The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-15
A Yale lock key picked up in the
street can he had at this office.

Peter Hanson, Thursday, May list.
Mrs. D. B. Springer has broken up
housekeeping in this city going to live
with her daughter, Mrs. Brown, in
GAINESVILLE.
The annual business meeting of the
High School Alumni Association will be
held at the high school building Friday
evening, May 22nd, at half past seven
o'clock.
The Musical Literary club will meet
this (Fridav evening with Mrs. d. L.
Wilson. Al members are requested to
be present as the officers for next year
will be elected The pins will be given
and refreshments served.
Mr.. and Mrs John Copley returned
Saturday from California where they
have been since last December. On the
way home they stopped for week with
their son, Charles Copley, and wife at
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Albert Dallman, residing near Lake
Koshkonong, was very severely injured
last Friday by being thrown from load
of hay in a tip over. Both shoulder
bones were fractured and it is feared
that internal injuries we're also sustain
ed. His condition has been quite criti-
cal for several days during the week. A
son who was ill for some time died the
next day following the accident.
The Norwegian holiday, the 18th of
May is to be celebrated at Stoughton on
Monday, May 18th, with program of
entertainment consisting of balloon
ascension by Prof. Ekerson, ball game
between Madison and Stoughton teams,
and grand ball in the armory. The
ball game promises to be a good one as
Stoughton is putting into the field this
season we'll organized team that plays
the game.
The Heddles Lumber company have
discontinued their -four and feed store
on Front street and hereafter customers
will be supplied from the mill near the
lumber yard. Mr.. Leedle, who has been
in charge of the feed store, goes to Steb-
binsville where he has secured position
in a general merchandise store. The
building vacated by the Heddles COM
pany has been leased to Fred and
Frank Brown and will be fitted up
and occupied as a restaurant.
Five teachers in the public schools
have rendered their designations to the
board. They are as follows: Miss Sites,
9th grade; Mrs. Farman, 9Th grade; Miss
Jennie Kelley, 18th grade; Miss Stephens
1st grade, and Miss Buckeridge, 3rd as
sstant in the High school. At meet
ing of the school board last Saturday
evening it was decided to transfer Miss
Mcintosh to Miss Stephens room and
Miss Livick was elected to take charge
of Mrs. Farman's room. Applications
for the other positions have been made
but as yet the board have taken nc
action on them.
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promoter, absconded, among other
things which he forgot to take with him
was the prospect of extending the rail
road from Cambridge to Rockdale. A
prominent citizen from the pleasant lit
tie village of Rockdale was in Edgerton
Saturday and announced emphatically
that the prospects for getting the road
extended were never SO promising as at
| the present time. "Rockdale wants a
railroad, she needs railroad and you
can bet that she is going to have rail
road" said the prominent citizen with d
twinkle of his sharp eye.
We fear that Edgerton contains
some lawless individuals with streak oil
pure cussedness in their makeup that
forbodes trouble for them in the future
Several acts of vandalism have occurred
of late that deserve severest punishment
If the authors are detected. Switch
lights have been stoned and broken sc
frequently that detective of the rail
way company was called here to run
down the scamp. Wednesday morning
as the 9:59 train came into the depot
some unknown person heaved rock
through coach. window. Such deviltry
must stop and sooner or later the guilty
parties will be run down.
The money till in VIM. Barrett's sa-
loon was touched for ten or twelve dol
lars of small change by sneak thief on
Tuesday night. The person who com
mitted the theft must have been famil
lar with the surroundings and the job
was accomplished without breaking into
the building, and escape made through
one of the back windows which was
hooked on the inside. An unused bill
lard table stood in the front room OF the
saloon with boxes piled in front so as to
hide the space under it. From tracks
left by the thief it is evident that be