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

Next Tuesday evening is the first
regular monthly meeting of the com
mon council.
Mrs. Rev. Chas. Spillman has gone
to the home of her birth, at Brooklyn, n.
Y, to pass few weeks with relatives
Roller Skating Carnival at Royal
Hall this Thursday evening. You are
invited to attend and have good time.
Miss Mamie Mooney came out from
Milwaukee and passed Sunday with
relatives and ld-time associates in
Edgerton.
From fall on slippery walk Mon
day morning, Mr.. N. Keegan is nursing
a badly sprained wrist and bruises up
and down the left side.
st. Patrick's Day falls on the 18th of
March this year just the same as it did
last year. Only last year the 18th of
March came on Thursday and this year
it falls on Friday.
GAINESVILLE is to have new postoffice
building, the bill providing for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the same, was fav-
orably reported in the senate at Wash
ington OF Tuesday
About sixteen members of the
Woodman Camp of this city drove to
GAINESVILLE Monday afternoon and were
royalty entertained by the Woodmen of
GAINESVILLE in the evening.
Prof Rosa is moving into Ed
Hams house this week. The vacated
premises, Prof Abrams home has been
taken by Mr. Maves, the new clothing
salesman for Babcock & Birkenmeyer.
Mark Head and wife of Albion were
summoned to Jefferson on Tuesday by
the illness of Mrs. Heads grandfather,
Mr.. Brandon, one of the oldest and most
highly respected citizens of that city.
The Ole Ellingson Hardware com
pany have taken advertising space in the
Reporter, and this week call your atten-
ton to their stock of clothes wringers.
Look over their ad and see what they
have to say.
Rev. E. J. Symons will preach next
Sunday morning on ''Gethsemane", and
after the sermon administer the Sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper. Presiding
Elder Pease will preach in the evening
at 7 o'clock. Epworth League at 6
o'clock.
Many changes in advertisements
have been made this week. They are
all ably edited and worthy of your
closest inspection. Advertisers in the
Reporter are all up-to-dates firms and
you can rely upon announcements made
in the advertising columns of this paper.
An Indiana farmer tells of time
when1it rained so much that he had to
hang up his ducks. They had become
so water soaked that they couldn't swim.
That is equal to the story told of a farm
er, who, on account of long continued
drought, had to soak his pigs to make
them hold swill.
Poor old Patrick Lunnigan has at
last accepted home provided by the
county. Sad it is to think of man who
has been honest and hard working for
over eighty years to be now thrown as
charge upon the county. But a better
home will probably be provided him
there than he could now provide for him
self.
The Whitewater Register has the
following item in reference to one of the
Edgerton representatives at the normal
school in that place: +
''The Register takes pleasure in pub
fishing on the first page poem, "A Song
of the Normal written by Miss Clara
Grace Hargraves, a student of that in
stitution. Our readers will find it very
creditable and entertaining production
and we urge them all to read it."
Miss Mary Latin gave recep-
ton at the J. P. Towne residence Satur-
day afternoon to the young ladies of the
senior and junior classes of the high
school. 1t was in honor of Miss Helen
Latin, of Milwaukee, who has been
visiting with her sister. Luncheon was
served after which reading and music
was the order of the entertainment. The
few hours passed with the Misses LAT
lin were very pleasant and at the same
time profitable to the young ladies of the
high school.
The joint teachers meeting of Rock
and Green counties held at Brodhead
last Saturday was largely attended and
was pronounced, by those present, sue
cess in every sense of the word. The
principal numbers on the program were
able and interesting as well as practical
discussions, presented by Mrs. Ell. HI.
Charlton, of Brodhead; A. J. Hutton, of
Whitewater; Anna L. Copley, of Albany,
and d. D. Mayne, of GAINESVILLE. The