The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-08-07
West Porter.

T w Frusher is doing a nice business
at house moving.
Mrs Della Hartz of st Louis is visit
ing friends in this vicinity.
Miss Abbie Mccarthy has gone to
Chicago on a summer vacation.
The Rock County Farmer says that
barley in many towns is only half a crop.
Mrs G White and daughter, Jean,
spent pleasant day at Lake Kegonsa
with friends.
Many Of our young folks attended the
church sociable at Fulton aad had very
enjoyable time.
Mrs G Whaley and Miss Carrie Taylor
Of Dunkirk were pleasant callers one
day last week.
Joseph Bamberg of New York has
been driving in this vicinity looking for
old tobacco.
Many farmers are threshing out of the
shock and grain is fielding from % to 40
bushels to the acre.
Will SHREDDER and wife of Stoughton
and Mr. Clauson and wife Sundayed at
the home of Robert Earle.
Misses Jennie Murray and Jennie Nc
earthly have returned from the summer
school ct Whitewater Normal.
A number from here attended the
Fisk q Forepaugh circus sale at James
vile and report a cheap sale.
The heavy rain took out the water
wheel of James Sayre on the Catfish
river near Fulton and he is now repair
ing the dam.
Sroughton.
John Parish has the honor of being
the first farmer in this section to thresh
this season. On Friday last, July oath,
ten acres of barley turned out 400 bush
els and his crop of rye threshed out 20
bushels to the acre.
OH Hemsing has bought the Joice
property at the lake of X Joice of Chi
cago, paying $1,000 for it. Mr. Joice, who
is cousin of FL Joice, acquired the
property a couple of years ago on the
foreclosure Of mortgage.
James Clark, who has been operator
and station clerk for the St. Paul Go. in
this place for the past twenty years, has
received promotion and been given the
position of station agent at Gratiot, La
Fayette county, this state. Jim will be
the big toad" in that little puddle and
no doubt mayor Of his town in less than
year. Success to you Jim.
More Chicago people than usual are
availing themselves of the comforts and
beauties of Kegonsa lake this season.
Several have become so impressed with
the beautiful sheet of water and its sur
roundings, that they have purchased
sites on which to erect pretty cottages
the coming season. Property is gradual
ly rising in value and desirable lots are
becoming very scarce.
The trustees of Our Savior Congrega-
tion have purchased the north half of
lot three and north half of lot four in
block twenty-eight for site for the new
church to be erected in the near future.
The site is the property opposite the
market square formerly owned by Mrs
Hans Olson and Mrs Ole Kroken. The
price paid is $1,000 The location is a
very desirable one and the new society
contemplate erecting commodious and
imposing structure.
Some big fish stories are being told by
the campers at kegonsa, the past week.
Willis Searles of Evansville caught four
pickerel that weighed in the aggregate
81 pounds and the fifth one weighed 1873
pounds. These big ones are in addition
to fine string each day of bass, pike
and perch. Mr.. Searles has the distinc-
ton of catching the first and only carp
with hook and line, which took him 20
minutes to land and which weighed 16
pounds. W 2 Dole Of the Beloit camp,
was out two hours Monday forenoon
and landed seven pickerel and one black
bass, the whole weighing 60 pounds. The
smallest pickerel weighed seven pounds
rand thertwo largest twelve pounds each
The bass weighed four pounds.