The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-02
Local Happenings

- HIS ID GuScI COll udy a. Vic Nv dis
vile fair.
Miss Bernice Miles of Milton juno
ton is visiting Miss Mabel Bliven.
Mrs. Henry Johnson visited with
friends in Chicago few days the early
part of the week.
Miss Anna Marie Johnson of White
water was guest of Miss Amanda
Peterson last week.
james Sweeney of Sanborn, Iowa,
has been visiting his relatives in this
section during the week.
The GAINESVILLE Cubs won the game
from Edgerton at the New Park Sun
day by score of z to 3.
Henry Johnson returned from a ten
DAYS trip to New York and eastern
cities Wednesday evening.
Charles Wausow's family have been
enjoying a weeks outing at the Malt
press cottage on Rock river.
-Thos. ]. Atwood and wife left on
Monday morning for Livingston, Wis,
to visit the family of their daughter,
Mrs. Sylvester.
Frank Lang moved his cornpopping
car to Evansville Monday and is sup
plving the multitude that attends the
fair there this week.
Lost, near Atwell's drug store,
Tuesday, Aug. %, a pair of double-lens
eyeglasses with gold nose piece. Leave
at Atwell's for reward.
Mrs. E. L. Shepard and family re-
turned to their home at Lewiston,
Mont, Friday evening after a two
weeks visit with relatives here.
Mrs. J. A. Henderson and son Max
went to Duluth last week to escape hay
fever and are at present staying at the
home of Mrs. c.. w. Pool in that city.
Allan Earle left Monday evening
for Lewiston, Mont, where he has been
employed as chauffeur by real estate
firm having headquarters in that city.
The grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. P.
C. Brown, have been advised OF the ar
rival of son on Saturday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Waite in James
vile.
-Nels Halverson, the superintendent
of the wagon works, is moving his
household effects from Stoughton to
this city this week. He has rented the
KEELING residence on Albion street.
Charlie Flagg came home from Me-
nomonie Monday to nurse case OF
blood poisoning in one of his hands,
which followed an injury sustained
while at work in the shops of the train
ing school at that place.
d. w. North returned on Sunday
morning from ten days trip to the
Judith Basin, Mont, accompanying a
large party of land seekers. He re-
ports the sale of over $50, 1000 of west
ern land during his absence.
VIM. Nelson of Deerfield, who is
candidate for republican nomination for
the assembly in the End district of Dane
county, was caller in Edgerton Fri
day while canvassing the southern part
of his district. Mr.. Nelson is a brother
of Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota.
Billy Sullivan, backstop for the
White Sox and former ball player Of
the famous Edgerton team, has achiev-
ed his ambition and broken all records
by catching three balls dropped from
the top of the Washington monument,
$50 feet above the walk, in Washing
ton, D. C.
"A section of oiled street in front of
G. E. Shannon's residence property
seems to have caused much interest of
passers by. The application or oil does
the work of allaying the dust all right,
and if it's lasting qualities are satisfac-
tory the question of street sprinkling
is solved.
After dropping two games to
Stoughton, the Monroe club made quite
killing in the Sunday game at Slough
ton, we are told, carrying home whole
lot of easy money. Monroe came up
loaded with an ex-state league pitcher
who made a clean shut-out of the
Mandts.
Lieut.. Meredith of the 9th Inf.
was in town Friday evening complet-
ing arrangements for the camp here
on the night of Sept. 18th when the
regiment returns from Sparta to Fort
Sheridan. The tents will be pitched
along the creek bottom at the feeding
station.
They have found way to get
around knotty problem at Stoughton
that of reducing the tax rate, which
last year was among the highest in
southern Wisconsin-by raising the val
q ,,,o,for Of million