The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-15
Local Happenings

visitor in town Tuesday.
Only nine days to Christmas to
complete your shopping.
-Theo. Johnson and wife visited
their son in Milton over Sunday.
Atty. Loverud OF Stoughton was in
town Tuesday on legal business.
The Elgin price of butter took an
other drop of three cents this week, to
81 cents.
ID. d. Brown and VIM. Barrett
have been making short stay at West
Baden, Ind.
Mrs. Richard Pease was removed
to the GAINESVILLE hospital Tuesday for
treatment.
Fred w. Bentley and family of
Chicago were week end guests of Ed
;gerton relatives.
Mrs. C. E. Bunting departed Sat-
urday morning on visit to relatives at
Port Jarvis, N. j.
Relatives from GAINESVILLE came up
Sunday to assist Magnus Nelson cele-
brate his 10th birthday.
Mrs. Wave Aspinwall of Waukesha
visited among friends here few days
the latter part of the week.
Miss Ethel Mathewson of Pardee-
vile was guest at the w. G. Atwell
home a few days this week.
The stores of Edgerton will be open
every night of the week of Dec. Is to
% and closed all day Christmas.
-Atwell & Blanchard are the first to
remove to a suite of Offices in the new
Mcintosh and Thompson block.
WIN. Hartzell and wife visited at
the home of their daughter, Mrs. G. E..
Orth, in North Prairie over the week
end.
Henry Schmeling is recovering so
nicely at the Madison hospital from his
recent operation that he is expected
home in few days.
Arrangements are being made for
a series of five dances to be given by
the band boys, the proceeds of which
will be used to purchase new uniforms.
"A real live Santa Claus has been
making his headquarters at Borgnis'
during the week and the little folks
hope the old getleman will step lively.
&C. G. Biederman returned Tuesday
from a months stay in Montana. He
has booked several shipments of sheep
that will be finished at the Edgerton
feeding yards.
The annual election of officers of
Fulton Lodge No. 60 F. & A. M. will
occur at the next regular meeting Tues
DAY evening, Dec. 10, when full at
tendance is desired.
Keep in mind the date of the an
nual ludefisk supper served at The
Carlton hotel on Saturday evening,
Dec. Both. Better reserve your place
if you desire to get in on the big feed.
Mrs. r. J. Maltpress and Mrs. Jas.
Greenwood leave on Monday for San
Diego, Cal, on visit to relatives for
several months. They are ticketed to
return via Portland and northern
route.
Eleven car loads of tile have been
unloaded at this station during the fall
to be used in thing farming lands about
the Muskrat, three miles west Of town.
The most of it will be laid on the Her.
ried and Hermanson farms.
"A few friends of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
B. Gleave were invited in to assist
them in celebrating their sixth wedding
anniversary Saturday evening. A six
o'clock dinner was served and the even
ing diversion was spent with cards.
Andrew Mcintosh was in Chicago
Monday to attend meeting of the
Merchants National Fire ms. Co., of
which he has recently been made d.
rector. The company has been organ
lied only few years but has enjoyed
phenomenal growth of business.
The winter so far has been unus-
ually mild and pleasant. Farmers have
been permitted to pillow up to the 10th
of December and all outdoor work is
fairly we'll finished. Snowfalls have
only barely covered the ground to date
and but few days of cold weather.
Thirty friends of Miss Lillian Schu-
maker planned pleasant surprise on
her 18th birthday, Saturday evening.
A jolly time was spent in games, ETC.,
until refreshments were served. The
guests presented Miss Lillian a gold
ring as remembrance of the occasion.
The railway commission conducted
hearing yesterday on the complaint
of farmers about Lake Koshkonong
against owners of the dam at Indian
Ford, which they claim causes the
overflow of their lands. Their petition