The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-17

The second monthly meeting of the
Common Council occurs next Tuesday
evening, March 21st.
Mrs. J. A. Johnson is in Chicago
this week visiting her daughter and Sc
Letting her spring stock of millinery
goods.
W. w. Williams has been confined
to his home by serious attack Of sick
ness during the week but is on the gain
now.
-Gorton's Minstrels at Royal Hall
Thursday evening, March ODD. A good
show and good house is what they
ought to have.
Royal hall! Royal hall! Royal hall.
Easter ball! Easter ball! Easter ball.
April Bird! April 3rd! April Bird! Re
member the hall, remember the ball, re-
member the date.
The funeral Of the infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sell was held from
the German Lutheran church on Sun
day afternoon, services conducted by
Rev. Charles Spillman.
Senator Thomas Fearn of Coloma,
who represents the 9th district in the
present senate, passed Saturday and
Sunday visiting the Moulthrops and
Fred Drake at Albion.
Attend the republican city caucus
in the city hall next Friday evening,
March 24tb The meeting will be called
to order at 100 p. M, and there ought to
be full and prompt attendance.
All members of the T. A. & B. society
are requested to be present at the church
Sunday morning at 8 a. H., for commun
ion. A lecture will be given at 7 p. m.
SECRETARY.
Republican caucus for the purpose
of electing delegates to the county con
vention, which convenes in GAINESVILLE on
Saturday, March 18TH will be held in
the city hall this friday afternoon
from to 8 o'clock.
Rev L. FL. Keller, who for a number
of years was pastor of the Congregational
church in this city, has accepted the
passionate of Pilgrim church in Milwau-
last Sunday morning.
A petition has been circulated
throughout the city asking that the
license or no license question be voted
on at the coming spring election, and
signers enough have been obtained to
secure the question to be voted upon
Tuesday, April 4th.
Manager Carr has booked Gorton's
Minstrels for Royal Hall Thursday even
ing, March 23d. 1t is long time since a
first-class minstrel show was in Edger
ton and the Gorton's will be greeted
with good house. They come with the
best of recommendations and are bound
to please the audience which will greet
them.
The state bicycle meet this year will
be held in GAINESVILLE, and in all proba-
bilities the dates will be Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday July 18th, 18th
and 14th. The meet will be under the
auspices of the GAINESVILLE Cycling Club
and one thousand dollars in cash prizes
will be put up for professionals and five
hundred dollars for amateurs.
Prof P. S. Reinsch of the State
University will deliver lecture on
Spain, Thursday, March 23d, at the par
lors of the Carlton. Mr.. Reinsch tray
eled in Spain last summer and will give
an interesting talk on ramble among
the art treasures and historic towns of
Spain, with glimpses at the people life
and the general condition of the nation.
There's no reason why Edgerton can
not put on fewof the metropolitan airs
of neighboring cities of a larger popu-
lation. THE world do move" and with
it the ways of merchandising. A spring
opening" on the same plan as adopted
by the large city stores will be given by
Babcock & Birkenmeyer on next We'd
nesday the I'D. Look up their adver
tisement for more particulars
Mr. E. L. Workman was in town
several days this week soliciting sub
.scriptions to the Badger State Telephone
Co. which are to put through line con
Meeting Madison to GAINESVILLE the com
ing season. He had no difficulty in
securing subscriptions to 10 shares of
stock at 500 each in this city and later
an effort will be made to establish an
exchange to be owned by local capital
The new line will take in every village in
Rock and Dane county and be a complete
system throughout.