The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-12-15
The Woman's Relief Corps desire to

the Indiana Mineral Springs taking
treatment for rheumatism for the past
month, is so far recovered that he is ex-
pected home the last of the week.
If you have not time to make your
own Christmas presents, you can buy
them at the fair at the Congregational
church on Friday, Dec. 18th. Open at
o'clock Chicken pie served at 5:l5.
The annual fair and chicken pie sup
per of the Congregational Ladies' Society
will be given at the church on Friday,
Dec. 10Th, commencing at o'clock p. N.
Supper served at 5:l5. All are invited.
Supper 25 cents.
N. G. Nelson, farmer living near
the town line in Albion, while working
with the Whitford Bros. wood saving
outfit Monday, accidentally got his leg
against the saw, inficting bad wound
that nearly severed the bone just above
the ankle.
The delightful weather that has pre-
vailed during the greater part of Novem
Der and up to the middle of December
is the comment of every body and indeed
an unusual experience for this latitude.
The winter is most certainly shortened
thereby.
The supper and bazar at the Nor
wegian Lutheran church last Friday
evening netted the society S183.12. Be-
sides being success financially, the af-
fair proved very entertaining and was
immensely enjoyed by the large number
present.
Rock county boys attending the
short course in agriculture at the Uni
versity are: Clayton E. Fisher, V. G..
Ellis, Louis F. Roewert, Evansville; G.
G. Hoague, Joseph Fisher, Wilbur ID.
Austin, Evansville; Newcomb Kimble,
Milton Junction and Alva E. Geary,
Edgerton.
Sunday evening CLAUS Staff and
Miss Jennie Anderson departed for the
old country to visit the homes of their
childhood, Mr. Staff going to Christiana,
Norway, and Miss Anderson to Copen
hagen, Denmark They sailed from
New York Wednesday on the steamship
Baltic of the White Star line and expect
to arrive at their destination about
Christmas time.
AT the annual election of officers Of
Camp 44O M. w. A., held last Thursday
evening, the following were ..ecteti:
V. C.-Glen Smith; w. At. A. War
rem; Banker-J. O. Arthur; Escort Ed
gar Stebbins; Clerk-H. B. Knapp; Sen
try. Maltpress; Watchman-O. L..
Clark; Manager Fred Campbell; Ply
sicians-Drs. Cleary and Morrison.
Game Warden Drafahl, who has
been watching the fishing operations
about Lake Koshkonong recently, re-
ports the capture of several costly nets
and series of set lines near the MELVILLE
bridge. These we're taken from the
water, dried and burned. The warden
claims to have secured evidence against
the violators of the law and hopes to
bring them to justice later.
The new rural telephone line ex-
tending about nine miles west towards
Stebbinsville is pow connected up and
in working order. The farm subscrb-
ers that can now be reached from Ed
gerton central are John Sweeney, ring;
Chas. Geary, rings; B. Hardwick, 3
rings; and Jay Shaw, rings. There are
at least fifty more farms west of town
that ought to have telephone facilities.
The Maggie homestead west of town
was sold by Referee Geo. w. Doty Sat
urday afternoon in order that the estate
might be settled. A 39-acre tract of
wood land was sold to VIM. Maggie for
$12l per acre. A west 40-acre lot was
sold to him at S44 per acre. Mrs. Sarah
Cartwright bought an 1S-acre lot at $50
per acre, and the 40 acres including the
homestead buildings went to Mrs. Mary
Perrigo at 500 per acre.
GAINESVILLE owners of river crafts are
forming company to build tramway
arould the dam at Indian Ford. 1t is
claimed this will be the shortest railway
in the state, extending 81 TT. out of water
with 20 feet at each end submerged. A
windlass will be the motive power in
raising launches over the obstruction
and permits the running of water crafts
from GAINESVILLE to Lake Koshkonong and
on to Ft. Atkinson and Jefferson.
Tax time is near at hand again and
property owners are more than interest
ed in knowing what they are expected to
pay. The budget levied for city pur-
poses appears in another column, which
totals S1O,317.33, as against 1C,O18.6O in
1904, so that the increase for municipal
purposes varies only slightly from last