DELAVAN ENTERPRISE

Thursday, November 18, 1897

Volume 20, Number 39 

**I. L. Saxton walked up town last Saturday.
**R. S. Young was in Chicago on business.
**A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dodge on November 11.
**Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Seaver are in their new home.
**G. F. Lathrop is assisting in Dodge & Reed’s store this week.
**Henry Bush moved into his new house.
**Mrs. G. F. Lathrop was sick, but has improved.
**Misses Laura Frey and Martha Gile are visiting Milwaukee.
**Miss Zinn, of East Troy, visited Miss Jennie Fowler.
**Mrs. Mary Packer returned to her home in Menomonie.
**Mrs. Smothers, of Whitewater, visited friends here.
**E. D. Rodman, with two children, Belle and James, returned to Cedar Rapids.
**Henry Heyer and an uncle from Milwaukee are hunting near Milton.
**Rev. Manaton began revival meetings at the M. E. church.
**Miss Mamie Sanders is sick at the Saxton House.  Her sister, from Elkhorn, is taking care of her.
**Club party was held in the Town Hall, music by the Elite orchestra.
**E. D. Rodman and two children, of Cedar Rapids; Willard Rodman, of Sheldon, Iowa,;and Mrs. Jas. Weed accompanied the remains of Mrs. E. D. Rodman here for burial Wednesday.
**John Gunning, of Friendship, Wisconsin, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Varney and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jas Gunning, W. M. Gunning and Mrs. Mary Taylor, all of Chicago, were here to attend the burial services of Mrs. John Gunning last Thursday.
**John Merriam died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas Kidder, in this village, Sunday, November 14.  He is survived by a wife and two daughters, Mrs. Chas. Kidder, of Darien, and Mrs. Harvey Stafford, of Lake Geneva.  Services were by Revs. Manaton and Brakewell.  The remains were taken to Lake Geneva for burial.

**......entertainment Saturday for the benefit of the School Library Fund.  Mrs. Phil. Stewart gave readings.  Flute solos by Chas. F. Dixon, editor of the “Dispatch”, piano by Miss Lizzie Weaver.

 FONTANA

**J. B. Davis spent a day in Chicago.
**Art Crandall visited friends here.
**Mrs. Mattie Young is visiting relatives in Beloit.
**Crumb & Babcock shipped cattle.
**Clark Hollister was in Harvard on business.
**Geo. Cory, of Sharon, visited Fontana one day.
**Henry Dye is improving his place on Main Street.
**Mrs. M. Millard, of Linn, visited her daughter, Mrs. C. Lewis.
 

ALLEN’S GROVE

**Joe Wise and family drove up from Beloit on Saturday.
**Clarence Randall is moving into the J. M. Wells house.
**Martin Shoemaker and wife, of Delavan, called on Jas. Baldwin.
**Frank Niskern, of Delavan, joined the Modern Woodmen Camp here on Monday.
**Jos. Wilkins returned from Colorado where he visited his daughter, Mrs. Levi Allen.
**A. Woodard, Jr. came home from his month of hunting and fishing at Fox Lake. 

NORTH SHARON

**Metta Neilson is assisting Mrs. Nelson Peterson with her household work.
**A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Horrick, of Elton, Sunday, November 7.
**Ed Sheiba moved onto the D. B. Mason farmat Elton on November 1.
**Mrs. Lottie Ramsey, of Longmont, Colorado, is visiting her brothers, John and E. A. Peters.  Her daughter has been here all summer with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Peters, of Sharon.  Both will remain for some time. 

NORTH WALWORTH

**Mrs. J. H. Topping, of Darien, called here one day.
**Mrs. L. Gross and family, of Lawrence, are visiting H. Timming and family.
**John Lackey rented his farm to Mr. Southwick, who took possession last week.
**Mrs. J. P. Rivers was visited by her mother, from Sharon, last week.
**Miss Anna Radley left for Whitewater to attend the Normal School.
**W. C. Dean, of the Williams Bay “Observer”, was here on business.
**W. E. VanSchaick’s new tenant house is up.  J. R. Siperly did the work.

