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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25

The home OF Sam Wileman and wife
was again made happy last Thursday
evening by the birth of e. nice, healthy
baby boy.
Next Wednesday evening is the date
of the Firemen's annual ball. The ar
engagements are now perfected whereby
it can safely be announced that this Will
be the best and most largely patronized
annual ever given by the fremen. The
concert before the ball will be we'll worth
going to hear. Turn out one and all and
help the boys in having good time
and at the same time help them to raise
funds to purchase new uniforms.
Twenty three mem bers of the Beloit
College Girls Glee club gave a very
pleasing concert at Royal hall Wednes-
day. There was large and apprecia
tive audience present and every number
was heartily applauded. The concert
was given under the auspices of the
Mems Club of the Congregational
church, who realized about $25 as their
share of the receipts. A reception was
rendered the young ladies at the Con-
gregational church parlors after the
concert.
"A heavy rain that prevailed Friday
night and Saturday, during which near
ly two inches Of water fell, overfowed
the water courses and created small
floods about the country. A sudden rise
of the open drain through town backed
up drains and flooded several warehouse
Easements for time. No damage oc-
Cured but it stopped work for portion
of day Saturday. A cold wave followed
close on the storm and sudden drop OF
temperature ensued, followed by snow.
Thermometers marked zero weather
Sunday morning and the frIgid atmos-
phere fingered several days, giving US
the longest period of cold of the season.
&C. w. Birkenmeyer retires from mer-
camille life next Thursday, Jan. 31st. In
the year 1884, when boy OF 10 years of
age, he came here from Stockbridge,
Wis, and entered the employ of e. W.
Babcock and has continued to reside
here ever since. At that time he was
wholly without experience in the store
business and his achievement must be
credited to natural ability in the chosen
line and adhering to the principles which
bring promotion to any young man who
starts in life without capital After
seven years clerkship he entered into
partnership with @. Ell. Babcock, pur-
chasing the stock and fixtures of E. w.
Babcock. This partnership continued
until the year 1904 when Mr.. Birken-
meyer became proprietor of Edgerton's
largest store. VI. Birkenmeyer has no
perfected plans for the future, but hopes
to continue to make Edgerton his home.
Thursday evening of last week Mrs.
M. T. Howard had the misfortune to fall
on the icy walk, while on her way home
from neighbours, dislocating her right
wrist and breaking the bone just above
the wrist. We have been fortunate in
this city 10 having SO few accidents, con-
sidering the slippery condition of our
walks caused by the rains freezing while
falling. Many accidents have resulted
in other places from the same cause
Rice Lake Leader.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

FULTON LODGE No. SO F. ~ A. M. meets
in Masonic Hall every 1st and Sd Wednes-
day of each month.
EDGERTON CHAPTER NO. GO ORDER OF
- Eastern Star holds a regular meeting at
Masonic Hall the second and fourth Tuesday
evening IF each month.
DOYAL NEIGHBOR LODGE No. 2460 meets
Az in WOOdmen Hall the I'd and 4th Wednes-
day evenings of each month.
FDGERTON LODGE No. 146, K. p, meets
~ every Tuesday evening at o'clock.
EDGERTON CAMP No. 440, M. W. A. meets
II in Woodmen Hall the 1st and Sd Thursday
ev eingS of each month.
EDGERTON ADVANCEMENT ASSOClA-
- TON meets second Wednesday of each
month.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25
Library Dedication.

