The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-01


Thursday last and daughter to MIR.
and Mrs. E. Williams on Saturday.
-''The Strength of Men" is the title
of a special two film Vitagraph feature
billed at the Lyric Friday evening.
Also another good subject will be
shown.
The middle west has been swelter-
ing under another hot wave the great
er part of the week, when thermome-
tiers played around the 100 mark most
of the days.
There is one crop more than boun-
tiful that we hadn't counted on this
season those mosquitoes. So much
wet weather has brought myriads Of
those annoying little pests.
Josephine Hanson, daughter OF
Chris Hanson and wife, was operated
on for appendicitis at the GAINESVILLE
hospital Tuesday and reports are fav-
orable for her complete recovery.
1t is unfortunate that our Chau-
tauqua was billed on hot week when
tent entertainments furnish few COM
forts and the skeeters were annoying
at night, hence the rather meager at
tendance. The talent furnished by the
Jeffris- Wicks people was very general
ly satisfactory.
Roy Gumble, living on the Iverson
farm in Albion, sold II head of corn
| fed beeves to Brown & Nichols this
| week at cents live weight, which are
to be slaughtered and sold over the
block in their market. The lot of feed
ers were purchased in Chicago in May,
| costing Il cents and averaged $50 lbs.
An average gain of 300 lbs. for the
three months is expected.
"A number of neighbors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Barton gathered at their
home on Fulton street Saturday even
| ing and gave them delightful sur
prise and spent pleasant evening,
| during which musical numbers were
| rendered and the time passed in social
| conservation. Refreshments were serv-
ed, after which the host and hostess
were presented with set of teaspoons.
| Oscar Mason, living on the home
| stead in Albion, met with a severe ac-
cident Friday in which both wrists were
| badly dislocated. A hay fork which he
was operating caught in the pulley at
| the top of the loft and when he went
up to untangle it he fell to the barn
floor, distance of about Is feet. He
landed upon his hands with the result
| of dislocating both wrists that will dis
| able him for some weeks to come just
at a critical time of year when his SER
vices are so badly needed in securing
his crops.
The launch chartered Sunday to
| convey picnic party from Dick Mil
.ler's- dock to the Fountain House at the
| head of Lake Koshkonong, where the
| Eagles picnic was in progress, became
stalled off the Carcajo club house ow-
| ing to some engine defect and did not
reach the picnic grounds until $50
| CLOCK. About 40 excursionists were
thus marooned in mid-lake the greater
| part of the day and missed the attrac-
tons billed at the Eagles outing.
The town of Sumner has completed
| about three miles of macadam highway
on the Fort Atkinson road that is a
pleasure to ride over. The road is also
being oiled at an expense of about 500
per mile which will add much to it's
permanency. In fact it looks most
economical thing to do to follow the
| example of the Sumner authorities in
all permanent highway construction
and cover the top dressing with coat
ing of heavy road oil. Automobiles
| make but little impression on the oil
treated roads. They shed water per-
| fectly and dust is also obliterated, all
of which adds to the comfort of those
who use them.
The contest over the will of the
late C. H. Bliven is not likely to reach
the courts now as compromise was
reached on Monday by attorneys of all
| the parties interested and the probate
court will probably permit the agree
ment to stand. In settlement Harriet
| jenkins is to receive the Bliven dia-
monds, valued at about $1,000, and
| 1000 in cash as we'll as portion of
household goods claimed by her. With
$500 more to be paid to her daughter
she is to relinquish all claims against
the estate. This will leave the pro-
ceeds from hitching barn, real estate
aud personal property to descend to
Mrs. c. H. Bliven after the estate has
been probated, the debts paid, etc.
The personal property, it will be noted,
is to be sold at auction soon and the
other property doubtless converted by
| the administrator closing the estate.