The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-19
Will Whittet has contracted to build

Will Whittet has contracted to build
an addition to the district school build
ing in Albion.
Conn & Schmidt have force of fiji
teen men cutting hay on their farm in
the town of Albion.
j. w. Conn, Henry Marsden, j. D.
Whittet and E. G. Hopkins are having
cement walks put down in front of their
residence property on Catlin street.
j. M. Hixon, of the firm of Britting-
ham & Hixon, has just closed deal with
the North Star Cattle company whereby
he becomes owner of S65, 900 ranch near
Butte, Mont.
Monday afternoon the five months
old baby girl of Mr.. and Mrs. August
Kruger died at their home in the third
ward. Funeral services were held on
Thursday, conducted by Rev. Spillman'
It makes the second death in this family
in the past few months and the family
have the sympathy of all in this their
sad bereavement.
The long continued dry spell accom-
panied by the great heat is having dis
astrous effect upon dairymen. Creamery
men say the quantity of milk brought to
the creamery has fallen off 25 per cent.
in the last seven days. This represents
about the proportion of decrease of milk
throughout the drouth stricken district.
The pastures are so sunparched as to be
absolutely worthless for feeding pur-
poses. Ground feed and hay has to be
used freely.
Andrew Sloten, living on portion
of the Bentley homestead in Albion
owned by Samuel Marsden, was kicked
by horse Monday morning and so bad
ly injured that he died on Wednesday.
One foot of the horse struck him square
ly in the throat breaking the thorax,
and the other in the side which badly
fractured and crushed in his ribs so that
the splintered bone punctured the lung
and plural cavity causing hemorrhage
that caused his death. Deceased was Sc
years of age and leaves wife and three
children. Funeral services took place
at the house at p. M. Thursday and in
torment made in the Norwegian GENE
terry here.
Saturday afternoon Charles Teubert,
accompanied by DR.. Martin and Andrew
Mcintosh, went to Milwaukee for the
purpose of having an operation perform
ed for strangulated hernia. The opera
ton was performed at st. Mary's Hospi-
tai, and was very successful. The at
tending physicians predict that under
anything like favorable conditions leu
bert will in a few weeks return to his
home in this city paratively cured
man.
1t seems like step in the right di-
rection when the common council APP
pointed acommittee at it's meeting Tues
day evening to investigate the electric
railway franchises that have been grant
ed recently by cities of this state. An
application is before the council for a
franchise through this city. 1t is for the
protection of the rights of the people of
Edgerton if permission is to be given the
company seeking it, that requirements
imposed by other cities be insisted on
here. An investigation will determine
what these are and the committee can
find out by looking about little.
midnight in Chinatown" will be
produced at Royal hall this Thursday
evening. 1t is four-act drama of SEN
sational and hair raising climaxes, min
gled with scenes of love and pathos,
making it most interesting entertain
ment. The production is said to con-
tain more distinct phases of life than
anything seen on the local stage. The
story begins in the pure air and sunshine
of the mountains and descends to the
narrow slums of the great city of San
Francisco. Abundant comedy is pro-
vided, however, and the specialties and
carnival revelries all assist in making
"Midnight in Chinatown" intensely in
teresting to the lovers of mefodrama.
In order to keep the water in the
standpipe up to the required height,
Supt. Price has in the past few weeks
been compelled to keep the pump work
ing from twelve to fourteen hours per
day. This has taxed the we'll beyond
it's capacity and at the same time has
cost the city quite a sum for fuel. At its
last meeting the common council amend
ed the section of the water works ordl-
nance pertaining to hose for sprinkling
purposes, and fixed the hours for sprinkl-
ing lawns, streets, gardens, washing side
walks, steps and windows, from six to
eight in the morning and six to eight in