The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29

from Lake Kegonsa Tuesday, guests at
the home of Byron Long.
The Pigeforening is invited to meet
at the home of Mrs. Andrew Jensen,
Thursday evening. Oct. 9Th.
Misses Leo and Venice Thompson
entertained four table bridge party
at their home Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Orrin Pomeroy, who has been
visiting at w. T. Pomeroy's, has re-
turned to her daughters, Mrs. r. l..
Page.
John Willie, carrier on rural route
No. 4, has been on the sick list the
past week. His brother Julius is sub
shutting.
The Congregational church people
have commenced the erection of barn
and garage on the parsonage lot for
Rev. Schoenfeld.
"A reception will be given the new
pastor of the Congregational church,
Rev. F. w. Schoenfeld, at the church
parlors on Monday evening.
Miss Harriet Jon es, who graduated
from the Edgerton high school last
June, departed Thursday for Evergreen,
Ala. where she is to teach in colored
schools of that state.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. r. Bent
ley have been quite seriously i'll during
the week, neither being able to attend
the funeral of their brother, A. w.
Bentley, on Thursday last.
Prof. Theo. Ringoen will preach at
the Norwegian Lutheran church Sun
day morning. The evening service will
be conducted by the pastor, Mr.. Lime
void, at o'clock in the English Ian
guage.
One of the big plate glass, the
largest in town, intended for the new
Ellingson block, was accidentally brok
en- in removing it from the car Monday,
entailing loss of about 500. The
plate weighed 800 pounds.
Mrs. J. A. Stub and her mother,
Mrs. Hoovers, and Mrs. L. Kittelson
of Stoughton, Mrs. Abel Lien of Port
land, n D., and Miss Eta Boxrud of
Red Wing, Mimi, were guests at the
home of Mrs. j. Linnevold Wednesday.
One of the heaviest rainfalls of the
season came at an early hour Wednes-
day morning with precipitation of
over two inches. This will give lux
urious growth to the fall pasturage and
help out wonderfully in a short hay
season.
The stockholders of the Emerald
creamery, destroyed by fire last week,
held a meeting to consider the rebuild
ing of the plant this week. The insur-
ance will nearly cover the cost Of the
new machinery needed by the co-opera-
tive concern.
The football season opens Saturday
with game at the Driving Park be-
tween the high school teams of Edger-
ton and Cambridge The local team
has been in practice for the event and
much interest is manifest over the
showing that will be made on the field.
The School Board convention for
the first district of Dane county will be
held Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1911, in. the Dane
county court house, Madison, at $50 a.
m. The law requires district clerks to
attend, and other members may. Those
who attend will receive $500 and
cents per mile each way, to be paid
from the funds of the district they rep
resent.
During the storm Wednesday morn
ing lightning struck the residence of
Chas. Triteen on the Cemetery road
The bolt entered at the chimney, which
it shattered, following down and doing
some damage to the interior rooms
The family had just arisen and were
dressing at the time and were consid-
erably shocked by the stroke. The
damage to the building is covered by
insurance in Henry Johnson's agency.
The Dane county fair last week
paved out quite we'll for there will be
balance of about $500 over the expen-
ditures, according to a statement by
Vice President w. F. Pierstorff Of the
Dane County Agricultural society. The
gate receipts aggregated about 5000;
$1700 was received from the horsemen;
5000 from the grandstand; S125O for
privileges; $3.50 for stall rentals; and
$4,000 from the state as it's annual aid.
This makes the approximate receipts
S13, 200, but the disbursements, accord
ing to Mr.. Pierstorff, will bring the
balance down to at least $500.
The funeral of Wallace Bentley.
held from his late home Thursday af-
ternoon, was quite largely attended by
neighbors and personal acquaintance.
A brief sermon containing much of
consolation and cvroro tbu u,aS nrooobod