The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
DIR. and Mrs. McChesney were

with friends.
Ed Peters and Elmer Thronson
bought a couple car loads of cattle at
/ st. Paul on Monday.
Charlie Green had the misfortune
! to get his thumb smashed in the cogs
of machine at Wilson Bros. one day
! this week.
| Mrs. J. c. Linaas and Mrs. E. M.
Laid will entertain the Ladies Aid of
the Norwegian church in the church
parlors, Thursday, Feb. 10th.
j Will Williams and wife of Balti-
/ more, Md, arrived Wednesday even
ing for brief visit. Clayton Williams,
who is i'll, accompanied them home.
AT the January hearing on the
Saunders Creek Drainage district in
the circuit court, Judge Stevens ap-
/ pointed D. P. Devine, H. S. Pomeroy
and Lars Lein Jr., commissioners, who
are preparing report of the cost,
! benefits and damages to be submitted
; TO lie COuEC LUZ dppIOVdi.
| There seems to be plenty of trou-
! BILE in store for Gustav Pickhardt, one
time promoter of the Janesvile-Madi-
son interurban. After being released
from the charges which caused his ar
rest in SanFrancisco and brought back
+! to Madison, Chicago authorities ask for
! his arrest on charge of fraud, an in
dictment having been found by the fed
eral grand jury.
The Milton Junction basket ball
team fell an easy victim to the Edger-
| ton highs in game played here Satur-
day evening by score Of Al to s. The
Madison high school team comes here
for game Friday night of this work.
This is the hardest proposition the 10
cal team has in sight and promises to
=! be the contest of the season
The evening Chicago passenger
train came limping into the station here
Thursday night when the engine stop
ped dead opposite the depot. One OF
the fues blew out as it was rounding
the curve below town, filling the fire
box and cab with steam, driving the
engineer and fireman back into the
tender The momentum of the train
brought the train in with headlight ex-
tinguished.
Judge Stevens of the Dane county
circuit court has reversed and set aside
an order of C. P. Cary, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, which, if
carried into effect, would have added a
part of school district No. in the town
of Albion to joint district No. in the
city Of Edgerton and town of Fulton,
Rock county. The petition asking the
court to set aside the order was filed
by A. E. Skinner, a resident of dis
trict No. 8.
1.-THE best of the series so far,
appears to be the verdict of the fine
house that listened to the concert by
The Six University Girls filling an en-
gagement of the lecture course Friday
evening. Their music was high class
selections and almost faultlessly exc
cuted. Miss Florence Jack, favorite
in Edgerton, who is member of the
company, was presented with hand
some bouquet of roses by her friends
here.
] The Eleonora Olson Concert COM
pany, composed of Miss Elenora Olson,
contralto, Miss Ethel Olson, imperson-
ator, her special feature being Norwe-
gian dialect stories and representations
of the daily life in our homes, schools
and places of business, and Miss Ivy
Berry, pianist of remarkable artistic
activity, will appear at the Culton Me-
mortal hall, Monday evening, Feb. IA,
under the auspices of the Young Peo-
Piles society of the Lutheran church.
Complete program will be furnished
next week.
Rev. F. W. Schoenfeld went to
Babcock, Wis, Wednesday where he
concluded the transfer of property in
an important real estate trade involv-
ing over $150,000. His 1000 acre farm
near Babcock, including $50 head of
cattle, 60 head of horses and other
stock, with gas tractor and all other
farm implements together with several
tracts of western lands is exchanged
with a Chicago party for two large
apartment buildings well located on the
south side on 61st and GID streets, near
the university section. One is six
story AZ apartment building and the
other 26 apartments and valued at
S15O.OOO. The trade has been under
consideration for many months.
The Lyric has booked for Friday
.sHeavy Williams" comedy drama in
%l,o~o o,., v,,opv funny corOnlica-