The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-06

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| the home of Lon Dickerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. P. Casey of Chi
cago were guests at ]. M. Conway's
over Sunday, Mrs. Casey remaining
over until the picnic and Mr.. Casey
will return for that event.
Misses May and Nellie Adams of
Sterling, ILL.,, and Miss Myra Scott of
Chicago have been visiting Miss Edna
| Wilson during the week. A party of
her local friends were entertained at
the Wilson home Tuesday afternoon in
honor of their guests.
AT the picnic at Stoughton last
Thursday, the Edgerton Giants defeat
ed the Stoughton team by a score of 8
to z. With the score z to against the
Giants in the last inning, they started
batting rally that Melted them five
runs and the game.
| Six race horses and their equip
ment came here from the Libertyville
track Wednesday morning and will be
entered in the T. A. & B. picnic races
next. week. A big field is already
promised to compete for the purses
hung up on that occasion.
Rev. r. w. Roberts of Abingdon,
H., will occupy the pulpit of the Con-
gregational church next Sunday. The
theme of the morning sermon will be
1.-THE Secrets of Obtaining Riches. "
Evening topic, "The Spiritual Law of
Sympathetic Vibration.
Mike Schmidt and wife attended
the funeral of A. E. Dixon at Evans
vile on Sunday last Mr.. Dixon died
at Plainview, Texas, of typhoid fever,
where he had removed less than year
ago. Some years ago the deceased
| lived in Edgerton for time and man.
aged a creamery here.
As result of teasing Phil Jones
dog, Roland, son of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
E. Gettle, was bitten or scratched in
the face causing quite flesh wound,
one day last week. The wound was
promptly cared for and no serious re-
suits are anticipated.
Next Sunday the Giants are billed
to battle Fort Atkinson at Athletic
Park. A few weeks ago the Fort team
beat Edgerton by a score of to 2.
This shows them to be strong, and the
coming game will be good one. The
Shelley-Houde team are booked for an
other game here August %.
Cement walks are being put in at a
good pace this season. Recently H.
Bunker, B. Curran, r. Trevorrah and
H. Sweeney completed walks fronting
their premises. Grading and filling is
now being done for c. Boyle, A. Berry,
L. Carpenter, Ed Kaufman, F. Maves,
VIM. Morrissey, J. o. Henderson, HI.
Handtke, Ed Stark, M. Painter and
w. Maves. The city of Edgerton will
soon be complete as far as cement
walks go.
Next Wednesday, August 18th, is
the big picnic day. And it looks now
like great event coming. Entries to
the races show better class of horses
than was ever entered here and the
classes will all fill That insures the
races. The ball games are always
good, and four of the best teams in this
part of the state will play-two in the
forenoon and two in the afternoon.
Dinner will be served to those who wish
it from II 80 till O'Clock. Social dance
in Academy hall in the evening. A big
crowd is expected. All come.
"A good game of base ball will be
played each day at the fair at Evans
vile, Aug. 81 to Sept. 3. This alone
will be worth the price of admission.
| The association is a member of the
American Trotting association which
ghelped wonderfully in the races last
fall The races alone will be worth the
price of admission. Three first-class
free attractions each day, alone worth
the price of admission. Besides all
this, first-class exhibition will be the
result OF increased premiums.
The Whitewater vaterworks plant |
has recently been sold to N. w. Harris |
& Co. of Chicago. Bonds to the amount
, of $4,000, which were filed by the
above firm, were outstanding against
the plant and had become due. The
] concern has been able to pay operating
expenses and interest, although from
the report of the state rate commission,
it is evident that the water plant has
not been a great money maker and the
rates are rather high which is account |
ed for by the large amount of mains |
and small number of consumers.
The Farmers picnic, under the |
auspices of the Society of Equity locals, |
hold at Ml1rrev'S grove west of town