The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-31
Geo. B. Merrill of Beloit, candidate


itor in Edgerton Wednesday.
Mrs. w. G. Atwell fell from q
chair while hanging curtains at her
home on Thursday and suffered the dis
location of her shoulder.
Miss Rose Harrington, who has
been teaching the past year near Han
over, returned home Monday for the
summer vacation.
Rev. MacInnis gave an illustrated
lecture at Springfield Wednesday even
ing and on Thursday he delivered the
Memorial day address at Lake Geneva.
The common council will be in SEES
sion Friday evening, June z, at council
chambers to hear objections that may
be made to the proposed street i'm
provement.
While out shooting gophers Sunday
morning, Charles Rasmussen, living six
miles west of town, had the misfortune
to trip in such way that the rifle dis
charged and the bullet lodged in his
knee. DIR. Trulson attended him but
could not locate the bullet. He will
use the X-ray on it.
"A surprise party was given Mrs.
Fred Zahn at her home last Monday
evening by ladies Of the Aid society of
the German church, in honor of her
birthday anniversary. There were
about Is present and after passing a
pleasant evening three-course dinner
was served. Mrs. Zahn was presented
with handsome oak rocker.
AS will be noted elsewhere, an ex-
cursion of Milwaukee merchants will
be in Edgerton for short stay next
Monday afternoon. We are confident
the business men of Edgerton will ex-
tend to them the glad hand and help
make their visit here pleasant one. A
cordial greeting and little attention
paid the visitors goes long ways to-
ward creating good impression of our
city.
City Treas. Dickinson has received
from State Treas. Dahl draft for $71O
as the 2 per cent amount collected by
the insurance agents of Edgerton on
premiums for policies issued last year.
The statute requires the collection of 2
per cent of premiums for the benefit OF
local fire departments. The draft has
been handed over to j. L. Holton,
treasurer of the Edgerton fire depart
ment.
Saturday, June LIST, there will be
held at Madison a regular old-fashioned
spelling bee, with County Superinten-
don't Sylvanus Ames in charge. Robe
Dow, cashier and practically the owner
of the Stoughton State bank, offers
prizes in these spelling contests and
has turned over to Mr.. Ames $3.50 in
gold, the so cents being included in a
So. so piece. The specie was all bright,
shining and just from the mint.
The engagement of Delos C. Mich
olson of ST. Louis and Miss Isabelle
Burdick of Elgin, ILL.,, is announced,
the wedding to take place some time in
June. Mr.. Nicholson is art instructor
in Washington university of ST. Louis,
and the bride is said to be prominent in
social matters in her home city. This
will be pleasing news to the many
friends of Mr.. Nicholson in Edgerton,
who is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
Nicholson of this city, where he was
born, reared and graduated from our
high school.
John Dave received news on Mon
day of the death of his brother, Thos.
R. Dave, which occurred on the 22nd
inst. at Santa Barbara, CAL, of neu-
ralgia of the heart, in his Goth year.
Thomas came to Edgerton from Eng
land in 1862, attended school and grad
uated from Albion academy. He went
to California in 1874, settling in Santa
Barbara where for many years he was
engaged in the hardware business. At
the time of his death he was county as
SCISSOR of Santa Barbara county. A
widow and six children, four boys and
two girls, survive.
We go to press too early to give an
account of Memorial day observance in
accordance with the program published
last week. The members of H. S.
Swift Post G.. A. r., and members of
the w. R. c., under whose aus
pices the exercises are held, attended
union memorial services at the Congre-
gational church Sunday morning. Rev.
G. K. MacInnis delivered the sermon,
taking his text from Cor. 2:10, BE
thou faithful unto death and | will give
thee crown of life" He extolled the
services of the soldiers in glowing
terms and urged the keeping alive the
spirit of patriotism among later gener-
atoms.
While fishing in Lake Koshkonong