BRICK CHURCH - WALWORTH

**Geo. Scott built an addition to his farm house.
**Dell Spencely is building an addition to his house.
**Mr. and Mrs. James Capen, of Darien, visited at Deacon Peter Peterson’s.
**Wm. Mereness will work the home farm another year (instead of going south).
**Deacon Pierce, went to Oconomowoc last Friday on account of the death of James Brakefield, a relative.
**Mrs. Tot Paul and daughter, Alta, of Delavan, visitied with Mr. and Mrs. J. Wickham.
**Dea. Peterson mentioned regarding corn he raised.
**W. H. VanSchaick lost forty hogs to hog cholera.
**Mention of an entertainment.   Miss Chandler, of Chicago, Rev. Thompson and Miss Mabel Munson of Sharon provided the entertainment.
**Clarence Wright’s horse fell into a well and was rescued. 

EAST DELAVAN

**Wm. Bradt is buying onions for retailing.
**Harley Merwin was sick.
**Martin Baker did some shopping in our city last week.
**C. M. Williams has a force of men engaged on his new house.
**Mrs. McDowell was visited by her brother from California.
**Mrs. L. L. Delap and Mrs. I. H. Beham visited friends at North Geneva.
**Wm. Sherman visited Sharon.
**Howard and Roy Delap received a surprise party on Friday.
**Ben Rockwell is campaigning in this city.
**Mr. and Mrs. A. S. West, of Brookings, S. D., are here (in Delavan) for extended visit with their daughter, Mrs. L. L. Delap.
**Mention of two old persons in our city, born on Christmas day, at the same hour.  They are Mrs. Hicks and Mrs. Weller.
**Mr. Dean’s paper will be called the “Observer” and Walworth “News”, or something to that effect. 

NEW PAGE

**Died:  John Pounder, age 86, died at Fort Atkinson on Thursday, November 11.   He was born in Leeds, England, May 28, 1811.   On May 23, 1840 he was married and then came to the U. S. stopping for a time at Philadelphia, then moving to Milwaukee in 1843 where he settled and improved a farm.  In 1863 he came to Delavan.  When old age and infirmities came upon him, he and his wife, went to live with their son, Geo. H. Pounder at Fort Atkinson (two years ago).  Mrs. Pounder died October 24, 1895 after which Mr. Pounder’s health declined.  Four children were born to them:  James Thomas, who died at Vicksburg, Miss., while a soldier in the Union army; Joseph J., of Miami, Ind. Ter.; Mrs. E. M. Burns of Delavan, and Geo. H. of Fort Atkinson.   At the age of 21 he united with the Manchester Unity Odd Fellows, in England, the parent of the Independent Order, and after arriving in this country, joined the order here.  Funeral from the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Burns, in this city, last Saturday.  Rev. Dr. Collie preached the sermon.  Burial was at Spring Grove cemetery.  At the grave the service of the order (Odd Fellows) was conducted by Past Grand, T. F. Williams.

**Died:  Allen Lloyd,  the only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kurtzman, on Eighth Street.  He died from an attack of Laryngitis at age 6 years, 3 months and 13 days last Saturday morning.   Services were at the house conducted by Rev. C. L. Mallory.  He is mourned by his parents and a large circle of relatives and friends.

**Died:  Mrs. Charity Coburn, mother of Mrs. Frank Southwick, who lives two miles east of the city, died Tuesday, November 16, of dropsy, at the age of 89 years, 11 months, and 26 days.  The funeral is today at the house.  Rev. C. A. Hobbs will conduct services.  Burial will be at East Delavan.

**Mrs. K. L. Matteson would like sewing to do at her home on 7th Street.

 NEW PAGE

**Mrs. Chas. Meacham is sick at her sister’s in Darien.
**Frank C. Dinsmore is sick.
**Warren D. Sturtevant was granted a pension.
**H. E. Seaver, of Darien, had another stroke of paralysis Friday (from the “Dispatch”).
**George Kennon lectured at Elkhorn Saturday.
**John R. Brabazon, Jr. purchased a typewriter to use for his poultry correspondence.
**Mrs. Katie I. Lathrop bought a tract of land between Sam Henderson’s place and the Spring Grove cemetery and will have it platted into lots to sell.
**The A.K.Q.K.P. Club will entertain at the home of Miss Waterman.
**Rev. Joseph Collie will preach the Thanksgiving sermon in the Seventh Day Baptist church at Walworth.
**Messrs. Scott and Fischer, of Chicago, are assisting the pastor with the revival meetings at the Baptist church in Elkhorn.

