The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-23
Local Happenings

81 cents Cn1S week.
Mrs. Rush Wentworth of Granton,
Wis, is visiting at the home OF her
parents here.
Miss Wilma Hurd entertained the
New Century Club at her country
home Monday evening.
w. S. Heddles' family were down
from Madison for an over Sunday visit
with relatives in Edgerton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stoley Nelson of
Stoughton were guests Of relatives here
a short time on Sunday.
Mrs. F. C. Hutson and son Thomas
of Chicago passed several days of the
week with relatives here.
The concert to have been given at
Albion academy Oct. IA was postponed
till Saturday, Oct. "a. Everybody
come.
j. S. Miller and family of Madison
are visiting at the home of Mrs. Mil
ler's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Pom
eroy.
The w. r. G.. ladies will conduct
rummage and home baking sale at the
T. A. & B. hall on Tuesday evening,
Oct. q.
Calvin Stewart of Kenosha, demo-
cratic candidate for congress from this
district, was visitor in Edgerton on
Wednesday.
If you have any doubts about Ed
gerton merchants not being solicitious
to serve your wants, note the advertis-
ing columns of The Reporter this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ebbott enter
tanned a pleasant company of friends
with $50 O'Clock dinner Friday even
ing in honor of Mr.. Ebbott's birthday.
e. M. Laid engineered the sale of
the Heddles homestead, two miles west
of town, this week to VIM. Dallman,
now tenant on Mrs. Wallace Browns
farm in Albion, at $165 per acre.
The T. A. EIIingson family are now
pleasantly located in their new home
purchased of C. L. Culton on Washing
ton street, after it has received some
extensive repairs and decorations.
H. B. Knapp and family were called
to Jefferson Thursday to attend the
funeral of his brother-in-law, Edward
Hager, who died at Chicago hospital
following an operation.
John T. Toynton has become the
possessor of the Maltpress homestead
on Rock river when the final transfer
of the papers was made last week.
He will move his family onto the place
in the spring.
d. P. Devine of Albion, who is
running on the democratic ticket for
county clerk in Dane county, is putting
up vigorous campaign and tits being
said he is about the only live wire the
democrats have out in that county at
present.
"A handsome span of black Mis-
souri, mules weighing $500 pounds were
secured at St. Louis for the Heddles
Lumber Co. and have been put at work
in the company's yard here. They are
by all odds the finest looking team in
these parts and attract much attention
on the streets.
While viewing the work under way
on the block adjoining The Reporter
office Tuesday morning, Patrick Mooney
stepped through the hatchway, falling
into the basement, sustaining some
bruises The shock was quite severe
one for a man of his age, but FORUM
ately no bones were broken.
Alex Ely, who is employed with
the engineering department of the
Milwaukee road, having headquarters
at Aberdeen, S. D., arrived Tuesday
on visit to his home in Fulton for
few weeks. He reports that double
tracking of the new road from Aber-
deem to Minneapolis is under way and
hundred miles or more completed and
laid with steel this season.
According to figures compiled at
the office of County Clerk Lee, the
dairy products of Rock county were
more than $1,5OO,OOO the past year.
There are q creameries in the county
whose value is placed at SCI, $50. The
number of patrons is placed at 2,649
and the total number of cows at Is, SIC,
or about 900 cows for each factory
The number of pounds of milk deliv-
cred to the creameries was 81, 875, 300,
yielding 6,667, 1898 pounds of butter,
which was worth 81, 100, 467.16.
The initial number of the lecture
course will be filled by the Interna-
national operate Co. at the Majestic
4LOntn. rnoxt Monday auaninn This