The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-12
Local Happenings

Frank L. Burdick has sold his home
in the second ward to Jos. j. Leary for
$4,000.
John Dickerson has moved his fam
lily into the Glenn Smith house recently
vacated.
Ed Kaufman and wife passed Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kaut-
man in GAINESVILLE.
Miss Clara Jensen passed Sunday
with university friends at the Gamma
Phi chapter house.
County Clerk Howard w. Lee spent
Sunday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Frank Pearson, in Fulton.
Camilla Hansen will entertain the
Pigeforening in the basement of the
church this Thursday evening.
Mrs. Hinkley of Milwaukee has
been guest of her daughter, Mrs. w.
F. Mabbett, short time this week.
The youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
P. M. Ellingson was operated on for
adenoids at the GAINESVILLE hospital on
Monday.
Mrs. Harry Ash was called to Ira
vers City, Mich.,s Monday evening by
the serious illness of her brother, John
B. Litney.
Please remember-men's chicken
pie supper at the M. E. church Friday
night. Supper served from o'clock
on. Price Csc to all.
VIM. Clifford has sold his 60-acre
farm in the town of Porter to Orrie
.Fessenden for $4,000. The sale was
made through E. M. Ladd's agency.
On receipt of a telegram announc-
ing the serious illness of her daughter,
Mrs. Chas Hutson at Seattle, Wash,
Mrs. Jane Kelley left for the west last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Jensen, Mr..
and Mrs. o. G. Hanson and Mrs. Helen
johnson attended the funeral of Mrs.
O. o. Anderson at the home in Albion
on Tuesday.
The w. R. C. desire to thank the
people of Edgerton for their contribu-
lions to the G. A. R. campfire supper.
Dishes left there can be obtained of
Mrs. Frank Williams.
There are many reasons why you
should patronize the mems chicken pie
supper at the NJ E. church Friday
night-the principal reason is-that you
will get feast fit for king.
Two 2O-foot front business places
on Swift street, owned by the H. w.
Stillman estate, have been sold to John
Mawhinney for $1,000. One is occupied
at present by the bakery and the other
Oy Phil Jones' barber shop.
Baby contest opens Saturday night
at Scenic theatre. All of Edgerton' S
babies under two and one-half years of
age may enter the contest. You still
have time to enter your baby. Just
take it to Bardeen's and have photo
mace at MS expense.
Fred Lipke loaded car of house
hold effects for shipment to Montana
this week, where he goes to take
charge of DIR. Shepard's sheep ranch
near Musselshell. He was accompanied
by Will Lipke and Emil Schumacher.
Mrs. Lipke will start for the west in
about week.
"A glance over the calendar for the
year 1909 shows that both Decoration
day and the Fourth of July fall on Sun
day this year. Christmas will fall on
Saturday, making with Sunday, dou-
bic holiday. ST. Valentines day fell
on Sunday also. ST. Patrick's day falls
on Wednesday. Easter comes earlier
this year, falling on April II.
There may be some truth in the
statement of Manager Beggs made to
the Forty Thousand Club at Madison
last week when he said the Cincinnati
Construction Co. would have to get a
/. move on them or he would get his cleo
trio line into Madison from Waterfowl
before the former laid it's rails into
that city.
Another sleet storm that coated
everything with snow and ice prevailed
all day Tuesday. The telephone and
electric wires were severely tested by
the load of icycles. but fortunately but
little wind accompanied the storm and
the damage resulting was but slight
compared with that of a few weeks
ago. Many of the long distance tele-
phone connections were out for a time
but were soon restored. Had the tenn
perature dropped few degrees during
the storm it is hard to compute the
damage that might have resulted.
Trees were weighted down by the coat
ing of ice until the branches almost