Robt. Bruhn Nov. 9Th

in the family of John Hurd, Miss Flor
ence being the victim.
james Whittet and wife have moved
into the residence recently vacated by
Charles Birkenmeyer in the 1st ward.
Henry Dorm, section hand, is car
rying around 2 broken arm as the result
of a railroad tie falling upon him.
Charles Hemingway Of Alton,
county superintendent elect, visited the
public schools of Edgerton. Tuesday.
Besides the Hopkins farm, E. M.
Laid sold O. M. Nelson's 44-acre place
in Albion to Gus Gunnelson for $4,000.
The Ladies Society of the Congre-
gational church will meet with Mrs
Geo. Doty Wednesday afternoon, Nov.
10Th.
Henry Kaufman from GAINESVILLE and
Miss Emma Kaufman of Stoughton at
tended the Gessert Ratzlaff wedding here
Wednesday.
Carl Kittiisen OF Stoughton, who has
just returned home from six months
trip to Cape Nome, Alaska, was visitor
in Edgerton Wednesday.
Willie Burns team of ''tigers" were
defeated at Albion by the Academy Sec
ond team Wednesday afternoon by a
score of Is to 0.
Supervisors Hopkins, Gettle and Eb-
bott are attending the annual meeting
of the county board at GAINESVILLE since
Tuesday.
About seventeen members of the K.
P. lodge from this city went to Slough
ton Wednesday evening and were very
royalty entertained by the lodge of that
city.
-Whittet Bros. are laying foundations
for new set Of kilns at their brick yard
with view of greatly extending the
business next season. This years make
is about all contracted for.
Conn & Schmidt have purchased the
James Pierce farm of about 100 acres at
MELVILLE, trading in the Phil Schmidt
place north of town, with Mr.. Cunning
ham. The purchase price was about $50
per acre. The trade was made through
the Randolph real estate agency.
The cold wave in the northwest has
driven millions Of ducks into the nearby
lakes during the week in their flight to a
warmer cline. The waters Of Kegonsa
and Koshkonong have been fairly black
with water fowl and the first really good
hunting Of the fall has occurred Some
good strings Of canvasbacks- and other
large birds have been bagged.
Miss Marvin, of the State Library
Commission, was in town Tuesday to in
spect the public library of this city
which she reports as doing as we'll as
could be expected with the appropria-
ton it has at it's command. In this con-
nection it might be we'll to mention that
the common council of Stoughton made
an annual appropriation of $11OO for the
fine library of that city besides furnish
ing the library building and heating.
The board of canvassers have COM
pleted their work, and the returns of the
late election are all figured up. County
Clerk Starr is the leader of all the can
didates in the way of majority. His ma
jority was 1928, the other candidates fol-
lowing in the order named: w. A.
Jackson, 1881; HAWTHORN, $3.50; Kerch,
3,l43; Rice, 3O77; Appleby, 1905; Gold
in, 1859. Gov. LaFollette's majority
was 1882.
"A fine 12-pound pickerel was taken
| out of Rock river Wednesday under cir
cumstances that read like fish story.
An employe of Peters slaughter house
saw commotion in the water short
distance from shore and going out found
the big fish hooked on short piece of
| line that was snagged on an obstruction
in the river. The fish had broken some
body's line and was having his freedom
until the line became Snagged.
"A good many hundred dollars have
been invested by the congregation of St.
Johns Lutheran church this season in
repairing the church edifice and build
ing new cement walks about the prop
erty. The church is now in the best re-
pair, and standing upon the most elevat-
/, ed spot in town, what it most needs is a
clock in its steeple tower. Public spirit
ed citizens who may wish to gain fame
and the thanks of the community might
contribute the necessary timepiece.
The new generator weighing more
/ than seven thousand pounds, which is
! to furnish the power current for the
Edgerton Electric Light Co., arrived
yesterday and was taken to the power
station at Indian Ford. Two 80 b. D.
and one b. p. motors were also received.
One of the former will operate a feed