The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-09-02

being 19 cents.
The new pump at the water works
is now completely installed and working
smoothly.
The Ladies Society will meet at the
Congregational church next Wednesday
afternoon.
Miss Grace Perry will teach in the
Sparta high school this year and Miss
Mary Mawninney at Plymouth.
Miss Mary Watson went to Rock
ford Wednesday where she will pass q
week, the guest of Miss Edith Clubb
Rev. and Mrs. J. Odell OF Birming-
ham, England, are here visiting their
daughter, Mrs. L. A. Parr, for season.
Andrew Jensen, G.. f. Tallard and
G, A. Hoen are attending the democratic
state convention at Oshkosh this week.
Mrs. A. r. Ball of Gulfport, Miss,
and Miss Carrie Rule of Shullsburg, are
guests of their sister, Mrs. s. D. Green,
this week.
Harry Shannon returned last week
from Minocqua, where he has been pass
ing the summers vacation camping,
hunting and fishing.
Miss Gertrude Peterson, who for
merly taught music here, will return to
Edgerton about the middle of Septem-
ter to resume her teaching.
Dwight Reed severed his connection
with Anderson Il Farman Tuesday. He
has moved his family to Delavan where
he has secured a position with a cloth
ing house.
L. G. Whittet who was taken i'll in
Chicago last week returned home Fri
day evening, but has still been confined
to his home during the greater portion
of the week.
Miss Hazel Shannon, who has been
passing several weeks with her grand
parents, G. O. Shannon and wife, return
ed to her home in Westby the first of
the week.
Carl Peters, G.. Fl. Babcock, P. M.
Ellingson and James Sayre formed a
hunting party that left Wednesday for
Chippewa county to be on hand st the
opening of the chicken season.
Joel Thompson's family are occupy
ing the Hopkins cottage on Lake Kosh,
konong this week. A pleasant party of
the young girl friends of their daughters
were also entertained there for a few
days.
Joe Conn's Col Diston won first
money in the races at Evansville We'd
nesday, and at Westfield last week he
was given third. In the running race at
Evansville Wednesday, Tom Madden's
horse broke his fore leg just as he was
coming under the wire for third money.
He was killed on the grounds.
New cement walks are being laid
this week in front of property owned by
Mrs. NJ. Herrick, Frank Brown, Ole
johnson and Carl Greip on Mechanics
street; Mrs. Lucy Pringle and J. Palmi-
ter on Fulton street: Henry Thomson,
Mrs. Williams, P. NJ. Ellingson and the
Norwegian church on Rollin street.
Bills are out announcing the Golden
Jubilee Fair to be held atJefferson from
Sept. 20 to %. The management is
making extraordinary efforts for this
years fair which will be on grand
scale Purses to the amount of $4,000
have been put up for the speed contests,
while the attractions for the entertain
ment of visitors will be many and varied.
Thursday, September 9Th, is Modern
Woodmen day at the St. Louis fair. Ar
engagements have been made for train
to leave GAINESVILLE on Sunday morning,
Sept. 4th at 1870 for st. Louis. Round
trip tickets SIS 90, good until Sept. 18th.
This is probably the cheapest rate Of
fered and all Woodmen who wish to at
tend the fair should arrange to 60 on
this train.
"A freight wreck, in which the en-
gineer, fireman and brakeman were in
jured, occurred on the Chicago Short
Line at Bardwell Monday night. The
train was south bound and claims to
have received the signal of clear track,
when the derailing switch was thrown
by the tower operator, piling up seven
teen cars. The brakeman riding on top
of the train says he found himself over
in the field when he regained conscious
ness.
The Royal Neighbors pos .poned
their entertainment until next Monday
evening. The card and shadow social
will be held in Woodmen hall on that
date. 1t will be novel affair and afford
great amusement for all. Shadows will
be sold at auction and the gentleman
purchaser will be entitled to supper for
himself and the subject of the shadow