The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-21

this week.
Miss Edna Benedict, of Milwaukee,
is visiting friends in Edgerton.
-Thompson's comedians will be here
next week. They are showing under a
big tent this season.
-Footville will celebrate the Fourth
and L. E. Gettle, of this city, is booked
to crate on that occasion.
Fred Phifer has sold his house and
lot on Washington street occupied by r.
Trevorrah, to Fred Strausberg for $3.50.
Mrs. L. Ell. Keller, of Milwaukee,
passed few days of the week with
friends in this city. Mrs. E. A. Bur
dick gave o'clock tea in her honor.
-Chas. Birkenmeyer and wife, Mrs
Jane Kelly and Miss Jennie, attended
the wedding of Miss Bertha Scofield and
Eugene G. Moves, at GAINESVILLE, Tuesday
evening.
Frank Burgy has added a gasoline
engine and large lathe to his machine
shop, placing him in position to take
care of almost any class of work coming
to him.
The wedding of Chandos j. Pruyn,
of thes Fair store, and Miss Mabel j.
Clements is announced to take place at
the home of the bride, in Lodi, next
Wednesday, June 26.
The Edgerton Fire Department had
a special car to take them to the tourn-
ament at Elkhorn. They left Wednes-
day forenoon and were accompanied by
the Cornet band, Mayor Doty and City
Clerk Johnson.
The members of the Kvindeforening
society of the Norwegian church, met
with Mrs. John Hanson in the town of
GAINESVILLE on Thursday. About twenty
five ladies made up the party and they
started from Edgerton about ten o'clock
in the forenoon.
"A copy of the Los Angeles Times
has been sent us containing pleasing
notice of Herbert f. True, son of r. Ell.
True, at one time resident of this place.
He is at present engaged in forming per-
manent republican clubs among the
young men of that state.
The Badger State Telephone Co. are
stringing another circuit from James
vile to Edgerton to take care of the in
creased toll business which the company
enjoys and after today it is hoped GUS
toners can be more promptly served.
The Porter Telephone Co. lines are
about completed and as soon as the in
struments can be connected a good
many farmers in that town will be in
close touch with Edgerton and through
their exchange with most towns in this
section of the state.
Mr.. Andrew Jensen has been can
vassing the country the past week en-
deavoring to raise by subscription, a
fund to secure the location of the Scan
dinavian college at Albion, and is meet
ing with excellent success. Those who
know Mr.. Jensen are confident he will
get the required sum pledged and the
school will eventually be located at AL
bion and take over the property from
Prof. Hendrickson.
The 21st commencement of the Ed
gerton High School was fttingly closed
Friday evening last with the Alumni
meeting which began with banquet
served at the Carlton Hotel. The post
prandel exercises were presided over by
L. E. Gettle as POSTMASTER. Chas. T..
Hutson responded to toast on the sub
ject Retrospect and Prospect" and Miss
Inger Hoen one in verse entitled the
"Phantom Ship" in which was inter
woven personal hits upon of the alumni
and graduating class. James McGiffin
welcomed the class of 1901 and Roy
Nicholson responded. The exercises
were interviewer by music by Evaline
Jessup and Edna Pomeroy. The re-
mainder of the evening was passed in
dancing at Royal Hall in which many
of the friends of the alumni joined.
"A meeting of delegates of the Fl.
Preus Academy association met at GREY
stad church, Wednesday. The question
of the location of the academy was again
opened which led to heated discussion.
The result was that Mr.. Jensen, of Ed
gerton, was given few weeks time to
raise the money for the purchase of the
Albion cademy.-Deerfield News.
The Stoughton Hub man says he re-
ceived the following from Kansas cor
respondent, and we presume it was by
cyclone: "The horrible news comes
from Kansas that boy climbed corn
stalk to see how the corn was getting
along, and now the stalk is growing up
faster than the boy can climb down.
The boy is plumb out of sight. Three
men have tried to cut down the stalk
with axes to save the boy from starva-
ton, but it grows so fast they can't hack
twice in the same place. The boy is liv-
ing on nothing but raw corn and he has
already thrown over four bushels of
cobs."
COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
The council met in regular session and