The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-22
The Elgin price of butter is 19 cents

"A r. Greene was down from Sun
Prairie Tuesday in search of help for the
hotel which he is running in that place.
"A tortoise shell comb was lost some
where on our streets Sunday and the
finder will be suitably rewarded by re-
turning same at this office.
In speaking of the condition of the
tobacco crop on Albion Prairie, Steve
Saunders said that the Reporter might
say it was dryer than hi.
L. G. Whittet and wife passed Sun
day with friends in Madison. Mr..
Whittet attended his fraternity banquet
in that city Saturday evening.
DIR. A. P. Nicholson and two sons
left on Monday for trip through the
east Mrs. Nicholson and daughter in
the meantime are visiting relatives in
illinois,
Only one agency in the state has
beaten Cary & O'Donnell in the sale of
Mccormick machines this season. The
agency at Burlington has sold a few
more machines to date, but next comes
the solicitors at this point.
Billy Dickman goes to ,Shullsburg
Friday to box a ten round match with
Fl. A. Bardole. Dickman is one of the
best lightweight boxers in Wisconsin
and Mr.. Bardole will probably receive
some good clips" from Billy's gloves.
Arrangements are being made for
starting rural free mail delivery from
this office. Mont Langworthy has been
selected as the carrier with Chas. Vile
man as substitute. Just when the
service will be commenced has not yet
been determined.
The steamer Commodore will leave
from the c., NJ, & st. P. railway bridge
next Sunday at l: 80 o'clock sharp for
the grove next to Vincent's place, re-
turning at p. m. Fare 25 cents for the
round trip. FAY III. BUMP, Capt.
Mrs. F. F. Burgy and ner brother,
Mr.: Fred Knobel, university student,
left Thursday evening for Gold Butte,
Mont, where they go to spend the sum-
mer with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carspar Knobel, who have an extensive
ranch in that grazing country. Mr..
Knobel expects to return in time to re-
sumo his studies at the opening of the
next semester.
-Anson Bliven was quite seriously in
jured in a runaway accident Wednesday
at his home north of town. He was on
a load of hay when his team became
frightened and ran away, overturning
the wagon and throwing Mr.. Bliven VIC
lently to the ground. He was taken to
the house and DR.. McManus summoned,
when it was found that his shoulder was
broken and several ribs fractured.
The school board have closed con-
tracts with nearly all the teachers for
the coming year. G. D. Rosa will re-
main as principal, and the grade teach
ers who have signed contracts are:
Eighth grade, Miss Musgrove; Seventh
and Sixth grades, Miss Whitmore; Fifth
grade, Miss Stetts; Fourth grade, Miss
Kelley; Third grade, Miss White;
Second grade, Miss Whitney; First
grade, Miss Dutton; Primary, Miss
Hoen.
There was a pleasant gathering of
old friends, many of them students at
Albion Academy thirty or more years
ago. at the home of Judge and Mrs. G. V.
Bardeen in Madison Sunday last. Those
present were ex-Gov. Adams and wife of
Pueblo, Colo; Supt. L. D. Harvey and
wife of Milwaukee, Mrs. G.. w. Lutta, of
Amigo; F. W. Coon and wife of Edger-
ton; Miss Libbie Adams of Pasadena,
CAL; FL. G. Adams and wife, j. P.
Ketchum and wife, DR.. T. w. Evans,
A. r. Ames and wife, and Mrs. L.
r. Head all of Madison.
A grey whiskered old rat that had
made his home in the basement of the
building occupied by Conn & Schmidt,
since the winter of the big snow, forgot
his cunning Monday morning and slip
ped into wire trap that had been set
for his especial benefit. He was Gagged,
and the clerks in the store thought it
would be polite execution to turn him
loose with a large cat that makes it's
home in Harry Ash's harness shop. The
rat and the cat met, but Mr.. Cat was
not inclined to dine on an old rat that
day. The shop was we'll filled under
meath the benches with old pieces of
harness, tugs, saddle backs, straps and
buckles and the rat lost no time in find
ing place to hide. A crowd Of about
twenty soon collected and the chase for
the rat was hot. McKinney's dog was
there too, but he had never learned the
first rudiments of rat killing. For about
fifteen minutes the shop was busy
place. AS the old rat would scurry in
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