The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-17

-Colored Comedy Co. at Royal hall
Friday evening. Feb. 18th.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E
church met with Mrs. W. Fl. Clarke on
Wednesday afternoon.
Important business will come before
the meeting of Camp 40 this Thursday
evening. A large attendance is desired.
Word comes from Mitchell, South
Dakota, that Mrs. Ella Walrath, wife of
Clarence Walrath, has been resting more
easily and there is now some hope ex-
pressed for her recovery.
Rev. Parr, who has been confined at
home by illness for several days, is out
again and announces that regular SER
vices will be held at the Congregational
church next Sunday morning and even
ing.
Just keep in mind the date of Faith
er Mathews T. A. & B. society's dance.
1t will be at Academy hall, Friday even
ing, March 3rd. Smiths orchestra will
furnish the music and refreshments will
be served at the Bon Ton. All are in
vited to unite with the society in having
a good time on this occasion.
Nomination papers of candidates for
city offices must be filed with the city
clerk with the requisite number of sig
natures, on or before March 9th. The
municipal election this year will occur
Tuesday, April 4th. If there is anybody
in particular that you wish to see placed
in charge of city affairs, see to it that
the papers are properly filed.
The second Ski race will take place
10 Stoughton Saturday afternoon of this
week. Considerable practice has been
going on during the past two weeks and
liberal prizes will be awarded to the
winners The procession, headed by the
Stoughton band, will form in front of
the department store at l p. N. sharp
and march to the hill; the sliding will
begin at 2 o'clock. A number from here
are planning to attend.
Large bills announcing a sale at
Anderson & Farman's clothing store
have been printed this week. The sale
will be held for three days, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, February
21st, 22nd and 23rd. 1t is tie first an
nual of this firm and they are offering a
lot of first class merchandise at very low
figures in order to make clearing. Ii
10 need of anything in the lines offered,
it will pay you to attend this sale.
Acting Street Commissioner Mcln-
tyre did most efficient work in cleaning
the cross walks about town from snow
after the recent storms. He was at it
early and late and travelling was made
easy by his prompt action. The banks
of snow along the curb line on Front
street were removed by team and scrap
err, thus permitting tea rs to tie to the
posts. Mr.. Mcintyre when in charge
makes first-class street commissioner
The preliminary declamatory contest
of the Edgerton high school will be held
in the Congregational church Tuesday
evening, Feb. 18th. Those who have en-
tered for this contest are Blanche Deni-
son, Mildred Marsden, Myrtle Maltpress,
Grace Greenwood and Hattie Hebel.
The two taking highest rank in this con-
test will, represent the school in the an
nual contest of the Rock River Valley
Declamatory League, to be held in Royal
hall, March l4th, 1905. The high schools
represented in this contest will be Brod-
head, Edgerton, Milton junction, Milton
and Stoughton.
No social event this season has been
so largely attended or more thoroughly
enjoyed as the afternoon card party
given by Mrs. Henry johnson and Mrs.
L. Fl. Towne Tuesday. Occurring on ST..
Valentines day, the decorations of the
johnson home were in harmony with the
occasion, being valentine suggestions
with red being the prevailing color. The
score cards we're small heart-shaped val
entines. The honors at euchre were car
ried away by Mrs. J. Davidson and Mrs.
G. Fl. Babcock, and Mrs. Andrew Jensen
and Miss Mary Flagg for finch. A dainty
three course luncheon was served to
about seventy ladies in attendance at s
o'clock, under the supervision of Miss
Minerva Coon.
The week has brought some of the
most severe winter weather of the sea-
son, the cold wave spreading over the
entire country east of the Rocky noun
tains. In some localities thermometers
marked the lowest record ever known.
Monday was the coolest weather of the
winter when 80 below was recorded by
several thermometers about town. Rail
road travel has been considerably i'm