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Local Happenings —Judge North transacted business at Fort Atkinson Wednesday. —Geo. T. Atwood of Gays Mills spent Sunday with his parents here. —A girl was Jborn to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Feiddler Thursday, March 7th. —C. L. Culton has been confined to his home by sickness a few days this week. —The Elgin price of butter is off a ■cent this week, 29 cents being the fig ure. —Ralph Pomeroy of Gays Mills vis ited among friends here during the week. —Dr. J. B. Atwood of Oconto was here for a brief visit to his parents Tuesday. —Mrs. Chas. Bentley and daughter Nellie visited Madison friends a short time this week. Mrs. W. Dryfus of Milwaukee has been a guest of Mrs. Harry Ash a por tion of the week. -W. A. Shelley and wife departed last week for Virginia to spend some time on their farm. —Burr Scott was out from Milwau kee for an over Sunday stay at the home of R. J. Maltpress. —Regular communication of Fulton Lodge No. 69 F. &. A. M., Wednesday evening, March 20, at 7:30. Mrs. W. T. Pomeroy and daughter Beula passed Sunday at the home of Prof. Miller at Burlington. —Miss Eva Hutson is home after completing a course of instruction in the Chicago School of Millinery. —H. R. Pomeroy and wife of Gays Mills have been visiting with relatives in this locality the past few days. —Mrs. Belle Willson visited at the home of her brother, W. S. Heddles, in Madison a portion of the week. —Andrew and family left Tuesday for Missoula, Montana, where they expect to reside permanently. —Mrs. Dave Lampman is visiting her parents at Richland Center during Mr. Lampman’s vacation trip to Cuba. —Another snowfall sufficient to patch up the sleighing and bring out snow shovels again prevailed all day Monday. Mrs. Carl Venske and her mother, Mrs. Schield, were called to Sheboygan Wednesday by the death of a relative. —Mrs. Sarah Beaton left on Tuesday morning for Pardeville to attend the wedding of a niece, which occurs March 20th. —Both the candidates for municipal judge in Beloit were making the ac quaintance of the voters of Edgerton on Saturday. —The Madison papers announce that H. J. Stangl has sold his drug store in that city and anticipates a retirement from business.. —Herbert Wilson moved his house hold effects from Janesville to Edger ton Wednesday into living rooms over the Leedle store. —The local agent of the Imperial car, F. P. Carrier, takes space in The Reporter to call attention to some of the good points of his machine. —Country people have crowded into town during the week in an effort to complete their necessary errands before the spring break up of the roads. —The Edgerton high school team won from the Milton college second team in a basket ball game played there Satur day evening by a score of 18 to 14. —The special attraction at the Lyric for Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings is Miss Rena Vedmar, singing and acrobatic dancer, in addition to three full reels of selected subjects. —Mrs. Lawson, state president of the W. C. T. U., will address a union meeting at the M. E. church next Sun day evening. She is an eloquent speak er and an unusually strong singer. You should hear her. —Perry Koosch, who has been visit ing among old friends in this vicinity for several weeks, and Grover Olson departed Tuesday evening for Stan ford, Montana, near which the Koosch family are located in the Judith Basin. —The Edgerton students at Lawrence college are home on an enforced vaca tion for a few days owing to the break ing out of scarlet fever at that institu tion. The college was ordered closed until the contagion was stamped out. —The editor was called to Milton Junction Thursday morning to attend the funeral of his uncle, Lafayette Coon, who died at his home in that vil lage Tuesday afternoon after a long and painful illness from cancer, aged nearly 90 years. —Richard Leary, who has been visit ing his old home here for the past two months, departed for Edmonton, Al berta, Monday evening, where he has acquired a competence in real estate speculation the past few years. He has faith that Edmonton is destined to be the metropolis of northwest Canada. —James McGiffiin, who has been with the Golden Eagle store at Janesville for the past nine years, in partnership with Mr. Caldow opens an exclusive shoe store next to Bostwick’s in that city next week, where he will