The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-06

The birds and the bees are here; tbs
spring.
Butter is off cent on the Elgin
market this week, selling for rs cents.
Miss Ellen Barber is home from the
Whitewater normal for short vacation.
II. B. Earle and family passed Sun
day at the home of Frank Mouat in
GAINESVILLE.
John Hurd shipped two car loads OF
fat sheep to the Chicago market Tues
day evening.
j. M. Conway has been in Iowa the
past two weeks purchasing horses for an
eastern market.
Mrs. w. G. McManus and children
we're up from GAINESVILLE to spend the
day on Saturday.
DIR. e. L. Shepard has been confined
to his home by illness since his return
from western trip.
Rev. Parr went to Milton to act as
one of the judges in an oratorical con-
test Thursday night.
VIM Mcintosh is able to be out and
around town again after being confined
to his home for several weeks.
Mrs. j. w. Fry and daughter, Doro-
thy, of Springfield, Mo-, are visiting her
sister, Mrs. r. G. Richardson.
Prof. J. S. Miller of the Delavan high
school passed Sunday with the family
of W. T. Pomeroy in this city.
Mr.. Andrew Jensen left Tuesday
evening for DEBORAH, Iowa, to be present
at trustee meeting of Luther college.
Mrs. G. Ell. Bliven and daughter,
Violet, arrived Friday from Raleigh, n.
c., where they have passed the winter.
Will Hutson left Tuesday evening
for North Dakota where he will spend
the summer looking after farming inter
ests
o. r. Pomeroy of Gays Mills has
been putting in the week with Edgerton
relatives while his wife is visiting in
Minnesota.
northern Michigan Monday. He reports
two feet of snow on the ground when he
left the peninsula.
Miss Betsy Olson will entertain the
Pigeforening in the basement of the
Norwegian Lutheran church next Tues
day evening, April 10.
-Chas. Schumacher complains that
someone has broken into his coops and
stolen 30 pigeons lately and the guilty
parties are likely to get into trouble.
-Spearing fish in Saunders creek by
torchlight furnishes sport for many even
ings Large schools of fish are now
making their way up stream and are
easily landed on shore.
Frank L. Pearce Of Dodgeville has
been employed as electrician by the Ed.
gerton Electric Light Go. to succeed
Darcy Bigger, who has resigned to take
effect upon the 10Th inst.
The construction of new farmer tel
ephone lines from Albion and also from
the west are under way and connection
of about 30 more farms will soon be
made with the central in Edgerton.
The marriage of Herman Scheildt
and Mary Bartz took place at st. Johns
church at 2 o'clock Wednesday after,
noon. The parties will commence house
keeping on farm near Stebbinsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bartz mourn the
loss of their Is month old son, one OF
twins, which died of commissions Tues
day Funeral services were held from
st. Johns Lutheran church Thursday
afternoon.
Marriage licenses have been secured
by Carrie Hatten and Laura Ona, both OF
Porter; William Miller and Lulu M
Spence, both of Edgerton; Charles Hart
zell of Albion, Dane county, and Minnie
Benash of Fulton.
"A fine Hamilton piano was sent here
from Madison two weeks ago for Eliza.
beth Greene of Fulton, who was the for
tunate winner of one of the first cash
prize certificates in the geographical
contest held there short time ago.
David F. Sayre of Fulton sends us g
quotation from his diary of 1881 which
is published elsewhere. and it will prove
interesting to compare the weather con
ditions of the present week with those
of twenty five years ago, which those OF
the younger generation know nothing
about.
Hugh McInnes assumed his duties
as postmaster Sunday morning, April l
He has selected as his assistants Penn
Brown, Jr., and Miss Louise Jessup
Lawrence Hutson will remain with the
force until the new clerks are accustom
ed to the somewhat complicated work al
hand.
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