The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-10-01


Who is the 'Flivest" merchant in
Edgerton? See advertisement on an
other page.
David Condor is again confined to
his home by recurrence of severe
stomach trouble.
Mrs. C. E. Shannon returned from
Sayner Wednesday, where she had
been during the hay fever season.
Cap Sherman brought in a case of
ripe Strawberries yesterday to Joe
Conn. How is that for the last day of
September?
w. T. Pomeroy, E. C. Hopkins,
Geo. w. Doty and George Nichols have
been drawn as jurors for the October
term of the circuit court.
Mrs John Devine and grandson of
Fl. Wayne, Ind, and daughter, Mrs.
Carl Holt of Chicago, were guests of
Mrs. M. Devine last week.
"A series of Rock county district
Sunday school conventions will be held
at Beloit, Monday, Oct. 4; at Clinton,
Tuesday, Oct. 5; Milton, Wednesday,
Oct. 6; GAINESVILLE, Thursday, Oct. 7;
Evansville, Friday, Oct. 8. Edgerton
people may find it convenient to attend
the meetings either at Milton or Evans
Vile
Tuesday was the biggest day in the
history of the Edgerton Sheep Feeding
Yards. when 70 carloads of western
range sheep were received there and
train load dispatched to outside points.
The creek valley and the hills in the vi
cinity of the yards have been covered
with a moving mass of sheep during
the week.
Miss Edith Wileman, who for
number of years has held clerical po-
sition in the Sheffield store with much
credit to herself, sewers her connection
this week and goes to Marshfield, Wis,
to accept position as corsetier in
large store there fhe Marshfield con-
Germ can be assured of competency in
her line of work.
Richard Miller and his associates
will resume their work of seining for
rough fish from Rock river between the
mouth of the Catfish and GAINESVILLE the
coming week if the high water con-
tinues to decline They had fine sue
cess in this stream last fall, taking
several car loads. Geo. Rea represent
ed the state as special warden during
the work.
The Delavan milk condensory re-
sumes operations again after being
closed down for some time owing to the
overproduction of condensed milk and
the consequent difficulty in disposing Of
their product. 1t is said that the
crowding of the market with the out
put of foreign condensories interfered
with the getting of the Delavan con-
Germs supply on the market as fast as
it could be produced.
The Lyric has seemingly made
big hit in securing the Charlie Chaplin
films for each Tuesday evenings bill,
when the house is crowded. For Fri
day night another part Vitagraph
special entitled t'The Return of Maui
rice Donnelly, has been booked. With
the Hearst-Selig Illustrated Weekly
events for Thursday and ''The Diamond
From the Sky Mondays one can de-
pend on seeing something good at the
Lyric.
The reception held at the Congre-
gational parlors for their new pastor,
Rev. F. C. Brandt, on Friday evening,
proved a decidedly pleasant occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs L. J. Dickinson and Mr..
and Mrs. c.. S. Farman acted as the re-
ception committee and large number
! of our citizens improved the opportu-
nifty to make the acquaintance of Rev.
Brandt and his father and sister. Light
refreshments were served.
The run of western range sheep to
market through the Edgerton Feeding
yards is reaching some astounding
proportions. Between Monday and
Wednesday night 210 car loads, or to
be exact "a, 283 lambs were received
there. With three more train loads
enroute, due to arrive the latter part
of the week, it can readily be seen that
the yards are some busy. A trainload
of Idaho lambs from the Wood Line
Stock Co. that averaged rs lbs. were
the finest lot ever brought to these
yords.
Articles of incorporation have been
issued by the secretary Of state to the
Edgerton Mutual Land Co., with an
authorized capital of $4,000. The in
corporators are w. B. Wentworth, D.
w. North and VIM. Gardiner. The
company is organized by Edgerton
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