The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
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%. R. Pomeroy OF Gays Mills has
been calling upon friends here the past
few days.
Miss Ruth Watson is home from
Ravenswood hospital, Chicago, for two
weeks vacation.
Henry Ebbott was in GAINESVILLE on
/ Wednesday purchasing another large lot
of the different kinds of wire fencing
Don't forget Monte Cristo Will be
presented at Royal hall Thursday even
ing, May IA. The company is metro
| politan one and there is every promise of
a first class entertainment.
The City Federation of Women's
! Clubs will hold it's annual meeting for
| the election of officers and the trans
action of business Tuesday evening, May
II, at 7:45, in CuIton Memorial hall.
Receipts for the May collections of
water rentals are now in the hands OF
City Treasurer Dickinson and he will
! commence collecting the first of next
| week and asks that all be prepared to
settle when called upon.
-Schme!ing & Brown of this CITY, the
owners of the trotting stallion, Heath,
purchased from j. w. Conway, have
bought the Norman stallion, McVoria, of
John Goldthorp. The latter horse is
fine looking black, six years old and
weighs 1850 pounds.
At the Congregational church next
Sunday morning the sacrament of the
Lords supper will be observed. There
will also be reception and baptismal
service. A gospel service in the evening
at 7:30 to which everybody is invited.
Tonight at 7:30 the prayer meeting will
be held. A large attendance is desired
to elect delegate to the spring conven-
ton.
| "A slight change in railway service,
affecting Sunday trains only, went into
effect on Sunday last. The morning
west bound train which heretofore came
from Milwaukee at 1890 now runs via
GAINESVILLE and Mineral Point, connect
ing at GAINESVILLE with the Chicago Mad
ison train which reaches us at Ii 80 and
Madison at 1920 Returning the train
makes this station at 4:45, about the
same as before.
An order has been placed by the
Milwaukee road with the American Lo-
connective works for the building of fifty
locomotives to be delivered during the
coming summer. These locomotives,
which will be in addition TO thirty now
| being built at the Milwaukee Stops for
the Pacific coast extension, will be used
on the line to the coast. They will be OF
the prairie type of engine and the fifty
will cost S1,00O,O00
AT the conclusion of the seasons as.
| sorting at the Brill warehouse on We'd
nesday, Alex Bartz, the foreman, was
presented with ring and set of cuff
buttons by the help employed. The in
spector, 4. Maves, was given willow
rocker and cuff buttons and the weigh
er, Claud Burdick, high chair for his
young son. Ice cream was served the
| women help and other refreshments for
the men by the management and the
season closed with social afternoon.
"A splendid audience greeted the
concert arranged by the Young Peoples
Society of the Norwegian church at Gull
ton Memorial hall Wednesday evening,
and everyone present was abuEdantly
pleased with the performance of unusual
merit. The Misses Eleanora Olson, So
loist, Ethel Olson, impersonator, and
Alice Walden, pianist, of Chicago, gave
program varied in character and en-
PERTAINING far beyond those usually
heard in our city. We hear nothing but
praise of the performance.
| Engineer Ellis of the proposed
GAINESVILLE Madison interurban and his
surveying party we're at work Thursday
morning near Fassett cemetery and
spent the day projecting the line through
this city Mr.. Zigler and Geo. Suther-
land came up from GAINESVILLE Wednes-
day to note the progress being made by
the party. Their headquarters will be
here for a few days until their work
takes them nearer to Stoughton. The
line as now run crosses Rock river a
short distance south of the Indian Ford
bridge.
On Wednesday. May b. the grades
in the public school will give demon
stration of their work in music under
direction of Miss Forward of Madison
university, who has been in charge of
the work since September. The pro-
gram will consist of songs by the differ
ent grades, work in two and three part
singing, sight-singing and ear drills. 1t
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