**J. M. Farley, of Whittemore, Ia., a member elect of the legislature of that state, was born in Lyons, Walworth county.  His brother, William E. Farley, is chairman of the Walworth county board of supervisors.  From the “Milwaukee Journal”.

**Bob Edwards brought in a new variety of ducks.

**Mr. Cahill will give a trail dancing lesson for children at the Opera House.

**Died:  Mrs. Aletha Woodford Kent died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Boyce, on Delavan Prarie last Sunday.  She was age 63.  Rev. C. C. Willett, pastor of the Baptist Church at Elkhorn, where she was a member for many years conducted services yesterday at the home of Mrs. Boyce.  Burial was at Hazel Ridge cemetery in Elkhorn.

**Married in Delavan on Wednesday, November 17, Alice Downs, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Downs, to Hon. Dwight Bennette Barnes (Lemuel is spelling shown in newspaper).  Married by Rev. Joseph Collie, D. D.

**Married:  At the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Ives, near town, yesterday, their daughter, Miss Mamie L. to Frederick D. Hurdis.  Service by Rev. C. A. Hobbs.  They will live in Mr. Hurdis’ country home near town.

DELAVAN ENTERPRISE

Volume 20, Number 43

Thursday, December 16, 1897 

DARIEN

**Mrs. Wm. Rood has been sick with lagrippe.
**Mrs. G. F. Lathrop is much better at this writing.
**Chas. Lathrop was out from Chicago over Sunday.
**I. L. Saxton has been on the sick list.
**Miss Cora Garbutt was home from Como over Sunday.
**A. R. Barker, Delavan, was in town.
**Mrs. E. H. Tubbs is better.
**Clayton Stoker is sick with typhoid pneumonia and measles.
**Mr. C. Crumb, Milton, visited her sister, Mrs. I. L. Saxton.
**L. L. Wright is nearly through with the hard-oiling in L. L. Thomas’ new house.
**Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Heffley go to Ohio to spend the holidays with his parents.
**J. I. Brown attended the funeral of Frank Hartwell in Elkhorn one day last week..
**The M. E. Industrial Society meets with Mrs. Sena Blakely this Thursday.
**Town Treasurer Jas. Thorpe is collecting taxes.  Office in L. C. Waite’s barber shop.
**Clark Taylor and friend, of Shirland, Ill. visited at Chas. Lindeman’s.
**Mr. and Mrs. Allan Dodge and family visited at Jesse Putnam’s on Rock Prairie.
**Chas. Robinson and Geo. Christie shipped their carload of  hogs.
**Ed Wells was called to Chicago by the death of Mrs. Wells’ father, P. Bonner.
**Miss Mabel Sanborn, Janesville, was here last week to attend the Matteson-McKinney wedding.
**Miss Josie Chamberlain is sick with measles at Jas. Weed’s.
**Mr. Wright, G. W. Benner and J. B. Johnson are to building new residences in the spring.
**D. H. Seaver slipped in the lumber shed and hurt his ankle.
**J. S. Bassler’s dog chased R. S. Young into the house Sunday.
**Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Capen and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Capen will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary at the residence of Jas. Capen December 17.
**Several members of the Darien base ball club attended the funeral of Chas. Forrester, in Delavan, Thursday.
**The Baptist Mission Society will meet with Mrs. Will Blakely. 

NORTH SHARON

**Geo. W. Markell is on the sick list.
**School at Elton has been closed on account of diphtheria.
**Geo. Young is moving into his new house.
**Jud Hawver, Delavan, was at Henry Joyner’s.
**Last Monday David Jacobie fell and injured himself.
**Mrs. Jerome Totten, of Sharon, visited at her nephew’s, Delbert O. Markell.
**Phil and Mary Zimbeck, Sharon visited their sister, Mrs. Henry Joyner.
**John and Hiram Kalb attended the funeral of their uncle, H. W. Bowers, at Beloit last Thursday.
**Mrs. LeBaron accompanied by Mrs. Taylor Blodgett, of Sharon, were canvassing in this vicinity last week.
**Grandma Young and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nelson Young, and little son, visited the former’s son, George, near Darien.

