The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-15

The Elgin price of butter remains
firm at "a cents.
ALI unclaimed dishes used at the
campfire may be found at G. A. K. hall.
Miss Cora Carpenter of Evansville
was guest of Miss Minerva Coon few
days this week.
Bart Curran shipped colt by ex-
press to his brother-in law at Hollandale,
Wis., on Tuesday.
Another train load of western sheep
came to the feeding station Sunday
about $500 head.
The joint installation of the Mason
ic and Eastern Star officers takes place
on Wednesday evening, Jan. Goth.
The Samuel Klement farm at Bus
SEVILLE will be sold at auction February
3rd, to settle up the estate. Read the
advertisement in another column.
-Whittet Bros. sold two span of their
heavy draft horses this week which were
shipped Wednesday to Brown Bros. at
Rhinelander to be used in the lumber
camps of that firm.
Misses Edith and Frances Mcmillan
of Fort Atkinson and Miss Blanche Nc
Clure of Chicago were over Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Touton at the
Hotel Carlton.
&C. o. Shannon, Robert Attlesey and
J. O. Henderson were at Stought on
Friday evening at the installation Of the
Odd Fellows Encampment officers. Mr..
Shannon as district deputy was it's in
stalling officer.
Ed Peters and family are now safely
housed in their new residence just COM
pleted. The house is one of the most
pretentious ones in our city-modern in
all its requirements which the family
will certainly enjoy.
Mrs. F. w. Coon entertained about
forty of her lady friends Saturday after
noon in honor of her birthday. It is not
considered good form to say what birth
dav lady celebrates, we believe, hence
the secret shall be preserved.
The Edgerton Cornet Band has
taken lease of Royal Hall and will as
sumo the management of that place Of
amusement the coming year. Contracts
and bookings may be made with FL. NJ.
Raymond at the City Laundry Office.
The Ireland Entertainment Co. at
Royal Hall Tuesday, gave one of the best
performances of the kind ever seen in
this city. The moving pictures were all
good and up-to- date, while the illustrat-
ed songs brought forth a hearty encore
from the audience present.
1t seems that the more auction sales
of Madden & Lowell, the better the sue
cess. Last Saturday they sold about all
the stock advertised. A few good horses
that were not disposed of can be pur-
chased at any time. Arrangements are
being made for another sale which will
be held at the stock yards on Satur-
day, January 23rd.
-Chas. L. Culton loaded palace
stock car at this station Thursday even
ing with high horses and cattle for
shipment to his Virginia farm. The
stock has been kept for the past few
years on the Whitaker farm in Fulton
where he had gathered some of the best
breeds These are now being sent to
Virginia for a nucleus of large stock
farm.
1.-THE Early History of Edgerton,"
paper prepared by Miss Angie Towne
and read at a recent woman's club meet
ing, is reprinted in this issue in connec-
ton with cut of the first permanent
pioneer settler, the late William Bliven,
who located his homestead here in 1912.
The historical value of this paper will be
appreciated by many of the pioneers in
this section.
Miss Nellie Corbett of Milwaukee.
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. C.
Cor5ett, formerly of Edgerton, was mar
ried to Mr.. j. P. Bennett, Thursday af-
ternoon, Jan. 7th, at Jesu church, Rev.
Father Fitzgerald officiating. Mr.. Ben
nett is very popular young man and is
a brother of Dist. Atty. Bennett of Mil
waukee. The young couple will spend
their honeymoon in Michigan.