The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-04-07
Attend the Carnival in Royal hall OF

Miss Nellie Dexter ana MISS Tiara
Hargraves were home from the White
water Normal for the vacation.
Miss Bertha Barnard of Evansville
has been passing portion OF the week
with Miss Myrtle Hutson.
Prof. H. B. Feihler wife and babe of
Columbus are spending the week among
EdgeIton relatives and friends.
Another evidence OF approaching
spring is the new awning put up by
Babcock & Birkenmeyer this week.
Jesse Tousley came out from Mil
waukee and passed Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hullet Hutson.
Mrs. J. B. Sanborn of Chicago came
up Monday to attend the golden wedding
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter at the home of
E. G.. Hopkins.
WANTED To let by the year Or on
shares. five acre lot in the city, suited
for tobacco raising or garden truck En-
quire at this office.
B Hardwick & Sons of Porter
shipped Wednesday from this station 7
full bred Cotswold rams to Geo. Hard
ing, the we'll known sheep breeder at
WaukeSha.
"A new broom sweeps clean and there
now is no reason why the council-elec
should not brush away all the webs and
debris to make clean record for them
selves and the city.
-Liveryman Thompson has recently
purchased milk-white poney for the
use of his children. It is voted the
handsomest animal in town and the
envy of all the youngsters.
Friends have received word that JAS.
Corbett of Milwaukee was quite badly
injured in an accident in the E. P. Allis
works recently. The injury will confne
him to his home for several weeks.
The frost is slowly coming out of the
ground leaving the country roads hub
deep in mud. AS the frost is still four
feet or more in thickness the prospect
for immediate improvement is not very
promising.
Mrs James Stewart has Just been
allowed widows pension of s. per
month and So additional for the support
of the minor children. The bounty of the
government this case at least is worthy
lily bestowed.
DIR. Preston H. Sharp of Madison
passed Sunday with his son r. E. Sharp
in this city. Thirty years ago DR.. Sharp
was student at Albion Academy and
will be remembered by many of the
older residents in this locality.
Mrs Fred True of Northwood Iowa,
who has been in Chicago for several
months keeping house for her sons while
they were attending dental college,
stopped off in Edgerton on her way home
this week to visit old friends in this city.
She was accompanied by her son, Harry.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Dexter, of Boscobel, was cele-
brated at, the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.
Hopkins Monday evening. A number
of relatives from abroad and a few inn
mediate neighbors were present and en-
joyed a most pleasant occasion. The
aged couple who have been favored with
half century of happy married life are
spending the winter with their daughter
Mrs Hopkins in this city
The Dane county board of super
visors are having trouble with the regis
ter of deeds of that county over the
question of salary The board last year
fixed the salary of the office but when
the new register came into office in Jan
uary last it was discovered that the law
authorizing the salary to be fixed had
been left out of the revised statutes
The register then stood upon his right
and declined to accept the pay named
by the board and took the fees given by
law instead. The auditing committee
of the county board now threaten to
bring suit to compel the register to ac-
cept the salary instead of the more lu-
crative remuneration in fees.
Richard Barnes has relic of the
panic of 81 that is curiosity to us who
in these days, know our money to be
good when we get it. 1t is dollar bill,
issued dy the Exchanged bank of Bangor
Maine, and is chiefly valuable because it
is worthless, the bank having failed in
1857. He also has a piece of copper
money that remains one of the size the
campaign orators said Bryan's silver dol
lars would have to be to conform to the
"16 to l" theory. This copper piece is a
British two-pence, weighs two ounces
and is about the same diameter as our
silver dollar and about twice as thick
1t was coined 1O2 years ago and has been
in Mr.. Barnes possession more than half
that time Milton TELEPHONE.
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