The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-18

"A purse with small amount OF money
awaits an owner at Stangrs drug store.
DIR. A. P. Nicholson returned Tues
day from a weeks stay at the st. Louis
fair.
Miss Helen Coon celebrated her 18th
birthday with party given her young
girl friends Tuesday evening.
Don't forget that Dec. 14th is the
date of the Congregational supper and
bazaar Wait for it.
Rev. Parr and Mrs. Hargraves were
at Whitewater this week attending the
Beloit district convention. Mr.. Parr
gave an address before the convention.
Rock county is omitted from the
list of farmers Institutes to be held this
winter. Eighty Institutes with cook
ing school in connection are to be held
over the state.
The Congregational Ladies Aid So
ciety will not meet next week on account
of Thanksgiving. Several Of the ladies
are back on dues. Please don't forget
them at our next meeting.
The ordinance providing for bond
ing the city for the construction Of
sewerage system was passed by the com
mon council Tuesday evening and is
published on the inside pages of this
issue.
The Troubadour String Quartette
will give concert at Royal hall, We'd
nesday evening, Nov 23d. The concert
will be followed by dance in Academy
hall. Prices: Dance and concert, SI.0O
per couple; dance, Is cents per couple;
concert, Is AID Is cents. Concert be.
gins at o'clock, dancing at $50.
Miss Janette Atwood left last Fri
day for Milwaukee, at which place she
read paper before the Collegiate Alum
nae association, Saturday evening. From
Milwaukee Miss Atwood went to New
York City to assist Miss Elizabeth Carg-
hill Beecher in establishing studio of
expression. She will be absent several
weeks.
The failure on the part of the city
council of GAINESVILLE to enforce the dog
license ordinance has caused that body
to take into consideration the advisable
ity of refunding to owners of dogs the
money which they had paid into the city
treasury for license tags. AS only part
of those who own dogs had paid, this
would look like fair proposition.
Charlie Hammas, the young man
who was so seriously injured in a corn
shredder near Sumner, whose accident
was spoken of last week, died on Thurs
day last from secondary hemorrhage.
He was about 20 years old and son of
Matt Hammas. Another son died few
years ago from blood poisoning as a re-
suit of stepping upon rusty nail.
Geo. Pomeroy and Edw. Saxby Of
Porter loaded car with household eff
fects and family tools here Tuesday for
shipment to Virginia, where they have
each bought farms, and are removing
their families to that state. They will
locate not far from Williamsburg on
farms that cost about one quarter the
price Rock county lands are selling for.
While enjoying the delightful fall
weather that has prevailed so long in
this latitude, makes it hard to realize the
reports we read of the big blizzard and
snow storm that fairly smothered the
Atlantic coast states and all New England
early in the week. The rain, sleet and
wind carried down telegraph and tele-
phone wires in several states, cutting off
all communications with the east for
several hours Monday.
An echo from the recent election
coming from the Pacific slope brings the
information that Geo. Mccoy of Napa-
vine has been elected for the third tina
to the. assembly of the state Of Washing
ton by an increased plurality, and that
Chas. T. Hutson was elected as state
senator for the district in which his
home is located at Conell, Wash. 1t Is
useless to say that both were running on
the republican ticket.
Announcement cards received by
Edger'on friends convey the information
of the marriage at Chicago on Thursday,
Nov. 10th, of Maud Spencer Sharp to
Frank Philip Nolan of Baltimore. These
are about the only particulars obtainable
of quiet wedding that took place after
the meeting of the bride and groom in
Chicago. They left Immediately for Bal
timore which is to be their future home.
The Reporter bespeaks the best wishes
of the brides large circle of Edgerton
friends.
Joseph Marsden OF Sussex, Wauke-
sha county, a son of Samuel Marsden of
Albion Prairie, made so N. Oh money on
oil hotc ~ ha cxouo ~