 ALLEN’S GROVE

**Chas. and Geo. Joyslin are sick with measles.
**Mrs. Eliza Wilkins is visiting her son, Charles, at Freeport.
**Homer Woodard has returned to his home in Minnesota.
**H. Wagner and family moved onto the D. Foltz farm.
**Mrs. H. A. Hall visited friends at Janesville.
**The following officers were elected by the Woodman:  A. Allen, John Besecker, A. W. Ball, F. H. Wells, H. Barnum, Wm. McKinley, Wm. Cusick. 

MILLARD

**Harry Loomer has a new cutter.
**Mrs. Uella Webb and son, Howard, visited at Spring Prairie.
**Harry Weaver goes to Decorah, Ia., this week, to resume his studies.
**James Matheson is in the northern part of the state looking for a carload of cattle
**Henry Brant’s pigs mentioned.
**Mrs. Wm. Messerschmidt and son went last week for an indefinite visit with friends at Beloit and Baraboo. 

NORTH WALWORTH

**Miss Cornie Brown visited her grandparents.
**Mrs. Geo. Fury and daughter, May, visited relatives at Elton.
**Mr. and Mrs. Joe Buckles, Delavan, visited their parents here.
**Robert LeFever, who has been so ill, is better.
**The Misses Hitchcock, of Walworth, and their friend, Miss Parkhurst of Harvard, were guests at R. S. Trumbull’s.
**Yesterday occurred the wedding of Mr. Fletcher Hoag to Miss Lille Hand of Lake Geneva at the bride’s home.

EAST DELAVAN

**Gust Pierce is cutting wood for Weller Ball.

**M. W. Ball is nursing a sore hand.

**Gus Pierce returned to his home in Philadelphia last Wednesday.

**Mrs. F. D. Cowles and Mrs. Hathaway visited friends here.

**D. D. Church sold a flock of sheep.

**James Kishner, Chicago, visited friends and relatives here last week.

**Earl Vincent returned to his home in Sawyerville.  He spent the summer in this city in the employ of John Utter.

**H. C. Kishner is encouraged by the prospect of a recovery.  The doctor promises to have him walking around in another week.

**Dwight Hatch mentioned in an article about his popcorn.

**There was a basket social at Lester William’s Friday.  The proceeds go to the Latter Day Saints church.

**A business deal was closed Monday between L. L. Delap and L. W. Stratton at Elkhorn in which Mr. Stratton takes the entire business from Mr. Delap and will continue as before.

FONTANA

**W. H. Warren was in Darien Saturday.
**Geo. Durkee was in Lake Geneva Friday.
**Carroll Douglass, of Geneva, visited relatives here Sunday.
**Wm. Bunnell, North Walworth, called on Fontana friends.
**Elder’s Clark and Maxon of Walworth, exchanged pulpits last Sunday.
**Mrs. J. P. Behere and daughter, Eva, called on J. Rouse and family of Williams Bay.

TIBBETS

**Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert visited Whitewater friends.
**August Quass’ cow injured and had to be killed.
**Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thomas, Millard, made calls here Wednesday.
**Rev. Woodside, Elkhorn, addressed the Gospel Temperance meeting at Millard.
**Mrs. Chas Desing entertained the Bethel Aid Society.
**The Rev. Merrill from Beloit made calls Monday on different families.
**About fifty friends and neighbors took possession of the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert Monday evening of last week to remind them that it was their 30th wedding anniversary.
**While in the south, Will Smith secured an advertisement of a tobacco firm....

**The mother of Congressman Cooper, of this district, died in Chicago last Tuesday and will be buried at Burlington, her former home.
**J. F. Calkins, of Ashland, is dead. A log rolled over him.
**Twins at E. E. White’s in Elkhorn, Tuesday morning, a boy and a girl.

