Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-05
Chicago s. Northwestern
.Honc G0affers.
BREVITIES

The Court of Babylon will be gwen NJ
Portage, Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings of next week.
ne Waukesha County Agricultural
Society will hold their annual faIr from
October Sd to the 9th inclusive
The Marine.te Eagle says that two
pretty attractive. skilled female BARRIERS arr
to start shop in Fort Howard, aud the
women of the place clutch at Ha,irons az
they exclaim: "We'll see if they dol
Carpet paper prepared for the pur ose
prevents moths and is the neatest material
to lay underneath and preserve carpets.
Can be found at I. S. Clark's Book and
News Depot
MIR. NJ Cunningham has sold his dray
business 10 Brigger Others, and te,ires
from the hauling field. M Ike" is not Ger
tain " hat he will go al mex;
Our former townsman, DR.. G. P. South.
we'll has opened dentist Office, 447 NIL
waukre street. Milwaukee.
Samples of Wal! Paper for the spring
trade. can now be seen at any time, by
calling at Straw / Murphy's. 22w
Mr.. E. A Mendenhal, the celebrated
artesian wei digger, has commenced drill
ing through the rock for an artesian well
at the American House, on the west 81. e.
MIR Fred Bertram will open few
DAYS large s,ock OF BOOTS and shoes, III
th:. store OF George Bott, two doors east
of tie Wisconsin National Bau>.
! Rev Mr. Hendrickson, pastor OF tie
Congregational Chorch. Was unable through
sickness to fill his polpit last Sunday, hur
it Is hoped he may be able to oficaie mex
Sunday
the wild Geese a: taking their Fl CHI 10 the
northern waters, and we trust they 20 this
time w th the intention of staying.
-Aprii Fool Day passed in our midst
Wiihou' any very great selling being per-
petraled except in toe weather line. which
was any thing but what we ought 10 exnecl
for tile lst day OF the second month OF
spring
A continuance OF the present wea her
foi few days longer, would enab farm-
ers 10 60 to work in the fields, and COM
mence sowing grain. There is IA probablli-
t. ;hat the spring may yet be as early as
usual.
-Jud ging from a notice we End in the
las, number of the Clinton Independents
the Ia, or House at that place has beef
doing thriving business under the new
proprletorship of Messrs. J. W Mathes l.
Son.
The manpula tions of the so called
"siraights were the means yesterd OF
bringing 10 the surface once more several
of The worsts pests contained in the Union
League organization. Let straight" demo-
cracy be glori6ed for the act /!
The family of Mr.. Jerry Mowder leave
this week for their new home at Minnea-
polls, Minnesota, where Mr.. Mowder has a
tuaton with the Milwaukee and ST. Paul
Railway Company They carry with them
he best wishes Of large circle of friends
or their future happiness and prosperity.
Wisconsin was under the French gov
rnment ninety-three years; next it YVES
nder Virginia one year; then under tie
erritory of Ohio six years; next under the
indian Territory eighteen years. Then be-
Oming territory under its present name !,
tremained such for twelve years, when on
he 18Th day Of March, 1s48, IL became
e 30th state in the Union, hence as a
ate ii was % years old on the 18th ult.
The defeat of Marshall J. Woodland for
derman in the Fifth ward yesterday
ay well be regarded as a calamity. TIE
It that he is Republican dragged him
wn. thoroughly competent business
pacity for TIE Office named, he is defeat
by crack.brained, visionary indi vid-
Il who does not possess a single quaiif-
ton for the position. But he is dem
rat, and being thus creased majority of
voters in the ward swallowed him
ithout az much as winking.
Yesterdays election clearly demonstrated
fact that large portion ofthe demo-
attic party of the city OF Wasertown are
Hing to coalesce with the Union League,
ID sell out the best interests of the city in
e Hind hope that the democracy will be
rengthened for the fall campaign. In
Their words these democrats are willing to
ee the city die that the democratic party
nay live. How do our citizens generally
Ike the prospect?