The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-18
Local Happenings

-Clouden Farman and wife are pass
ing a vacation with relatives at Albert
Lea, Mimi.
A boy babe was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Mas Jr. near MELVILLE,
August 10th.
p. M. Ellingson's new block, when
completed, will contain the largest
plate glass in the city.
Miss Norma Hargraves entertained
a pleasant company of her young lady
friends Friday evening.
Mrs. George Schmeling and three
children of Seymour are here for
couple of weeks visit with friends.
Allan SINNERS new residence on
Rollin street is we'll under way, the
walls being up to the second story.
VIM. Schrub arrived home We'd
nesday evenidg, having been spending
the past three months on his farm IN
Blunt, S. D.
Miss Madge Burnham OF Madison
has been a guest of Geo. Underhllls
family and other friends in Edgerton
the past week.
R. J. Matpress is making some
substantial improvements on his Albion
street residence, providing bath rooms,
heating plant, etc.
Mrs. o. |. Jacobus advertises for
niture, pottery and poultry for sale.
She wishes to close out these goods
soon as possible.
Mrs. John La Bundy and three
children came up from Chicago We'd
nesday and are guests at the home OF
Gust Radtke and wife.
Miss Carrie Rider, who has been
visiting with Mrs. John La Bundy for
couple of weeks, returned to her
home in Sharon Tuesday.
Matt Williams, for some time por-
ter at The Carlton, is going to open a
pool room in the rear of Phil Jones
barber shop on Swift street.
Rev. L. A. Parr will deliver the
sermon at the Congregational church
next Sunday, morning and evening.
Union services in the evening.
Mrs. August Ratzlaff, Misses Mar
guerite Stafford, Grace Stafford, Ann
Quigley and Winnie Quigley, who have
been at Kegonsa for week, returned
home Tuesday.
Mel Johnson has secured a patent
on a smoking pipe which he invented
some time ago. The patent was grant
ed July 31st and Mel expects to have
them on the market in short time.
Mrs. Mary Donahue, after passing
a week with her sister, Mrs. H. Bunker,
returned to her home in Chicago Satur-
day. She was accompanied by Francis
Bunker, who will pass a couple of
weeks there.
The Lyric pictures have been view
ed by good crowds all through the hot
week, and the reason is that the room
is kept cool and comfortable and peo-
pie are seeking just such place to
pass the evening.
Mrs. O. |. Jacobus has sold the
Bogart, an eight acre tract just north
of town, to DR.. j. P. Knight of Chi
cago. The price, we learn, is about
5000 per acre, the residence having re-
Gently been destroyed by fire.
Will Flaherity, who is working
with Steve Madden on a railroad con-
tract on belt line out of Chicago near
Shermanville, came home last week for
the big picnic. Madden has contract
for grading a section of the line and is
employing ten teams from Edgerton in
the work
During the storm Wednesday af-
ternoon lightning struck Fred Zahn's
barn, followed clothes line from the
barn to the corner of the house and
grounded there. Aside from splinter
ing both buildings little, no damage
was done. Fire alarm was turned in,
but the company was stopped half way
to the Zahn home as there was no fire.
j. Fry, wife and daughter of Seat
tie, Wash, who have been camping at
the Meyers cottage on Rock river, left
for Milwaukee Wednesday. Mr.. Fry
is son of U. G. Fry, superintendent
of telegraphy on the Milwaukee sys-
tenn, and is employed also in the SER
vice in charge of the Puget Sound di-
vision.
Store keepers, meat market men,
coal dealers, milk men, and all persons
disposing of goods by weight or meas
ure would do we'll to test their scales,
weights and measures and see that
they are up to the standard. Under
the new Wisconsin statute an agent
from the state commission is liable to
droy1 dou,,, npon Them at most anv time