The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-08-12
Local Happenings

Sweeney.
Mrs. Chas. Howard and son of Mil
waukee were guests at the R. j. Matt
press home on Sunday.
Miss Olga Hanson of the Depart
ment store spent few days of her va
cation in Chicago the first of the week.
Atty. Fred Bentley came up from
Chicago Saturday to join his family,
who were visiting here, for short
stay.
Mrs. Fred Jensen and daughter re-
turned Saturday evening from three
weeks visit with relatives in River
Falls.
Hon. L. C. Whittet has been named
by Governor Davidson as delegate to
the Conservation Congress to be held
at ST. Paul Sept. 8-9.
John Lang and wife of Harvard,
ILL.,, spent few days of last week with
relatives here, having made the trip
with their automobile.
Miss Myrtle Maltpress visited at
the home of former teacher here,
now Mrs. Roy Chady, at Oshkosh the
latter part of the week.
The Misses Emma Mcbride and
Mary Casey of Fort Madison, Iowa, ar
rived here last Thursday and have been
guests at the home of P Mcintyre and
wife.
Misses Clara Jensen and Winifred
Coon left on Wednesday afternoon for
Sioux City, Iowa, where they will be
guests of Miss Marie Carey, univer-
sity friend.
L. H. Towne and family reached
here August Sd from a delightful trip
to the north Pacific coast points, hav-
ing visited many of the most thriving
cities in that country.
While the official figures have not
been made public it is generally under
stood that the recent census will show
gain of about 100 in Edgerton over
the last enumeration.
j. J. Harlin and wife of Fond du
Lac have been guests of their brother,
Rev. J. E. Harlin, at ST. Joseph's par
sonage during the week. Mr.. Harlin
is city editor of the Fond du Lac Daily
Commonwealth.
Mr.. VIM. Shakespeare possibly
might have written Tempest and Sun
shine" that an Edgerton audience could
have the pleasure of witnessing its
production. At any rate it will be pre-
sented at Royal hall Friday evening,
August 10Th, by good company.
-Edgerton members of the James
vile Commandery = Henry Johnson,
Andrew Mcintosh, and G. H. Babcock
took part in the big Knight Templar
parade in Chicago Tuesday. A train leav-
ing here at 6:15 o'clock in the morning
conveyed the Madison, GAINESVILLE and
Beloit Communicates to that city, leav
ing there on the return trip near mid
night.
While the father was eight miles
away in Stoughton, Monday, and the
mother was at neighbours, the chill
dren of Harry Madison played with
matches and set the farm buildings
afre. Madison was reached in Slough
ton by telephone and when he reached
home all the buildings except the farm
house itself, the equipment and a team
of horses, had been destroyed.
C. w. Rickeman, state game war
den, is going to conduct series of
tests to determine to his own satisfac-
ton whether or not the seining of carp
IN the lakes is injurious to game fish. A
report was received by the state war
den from the deputy at Lake Koshko-
nong, in Jefferson county, stating that
the carp in that lake are thinning out
considerably and that the game fish are
biting better than ever.
"A driving rod on pilot engine
running double headed on the afternoon
passenger train snapped while coming
down the hill east of the river Friday
afternoon and for moment it seemed
there might be bad mixup. The
broken arm was so short that it failed
to do much damage to the engineers
cab, though the train was running fast,
nor was anyone hurt. The train was
40 minutes late in making this station
where the disabled engine was left to
be hauled in for repairs.
Miss Mae Spencer reached home
Sunday evening after three weeks
vacation trip spent in the East. In
company with Miss Bennett of Milwau-
kee and Miss Him of Fennimore they
visited Niagara Falls, thence trip
down the ST. Lawrence river and Lake
Champlain From Boston they went
by boat to New York and from the lat