The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-08
: Albert Mufiey passed a weeks

Miss Amanda Peterson commenced
teaching Monday in school two miles
west of Evansville.
The more one attends the picture
show at the Lyric, the more they want
to 90. That's because the pictures are
always frst-class and the house COM
Portable and slightly.
The adding to and fixing up, always
on the improvement, is what the Scenic
managers believe in. Besides their
good pictures, they are making their
house more comfortable every week.
Miss Bertha Volkman, who taught
in our public schools the past two years,
is visiting friends here before proceed
ing to Kenosha where she will be en-
gagged in the schools the coming year.
-Edgerton has pearl dealer in W.
T. Pomeroy who is gaining quite wide
reputation. The past week he disposed
of a handsome Al grain black one to an
out of town customer. He is in the
market for any finds.
The annual missionary service will
be held at the Norwegian Lutheran
church next Sunday morning. The
pastor will preach on '.The Good Sa-
marian At the evening service there
will be sermon in English on Ephe-
SLAMS Gil: "Put on the Whole Armour
of God"
A telegram received here Saturday
by relatives conveyed the sad news of
the death of Miss Ethel Pearl Toynton,
which occurred at Spokane, WASH,
that day. The deceased was born and
reared here, the second eldest daughter
of the late John Thomas Toynton and
was % years of age. Fuller particu-
lars expected in few days.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M.
E. church have secured the Old South
ern Sextette for concert to be given
at the church for the benefit of the or
gan fund, on Sept. IA. The company
is composed of most excellent singers
and are under a bureau m agement
which guarantees high-class concert
The admission is rs cents.
L. H. Towne has a peach tree in
his garden loaded down with luscious
fruit this season. 1t has been quite a
task to keep the small boys away from
the tree until the peaches ripened, but
he has succeeded and demonstrated
thatit was possible to raise peaches in
Wisconsin. His garden has also yield
ed an abundance of cherries, plums and
apples this year.
Louis Keller, the aged murderer,
was brought before Judge Grimm in the
circuit court Thursday and heard the
sentence which means that he will
spend the rest of his days in the state
penitentiary at Waupun. After Keller
entered his plea of guilty to the charge
of numbering Mrs. Johanna Eischke at
GAINESVILLE on the night of Wednesday,
June 81, Judge Grimm read to him the
sentence of life Imprisonment.
One of the first cases brought I'M
der the new employees compensation
law comes from GAINESVILLE to the state
labor commissioners for settlement.
Antoine Bier was hurt July IA when a
pipe broke, cutting his wrist quite SER
iously and unable to work since. He
was employed by the street commits
sioner at the time. Under the new
law the city cannot escape it's liability,
the commission naming the amount
to be paid.
Mrs. Fred Smith was happily sur
prised Friday evening at the home of
Mrs. Andrew Mcintosh by party Of
young people, who announced that
their mission was to pass the evening
with her. The party comprised the
young people whom Mrs. Smith chap
eroned at Kegonsa recently, and the
evening hours were passed with cards,
a social time and at the close dainty
luncheon was served. To memorize
the occasion Mrs. Smith was presented
with beautiful table cloth.
According to the table of assess
ments compiled by County Supervisor
of Assessments F. P. Starr, there is an
increase in the assessed valuation of
Rock county over last year amounting
to 1857, 391. This amount is not large
in comparison with other years. By
far the largest amount of the increased
assessed valuation falls on the cities
and villages, as their figures compris-
ing the cities of GAINESVILLE, Edgerton,
Evansville, Beloit and the villages of
Milton, Clinton and Orfordville show
an increase of S755, ATS over last year,
and the increase in the township fig
ures is SIP, 1885, The valuation of the
property in Edgerton has been gradu-
allv advanced until it is now croWding