be pleas ed to see any of his old Edgerton friends. The firm’s announcement ap pears in this paper. Miss Emily Watson has been pass ing a couple days of the week with Stoughton friends. —The K. of P. lodge are making ar rangements for their annual ball, which will be held in May this year. —C. L. Culton and F. P. Carrier have arranged to exhibit cars at the auto show in Janesville this week. —Mrs. Rundell and daughter of Rewey are visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Boutelle. —The Ladies Aid society of the Christ Lutheran church will be entertained Thursday, March 21st, by Mrs. P. M. Ellingson. —Geo. Underhill’s family expect to occupy their new home, just completed, on Washington street the latter part of the week. —About 250 tickets were sold at the annual chicken pie supper given by the Men’s club of the Congregational church Wednesday evening. —Mrs. Lawson will meet with the Edgerton W. C. T. U. at Library hall, Saturday afternoon at 3:30. A full at tendance is desired. —Misses Charlotte Du Bois and Ame lia Holland will entertain the Pigefore ning Thursday evening this week at Miss Holland’s home. —Mr. Richard Weil of L. Weil & Cos., New York, is in the state looking after the packing of the new crop which the firm is handling at Evansville, Will Smith being in charge of the business. —At Modern Woodman hall Tuesday evening a panoramic lecture was given upon the Bitter Root Valley, Mont., to a small audience that was present. The pictures showed the orchards and crops grown in this wonderfully prolific country. —Sixteen hundred head of lambs were shipped from the feeding yards here Sunday evening to Trevor, having been sold by the owner, a Montana stockman, to a feeder at that point. The lot brought $5.85 per cwt. and av eraged about 70 pounds each. —The birthday anniversary of John T. Toynton was the occasion of a gath ering of the Epworth League at his home Wednesday evening. Musical numbers were given and a good social time had. Refreshments were served. —Arthur Moore of Evansville, who was married to Miss Ida Organ at Ladysmith on the 6th inst., was in town the first of the week to engage suitable living rooms. Mr. Moore is to be employed with the Edgerton Tele phone Cos. Mrs. Harry Ash entertained a pleasant company of lady friends at a 1 o’clock luncheon Friday in honor of Mrs. W. Dryfus of Milwaukee. Covers were laid for eighteen, the home being handsomely decorated for the occasion. Bridge occupied the attention of the guests for the afternoon. —The 1912 directories of the Edger ton Telephone Cos. are now ready for distribution from the central office. A slight change has been made in the form of the publication for convenience sake but it is correct and complete up to the date of printing. There are about fifty additions to the directory issued a year ago. —Royal hall is to be equipped with new seats of a modern and comfort able pattern. The order was placed by W. H. Clarke some time ago and the seats have arrived from the factory during the week and will be placed in position as soon as possible. Manager Pollard wishes to assure the patrons that effort will be made to give the public good clean shows and a comfort able play house to witness them in. —The home of Mons Vedvig in the town of Porter was a place of enjoy ment and merriment last Saturday evening. Friends and neighbors to the number of 40 assembled at the Vedvig home uninvited, taking well filled lunch baskets with them. And their pres ence was welcomed. The evening was pleasantly passed at cards and a social good time. Mr. and Mrs. Vedvig were presented with a handsome rocker to remind them of friends they leave when they move to their new home in Dane county. —The Brotherhood Club met last Friday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Biederman. The sub ject for discussion of the evening was “Is Crime Hereditary.” D. W. North spoke in the affirmative and Rev. G. K. Maclnnis in the negative. Piano duets were rendered by Misses Doris Clarke and Hazel Biederman, a mando lin duet by Roy Hopkins and W. G. Atwell, and Miss Margaret Chamber lain gave a reading. The evening proved most joyous and interesting, and at the close refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kealy, for some time residing on the Yeske farm near Lake Koshkonong, Thursday night entertained a good sized company of the Royal Neighbors and their hus bands, of