The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-02-19
Local Happenings

Mr.. and Mrs G. Midtbon visited
relatives in Stoughton over Sunday
Miss Alice Payne of Madison, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Fred
Smith.
Atty H. r. Martin and W. A.
Leighton visited Jefferson Tuesday on
business.
DO not miss the free sacred concert
at the Congregational church next Sun
day evening.
Rev. F. w. Schoenfeld paid visit
to his farm near Babcock the fore part
of the week.
The EIgin price of butter dropped
back to 80 cents this week, a decline of
nearly two cents.
Dan Quigley of Freeport, H., was
a visitor at the home of his mother
here a few days this week.
Miss Ruth Birkenmeyer entertain
ed a pleasant party of her young
friends at her home Saturday evening
Frank Williams, who has been
confined to his home for nearly month
with jaundice, is able to be about
again.
Harry McChesney, city engineer of
Ottawa, ILL.,, was visitor at the home
of his parents here from Saturday until
Tuesday.
The Pigeforening will meet in the
church basement this Thursday evening
and will be entertained by Misses Ella
Stanke and HiIda Rossebo.
C. M. UnderhiIl left Sunday for
the east. Mrs. Underhill accompanied
him as far as Chicago where she passed
few days with friends.
While in Chicago last week F. F.
Burgy purchased complete line of
electric fixtures and has an ad in this
issue that tells the balance of the story.
"A chimney fire at the home of DR..
F. S. Smith on Swift street Saturday
morning called out the fire department
though their services were not neces-
sary.
A shipment of 1000 lambs came in
to the Edgerton feeding yards Sunday
evening. A good portion of them will
be sheared before being forwarded to
market.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Conn went to
Davenport, Iowa, Saturday evening for
visit at the home of Rev. L. A. Parr,
former pastor of the Congregational
church here.
Another special feature, 'The Pot
ter and the Clay, is booked for Friday
evening at the Lyric. Episode No.
of ''Why June Left Home" is SEIZED
uled for Monday evening.
"A gasoline drilling outfit was un-
loaded here Tuesday to be used in
rock quarry near the Emery farm, get
ting rock material for macadamizing
another portion of the west Albion road
this season.
For the third time since they were
in business at Madison, the wholesale
grocery house of Gould, Wells & Black
burn was destroyed by fire on Friday
night, involving a loss of over 100000
fully covered by insurance.
On account of the dedication of the
new Lutheran church at Stoughton,
there will be no morning service at the
Edgerton Norwegian Lutheran church.
But the pastor will return for the ev-
ening service which will be in English.
The w. C. T. U. will meet at the
home of Mrs VIM. Hemphill Friday,
Feb. 10Th, at o'clock. The meeting
will be a Frances Willard Memorial
Fund day. Members are requested to
respond to roll call by a quotation from
Frances Willard.
Another case of hoof and mouth
disease has developed in the southern
part of Lafayette county during the
week, near South Wayne. On the
Clyde Akin farm 70 head were con-
demned and slaughtered. 1t is believed
the infection was brought in from IL
linOis.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Stangl of Lew
istown, Mont, visited among Edgerton
friends few days during the latter
part of the week. Mr.. Stangl was for
merly engaged in the drug business
here for several years. He is now in
terested in 5000 acre grain farm in
the Judith basin.
-Robt. and Chas. Mcintosh. Warren
and Paul Coon, Louis Pradt of Wausau
and Misses Helen Aurland and Agnes
Boeing of North Dakota, students at
the University, and Nell Bundy of Eau
Claire and Beula Heddles and Florence