The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-20
Local Happenings


same as last week, 20 cents.
w. A. Shelley was Milwaukee Wis.,
itor few days early in the week.
The John Hyland family have moved
back to their farm south of Stoughton.
Don't forget the supper at the Con-
gregational church, Wednesday, March
18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Doty and Will
Dotv entertained the euchre club on
Tuesday evening.
Mrs J. Fl. Davidson of Joliet, ILL.,,
ia visiting at the home of her daughter,
Mrs E. G. Tallard.
Mrs. w. e. Babcock of Chicago is
spending the week at the home of her
mother, Mrs.J. d. Hahn
j P. Walker, inspector of rural % all
routes, was here on business connected
with his office on Tuesday.
Henry Roethe, editor of the Fenni-
more Times, visited his brother, Prof.
Roethe, here on Friday last.
Misses Mary, Rose and Alice Nor
rissey were all home for an over Sunday
visit with their parents here.
B. G Wilson was in Chicago Satur-
day to accompany his daughter Mabelle
on her return from Evanston, Ill.
Mrs. w. T. Pomeroy and daughter
BeuIah visited over Sunday at the home
of Mrs. J. F. Miller in Burlington, Wis.
johnnie Farrell, thirteen year old
boy, was shot in the hip by companion
while hunting near GAINESVILLE Tuesday.
Mr.. Austin Fessenden, one of the
leading farmers in the town of Porter, is
reported to be quite seriously i'll with
pneumonia.
Will Flarity has been moving from
town to the Whitaker farm in Fulton
this week, which he will conduct the
coming season.
Mrs. G. O. Shannon was called to
Chicago Monday by the death of very
near relative, Mrs. Chamberlain, teach
er in that city many years.
II. B. Earle and son Kenneth reached
home Friday after two weeks visit at
Philadelphia and New York, stopping
enroute at Niagara Falls for a short stay.
- Mrs. James Reynolds entertained
her cousin, Miss Marguerite Edgerton,
of Beaver Dam, last week. Miss Edger.
ton is one of the high school teachers of
Beaver Dam.
The ladies of the W. R. G. are ar
ranging for their annual Clutch Mar
ket" to take place in their rooms on the
evening of March 3lst. good supper
will be served. 16w2
L. G. Whittet returned home Tues
day from very pleasant three weeks
trip to the Pacific coast, where he went
as a delegate from the state lumbermens
association.
The Ladies Society of the Congrega-
tional church will serve a supper IN the
church parlor on Wednesday, March rs,
beginning at half-past five o'clock. They
will also have aprons for sale. You are
all invited.
The Ringing Bros. will open the
circus season at the Coliseum in Chicago
April 2. A thrilling act of the perform
ance will be plunging auto that turns
two complete somersaults before alight-
ing on a distant platform. A daring
young French woman is seated in the
machine during the flight.
Generally speaking, every commun-
7ty is able to settle the questions of pub
tic policy among themselves without the
interference of outsiders. The citizens
who pay the taxes that support the local
government are most interested and en-.
titled to say what these policies shall be
60 them should be left the responsible
ity of deciding these questions.
The Madison Democrat notes the
return of Fred Hutson after six weeks
absence in Mexico. He reports that the
work of developing the Mexican planta
ton is developing rapidly, $500 acres be-
ing planted to rubber trees. Over BOO
men are employed, Is of these clearing
the forests, the timber being felled at
the rate of ten acres per day.
The Milwaukee papers recently have
given elaborate descriptions of the cold
storage and creamery plant which the
Geo. G.. Mansfield Co. have erected in
that city at a cost OF $175,000 The
building is equipped with refrigerating
plant and machinery for turing out $500
gallons of ice cream daily. 1t is pro-
nounced the finest establishment of the
kind in the West.
The $4,000 damage suit brought by
G. w. Eunson against Police Officer
Robt. Bear of GAINESVILLE, tried in the cir
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