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

ness.
w. S. Brown is out again after quite
"a serious tussle with the grip.
The Elgin price of butter is off a
cent this week, market being 80 cents.
Sickness has lessened the attend
.ance at the public schools the past two
weeks.
C w. Birkenmeyer has been in Chi
~cago this week buying goods for the De
partment store.
Rev l.. G. Catchpole, with the Chill
drens' Home Society, was a visitor in
Edgerton yesterday.
Mrs. Hackbarth of Appleton visited
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jens Lund over Sunday.
Nomination papers of candidates for
city offices must be filed with the city
clerk on or before March 9th.
The professional card of G. j. Hen
bricks, attorney and abstracter, of James
VIM. Hartzell and family and Mrs.
VIM. Bartz and daughter, Anna, spent
Sunday in Deerfeld with Carl A. Bartz
and family. .>
The Missionary Society of the Con ,
egregational church will meet at the home
of Mrs. Fred Mckinney on Friday after
noon of this week
The Young Peoples society of the
Norwegian Lutheran church will have a
social gathering at the parsonage on
Friday evening, March 10th.
Nomination papers are being circu-
lated by friends of County Judge John
w. Sale to succeed himself in the office
he has so creditably filled the past six
years.
Mrs L. D. Richardson of St. Paul
and Miss Gertrude Spencer of Boston,
have been called home during the week
by the serious illness of their father,
John Spencer.
Arthur La Bundy came up from
Rockford the first of the week and paid
a short visit to his parents. He now has
good position with the G.. B. & @. rail-
way company.
While in Milwaukee last week A. w.
;Shumway purchased fine young car
rage horse. The animal has a speed
record that entities it to place among
the fast ones.
John A. Thompson, who owns the
Green homestead in Fulton, has 20 acres
of peat bog on the place, which he
thinks some day will be valuable. The
peat in places is six feet in thickness.
Mrs. Geo. Haylock has been danger
ously i'll with pneumonia at her home in
the third ward. Her condition is now
hopeful and recovery anticipated. Mrs
Mott of Beloit has been attending her.
Will Bardeen is arranging to take
group pictures Of the help in the ware
houses which are at present operating.
Announcement will be made in the fore
noon of the day on which the picture is
to 6e taken.
Postmaster Whittet has been in
Milwaukee a portion of the week attend
ing the meeting of the Lumbermen's
Association Mr.. Whiitet was honored
yesterday by being elected president of
the association for the ensuing year.
The Rock County Bar held ban
quet at the Myers house Monday even.
ing, at which 48 covers were laid. JUS
tees Cassoday and Winslow of the SUI
prem court we're guests of honor. The
1t is expected that Academy hall
will not be large enough to accommo-
date all who wish to attend the ma ,k
ball next Monday evening. This will
probably be the last one of the season
and that is the reason everyone wants to
attend.
-Edgerton friends have received an.
'nouncements of the marriage of Miss
Katherine Porter Villas to Mr.. Charles
Sullivan, which took place at Grace
church, Madison, on Monday morning,
February 27 Miss Villas is sister of
Mrs. George Gary of this city.
The Armour Institute of Technology
offers a scholarship to some we'll recon-
mended and deserving young man who
desires to fit himself with technical
knowledge, if there be any such in this
locality. For particulars inquire at the
offices of the Edgerton Telephone Co.
Frank I. Hogan. business man of
Rockford and we'll known to many in
this city, was shot three times in the
back by a hold-up man last Monday
night. Mr.. Hogan's assailant escaped.
He was taken by the night police to the
hospital and the chances for his recov-
cry are doubtful.