which Mrs. Kealy is a mem ber, together with friends and neigh bors, at their farm home. The event opened at 7:30 with an elaborate din ner and the remainder of the evening was spent in cards and other social amusements. Before departing the Royal Neighbors presented their sister member with an elegant silver souvenir spoon as a remembranbe of the pleas ant occasion. —Herman Lypke was in Stoughton Thursday on business. —“Rosalind at Red Gate” will be the next attraction at Royal hall. March 29th is the date. —At the Brill warehouse last Satur day the assorters presented C. W. Clacworthy with a library table and John Bowen with a pipe. —By reference to the council pro ceedings it will be noticed that plans are now made to improve only a por tion of Swift and Henry streets. —T. A. Ellingson ordered a car load of alfalfa hay from Livingston, Mont., this week when the transportation charges will exactly equal the first cost of the hay—which is $lO per ton and $lO freight or S2O delivered. —A mild case of insurgency develop ed in the High school Monday but after youthful exuberance had given way to sober second thought all, with one or two exceptions, were back again and submissive to the rules and regulations provided. —A fortunate railroad wreck occurred between Milwaukee and Chicago on the St. Paul system Tuesday, when one of its fast passenger trains was ditched. While every car except the diner left the rails and 36 people were injured, there was not a single fatality. —The “Servant in the House,” as presented at Royal hall Wednesday evening, pleased more people than any entertainment for some time. Plays of this kind with strong companies are sure of good patronage whenever they come this way and it is the aim of the management of the hall to book as many as possible. Many people wit nessed “The Servant in the House” whose faces had not been seen at the hall for a long time. —The supreme court handed down a decision Tuesday reversing the circuit court decision in the case of the First National Bank of Edgerton vs. Bieder man. The action involved the priority of a mortgage on the Madden packing of ’O6 tobacco. In the circuit court the bank which originally held the first mortgage was awarded judgment over Biederman and Bank of Marshall, though both mortgages had been per mitted to lapse and the latter’s claim was first of record to renew. The su preme court helds Biederman’s claim first of payment. Twenty-five Years Ago. Mr. Wilkinson Post died at her home in Fulton after a long and painful ill ness. The remains of Dr. Spencer Ide were brought here for burial from Stevens Point. Dr. Stillman has material on the ground for anew building on the Tall lot on Swift street. Florence Johnson, wife of Willard Heddles, died at her home in Fulton on the 13th, aged 28 years. A collision between freight trains of the St. Paul and Northwestern roads occurred at the crossing on Lake Mo nona, smashing a large amount of roll ing stock. Friday, March 18, 1887. ♦> Methodist Church Notes. For the morning service next Sunday Pastor Maclnnis will talk from “Paul at Athens.” In the evening at 7:00 there will be union services and Mrs. Lawson, aW. C. T. U. lecturer, will speak. She will also address the Sun day school at 12:30. Epworth League in the lecture room at 6:15. Prayer meeting this (Thursday) ev ening. • Obituary. MISS CARRIE LEE. Miss Carrie Lee, who at one time made her home with her brother, How ard W. Lee, at Fulton, died at Janes ville Friday afternoon after an illness of over a year. She is survived by three brothers, John Lee, with whom she made her home, Richard and How ard, all residents of that city. Funeral services were held on Monday after noon. WM. T. POMEROY. William T. Pomeroy, one of the pio neer tobacco growers of Wisconsin and for many years a resident of the town of Fulton, died at his home on Pleasant street, Janesville, Wednesday morning at 2:30 o’clock, aged 87 years. He had been in failing health for some time and his demise was not unexpected. A more extended obituary will be given next week. Funeral services will be held from the home Saturday at 1 p. m. and burial takes place in Fassett cemetery in this city. ' Orchestra Concert. Arrangements "have now been com pleted for the concert to be given by the High School orchestra at Academy hall on Thursday evening of next week. Under the able direction of Miss Nellie Bentley the