The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
Abraham Lincoln was born hum

dred years ago this day
The Kvindeforening will meet with
Mrs. Martha Lintvedt Thursday, Feb
ruary Is.
The last of the series of club dances
will be held in Academy hall Friday
evening of this week.
North & Wentworth report the
transfer of an 80 acre Chippewa county
farm to Oscar A. Davis of Albion.
Mrs. F. P. Joyce and Miss Gertrude
Kavanaugh of Chicago are guests of
their sister, Mrs. B. L. Cleary, in this
city.
George Rea rescued another half
famished dog from the unused fire els
tern under Mike Schmidt's shoe store
on Monday. Better make some ar
rangements to fill up this death trap
The Myers opera house has several
good attractions booked for the near
| future. The Robinson Co. in revival
of charming old Italian comedy, "a
Curious Mishap,' for Thursday even
| ing, Feb. IL, and 1.-THE Girl Question"
on the 18th.
"A representative of the Milwaukee
firm of Krause & Downing, who in
stalled the heating plant in the new
Child school building, was here Monday
and tested out the apparatus and twas
found to work satisfactorily. The
architect of the building was also here
to give his o. K.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Williams mourn
the loss of their week old daughter.
On going to the cradle when the child
was supposed to be sleeping Wednes-
day afternoon the parents were amazed
to find it dead. There were no symp-
toms that the child was sick or ailing
and no reason is known for its demise.
Services in Congregational church
on Sunday. Morning subject, THE
Everlasting Word; evening subject,
GA Strong Book and It's Lesson. . Rev.
H. E. Parr. Christian Endeavor at 6:15,
subject, Life Lessons from the Book
of job" Leader of the meeting, Miss
Hazel Conn; discussion to follow.
"A three-course banquet was served
by the losing side in the Royal Neigh
Dor contest at Woodmen hall Wednes-
day evening and was attended by a
large number Of Neighbors and Wood
men. The usual number OF after-din-
ner speeches were made and cards
helped to pass few hours after the
banquet boards were cleared.
DIR. Morrison, health officer of this
city, reports 81 births, % deaths and 81
marriages in Edgerton during the past
year. The law requires that citizens of
Wisconsin that are married in another
state must file copy of their marriage
certificate with the local health officer,
who is the registrar of vital statistics,
within ten days after their marriage
| occurs.
Mr.. F. G. Short of Fort Atkinson,
who has lately taken the management
of the Badger State, Telephone Co., was
| in Edgerton last week taking an inven-
tory of the damage the property had
sustained by the, late storm. F. w.
Mckinney has had big force at work
repairing the Albion pole line, which
went down with twenty wires in tan
gle, for some days and will hardly get
it in working order this week.
"A legal notice published in another
column of this paper outlines an extern
sive drainage project, known as the Al
bion Drainage. District. On the petit
ton of Alfred Collins, j. C. Cannon,
Albert Asleson and others the circuit
court appointing commissioners to
assess the benefits arising from the i'm
provement. The sections involved lie
in the towns of Albion, Dunkirk and
Fulton and largely lying north of the
railway line between Edgerton and
Stoughton.
The event of the season is yet to
come. It's the Firemen's annual ball
and the date is Friday evening, Febru-
airy 10Th. Everybody is talking about
it and nearly everybody is going. Prop
er that they should. The concert will
furnish good entertainment and when
that's over you can dance as long as
you like. The fremen will welcome
| all. Supper at the Bon Ton will COM
mence at 1890 and continue until all
are served. Following is the menu:
Chicken Pie
Mashed potatoes Cream of peas in timbale
Choice celery Olives Pickles
French rolls
Fruit salad Carmel ice cream
Assorted cakes
naffna Mint PatfiaS