**Col. A. F. Caldwell, Whitewater, is a candidate for insurance commissioner on the republican ticket next fall.

**Albert Moore, Hurley, took a dose of paris green the other day, and landed on the other side of the Jordan.

**Harry Utley has the measles.

**Miss Kate Kelley, daughter of P. P. Kelley, is ill in Chicago.

**Mrs. Charles Clark is settled in her new home on Wisconsin Street.

**W. C. Austin and family are now settled on the Job Hollister farm east of town.

**Gilbert Washburn has just completed a new barn on the site of the one recently burned.

**Mr. Morris, the druggist, has rented the Phillips tenant house on 6th Street, and is moving today.

**The family of Mr. Barber are nearly all down with the measles.

**Grandma Lewis, an old resident of Millard, died last Monday and was buried at the Millard Cemetery.

**Cham Ingersoll was elected Eminent Commander at the Knights Templar meeting in Beloit.

**E. A. Kingman, who worked the Hollister farm last year, has rented the Shimmins place west of town and moved upon it two weeks ago.

**G. W. Kirk sold his dog to a Klondike emigrant.

**The remains of Mrs. Morrissy, an old lady, who died in Lake Geneva last week, were buried in St. Andrew’s cemetery.

**The funeral of Charles Forrester last Tuesday was attended by a procession nearly half a mile long.

**Court Arne fell through the ice while skating on the pond Sunday.

**Marshall Cornell, Whitewater, is ranging over this county serving summons on delinquent Odd Fellows that have not paid up their insurance.  Justice Kisher has issued papers against 133 in the county, some of whom reside in Delavan.

**Died:  Benjamin Franklin Brundage on Thursday, December 9, 1897, aged 58 years.  He was born in Ithaca, New York and in 1850 came with his parents to Janesville, where they resided two years, when they moved to Delavan.  Desiring to complete his education, he went to Red Wing, Minn., soon after, where he entered Hamlin University, and after a seven years’ course graduated with high honors.  From there he returned to Ithaca, and thence to Syracuse, where he graduated from the Commercial College, and on leaving school, settled in Auburn.  While on a prospecting tour with his father, he passed through Delavan, and purchased the Wm. Phoenix farm, adjoining the village, which he and his mother owned until his death.  He was a member of the M. E. church, and for 9 years was a member of the choir.  He was proficient on the guitar and other instruments, was a master of many modern and dead languages.  He was noted for his proficiency in higher mathematics.  He was a lover of flowers.  The funeral was held from the house, Rev. R. K. Manaton preaching, after which the remains were taken to Spring Grove Cemetery.  The bearers were:   K. N. Hollister, J. H. Goodrich, W. H. Tyrrell, W. G. Weeks, F. E. Burrows, A. R. Barker.  The family extend their thanks.  (Impression that his mother survives).

**Died:  Mrs. J. L. Wycoff, after months of suffering from Brights disease, aged 71 years and 11 months, died Tuesday, December 14.  The funeral will be tomorrow at the Congregational church in North Walworth, burial will be in the Brick Church cemetery by the side of her husband.  Dr. Collie will perform the services.  Only a few weeks ago the death of a brother, Jason Smith, occurred in Iowa.  Another brother was drowned a few years ago in Delavan Lake, and another was killed on the way to California while trying to stop a runaway team.  Mrs. S. W. Bowker, Beloit, a sister, is the only one now remaining of a large family.   Deceased leaves no children.

**Died:  Charles Forrester, who lives about two miles south of town, died last Saturday afternoon after a long illness, aged about 30 years.  He leaves a wife and one child.  The funeral was from St. Andrew’s church.

**Died:  Mrs. Sock Anderson, who lived on the Elder Harris farm west of town, died last Tuesday after a long illness, aged about 30 years.  She was a daughter of James Gould.

