The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-03-17
Indian Ford


Mr. and Mrs Frank Thomas are keep
ing house for Harvey Thomas.
John Anderson has moved onto farm
in the neighporhood of Brooklyn.
Mr. Will is home from visit with rel
atives at Bear Creek and Marshfeld,
Hiram Shuman has moved down onto
the Stone farm to work for Peter Ander-
son.
Joe Kenyon of Albion and Mr. Clark OF
Edgerton were callers at E Rogers Sat
urday.
Mrs Henry Cox has been in Edgerton
caring for her daughter, Jessie, who is
very i'll.
Mrs Owen, who has gone to reside in
Colorado, was recent guest of Mr. and
Mrs Hopkins.
Mr. and Mrs w w Powers are at home
in P s Alverson's house and he is ready
to do horseshoeing and blacksmith work
in Rogers shop.
Mrs Georgia Walrath and daughters
are making a farewell visit at G Sco-
fields, being all ready for their new
home in South Dakota.
Milton
Pm Green left Monday for Rice Lake
where he has business to transact.
Clarkson Heritage left for Leonards-
Vile, N Y, Sunday and when he returns
you will know what he went after.
Ben Stillman and daughter, Laura,
n RI NJ
and occupy his houge on Madison ave.
Mrs Joseph Carr was called to Edger-
ton Tuesday evening on account of the
illness of her daughter, Mrs F 81 Camp
bell.
NC Whitford returned from the west
last week. He has finished work in that
territory for the GAINESVILLE Wire Co and
will now remain at home for some weeks.
D D Brown and family, who have been
living in Oklahoma, are in town and will
make this locality their future home.
Mrs Mary Ferris Gates of Fort Atkin-
son gives two parlor lectures at the home
of President Daland on Thursday and
Friday afternoons of this week, under
the auspices of the Village improvement
club. Her topic is ancient and Mod
ern Egypt.
GAINESVILLE
John Byrne, switchman on the
Northwestern road, aged 36. was crushed
between two cars at noon Sunday. His
injuries are considered fatal.
Arrangements have been made by the
GAINESVILLE Sugar factory with the Rock
ford Boys Experiment club to purchase
the three acres of sugar beets this club
will grow during the summer
A verdict for the plaintiff was Monday
afternoon returned by the jury in the
action of D VI Barlass to recover from G
r Wixom the value of straw burning
attachment to traction engine and
pair of concave supports to threshing
machine which said defendant purchas-
ed Of him.
Five incurables from the state hos.
pital for the insane at Mendoza will be
brought to GAINESVILLE this week and
placed in the Rock county asylum. Supt
Killam has received word to prepare to
receive two men and three women. The
patients are all former residents of Rock
county.
Mystery surrounds the alarm concern
ing bank robbers sent out by Sheriff
Cochrane. Beloit, Evansville, Milton
and Clinton were notified that three sus-
picious characters, thought to be bank
robbers, might pay them visit, and
close watch has been maintained at all
of the banks. 1t is rumored that con-
federate of the robbers confessed the
proposed plans to the sheriff, and gave
him a description of the men.
Barns and outbuildings on the farm Of
J f Banfield in the town of Harmony,
two miles east of GAINESVILLE, we're de-
stroyed by fire Thursday evening and
three horses, four COWS and number of
chickens met death in the flames. Be-
sides the live stock and poultry consid
cradle hay, grain, straw and machinery
we're destroyed The fire was not dis
covered until it had mede considerable
Roadway and efforts to save the live
stock proved unavailing
Late Friday afternoon, after being out
seven hours, the jury trying the per-
sonal injury action brought in behalf of
Fred Kueck by his guardian against the
Rock River Machine Co, returned an
swers to the eleven questions PROFOUND
ed by the court, which are regarded as
! favoring the defendant company. The
boy is son of ex-Alderman Kueck and
| the action was started to recover $1,000
damages for the loss of four fingers of
the right hand in an accident which &C.
Cured on Dec "a, 1908, while the boy
| was operating palmer at the North
Main street factory