The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-24
Local Happenings


down from Viroqua for Christmas
visit with relatives here. -e- =.
"A real live Santa Claus has been
making his headquarters at Brown &
Pringle's store all this week.
Special communication Fulton Lodge
No. SO F. & A. M. Wednesday evening,
Dec. 90, at 7:3O. Degree work.
IN. L. Heinzen, wife and daughter,
of Milwaukee, were over Sunday guests
at the home of Leroy Saunders and
wife.
Roy Wright and wife will attend
the family gathering at Libertyville at
the home of his parents on Christmas
day.
The out of town public school
teachers have gone to their respective
homes for the holiday vacation of two
weeks.
Miss Venice Thompson, Charles
Flagg and Harvey Vickers are home
from the Stout Training school at Me-
nominee for the holiday vacation.
Miss Mile Berry entertained the
telephone operators for Mrs. Kate
Bjoin of Rice Lake, former operator
in the office, at her home last Friday
evening.
Mrs. C. o. Shannon departed Mon
day for visit with relatives in La
Crosse and later will pass couple of
weeks with friends in Chicago before
her return.
On account of the Christmas eve
celebrations on Friday evening and
Christmas day, on Saturday, the public
library will be closed both Friday and
Saturday of this week.
While there is an abundance of
snow, the country roads are quite badly
drifted in many places, raising the
beaten track so there is danger of tip
overs on many of the highways.
The H. S. Swift Post, G. A. R.,
have. elected L. X. Jessup commander
for the ensuing year; Ferd Drake, jun
ior vice; Milo Collins, senior vice; Al
Alder, adjutant; Alex Campbell, quar-
ter master, Pat Mooney, officer, of the
day; Riley Coll, chaplain.
Speaking of Christmas presents,
Henry Johnson is showing his friends
beaut. 1t is diamond set shirt stud
bearing the Shrine emblem, gift of
eleven special agents of insurance COM
panies whom he represents.
New Year always brings ball and
this year it will be held in Academy
hall. The date is Saturday evening;
music will be furnished by Stricken &
MeIntosh's orchestra of six pieces; sup
per at the Bon Ton. All are invited.
The heavy snow fall in addition to
zero weather has made railroading
rather uncertain business the past
week. But few trains have been on
time when more of them have been
from one to half dozen hours off sched-
ule.
DIR. H. A. keenan, is home from
Excelsior Springs, Mo-, where he at
tended a convention of surgeons en-
ployed by the Milwaukee railway COM
pany, last week. He says he found the
cold wave just as severe in southern
Missouri as in Wisconsin.
The indications point to an old
fashioned winter again. With the
ground covered with thick blanket of
snow that looks as if in might last till
spring and week of zero weather al
ready PASSED, old winter has been in
stalled in earnest. Sleighing for the
holidays is certainly assured and is
proving great help to trade.
On Saturday last James Buckley
and George Patterson brought into
Stoughton a coyote which Mr.. Buckley
had shot at distance of over 60 rods
with rifle, hitting it in vital spot in
the side. 1t had been living high on
chickens in that neighborhood. This is
the second one of these animals killed
in that vicinity and bounty of $40
each will be obtained.
IT. S. Burgess, the Dane county
register of deeds, whom the board of
supervisors has called upon to resign,
has issued statement saying that he
has been unfairly used and denying that
he. has embezzled any of the county
funds. He also offers to submit the
controversy to disinterested commit
tee to arbitrate and, agrees to pay all
expenses if he is found guilty.
George Dickinson sent to market
Tuesday evening from his Albion farm
one of the finest punches of fat beeves
that was ever shipped from this sta