The new public library, which the
generosity of Andrew Carnegie has made
possible, will be formally dedicated next
Wednesday, Jan. 30th. The library
board have arranged program of ex-
ercses covering both afternoon and
evening, to which the public are most
cordially invited. The occasion is one
that marks an important feature in Ed
gerton's history one which all citizens
have just pride in.
PROGRAM.
Children's program at O'Clock
Invocation.
Music ............ .............. Selected Chorus
Introductory L. c. Whittet, Chairman of the
Afternoon.
Address. Miss Stearns of Library Commission
Evening Session, 1880.
Invocation.
Music: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Male Quartet
Story OF the Library ............. l.. ii. ToWne
music. Male quartet
1.-THE Library and the People. ...........
Observation-Disclosures. Miss L. E. Stearns
Music. .............. Male Quartet and Audience
The library will be open both after
noon and evening. Members of the Ii
brary board and the librarian will be
present and all are invited to this gen.
eral reception.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25
RAILWAY TIME CARDs.
CHICAGO, MIL WA KEE d ST. PAUL.
Trains Leave Edgerton Station as Follows

GOING EAST.
No. 4, daily except Monday. -. 4:3a a. m
No ian daily ........ -. 6:58 a. m
No 142 daily excent Sunday. 10 :01 a. m
No. 8, daily except Sunday ..........l 10 AZ a. m
No. 146, daily except Sunday ......... 4:25 p. IN
No az ....................6 :38 p. IN
No. go, Freight daily ex. Sunday. -. II 40 a. m
No. 81 Freight, Sunday only ...---- S:50 d. m
No. 1856, Freight except Sunday. 9:39P IN
GOING WEST.
No. /, Daily Sunday excepted ,... 9:Sg p. m.
No 143 Daily .......... 49,. 9:25 p. m.
No. 1877, daily except Sunday. 7:17 p. m.
No & Daily except Sunday 4:25 p. m.
No az .............. 8:48 a. m.
No 131 daily except Sunday. $500 II :05 a. m.
No AZ Sunday only 49, .......... 1912 a. m.
No 91 Freight except Sunday ..... $3.50 p. M.
Nos. / and through trains for all points west
Of Missssippiriver.
j. A. HENDERSON Ticket Agent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
PROF. VIM. LYON PHELPS
On the Bible as Sermon of Literary
 Inspiration.

On the Bible as a Sermon ot Literary
 Inspiration.
 Prof, William Lyon Phelps of Yale, to whose stimulative and suggestive views of current literature we have frequently referred, believes that a knowledge of the Bible should be essential for ad- mission in all the colleges, and that no applicant should be admitted to uni versity until he had satisfactorily passed an examination in the Authoriz- ed Version. He puts forward his views to this effect in The Record of Chris tian Work published at East North field, Mass. Priests, atheists, skep- tics, devotees, agnostics and evangel- ists," says Professor Phelps, are all agreed that the authorized version of the English Bible is the best example of English composition that the world has ever seen" He insists that the Bible has within it's pages "every sim gle kind of literature that any pro- posed list of English classics contains. v
 "The substitution of selected portions of the Bible would be an enormous convenience to examination boards. It would stop the wrangling over various authors and over various editions. It would instantly silence the vast ma jority of complaints that any other list of books immediately arouses. It would not in the least interfere with the more advanced work in English literature done in the college courses. It would fit the needs of every candi- date"
 Yet the ignorance of the Bible among college students is profound and de- plorabe Prof. Phelps insists that If all the undergraduates in America could be placed in one room, and tested by common examination on the supposedly familiar stories of the Old Testament, mean on such in Stances as Adam, Eve and the Garden of Eden; Noah, Samson, David and Goliath, Moses and Pharaoh, the re- suits would be a magnificent contribu- tion to American hunor.' He instan- ces some of his own experiences. In the mind of one promising young man the penalty of Adam" mentioned by the exiled Duke in AS You like It. was "the mark put upon Adam for having slain his brother" The brother of Adam is certainly an entirely new parsonage in the gallery of American humor. Prof Phelps is q bit revolu- tionary in the manner of substituting the Bible in examinations for all other English literature but his views on the value of the Bible as literature are sound, and the growing ignorance of it among supposedly educated folk is not to be denied.-New York Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
STOLE DIAMOND PIN.

