The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-08-28
Local Happenings
Primary election Tuesday.

visited Edgerton friends on Monday.
-Aaron Carlson returned Monday
from visit to the home of his birth in
Norway.
Albert Teubert and wife of James
vile visited among Edgerton friends on
Monday
&C. 81. Hemingway was in town
Tuesday advancing his candidacy for
district attorney.
II. A. Perry spent the early DAYS of
the week in Chicago selecting bargains
for his next big sale, Sept. 2.
Miss Camilla Hansen will entertain
the Pigeforening in the basement of the
church this (Thursda! evening.
"A bath room has been added to the
barber shop of Phil Jones where hot or
cold baths can be obtained at all hours.
Clarence Hitchcock, wife and babe
of Rockford are visiting at the home of
Mr.. Hitchcock's parents here this week.
Miss Gertrude Spencer has returned
from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Maud
Nolan, in Brooklyn and other friends in
the East.
Julius Amundson has succeeded to
the pantatorium operated by Willard
Doty in the Hall block. See his card
elsewhere.
Andrew Erickson returned from
Il Rr1S0
runabout which he purchase of an
agency in that city.
John J. Culton came home Friday
from Bonita, La, where he has been for
several months looking after the lumber
interests of the Whittet- Culton Cypress
Co.
While cranking DIR. Merritt's auto
one day last week the recoil broke a
small hone in the wrist of Chas. Bentley
putting his hand out of commission for
time.
The depot at Brodhead was robbed
Monday noon of $50 While the agent
was eating his dinner thieves pried open
the cash drawer and then got away with
out leaving any trace behind
The old Adm Burdick homestead il
Albion has been sold by o. M. Nelson to
f. A. Hebel. The farm now consists of
80 acres and brought 1925 per acre. The
trade was made through E. M. Ladd.
The annual picnic of the families of
- - Mo- ho II
was held at Miller's cottage on Rock
river Friday afternoon and closed with
launch ride up the lake. A very pleas
ant time is reported.
Sparks from the east bound passen-
ger train Thursday morning set fire to
the roof of L. G.. Whittet's lumber Office.
and small blaze was under way before
it was discovered. Although the alarm
was sounded the fire was soon extin-
guished when got at and the damage
was slight.
Word was received this week from
E. E. Bates of South Norwalk, Conn.
formerly a resident of Edgerton that he
had been laid up since July Is with a
bad case of blood poisoning and his
physician says it will be two or three
months yet before he can resume his
work as travelling salesman.
Prof. Richards of the North Dakota
Agricultural College at Fargo. was a
guest at the Emery farm Tuesday and
selected three head from the Jersey
herd, a bull and two heifers, as type
specimens to be used at the college. It
speaks we'll for the Emery herd OF Jer-
seys that it is able to fill an order of this
character Mr.. Richards came here to
purchase single animal, but was so
we'll pleased that he bought three.
Prof. Frank M. Jack, president of
the River Falls normal school, joined his
family here for shcrt visit with Edger-
ton relatives during the week. We un-
derstand Prof. Jack is candidate for
the presidency of the new normal at La
Crosse, which would be considered some
thing of promotion in his line of work,
and he has many friends among the edu-
Gators who would be glad to see him get
the position.
The highway division of the state
geological survey is preparing an inter
esting exhibition at the State fair which
those who attend the fair should not
fail to see. There are various forms of
concrete culverts built in such a way as
to show all the details of how to go
about it. After looking over these cul-
verts any road overseer should be able
to build permanent culvert in the best
possible manner. The exhibit also con-
tains some split log drags and other i
things of interest to practical road
builders.
Final arrangements are completed