The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-20
Local Happenings
The home grown strawberry is now

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Atwell left
Saturday on an overland auto trip to
Stevens Point.
Prof. E. L. Roethe and family are
enjoying an outing at the Towne cot
tage on Rock river.
Miss Eleanor Hitchcock went to
Michigan for visit after the close of
her school at Mukwanago last week.
George Dallman left the first of the
week for Milwaukee. He will take
course in pharmacy during the summer.
City Atty. G. w. Blanchard and
wife motored to Stevens Point the last
of the week for short stay with rela-
tives.
w. H. Hutson returned from the
west last Thursday and reports pros
poets good for large crop the coming
season.
Miss Nellie Bentley is home from
year spent at the Northwestern uni
versity completing her musical educa-
ton.
Paul Jensen. who has been attend
ing school at Fergus Falls, Mimi, came
home Friday evening for the summer
vacation.
L. w. Persons, wife and daughter
of Sparta have been visiting relatives
in Whitewater and friends in Edgerton
during the week.
Misses Theo and Jessica and Her
schal North are home from Lawrence
college which they have been attending
during the year.
Sam Pederson's family moved to
GAINESVILLE Saturday. Mrs. Lintvedt
gave farewell party for Mrs. Peder-
son Friday evening.
Harvey Raymond is attending the
Knights of Pythias grand lodge. in ses-
sion at Chippewa Falls this week, as a
delegate from the local order.
Miss Ruth Watson, graduate nurse,
was called from Chicago to Stoughton
Sunday to care for Obert Burrill, who
is in a critical condition with typhoid
fever
The walk on the north side of East
Fulton street over the Croft hill has
been completed and new crossing laid
at intersection of Broadway and Fulton
streets.
Earl and Myra MacInnis of Beaver
Dam, children of Rev. G. K. MacInnis,
former pastor of the NJ E. church,
have been visiting among friends here
during the week.
Miss Hazel Conn gave Japanese
party to a pleasant company of her
young lady friends Saturday evening.
Miss Bessie Birch of GAINESVILLE was
also in attendance.
Andrew Mcintosh left Saturday to
join Sanford Soverhill and other James
vile parties for a weeks fishing at
lakes out of Amigo, Wis. The James,
vile parties own fishing and hunting
camp there on Pickerel lake that af-
fords the finest sport to be found in the
state.
"A driving horse belonging to JOS
eph Murphy of the town of Porter was
stolen while standing in front of the
Murphy farm. In an effort to capture
the thief description of the animal
has been sent to the surrounding cities.
A reward of ten dollars is offered for
it's return.
Miss Gertrude Tallard has been the
recipient of several showers during the
week in anticipation of her marriage
which occurred on Wednesday. Miss
Helen Coon entertained company in
her honor Thursday evening and on
Friday evening Miss Lucille Culton gave
a miscellaneous shower for her.
Through clever work on the part of
the GAINESVILLE police department, the
two burglars who broke into the home
of DR.. w. A. Mum at 572 South Main
street Wednesday night and stole goods
and money to the value of $175, were
captured in Beloit Thursday afternoon,
and given state prison sentences in
Judge Fifeld's court Saturday morn
ing.
"A fierce electric storm passed over
this section Saturday evening, follow
ing a day of oppressive heat when
thermometers marked the highest point
of the year. A heavy wind preceded
the storm that wrought considerable
damage to farm buildings in the coun-
try in the destruction of empty tobacco
sheds, etc. A lightning bolt struck the
steeple of the M. E. church, splinter
ing it in several places, making some
repairs necessary. A number of tele-
phone lines were also knocked out of
commission by the storm.
An art drawing entitled ga Dairy
Farmstead'' has been received at this