The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-01-22


his home by sickness a few days this
week.
/ The January thaw has arrived and
the mild weather of the past two days
is carrying away the snow.
p. C. Brown and Martin Voog of
the local telephone office, visited the
electrical show in Chicago Wednesday.
Mrs. w. S. Heddles was down from
Madison to attend the Eastern Star
Masonic installation Wednesday even
/ ing.
The Scenic theater has fine pro-
gram for the three remaining evenings
of the week. Good crowds are there
nightly. Go yourself and take your
children.
| Earl Townsend of Stoughton was
arrested Wednesday, charged with vio-
lation of the Sunday law, he having
worked his gang filing his ice house on
| Sunday.
Paul C.. Lee has sold his farm at
Utica, which was formerly owned by
Peter Mydland, to John Felstad for
$500. Sale made by c.. E. Sweeney
Real Estate Agency.
/ AT the annual stockholders meet
ing of the Edgerton Telephone Co. held
| on Monday last, no change was made
in either the officers or employees of
the company. The reports show sub
stantial increase of telephone patrons
during the year.
Fire Marshal Thos. Purtell has ar
rested A. B. Gleason, Beloit youth,
upon charge of having set several in
cendiary fires at Whitewater in No
vember last. His confession duplicates
a brother living at Whitewater.
There is chance for good, smart
boy, from 16 to Is years of age, to, win
an appointment to the Naval academy
at Annapolis, which will be filled by
competitive examination to be held at
Madison February 9th. Senator La
Toilette will fill the vacancy by recon-
mending the candidate of the highest
standing
"A Lutheran Mems Club was organ
lied at the Norwegian Lutheran church
last Friday evening. A large number
of men braved the storm of that even
ing to attend the meeting. The con-
stitution and bylaws written by COM
mittee appointed at the annual meeting
of the church was adopted with few
notifications, after which refreshments
were served. Officers will be elected
at the next regular meeting, Feb. 9Th.
The Rock county representatives in
the legislature have been especially for
tunate in the assignments Of commit
tees and each member draws a chair
manship. Senator Whitehead has an
important committee in the senate,
while l.. c. Whittet is given the COM
mittee on claims, Grant Fisher that of
agriculture and Simon Smith that of
manufacturers and labor 1t is good
many years since old Rock got better
standing.
p. M Quigley received notice this
week of the death of his only sister,
Mrs. Winifred Quigley Johnson, which
took place at her home at Jamestown,
N. Y, on Jan. 18th, at the age of rs
years The deceased was born in Ire
land, coming to this country with her
parents when two years of age, settling
in Albany, N. Y. Aside from her
brother, P. M Quigley of this city, her
immediate surviving relatives are five
sons, all residing at Johnstown, N. 7.
Friends and neighbors to the num-
Der of about thirty assembled at the
home of Jens Jensen ednesday even
| ing, an. 18th, to celebrate Mrs. Jen-
sons birthday. 1t was surprise and
the company, came with baskets well
| filled with good things to eat. The
evening was very pleasantly passed,
and as memento of the occasion Mrs.
| Jensen was presented with a handsome
rocking chair by the guests, all wishing
many returns of the anniversary of her
| birth.
I From every point of view the mask
ball at Academy hall last Monday even
| ing was decided success There were
over seventy on the floor and three
hundred spectators watched the merry
dancers. The prizes were awarded as
follows: Best group, $500, Minnie
Kruckenberg, Edith Kruckenberg,
! Bertha Naset, Clara Barlow, Matte
Barlow; best darby character, $1.OO,
Elmer Pomeroy; clown, $1.O0, Oscar
! Lee; flower girl character, $1.00, Man
da Johnson, Ethel Anderson; Indian
character, $1.00, John Hanson; Uncle
! Sam character, $1.0O, Andrew Nelson;
j best dressed couple, $500, Isak and