The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-22
Miss Effie Bowen is home from Chi
cago for a. short visit.

Vile were over Sunday VISITORS WITH rel
atives in this city.
Mrs Robert Attlesey, who has been
confined to her home by sickness a week
or more, is improving.
Lester Fessenden is at the Palmer
hospital in GAINESVILLE being treated for
malignant carbuncle.
"A marriage license has been secured
for the union of Henry Fl. Wood of
Stoughton and Mabel G. Hopkins of In
dian Ford.
Miss Bessie Lusk of Stoughton has
been visiting among relatives in Edger-
ton during the week. Friends will be
pleased to learn that she is slowly recov-
ering her health.
The Southern Wisconsin Dental AS
ISOLATION convened in GAINESVILLE this
week. DR.. F. c. McReynolds was in at
tendance Wednesday and DR.. A. P. Mich
olson on Thursday.
Mrs. Anna Kradwell, sister of Mrs.
H. Stangl, who has been visiting in
Wisconsin for the past few weeks, de-
parted for her home in Denver, COL,
Sunday morning. She was accompanied
by Mrs. Stangl who will remain in the
West about two months.
Charles L. Culton has purchased
another tract of Virginia farming lands,
this time 15OO-acre tract located forty
miles from Washington, being part of
large estate belonging to widow. that
has lately been subdivided and sold at
remarkably cheap prices.
"A divorce was granted in the circuit
court Saturday to Anna Lempka from
August Lempka on the ground of cruel
and inhuman treatment. The plaintiff
was awarded the custody of the children
and lots 7 and s, block l, of Croft's addi
ton to GAINESVILLE, also $40 per month
alimony for their support. The parties
live in this city. J. P. Towne appeared
for the plaintiff.
-Supt. Hemingway, who visited the
public schools here Thursday and Fri
day, says at least Is per cent. Of the
teachers of the county will give up their
profession at the close of the present
school year and seek other lines of voca-
ton, and he fears there will be short
age of teachers next season. He does
not furnish statistics to show how many
of them have been induced to seek the
more promising matrimonial conditions
"A match between the high school
bowling teams of Eogerton and Slough
ton took place at the Maltpress alley
on Friday evening last. The game
was close all through. At the end
of the second game Stoughton was three
pins ahead, fell down in the early part of
the third game, but rallied and won out
by A. pins. This is the second game
Stoughton has ever won on strange
alley. The personel of the teams was as
follows: Edgerton-R., Scharfenberg; c.,
Brown: M, Kaufman; c.. Nicholson;
H.. Hahn. Stoughton-R., Bovee; Co..
Anderson; NJ, Hemsing; c., Larson; H..
Harrison. The return game will be
played at Stoughton Friday evening.
The building committee having in
charge the erection of a new Catholic
church in this city met Saturday and
opened the bids Of contractors that had
been submitted. Three bidders compel
ing for the job were FL. Tappendorf of
Rock Island, Ill, and Dave Stewart and
Will Ford & Co. of GAINESVILLE. The local
contractors have so much work on hand
that none of them entered the contest.
The committee found that all of the bids
were higher than the estimated appro-
priation for the church and consequently
rejected them all. The committee are
now at work revising the plans so that
they will call for less expensive build
ing and will call for bids again. Under
the figures just submitted the church
when finished would cost about $4,000,
and this sum is believed too large.
The GAINESVILLE District Epworth
League, Rally Group No..2, was enter
tanned at the Methodist church in this
city by Edgerton Chapter No. 1892 last
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Mem
bers from GAINESVILLE Court street church,
Milton, Milton Junction and Stoughton
to the number of about forty were pres
ent. The church was handsomely deco
rated for the occasion. In the lecture
room the League colors, red and white,
were most tastefully used, while the au-
dience room was profusely decorated
with red, white and blue bunting and
palms, ferns and cut flowers. Friday
evening was devoted to reception and
program consisting of seven numbers,
after which refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served to about one hun
dred in the lecture room. Three sessions