The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-28

visited relatives mere WeuHSouoy'
"A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Delorendo Wednesday morning.
The Majestic presents ''That Print
er of Udell's" Friday night, Aug. %.
"A lady's bracelet was picked up on
the streets Sunday evening by Chief of
Police Springer.
Mrs. R. B.. Dumser of Oakland,
CAL, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo.
w. Sheffield.
Marvin B. Price and wife of Con-
nellsville, Penn, are visiting relatives
here for a few days.
THAT Printer of Udel's" at the
Majestic theater Friday evening, Aug.
%. This is the opening of the show
season.
Miss Agnes Harlin who has been
spending a month with her brother,
Rev. J. E. Harlin, retured to Fond du
Lac Wednesday.
-Thos. Morris, candidate for u. S.
Senate, was in town for a short time
Wednesday while touring Rock county
by auto. He spoke at Beloit in the
evening.
The brick laying for the addition
to the Child high school has been COM
pleted, the roof we'll under way, but
the building cannot be anywhere near
| ready for use when school opens Sep
TENDER z.
%. E. Orcutt, barber at Milton,
committed suicide some time Tuesday
by shooting himself with a revolver.
His body was found in w. H. Grey's
woods Wednesday morning.
The morning service at the Nor
wegian Lutheran church will be con-
Quoted by Rev. ]. Linnevold, who re-
turns from DEBORAH, Iowa, this week.
The Sunday school will not resume its
work till Sept. 9th.
An appeal from an order of the
railroad commission has been filed in
the Dane county circuit court by the
Wisconsin Telephone company. Upon
a petition of E. D. MCGOWAN the COM
mission ordered the plaintiff ana Rock
County Telephone company to make
physical connections between their toll
lines and local systems at GAINESVILLE.
The plaintiff prays that the order be
set aside.
| -"Citizen' Gettle was down from
Madison Friday evening to attend a
meeting of the school board which had
some important business to transact.
And do you believe it, the matter Of
his resigning as clerk wasn't even men
toned. Among other things the board
requested the clerk to publish the pro-
ceedings of it's meetings as the law di-
reefs. A resolution was also passed
requiring all bills to be passed on by
the board before being paid: - -
A team being driven by Mrs. Geo.
Walters of Albion took fright at an au-
tomobile near the Cartwright place
Friday and ran away, coming tearing
through town at terrific pace. Mrs.
Walters pluckily held to the reins,
heading them straight through Front
street until the team was winded and
in slackening up in the rise over Croft's
hill permitted bystanders to stop them.
1t was fine squirt for 22 year old
team and no damage was done.
The Chicago & Northwestern road
issued bulletin to the effect that dur
ing July and August every clerk In the
employ of the entire Northwestern
system must lay off for a period equal
to one-tenth of their monthly income,
which means three days each month.
| This is the first time in the history of
the road that such an order has been
issued and means retrenchment of eX-
penses on big scale, said to be neces-
STATED on account of the depression in
business. Practically the same kind of
an order is effective with the section
| crews.
Harold Bell Wright, whose famous
book, 'That Printer of Udell's, dram
atized by Mr.. Wright and Fishery w.
Reynolds, will be seen in dramatic
form at the Majestic theater Friday,
Aug. %, when quite young man went
to the Ozarks of Arkansas to paint
pictures, being an artist of more than
ordinary ability. While residing among
the mountaineers, he attended religious
services held occasionally in log school
house. One Sunday the preacher fail
ed to appear. A seven-foot noun
taineer approached Mr.. Wright and
said, ''Young Teller, you'uns seem to
have some eddicashion, can't you'uns
talk to us?'' Mr.. Wright did talk to
them and stirred the simple mountain
folks as thew had never been stirred