Andrew R. Bradley, of Bradley &
 Smith Co.,, Robbed of $500 Stone.
 Detective Dennehy, assisted by Cap- tain Cowles and Detective Donnelly. cleared up the mystery concerning the disappearance of $500 diamond pin belonging to Andrew R. Bradley, of the candy firm of Bradley & Smith, yester- day, when he arrested Elmer J. Fen wick of IA Ward place on a charge of stealing 1t.
 Fenwick is about twenty three years old and is employed as an electrician for the Pierson firm, at 14 Orange street. On February IA he went to MT. Bradley's home at s9 sherland street to do some wiring, and it is claimed that he stole the diamond, which weighs about two carats, from a dresser in MT. Bradley's room.
 The pin has not yet been recovered, but 1t is said that Fenwick has made a confession to the officers in which he said he sold the stone, out of town, for $70 The officers expect to recover it.
 Yesterday afternoon Detective Den nehy went to Fenwick's house in West Haven and he found the diamond which had been made into a ring for the &C., cused.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
FOR WATERBURY HOSPITAL
s25,ooo from Elisha Leavenworth and

1000 from Elisha Leavenworth and
 $25OOO From the Holmes Brothers.
 The Israel Holmes property in Water bury, north of Robbins street. has been purchased as a site for the new Water bruy Hospital and Charles L. and Wal ter w. Holmes, owners of the property, have donated $25,OO0 toward the general hospital fund.
 The American says: "The purchase of the property gives what may be called an ideal site for the institution. The land contains oyer 20 acres on an ele- vated plateau, giving plenty of pure air and view of the entire city. It Is bounded by the Watertown Road, Rob- bins street, GrandYiew avenue, and the property of Lorea R. Carter.
 The property contains three build ings, the spacious old Holmes home- stead and two barns. The land is for the most part wooded and has been in the possession of the Holmes family for 200 years. The Messrs. Holmes have long desired that the property be used for such purpose. The landscape work on the property was performed by Donald c. Mitchell Qk MarveD the writer nearly 40 years ago. The land is in every way suited for a hospital site and the directors of the hospital are being congratulated on all sides for their good fortune in securing it. For one thing it will be accessible by troll ley when the new Robbins street exten- sion is completed.
 It is probable that the buildings will be completed within two years. No plans have as yet been made, however.
 The Holmes contribution of $25,000 brings the total amount donated to the hospital to a comfortable sum and oth- CT donations are expected soon which will make up the $25O,00O which it is necessary to secure before the Bucking- ham building may become the property of the institution. A similar amount has been subscribed by F. J. Kings bury H. H. Peck, J. s. Elton, the Tut tie family of Naugatuck and the family of the late A. S. Chase, as already pub lished and by Elisha Leavenworth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
PLEASANT. ssoCIAL EVENT

 At the City Mission House-Birthday
 Gift to Mrs. H G. Newton, Chairman
 of the Women's Executive Commit
 tee.
 A very pleasant social event occurred on Monday afternoon at the City Mis- sion house on Orange street. For number of years Mrs. H. c. Newton has been the chairman of the womans executive committee composed of be- tween thirty and forty ladies from diff ferent churches of the city, and having charge of the important work for wo- men and children connected with the City Missionary association Mrs. Newton's birthday was male the occa- sion of reception and afternoon tea held Monday afternoon at the lecture room, during which a beautiful cut glass flower vase was presented to her in behalf of the executive committee by Mrs. Arthur Bradley in an address ex presslve of appreciation of Mrs. New toms faithful and efficient services.
 After Mrs. Newton's pleasant re- marks In reply, brief addresses of com graduation were made by Rev. Dr. M. E Phillips, pastor of the Whitneyville Congregational church, Rev, MT. Moss man, general superintendent of the City Mission, J F. Douglas, the f1nan- cial secretary and Mrs. L. s. Graves, the lady missionary.
 Members of the executive committee In attendance were Mrs. Goodwin, the secretary of the committee Mrs. Day ton, the president Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Sturges, Mrs. Dorman, Mrs. pr. Sheath, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Mossman, Mrs Bradley, Mrs. Leopold, Mrs. M. E. Phillips, Mrs Myrick, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Imrie, Mrs. Parrhelee and Mrs. Gessner, nearly all of whom gave expression to their good wishes for Mrs. Newton and their earnest desire to aid in the work Of the City Missionary association.
 Among others present were Hon. Fl G. Newton, chairman of the board of directors; Mrs. Judson, Mrs Dougltss, Mrs. Rice, MT. Gessner and Mr. Par melee, invitations having been sent only to those closely related to the members of the executie committee, Miss Marian Mossman and Miss Mary Graves assisted at the tables and in serving the guests.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
HOLDS COURT HERE.