**Ed Holland recently came into possession of a copper Indian arrow head that was lately found near Hebron.

**Patrick Bonner, formerly a well known Delavan resident, died in Chicago last week.

PURELY PERSONAL

**G. W. Benner was over from Darien.

**N. W. Acker has gone to Janesville for the winter.  He will study telegraphy.

**Dr. Cora Turner and Mrs. W. G. Weeks went to Chicago Monday.

**Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harrington, of Waukesha, were in Delavan Sunday.

**Fred D. Chesebro went to Iowa on business.

**Rev. S. J. Erffmeyer, of New Glarus, visited among his old parishioners in North Sharon last week.

**Mrs. E.  F. Welch reached home yesterday from Rochester, Minn, where she visited Amos Welch, a farmer with 560 acres of land.  She also visited other friends there and at Dexter, Minn.

**Mr. L. L. Delap sold out his store at East Delavan to Mr. L. W. Stratton of Elkhorn.  Mr. Delap has been in business at East Delavan for over seven years.  Mr. Stratton, successor to Mr. Delap, was formerly engaged in business in Elkhorn.

**While James Rundle, Palmyra, slept thieves stole 15 tons of marsh hay that was stacked on his farm.  Mr. Horton, the miller, is not sure but he will have to chain down his mill pond to prevent it being carried away some night.

**Dr. Hanover has rented the house formerly occupied by Dr. Cora Turner, and will occupy it as soon as Dr. Turner moves to Chicago.

**George W. Farrar returned from a visit to his brother in Furnessville, Ind., whom he has not seen in nearly 25 years.  Reference made to his brother’s wife.

**Forty years ago the fifth of this month, H. Topping and son bought out Larnard, Bailey & Godd, then the principal dry goods firm in the town.  The store was in the building now occupied by the Jackson & Jackson Company.  They remained there about two years, when they built the Empire block on the corner where the Wells dry good store now is.  In 1860 that block burned down, but was immediately rebuilt on a larger scale and the business opened up by the admission of S. R. LaBar and Marshal Topping into the firm.   They continued to carry on the trade for eight years, when they closed out the business.  In 1874 the Topping family again opened up in the dry good trade in the store that is now occupied by Chas. M. Tallman, but soon afterwards moved to the Dinsmore and Fernholz corner until 1881, when they purchased the present double store that they now occupy, where they have carried on business ever since.

INSTITUTE ITEMS

**Miss Parry was in Beloit Saturday.

**Supt. Swiler passed his 53rd mile stone Tuesday.

**Supt. Swiler attended Velma Schumackers funeral in Racine Sunday and interpreted for the deaf present.  Velma was a graduate of the class of 1897 and the news of her sudden death was a surprise.

AROUND THE COUNTY

**Charley Watkins, Troy Center, had his pension raised from $6 to $8 a month.

**It looks as if they were about to start a lodge at Adams.  Harry Hooper has a goat in training.

**Chas. Ludtke and Miss Henrietta Walbrandt, of LaFayette, were married in Lyons, December 1 by Rev. M. A. Drew.

**Austin Maxon, of Walworth, purchased a bull.

**Mention of C. Phelps, LaGrange, hunting.

**Henry Short, LaFayette, had the measles.

**J. B. Esgar, Big Foot, will move to Tennessee soon.

**Geo. Klein, Sharon, offers a reward for positive information on the whereabouts of his two sons George and Peter, aged 14 and 16 years, who ran away last August.

**Elder Barbour began revival meetings (doesn’t say which town this is in)

**Miss Hattie Hurlburt and Matt Hickey, of Whitewater, were married by a priest yesterday.

**John Cameron lived over the store in Little Prairie that was burned two weeks ago and all his household effects were destroyed.   Mrs. Cameron was so frightened she ran to a barn and lay down in a manger where she was found two hours later.  Before she was found it was feared that she had perished in the fire.

**J. M. Carey, Genoa Junction, was appointed postmaster, and also obtained a franchise to putting in an electric light plant.

**Thomas, who was recently arrested in Lake Geneva, accused of being connected with the harness stealing business in Linn, did not appear on the day set for the examination, and the “Observer” says he got scared and jumped his bail, leaving Evan Roberts, his bondsman in the lurch. 

EAST TROY (from the “News”)

**Levi Gonia found a mink’s nest.
**A. C. Potter was elected Commander of Henry Concklin Post. G. A. R.
**Geo. Fohey bound over to keep the peace on complaint of Dan Kyburz.
**H. S. Bovee sold his dairy farm to F. W. Mason, of Ridgeway, Iowa. 

