The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-05-05
Local Happenings

Mrs. II. ). McGlff1n or MadlSon,
visited friends here on Tuesdsy.
Miss Helen Coon visited friends in
Beloit from Friday until Monday.
-"Zeke" at Royal hall Saturday
evening, May 9th. Something to make
all laugh.
S. H. Buchanan has been engaged
as manager of the reorganized James
vile band.
Geo. McGifin was down from
Richland Center for short stay on
Wednesday.
The Pigeforening will meet at the
home of Mrs. Andrew Jensen this
Thursday evening.
First circus of the season, Col
mers', will pitch their tents at James
vile Monday, May 9Th.
Joe Conn shipped car load of po-
tatoes Tuesday, for which farmers were
paid 40 cents per bushel.
Mrs. Janette Sylvester of Livlngs-
ton paid brief visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Atwood, the early
part of the week.
The ladies society of ST. Joseph's
church will hold rummage sale in I.
A. & B. hall May 10th and 18th. Opens
at Z o'clock in the morning.
Ed harrington, who lives on farm
between here and GAINESVILLE, discovered
a litter of fine young wolves in the vi
cinity of his premises recently.
Miss Nellie Bentley played violin
selections and Mrs. Janette Sylvester
gave recitals before a prominent club
in Chicago Saturday evening.
Mrs. James Harrison spent Sunday
with her son Frank, who has recently
taken charge of the hotel at Evansville,
and assisted in the celebration of his
birthday.
The Fred Schrub residence in the
3rd ward has been sold to Mrs. Royal
Parr and the family are to return from
Rockford to this city. The considera-
ton was S1575.
Herman Bublitz has purchased
building lot of VIM. Hutson adjoining his
present home on End street for $500 and
will build modern home on the prop
erty the present season.
Allan Skinner is moving the old
residence from his lot on Rollin street
onto lot in the Head addition to make
room for the new home he expects to
construct on the site the present sea-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ullius, Fred
Ullius and Mrs. Parr of Rockford were
guests of the gentlemen's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Ullius of Fulton town.
ship, on Sunday. Mrs. William Ullius
will remain week or two longer.
The gentle month of May was ush-
cred in with snow flurries Monday, fol-
lowed by quite a heavy freeze. But
very little of the fruit was advanced
far enough to be injured. The north
ern part of the state and the far west
were covered under heavy blanket of
snow.
The baseball season opened Sunday
at the Driving Park in a game played
between the Edgerton Sluggers,
snappy team of juniors, and a Slough
ton team, closing with score of IA to
5 in favor of the home team. The
Sluggers are we'll organized and expect
to play frequent games during the sum-
mer.
The Rock County Sugar company
will import between five and seven
hundred Belgians for work on their
sugar beet farms this season. The
greatest number of these will come
from Ohio. The company reports that
it has already secured all the acreage
the factory can handle the coming sea-
son and contracts have been placed for
more than ten thousand acres.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Behnke, re-
siding three miles north of this city,
mourn the loss of their infant son, Ar
thur, who died Friday after an illness
of three weeks with infantile paralysis,
aged II months and IL days. The fun
eral was held Monday afternoon at 1
o'clock from the home and at o'clock
from the German Lutheran church,
Rev. j. c. Spilman officiating.
Frank Richards, stock buyer of
Oregon, Wis, is mourning the loss of
$1,000. After selling carload of hogs
at the Union stock yards Saturday, he
was attacked at South Center avenue
and West Sind street by two armed
men who robbed him of $1,000 he had
lust received Mr.. Richards wandered
about until he finally asked to be di-
rected to physician. He was taken
to the stock yards police station.