Judge Gager of the Middletown su- perior court will hold special session of that court in New Haven Saturday morning, upon the agreement of all parties concerned, to listen to the argu ments in the case of the Chester Wa ter company against the town of Ches- ter. This action is in the nature of a test case, being to determine whether or not the company must pay two years back taxes to the amount of s1.O0O. It also determines the future liability of the company.
 The case has been conducted by W. S. Pardee, counsel for the Guilford Water company, and George E. Beers of this city, against Charles A, Pelton, for the town of Chester.
 The Chester Water Supply company some years since absorbed the Deep River Supply company and Moses Joy of New Haven is president of both con- cerns. The question is, Should taxes be paid in the town of Chester or in Deep River?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
cENTENARHANs BIRTHDAY.

Deacon Ezra Hammond passed his one hundred and first birthday at his home in West Woodstock on February IT. Owing to the serious illness of his daughter, Miss Lucy Hammond, who lives with him, the original plans for a celebration by a gathering of rela- tives were not carried out, and the day passed quietly for the old gentleman, who, though feeble in body retains his faculties to wonderful degree.
 He eats and sleeps well and has en- joyed the many calls he has received during the past year.
 A year ago MT. Hammond's one hun- dredth birthday, celebration was held in the West Woodstock Second Con- gregational church, which was attend ed by many guests, among them being BenJamln Warner, who had celebrated his one hundredth birthday the July previous These two gentlemen were considered at that time to be wonder ful examples of mental and physical endurance, and to-day woodstock can boast of having two of the oldest mon in this state as residents.
 MT. Warner, who passed his one hun- dred and first birthday on July p, 1906, is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Mathewson, in South Wood- stock.
 Ezra Hammond was born at Wood- stock Hill on February IT, 1S06 When he was six years of age his parents moved to West Woodstock. He has lived in two houses in West Woodstock during all these years.
 When very young man he united with the Second Congregational church, of which he is still q member, He soon joined the choir and remained active in choir work for nearly seventy years He was honored as a deacon in the church for fifty years.
 His trade was that of shoemaAer, which he followed until very old man, and at the same time tiled his farm.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20

CIGAR MAKERS HEAVILY FINED.
 Winfield s. Reiter, James M. Shouser and Emil A. Nehing, who claim to be cigarnlakers, were before Judge Math- ewson in the police court yesterday morning, charged with breach of the peace. Shouser had his left eye badly discolored and greatly enlarged, and claimed that he had been wantonly as- saulted by Nehing near the corner of State and Chapel streets Tuesday night.
 According to his story, he and Rei- ter came up from New York on the Steamer Peck, and after landing went to a saloon near State and Chapel streets. They have been absent from the city since last October, and when they met Nehing accused Shouser of slandering him previous to leaving. Nehing followed them out to the side- walk and knocked Shouser down with out further argument.
 Judge Mathewson without comment discharged Reiter and Shouser and fin- ed Nehing $25 with costs of $S.O4. He went to jail, not being able to pay.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
POST OFFICE BOX RATES.
HE INCREASES ORDERED FROM
 WASHINGTON
Creates Considerable Dissatisfaction Among Holders -- Local Merchants OpiniOns-RuraI and City Deliveries.

