The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-03-21
Mike Schmidt and wife passed Sun

Mr.. August Schachtschneider of
Milton, was calling on Edgerton friends
Tuesday.
Miss Lena Holland was with her
parents in Stoughton the first few days
of the week.
Miss Ada Clark of Lacrosse, is here
to pay visit at the home of her uncle,
Professor Clark.
See the Brownie Band at Royal Hall,
Saturday evening. Pretty children.
Pretty music. Pretty costumes.
Capt. P. FL. Swift, editor of the Rice
Lake Leader, was in town last week call
ing upon his old time friends in this To-
cality.
The Ladies Aid society of the M. E.
church will meet next Wednesday after
noon, March Goth, at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Clarke.
Roy Saunders of Albion, was taken
with fainting spell at Shumway's bar
Der shop Wednesday morning, but soon
recovered and was taken home.
The Royal Neighbors have changed
their time of meeting from Wednesday
afternoon to Wednesday evening. All
Neighbors bear this in mind.
The ladies of the Relief Corps will
serve coffee and cake at their hall on
Thursday afternoon, March 27, from 3 to
7 o'clock Admission, 10 cents.
Next Sunday morning at the M. E.
church the subject of the service will be
THE Salvation of the Southern Negro"
In the evening, THE Safeguards of a
City"
On Wednesday Judge Dunwiddie
granted divorce to Charles D. Barnard
from Katherine Barnard on the grounds
of desertion. The parties reside at
Evansville.
Otto Siewert will move his family to
Canton, Wis, next week where he has
rented 200 acre farm. Julius BartZ
has purchased his residence property in
the third ward
AT Royal Hall, under the auspices
of the Edgerton Cornet band, Tuesday
evening, March 25th, Mendelssohn Con-
cert Co.; Master George Perfect, boy
soprano, Mr.. G. W. Walker, impersonat-
or, and Mendelssohn male quartette.
L. E. Gettle sustained a loss of about
$500 in the fire at Winslow, ILL.,, last
week. Mr.. Gettle owns double store
block there and while it did not burn,
all the plate glass and windows were de-
stroyed by the heat. His stores are the
only ones left in the town. Mr.. Gettle
carried insurance enough to make good
his damage which is very largely on
plate glass. =#~-.
City Treasurer Dickinson went to
GAINESVILLE Saturday to make a final set
Element with the county treasurer. OF
the S16,657.76 which the books called
for, Mr.. Dickinson collected all but
S2O.72. This is good record as it has
rarely happened that so small sum has
remained unpaid. Mr.. Dickinson has
used every Just means to secure all the
taxes and has been very successful.
The date of the Firemen's ball is
Friday, April 4th. It will be held in
Academy hall and arrangements are so
far completed as to indicate that this
will be the largest and best party ever
given by the fire boys. The Edgerton
Fire Department is a volunteer compa-
ny, and each year ball is given in order
to raise funds to help defray expenses.
For this reason they should be literally
patronized.
The GAINESVILLE papers have just
learned that party of medicine fakirs
carried away $500 or more of easy mon
ey taken from people with ailments to
cure in that city short time ago. After
free performance where they told of
their great accomplishments crowd of
suckers focked to the hotel and paid all
ments they will never receive, for the
doctors left town under cover of the
darkness.
The plant of the Clinton Novelty
company was DESTROYED by fire Monday.
The proprietors, Messrs. Smith & Hol-
strum, remained after quitting time to
line vat with preparation of asbestos
and gasoline, when the material became
ignited and the flames rapidly spread to
all parts of the building, and the men
barely escaped with their lives. The
building was of stone so that it was easy
to contine the flames. The loss is about
$500.
Wednesday afternoon at half past
three Mr.. Lorenzo Spike and Miss Mat
tie Vickers were united in marriage at