orchestra has made rapid progress and feels in condition to ren der a very efficient concert. All the efforts of the members of the orchestra have been directed toward this concert and a large crowd is anticipated. Not only will attendance at the concert serve as a “boost” for musical organ izations for the school but also toward athletics as half of the proceeds will be turned over to the Athletic association. Unclaimed Letters. Letters remaining uncalled for in the P. O. at Edgerton for the week ending March 15, 1912: Lillie Syeverson Mrs. Julia Swenson H. B. Sherman Henry Sol D. A. Downey Karl Everson Halfert Erickson Clyde C Hubbell C. P. Stone Severt Olson Clarence J. Olson C. M. Monnis Annie Gardiner John F. Gardiner Sophie Anderson Persons calling for any of the above named letters please say “advertised.” H. McINNES, P. M. Springfield Store Burns. The general store of H. C. Olp at Springfield was burned early last Thurs day evening, together with contents, entailing a loss of $13,000. The Fluker residence on the adjoining lot north of the store was also burned, including all household furniture and other contents. The loss on the house and contents is estimated at $2,000. The fire originated through the ex plosion of gas which had undoubtedly leaked from a defective pipe, the store being lighted by a gasoline lighting plant. The occupants of the store did not detect the escaping gas, and shortly before 6 o’clock Mr. Olp started to turn on the lights. The entire interior of the store was ablaze in an instant after he struck the match. The force of the explosion drove the front of the store out and the concussion was heard for a radius of a half mile. Mr. Olp escaped with a few burns, and the other occu pants who were in the rear of the store escaped uninjured. Not a thing was aved, not even the book accounts or the cash resister. The sound of the explosion brought from 75 to 100 men to the scene within a few minutes and all efforts were con centrated on saving the adjacent build ings. The sheds and offices of the Wil bur Lumber Cos., located south of the Olp store, the home of Mrs. Fred Malsch and the buildings on the east side of the street were all saved by a continuous application of snow'. The Fluker house was the nearest the store of any of the buildings, and while every effort was made to keep the fire from it, the heat from the burning store soon drove the men from it. Mr. Olp carried an insurance of $7500 on building and stock. He had closed a deal for the sale of the property to A. J. Webster of Mukwonagoand Percy Webster of Troy, and the work of tak ing stock inventory was to have com menced the night of the fire. The Websters were on their way to Spring field when the fire broke out. The loss is heavy on Mr. Olp, as well as to the people of Springfield, but it is fortun ate that their efforts to con-ne the fire to the two buildings were successful. Had the flames reached the lumber yard, or the other buildings, the fire would probably have wiped out a large portion of the village. —Elkhorn Inde pendent. Common Council Proceedings. Edgerton, Wis., March 8, 1912. Adjourned meeting of the common council. In absence of the mayor the meeting was called to order by Presi dent Dallman. Members present: Vick ers, Jenson, Cleary, Dallman. Following bills audited by finance committee were read and allowed, all voting in affirmative on roll call: C. W. Dunn, salary and exp $ 72 00 B. J. Springer, salary 60 00 Jas. Reynolds. Feb. salary 65 00 John Nagle, Feb. salary 55 00 w. Dawe & Son, repairs at pump sta.... 4 20 111. 3rd V. Coal Cos., coal 65 17 C. M. & St. P. Ry. Cos., freight on coal . 62 35 Heddles Lumber Cos., material. 95 07 Russell Reynolds, unload coal 340 A. Rusch, street com 33 38 W. F. Mabbett, city eng 37 60 Heddles Lumber Cos , material on st 62 75 Edg. Elect. Lit. Cos., Feb. lights 191 27 Heddles Lumber Cos., material city hall. 45 91 Petition of Mclntosh Bros. et. al. for permanent covered drainage on Swift street was read and on motion action was deferred until next meeting. Former Alderman A. E. Skinner was present and notified the council that he had removed from 3rd ward and in con sequence his office was vacant. Alderman Jenson offered the follow ing resolution and moved its adoption: Whereas, in the judgment of the Common Council it is expedient and necessary for the best interests of the City of Edgerton, and of the property affected thereby, that Fulton street from west margin of Catlin street to west end of present macadam, 1300 feet; Henry street from Fulton street northerly to south line of Canal street; Swift street from Fulton street northerly to the north line of L~t 25, Block 12 Swift’s addition, be im proved by grading and paving with asphalt filled macadam, the laying of gutters and curb ing. and otherwise improved at the expense of the real estate to be benefited as provided for in Sections 925-172 to 925-200, inclusive, of the Wisconsin Statutes of 1898, as amended by chapter 132 of the laws of 1899, and all amend ments to said sections. Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the street assessment committee, appointed Feb. 23 to act in place of board of public works, be and hereby is ordered to view the premises, and to determine the damages and benefits which will accrue to each parcel of real estate affected by such change and improvement, the entire cost of the contemplated work or improvement upon said portion of said streets, and the amount that should be assessed, under the provisions of said sections, and the amend ments to said sections, to each parcel of such real estate as benefits or damages accruing thereto by such contemplated work or im provement. Aid. Jenson’s motion was seconded, Roll call. Ayes—Vickers, Jenson Cleary, Dall man. On motion council adjourned. H. B. Knapp, City Clerk. Notice of Municipal Election. Notice is hereby given that an elec tion for the purpose of electing officers for the following named offices, will be held in the city hall, City of Edgerton, on Tuesday, April 2, 1912. A Mayor in place of J. M. Conway, term expires. An Assessor in place of W. H. Clarke, term expires. A City Treasurer in place of H. H. Dickinson, term expires. A Justice of the Peace in place of D. W. North, term expires. An Alderman in the First Ward in place of Walter Vickers, term expires. An Alderman in the Second Ward in place of C. W. Birkenmeyer, term ex pires. An Alderman in the Third Ward in place of A. E. Skinner, term expires. A Supervisor in the First Ward in place of E. C. Hopkins, term expires. A Supervisor in the Second Ward in place of L. E. Gettle, term expires. A Supervisor in the Third Ward in place of R. J. Bruhn, term expires. A Constable for the First, Second and Third Wards. The polls will be open at 6 o’clock in the morning and close at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Given under my hand this 7th day of March, 1912. H. B. Knapp, City Clerk. ♦> Larger Crops Mean More Profits. Every farmer can grow from 25 to 100 per cent bigger crops and at the same time increase the value of his farm. Nearly all farms need ground limestone for correcting the acidity or sourness of the land, and ground rock phosphate for supplying the plant food element, phosphorus, to the crops. We sell the best at lowest wholesale prices direct to farmer. Write for prices f. o. b. side track nearest your land. No farmer can afford to pass this. Badger State Phosphate Cos., 15 Milton, Wis. Shelley, Anderson & Farman Copyright Hart Schaffner Sc Marx Just study the lines of this suit a little; note the length and shape of the lapel; the shape of the waist line; the general classy look of it all through. It’s one of our Hart Schaffner & Marx spring models. We’ve lots of them to show you in the new tans and grays and the “always right” blue serges. All-wool, hand-tailored clothes that look well after lots of service. . Priced at SIB.OO to $15.00 You’ll be interested in seeing the spring styles in Stetson Hats, Bostonian Shoes, Eagle Shirts Shelley, Anderson & Farman “ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST” At W. H. Leedle's Store. Canned Peaches at 25, 20c Canned Apricots 27, 22c Canned Raspberries 28, 23c Canned Raspberries 25, 20c Dundee Marmalade, imported 28, 23c Grape Fruit Marmalade 15c Spiced Pickled Figs Olive Relish Snider's Chili Sauce Snider’s Oyster Cocktail Heinz Cutsup Libby Catsup Richilieu Catsup Tobasco Sauce Salad Dressing Boiled Cider Welch's Grape Fruit Olives Pickles Olive Oil Lea & Perrin's Sauce Mexican Tamalas YOU WILL FIND Everything For the Table. Come in and Get the Best. W. H. LEEDLE Prompt Delivery. Phone 93 Wall Paper. Good Selections For the Season. See the quality and the prices of my stock before buying. Agent for Oakland Pianos. FRANK ASH Edgerton, Wisconsin.