The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-12
Local Happenings

IT. B. Earle left Tuesday on visit
to his farm at Rice Lake.
Ole Wixmoen has been visiting his
father in Crawford county during the
week.
Mayor Conway and wife passed q
few days of the week as guests of Chi.
cago friends.
-Elgin butter slipped down the scale
a couple of cents more this week. The
price was 80 cents.
Mrs. Henry Johnson and Mrs. ]. A.
Jenson passed Wednesday and Thurs
day in Milwaukee.
Mrs. James Croft of GAINESVILLE is a
guest at the home of A. H. Clarke a
few days this week.
Harry McChesney and wife came
up from Chicago for an over Sunday
visit with his parents.
Fred Borden came over from Mil
ton Friday in new Cadillac that he
HAS ldCely puTCHdSeu.
Frank Mcintosh of Viroqua visited
relatives and friends here for few
days the latter part of the week.
There is need of the road drag on
most of the country highways again.
And then keep up the good work.
Mrs. L. E. Gorham of Geneseo,
ILL.,, is visiting at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mawhinney.
Clarence Shannon has been at Say
ner during the week putting his cot
tage on Lost Lake in shape for the
summer.
Lightning struck large elm tree
in front of Mrs. C. R. Bentley's place
Friday night, splitting the trunk
through to the ground.
-Rehearsals are progressing nicely
for the class play, clicks at College"
which is to be given at Majestic thea
ter on Friday, May &c.
Those who attended the Coop &
Lent circus at Stoughton or GAINESVILLE
last week report clean, creditable and
deserving performance.
Mrs. Anna w. Warren of Slough
ton, state vice president of the w. c.
T. u, was entertained at the home of
Mrs. Weetman Dickinson Tuesday.
Warren Coon left for Colorado
Wednesday,, accompanying a car of
registered :Guernseys which w. S.
Heddles is sending out to his brother
Frank at Paonia, Colo.
There will be holy communion at
the English morning service at the
Lutheran church and sermon on
Christian Optimism. The evening SUBJ
ject in Norwegian will be the Commu
Mon of Saints.
-Adolphus Gunderson, who for three
years has been engaged in missionary
work in west Africa, has written home
that he intends to leave that field and
expects to return to the United States
some time this summer.
-Thos. Madden and son of Montana
have been visiting relatives here dur
ing the week. He has not only &C
quired homestead but is doing consid-
cradle real estate business since he
moved his family to Montana a few
years ago.
The young ladies Of the city were
entertained by the w. c. 7. U. at the
home of the president, Mrs. Weenman
Dickinson, on Tuesday, May 9Th. A
short program was given and refresh
ments were served to over one hun
dred, all of whom enjoyed very pleas
ant evening.
Some changes in train schedules
went into effect Sunday. Train No..
Ia, easthound daily except Sunday, will
arrive at 6:34 p. m. instead of 7:40 p.
M, arriving in GAINESVILLE at 7:05 p. M,
in time to connect with the train to
Mineral Point. Up to this time it has
been necessary to leave Edgerton at
4:39 p. m. to make this connection.
Train No. LAG, daily, is due at AL p.
m. instead of 4:39 p. m. Practically
all the trains will stop at Lake Ke-
.gonsa and Lake Waubesa commencing
May z.
April of this year was colder and
wetter than the same month last year,
according to official observers. The
maximum temperature for April, 1915,
was sc as compared with IS for the
past month and the total precipitation
was 2.07 inches this year compared
with only 81 inches for April, 1915. A
comparison by days shows that last
year there were 13 clear, 8 partly
cloudy and 9 cloudy days and this year
g clear, Is cloudy and partly cloudy
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