The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-08

train mere tuesday Tor DakOCd, Wnere ne
has large investments in land. He will
return Saturday.
-Chas. L. Valentine, member of the
assembly of the GAINESVILLE district, has
lately received an increase of pension,
which now amounts to $40 per month.
L. Dickerson has been compelled to
resign his position as sexton at Fassett
CEN .ery On account of poor health.
George II. Green has been hired in his
place.
AT the Photographers convention
held in Milwaukee last week Will Bar
deem received a diploma on fourteen
photographs which he had entered in
the prize contest.
The Edgerton Eagle, which was
started here nearly two years ago by
w. X. Davis, of Milton, is reported sold
to Mr.. E. G. Dean, of St. Paul, who is
expected to assume control next week.
-Arbor Day was very appropriately
observed by the several departments of
the public schools on Friday last. By
grouping the rooms entertaining pro-
grams were given, each closing with the
planting of trees or vines in the school
yard.
"A subscription paper to raise funds
for the erection of new parsonage for
the Norwegian Lutheran church society
is being circulated and is meeting with
satisfactory success. The location Of
the new parsonage has not been decided
upon as yet
Game Warden Peter Drafahl was at
Koshkonong Sunday to superintend the
drawing of seine for the purpose of
| catching fish with which to stock Clear
| Lake Quite a good catch of bass, pick
erel and croppies was made and the fish
deposited in Clear Lake.
The west bound afternoon passenger
train Tuesday scooped up the hand car
on the track in the cut east of Whittet's
warehouse and carried it to the station.
The section men saw the train coming
and abandoned the car just in time to
save themselves from destruction. The
hand car was completely demolished.
The Edgerton Advancement Asso-
citation is preparing to issue large edi-
ton of leaflets setting forth some of the
reasons why Edgerton is vantage ground
for the location of new business indus
tries For use in this leaflet Will Bar
| deem is engaged in taking photographs of
the warehouses which will be grouped
and plated. Every warehouseman should
| help push the work along.
B. HardwicA, a prosperous farmer
near Stebbinsville, had three head of
cattle poisoned the first of the week by
some miserable fend. Two of the lot
were valuable COWS worth $50 each and
a fat steer worth about 500. What COM
fort person could find in such bastard
ly work is beyond the apprehension of
| any person.
The local telephone company are
constructing a farmers line that will
give ten farms in the vicinity of the
North, Sherwood, Roy Saunders home
steads near the head of Lake Koshko-
nong, connections with the exchange in
this city. Another line will probably be
projected northwest of town taking in
the farms between Jay Wescott's and
this city.
The Southern Traction company
have filed their application for a James
vile franchise again and the same con-
test between the Hayes and Clough
people for permission to lay their tracks
through that city for the Madison and
GAINESVILLE trolley line is before the COM
mon council. A good, sharp fight is
promised, and until the votes are counted
in, all speculations as to who gets the
franchise are idle guesses.
Mr.. T. B. Earle was in Vernon coun-
ty several days last week where he pur-
CAdScu ~ u0du VI CdCLlt, IuOStly lulI
blood registered Hereford two and three
year old heifers, which he shipped to his
Rice Lake farm. Mr.. Earle will have
100 head of young stock, incubus for
one of the finest Hereford herds in the
state before the close of the season. For
several months past he has been quietly
picking up the best cattle of this breed
that were to be found.
MIR. George Villas, who died at his
home in Whitewater Sunday morning,
aged IS years, will be remembered by
some of the oldest residents of Fulton as
one of the early day merchants in that
village. He ran a country store in the
COS for few years and was succeeded
by Tim. e. Green. A wife and two daugh-
ters survive him. Funeral services were
held at Whitewater Tuesday afternoon
under the auspices of the Masonic order,