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

20. C. Lee of Stoughton transacted
business in Edgerton on Wednesday.
Mrs. B. l.. Cleary and daughter
are visiting relatives in Chicago.
"A baby girl was born to Richard
Stricken and wife Monday, Dec. 10th.
Penn Brown Jr. is putting in his
vacation by helping out at the post
office.
The Elgin price of butter goes up
another cent this WEEKS cents is the
figure.
Dan Quigley is up from Rockford
to pass two weeks vacation with rel
atives here.
Mrs. John LaBundy has gone to
Rockford to pass the holidays with her
son Arthur.
Miss Sadie Nelson will pass the
Christmas vacation with relatives in
Sturgeon Bay.
Roy E. Hopkins and family are out
from Steuben to pass the holidays with
Edgerton relatives.
&C. H. Mcintyre and E. S. Wright
of Grand Rapids, Mich, will pass the
Christmas holiday in Edgerton.
AT the meeting of the Fire Depart
ment Monday evening, committee
was appointed to arrange for the an
nual ball.
p. H. Donovan, wife and two
daughters of. Minnesota are paying a
visit to Mrs. Donovan's parents, w. III.
Morrissey and wife.
After being confined to her home
for two months from the effects of a
needle wound in her knee, Mrs. Amelia
Tointon is again able to be about.
Mr.. Joseph Bunting and Mrs. David
Whittet OF Redwood Falls, Mimi, ar
rived here Tuesday for short visit
with relatives. They are brother and
sister of Mrs. Henry Ebbott.
ALI the evidence in the Indian Ford
dam case, now on trial in the circuit
court, was finished Tuesday. About 40
witnesses were sworn. The arguments
will be heard January 7th.
The new pipe organ ordered for ST.
Joseph's church has arrived and work
men from the factory are busy INSTALL
ing the same. 1t is hoped to have the
instrument in place for the Christmas
day services. A concert dedicating
the organ WILL be given some time in
January, the date not yet being, fixed.
The public will heartily approve of
the complaint filed by the Milwaukee
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
ton with the railroad commission, ask
ing for lower rates from the express
companies doing business in the state.
The patrons have been patient too long
under the unjust and extortionate trib-
ute levied upon them by these COM
panies and hope the commission has
power to demand liberal reduction of
charges. ~
The sheep that has made his home
at the pumping station the past year
and a half has been slaughtered to
make holiday mutton. He was bottle
fed lamb and we'll fed sheep. He
was shorn of $3.50 worth of wool and
when sold for mutton brought $500.
Good money in pet sheep. He has fur
nished all kinds of amusement about
the pumping station, and the past few
months seemed to think he was the
whole works about the place and for
this reason his career was cut short.
The Cincinnati Construction Co. has
received it's certificate of necessity from
the state railway commission and moth
ing is now in the way of going ahead
with the Madison-Janesville interurban
project. The most of the right of way
between Madison and Edgerton has
been secured as well as good part be-
tween GAINESVILLE and this city. The
preliminaries ought to be all arranged
before spring opens so that actual work
can commence early, as Mr.. Zigler
promises it shall be.
The Postoffice Department has is
sued circular to the effect that it is
desirable that the mail carriers in {.
tactful and polite way put forth their
best efforts to induce the patrons to
provide themselves with stamp sup
plies in advance of their needs and
equip their boxes with suitable coin
holding receptacles. 1t should be ex-
planned to patrons that the picking up
of loose coins from boxes not only re-
suits in needless hardship and suffering
in winter weather, delays the delivery
and collection of the mails, but fire.
quently results in actual money loss to
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