The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-12-26

Emil Goede is here from Fenni-
more to remain over Christmas with
relatives.
Miss Esther Mcintyre is home to
pass the holiday vacation with her par
ents.
W. O. Naset and family of Sparta
are down to pass the holidays with rel
atives here.
Miss Leor. Mabbett is home from
Minneapolis to pass the holiday season
with her parents.
Richard Leary arrived Monday
evening from Edmonton, Alberta, to
pass the winter with his mother, as has
been his custom for many years.
Melvin Shaw, from the Chicago
University, and Miss Eleanor Shaw,
student in the college at Usage, Iowa,
are home to pass the holiday with their
parents.
Alex Ely, who is employed in the
engineering department of the Milwau-
kee railway at Mowbridge, Dakota, is
passing the Xmas vacation at his home
in Fulton.
james Barton moved last week on
the Cove Homestead in the Head addi-
ton purchased of Alfred Colling, hav-
ing sold his own residence in the third
ward to his father.
Henry Thronson has sold his 80
acre fern in Albion, part of the old
Saunders homestead, to John Jensen
for $40 on acre. D. w. North con-
Quoted the transaction.
Miss Lillian Vayette returned on
Wednesday morning from Wales,
where she has been receiving treatment
at the state sanitorium for tuberculosis.
She is pronounced absolutely cured
Carl Lien of Albion, George M.
Strummon of Christiana, Martin Flom
of Stoughton and Frank Mccarthy of
Dunkirk have been drawn as jurors at
the January term of the Dane county
circuit court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Underhill
returned Friday evening from three
weeks visit among former acquaint-
ances at Quincy, Florida. Mr.. Under
hill reports he found the quail hunting
where.
Henry Onsgaard returned Saturday
from Aberdeen, S. D., where he is en-
gagged as instructor in the schools. He
was accompanied by Miss Minnie Esser
of DeForest and they will remain over
the holidays, guests or Even Onsgaard
and wife.
Mrs. Ole Wixmoen, who has been
sufferer from tuberculosis for many
months, died at her home in the End
ward Monday afternoon. Funeral SER
vices were held in the Norwegian
church Wednesday forenoon.
The new farm telephone line to
connect ten town of Porter farm homes
with Edgerton central has been COM
pleted and the phones connected up
during the week. Two of the other
lines reaching into this township have
been rearranged to accommodate sew
eral new subscribers, so that nearly
every farm in the eastern part of Por-
ter can be reached through the local
office.
There has been good deal of pill
fering of freight cars on this division
of late that is causing the railway peo-
pie no end of trouble. During the
week the Stoughton way car was
broken into after leaving Edgerton and
Christmas goods consigned to several
merchants stolen. 1t is reported that
western roads are losing more freight
the last few months than ever before,
in spite of the fact that severe penal
ties can be imposed for the theft of in
terstate business.
The new cages for the jail have
arrived and are placed in position. Be-
sides having perfectly secure Jail, we
now have one that will come under the
sanitary provisions of the law. The
addition of windows on the west side
makes the room light and there is COR
ridor space around all the cells. Two
hunks to the cell provides accommoda-
tons for eight occupants in the iron
cages and there is yet one dungeon"
cell to care for the over-aggressive
prisoner
There was large attendance at
the meeting of the mems club of the
Congregational church held at the home
of Andrew Mcintosh Friday evening.
The boys glee club and Miss Wilma
Soverhill of GAINESVILLE gave musical
selections. The topic for the evening
was the min imum wage legislation.
Prof. Downey, connected with the
State Industrial Commission, was dele
gated in place of T. S. Adama for the
address. The speaker gave a history
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