OpiniOns--RuraI and City Deliveries.
 The advance in the price of postof- flee boxes, which has just been ordered by those in authority at Washington, has already been the means of creating considerable dissatisfaction amang those who use the same, and efforts will in all probability be made by mer- chants and others to enter a protest against the advance ordered. It was claimed yesterday by a well-known business man that the proposal was both absurd and unjust. Why, he said, holders of boxes are simply mak- ing the government a present of the money at the present rates. l have been informed, he said, that the en- tire outlay for the expense of placing box in the postotfice Is more than covered by the first years rental. Then again, we box holders are paying hand sonlely for the use of the lock and key. Continuing, he said, the citizen who lives in the rural districts, can have his mail delivered at the bare cost of the postage, as can have the aver age person who lives within the city boundaries. So that boxholders are virtually paying the government for a privilege which cost the latter next to nothing.
 Another merchant informed a Cou- rier representative that he thought such bodies as the Chamber of Com- nerce, the State Business Mems asso- citation and the local Business Mems association should take the matter up and have a protest framed and sent to Washington.
 Prominent citizens yesterday wainted upon MT. Howarth, asking what they could do about the matter, as they do not relish paying prices almost double those now in vogue. There seems no redress, for the orders from Washing ton are universal and final. They were issued simultaneously all over the country and equalize the rate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
LWANTEp A WOODEN LEG.

Pleading guilty to having worked a score of prominent residents by solicit ing contributions to fake subscription list to buy him a wooden leg, Frederick Hurbert. one-legged New Yorker, was sent to jail for thirty days in the police court yesterday.
 The circumstances of his arrest as told by Dr. Robert O. Vishno, one of the victims in the court to-day, show ed that If the doctor hadn't accidently happened to run across Hurbert enter ing Meadow street barroom, the fakir might still be getting subscriptions for his wooden leg.
 Dr. Vishno explained it like this: T had given him $2 toward the wooden leg fund shortly before I happened to see him go into the Boston cafe on Meadow street while I was driving by on medical call, We'll, it didn't strike me that he was going to buy the leg in there, SD my suspicious were aroused and I made complaint"
 Besides Dr. Vishno John Edward Heaton and Dr. R. J. Ferguson of Col lege street also appeared in the court to tell how they were stung."
 Their testimony with that of Super intendent Preston of the Organized Charities, who investigated the case, showed that Hurbert had worked St. Roman street, Prospect street, College street and other residential sections of the cit yfor considerable money.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
AWARDED s85o FROM CITY.

Judge Roraback and a jury finished the case of Mrs. Hattie E. Underhill against the city of New Haven, who was awarded $350 damages for injuries received by falling upon the sidewalk on Greenwich avenue, March 29, 1906. In many ways the case was novel. The climax was reached when Mrs Under hill, at the request of the counsel walked up an down the court room to demonstrate her style of locomotion on the day in question. This was to re- flute the contention of the counsel for the city. Corporation Counsel Daggett and Assistant Corporation Counsel Blake, that she did not exercise due care. The plaintiff introduced a seven foot model of the sidewalk with a cross section. This was introduced when Engineer Alexander Calm testi fled,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-20
EIGHT MILES OF LIGHTING.
Annual Report of Lamp Inspecto
 Platt.

Annual Report of Lamp Inspector
 Platt.
 Tn the annual report of the city lamp department made by Charles J. Platt, who was recently appointed to the of flee, to Mayor Studley for the year 1906, the following interesting statement Is made:
 Area covered by the department S.367 square miles, embrasing about 155 miles of streets. Wards IS, IA and 15 do not come under the direction of the depart ment."
 The entire appropriation for the de- partment was $S4,4SS62, of which $S2,- 479,40 was expended.
 During the year ten new electric arc lights were added to the city comple- ment of arc lights, and twelve new Welsbach lights were erected,
 There were 1,95S street lights burning at the close of 1906 as follows: Electric arcs, 585; Welsbach gas lamps, 1,264; police signals, S9, and Welsbach naph- tha lamps. 70.