LAKE GENEVA (from the “Herald”)

 **The funeral of Miss August Watton occurred last Friday.
**A reception was held for Rev. P. C. Wright at the Baptist church.
**Monday the Knight of Pythias elected the following officers:  Frank S. Moore, C. E. Frederick, F. P. Merrick, J. E. Gaffney, W. N. Johnson, Fred Tank, Jos. Ellis, W. Duff.

SHARON  (from the “Reporter”)

**At the meeting of the Modern Woodman, the following officers were elected:  C. L. Ripley, G. C. Mansfield, Geo. Pierce, Ed Hyde, E. H. Perring.
**Mr. Garret Rodman was struck in the eye by a corn cob while working on his farm down on the State Line yesterday.
**Died:  Seneca Hall, who has been living alone in a small house a short distance north of the public school, died this morning.  He had been sick for about a week but refused all medication.  He was about 70 years old and leaves one daughter who lives in Iowa. 

WHITEWATER (from the “Register”)

**Lewis Carpenter has been elected Commander of Curtice Post G. A. R.
**Andrew Fritsch and Miss Elvie Mericle were married December 8 by Rev. E. C. Barnard.
**Andy Fisher is in the Elkhorn work-house for assaulting Mike Dorr.
**Officers of the K. P. elected at the last meeting are:  H. S. Sikes, E. F. Thayer, T. D. Weeks, J. E. Burton.
**The Modern Woodman elected the following officers.  R. Spooner, A. Everson, A. W. Martin, H. D. Winnie.
**St. Luke’s Episcopal church received $3,000 from Mrs. Katherine L. White of Minneapolis, a bequest from her grandmother, Mrs. Flavia White (White for both surnames is correct).
**Officers of the I. O. O. F. for the ensuing term are:  H. W. Higley, Chas. Sprackling, E. F. Donnelly, W. E. Spooner, H. F. Thiele. 

ELKHORN (from the “Independent”)

**Geo. Ferris fell Saturday, cracking the bone in his arm.

**Joseph Welch, 77 years old, was adjudged insane yesterday by Judge Wheeler, and taken to the hospital at Mendota.

**The friends of Mr. and Mrs. James Reynold, Delavan Prairie, gathered at their home to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary.

**The local post G. A. R. elected the following:  O. Carswell, J. C. Magill, G. C. Wilday, G. B. Sprague, N. H. Dewing, H. D. Barnes, D. Preston, T. W. Nicolia, J. E. Fuller, G. W. Wylie.

 WALWORTH

**Mrs. Della Phillips has been entertaining an aunt from Berlin for a few weeks.
**S. B. Crumb, who occupies one of his uncle’s, A. D. Crumb’s farms, shipped hogs to Chicago.
**Fred Wickwire purchased a Hereford bull.
**Harry Foster, who has been employed by Lon Phillips the past year, returned to his home in Indiana, Monday, expecting to return again in the spring.
**Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Phillips returned Friday from a six week’s visit with their daughter in Chicago.  Their visit was shortened by Mr. Phillips being taken sick.
**Miss Grace Clark has been confined to home on account of a cold.  Halley Walters has been teaching for her in the Godfrey district.
**Stockholders of the Kaye’s Park creamery built a house on top of the factory for their butter maker, Mr. Dorchey.

**E. O. Burdick was at M. W. Dunham’s in Wayne, Ill. last week.

**Entertainment at the high school exhibition was provided by M. O’Connor, Hugh Trumbull.  The speaking contest by six of Miss Brown’s class ............, medal awarded to Moulton G. Clark.  Prof. Blodgett had them well drilled.

**A supper given by the Modern Woodman was successful.  Postmaster Fred Siperly, with Messrs. Clough and Dodge, of Darien were present.  Entertainment included speaking by Prof. Blodgett, Ray Adams, Rev. M. N. Clark, Miss Brown (assistant at the high school), Mrs. J. W. Blodgett, H. E. Walters and Mrs. J. L. Carr. 

**James Burns, Troy, made a visit last Friday. (from the Elkhorn “Independent”)