The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-03-10
Mrs. j. w. Fry and daughter, Dol

G. Richardson.
The ladies of the Congregational
church are conducting rummage sale
In the vacant store in the telephone
block this week. The cheapness of the
goods offered is what most recommends
them. Almost any sized family can be
fitted out nicely.
-Robt. Neumann and sisters of Mil
waukee came out to attend the masquer-
ade Monday evening, arriving on late
train and their presence at the ball was
unknown to Edgerton friends until the
unmasking when it was discovered that
one of the prizes fell to the Milwaukee
visitors.
The seven o'clock passenger train
ran into bunch of cattle at the Kidder
crossing Friday morning and manned a
couple of fat beeves belonging to U. G..
Miller so that they were subsequently
killed. The cattle broke out of an en-
closure close by, got upon the crossing
and refused to move when the train
came upon them. The steers were worth
about Sl5O.
Walton Pyre, the Wisconsin player,
at the close of his present engagement
with Miss Ada Rehan, will organize a
company under his own management to
tour the principal cities Of the middle
west for spring season. Mr.. Pyre has
arranged to secure one of the prominent
New York successes of last season, and
will give the same with capable COM
pany, which he sat present engaging in
New York. Mr.. Pyre closes with Miss
Rehan's company at the Broad Street
theatre, Philadelphia, March II, and at
that time will take his company directly
to Chicago to rehearse and complete the
plans for his tour.
Conductor Geo. G. Prescott, who for
many years has had charge of day run
on this division. is confined to his home
near Milwaukee by illness and owing to
his enfeebled heal'' it is doubtful if he
will ever again assn 9 his duties. Mr..
Prescott is one of the oldest men in the
st. Paul service. He began railroading
when the line was completed only as far
as Waukesha in 1857 as breakman when
p. S. Merrill was conductor. and has
been continuously employed by the COM
pany since. He has been failing for sew
eral months and about ten days ago was
compelled to take to his bed. Harry
Vedder has succeeded to his run from
Milwaukee to McGregor.
The city of GAINESVILLE has been in
formed that certain musty slips o. paper
recently dug out of a safety deposit
vault in New York purport to be three
one thousand dollar bonds issued by the
city in 1854 to aid the Rock River Valley
Union railroad, now a part of the
Northwestern system. The obligation
is long since outlawed, but Attorney J..
B. Doe of Milwaukee, who called the at
tention of the city officials to the find,
admitting the difficulty in establishing
any liability on the part of GAINESVILLE,
believes the honor and credit of the city
will induce the council to make some
offer for the bonds. But few of the
older residents have any remembrance
of the circumstance of their issue and
the matter was long since forgotten.
Henry Schmeling is to be congratu-
lated on giving the largest masquerade
| ever held in Edgerton. More than $50
| people attended the costume ball at
Academy hall Monday evening and only
a stormy night prevented the hall being
too small for the crowd. The hall was
very handsomely decorated for the occa-
sion and for music there was double
bill-the Edgerton Cornet band and the
Arion orchestra. When the grand march
was started more than 100 maskers were
Oh the floor and the scene was a dazzl-
ing one. The judges selected awarded
the following prizes: For the finest CO.'S
tuned couple--Wm. Wagner and wife of
Fort Atkinson; for best group-Della
Schupner and the Neuman sisters of
Milwaukee, representing the American
| flag; best comic = Mrs. w. Hallett and
| Merl Collins. Dancing was continued
until late hour and everybody had a
full meas ure of enjoyment
There will be an exciting time at
Royal hall on Tuesday evening, March
18th, when the high schools of Slough
ton, Edgerton, Milton junction, Milton
| and Brodhead will meet in their annual
struggle for the banner of the Rock
River Valley League. This hamper is
| now in the possession of the Milton
Junction high school which has won it
two or more years in succession. The
other schools of the league are bound to
move it this year if possible, but the
junction always puts up strong fight,
so it will be battle royal all around.
| The contest will be held in ROYAL hall