The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-01


Mrs. Sweeney has sold two lots in
the second ward to Chas. Randolph.
Sale made by the Sweeney & Biederman
real estate agency.
Miss Dime Maude Gunderson of
Stoughton was visiting with relatives
here the fore part of the week.
If you have anything for the Rum
mage Sale" speak to the central com
mittee, Mrs. A. S. Flagg Mrs. A. 2.
Nicholson, Mrs. w. T. Pomeroy.
-Messrs. Andrew Scheldrup, James
Campbell and VIM. Wood of Stoughton,
were in attendance at the First Annual
Stag at the Carlton Saturday evening.
Miss Kelley and Miss White, teach
ers in our public schools, went to Mil
waukee last Thursday evening to visit
with Prof. Jack and family. They re-
| turned Saturday evening
The Edgerton Dancing Club will
give another of their popular dancing
parties on Monday evening next, March
Hall and Blackburn's Harp Orchestra
will furnish the music.
City Treasurer Dickinson made the
balance of his returns to the county on
Wednesday, depositing S2635.78 with the
county treasurer. Out of 14,O4077 tax
to be collected oily $3.50 was returned
uncollected this year.
"A travelling man for a Milwaukee
candy house said that Edgerton was one
| of the best towns he made in the state.
To three customers he sold over one
hundred and fifty dollars worth of candy
! one forenoon this week. He is only one
of the many confectionery representa-
tives that come here and they all have
| good trade.
The ladies of the Congregational
Phoenix Hall afternoon and evenings
commencing March 18th. If you have
anything that you don't use, donate it to
the sale. IL you have wearing apparel
that your children have outgrown, some
tired mother Will be found to buy it be-
cause it is ready to wear and cheap.
Near the banks Of the Catfish in the
little village of Fulton a flock of robin
birds were seen the early part of the
week. They we're seen by Fulton man
who hadn't been in Edgerton for forty
eight hours previous to seeing the birds,
and this fact ought 70 be conclusive evil
dence that the birds were real robins,
the harbingers of spring. In so few in
stances has Fulton been privileged to
| occupy the first place in the procession,
that we are inclined to credit her with
being the first to sight the robin in the
season of nineteen hundred and one.
Fulton, you may wear the belt this year.
BY the fire in Cambridge last Thurs
| day, one of the oldest landmarks of the
village was destroyed. 1t was the COM
plete destruction of BOWS Touring mill,
which was built fifty three years ago.
and during the last five years there had
been two large additions made to the
main building. BOWS Inn was also
burned. The mill will be rebuilt as soon
as possible, work has already been COM
menced on it and new machinery has
been ordered. It is hoped by the pro-
prietors to have the mill in running Or
der within thirty days from the time it
was destroyed. The citizens of Cam
bridge are now agitating the putting in
of system of water works. 1t good
thing, push it along.
TO the promoters as we'll as to the
taxpayers in general of the city of Ed
gerton it is Of the utmost satisfaction to
know that the water works plant is
steadily increasing as revenue getter
for the city. From the time the first tap
was made up to the present it has been
apparent that no public improvement
could have been added to forward the
growth and prosperity of our city more
than the water works plant. 1t is now
on self-paying basis with small sur
plus to be added to the general fund of
the city. During the past two years
Superintendent Price reports that not a
single dollar of expense has been incurred
by breakage or delay in the operation of
the plant, and in many ways the run
ming expense has been materially re-
duced. For instance during the season
of 1899 the fuel expense for pumping a
million gallons of water was S21.95;
while during the past season this same
item was S1665 per million gallons. Fuel
is the most important item in the ex-
pense of operating the plant, and for the
economical way in which Superintendent
Price has conducted the system in the
past two years be certainly should re-
ceive the commendation of the tax pay
ers of the city. In the past two years
additions in the way of water rentals