The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-25

ton service.
The heating plant at the postofflce
is again in running order, much to the
satisfaction of the clerks and tenants
of the block including the telephone
office
A cracked boiler at the Wilson
laboratory has put the manufacturing
department out of business until re-
pairs are received, which may be
week or longer.
Corporal Adolph j. Olson of Han
erville was home from Camp Grant
over Sunday and announced that the
military ball advertised to take place
Saturday, January 25th, has been post
poned, the new date to be announced
later.
The fuel situation has been almost
desperate during the week. Some days
there was no coal to be had at the dis
tributing yards. The largest consum-
ers, the public schools and Wilson's
laboratory, have been borrowing from
a reserve at the tobacco warehouses.
While Torkil Fosberg was unload
| ing tobacco at the Eisenlohr warehouse
Saturday his team was frightened by
snow slide from the roof and started to
run. In an effort to control them Mr..
Fosberg was caught between the rack
and the building with the result that
he fractured a couple Of ribs besides
sustaining minor bruises.
| John Thoreson has received a let
ter from his son Andrew which was
left at the seaboard to be mailed after
the arrival of his boat at the port
across the sea, which indicates his safe
arrival. He crossed on the White Star
line, the same company that Mr..
Thoreson has sold tickets for several
years past. His address is Andrew
Thoreson, End 1t, Unfit, R. c., unat-
| tached, A. E. F., France.
d. w. North has been requested to
take charge of the local organization
for the sale of smilage books which the
friends of the boys at the training
camps are urged to purchase and dis
tribute. The smilage books are good
for admission to the entertainments
provided by the military commission of
training camp activities. The aim is
to provide the soldiers with good, live,
wholesome entertainments at low price
with censorship automatically estab-
| lished.
In this issue appears the profess
sional card of Paul N. Grubb and L.
H. Towne, who have formed partner
ship for the practice of law, and have
rented convenient offices over the First
National bank. Mr.. Grub has prac-
ticed in this city for the past five
years, with Offices in the Tobacco Ex-
change Bank building, while Mr.. Towne,
who retired from. the practice about
four years ago, will resume practice
dating from 1885 in this city.
"A Platteville exchange notes that
Rev. John Hardcastle has resigned as
pastor of the Primitive Methodist
church, to take effect June 1st. Mr..
Hardcastle has been in the ministry 81
years, and during that time has had
but one weeks vacation" that is, he
has missed but once preaching a SER
mon on Sunday somewhere" He
will take up national church work, but
will make his headquarters still at
Platteville. Rev. Hardcastle was at
one time pastor of the P M. church on
Albion Prairie for few years.
Lodi is mourning the loss of it's fine
new high school building which has
been in use about two years. 1t was
totally destroyed by fire last Saturday
morning, Jan. II. Not thing was
saved, even the books of pupils and
teachers, and all school records were
required to satisfy the greed of the
flames. As near as can be determined
the fire started near the stage of the
auditorium, leading off of the assembly
room, and also leading into a small
room where reference books were kept.
The loss of $50, 600 is partially covered
by insurance of $22,
Starting Wednesday, something
new in the line of train service was in
stalled on this division of the Milwau-
kee road. A motor car and trailer was
put in operation between Madison and
GAINESVILLE for passenger traffic. The
run starts from GAINESVILLE in the morn
ling, reaching Edgerton at $40 and
Madison at 9. Returning, the leaving
time from Madison is 5:45 p. m. which
takes the place of the Evansville Nc
Gregor run. It is intimateds that trains
No. and No. between Milwaukee
and the river will soon be restored. A
new time card will be out Sunday but