Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-26
2Hon1c 30offcrs.
BREVITIES

Wade Hampton having been SUNNI oned
to attend the President on his Southern
tour will not attend the Northern Fair at
Oshkosh.
We are requested to notice that DR..
Martin, of Milwaukee, will speak on the
National Finances at Music Hall in this city
on Wednesday, Sept. Goth, at P NJ.
At Juneau tie county board met and
offered $4,000 reward for information that
will lead to the conviction Of the person or
persons who set FIRE to the court house in
that place.
At the recent election in Shawano the
proposition to have the county give $4,000
in bonds for the same amount of railroad
stock was carried bya majority. Shawano
wants a railroad.
"A little boy baby of Mr. E. Perry, the
car penter, living in the Sd ward, aged
Sunday from a piece of apple which stuck
10 its throat.
The Railways are busy these days haul
ing Wisconsin and Minnesota grain to mar
ket. There is scarcely an hour in the
TWEEN y-fCur that we do not hear the whis-
tie of a passing train.
Mr.. J. ". Cole has torn down an old
wooden building in the rear of his block, in
the First ward, fronting on lst street, pre-
paratory to the erection of a brick store.
The new building IS to be Is by 26 feet,
and two stories high.
The total receipts of the jefferson
County Fair were over $4,000, which after
paying premiums and expenses will leave
the society about 5000 to apply on indebted
ness outstanding.
The Board of Street Commissioners at
their last meeting passed an ordinance for
the closing of the saloons IN the city at IL
o'clock P VI. This is move in the right
direction and we hope to see the ordinance
strictly observed
By notice elsewhere it will be seen
that T. S. Clark has the exclusive sale of
the celebrated cold water pen that we have
all heard 50 much about They cost but
FIVE cents each, and everybody should try
one at least
.bo &c
hose for our fire steamers was apparent at
the fire last Monday night. During the
progress of the fire the hose bursted several
times, causing delays and placing property
in great jeopardy.
The Live Oaks of Watertown and the
Oconomowoc Brown Stockings, played a
lively game of base ball on the Watertown
resulted in a victory for the Live Oaks by
the score of "a to Is
In the case of young Buck, charged
with having stolen ring from the novelty
store of E. R. Baum, few Gays ago, before
Justice Ambrose, Scotch verdict of stnot
proven" was rendered, and the prisoner dis
charged.
Mr.. L. Wolf, of Chicago, succeeds Mrs. K.
Lloyd IN the dry goods and grocery business
in the P. Y. Brown store on the west side
The remnant of Mrs. Lloyd's assignee stock
has been removed to the west store room in
the old ssCramer block"
Burglars are at work in nearly every
town in the State. They do not confne
fair business in the country. 1t is the duty
of everybody to look out for them and be
prepared to give them warm reception.
-Ex-Gov. c. c. Washburne has don ated
to the Wisconsin University the cost of a
complete astronomical observatory to be
built next year on the University grounds
The gift will probably amount to $4,000
and is the largest ever given for public pur-
pose by a citizen of Wisconsin
At the Democratic Assembly District
convention held at LOTS saloon Monday
afternoon, Mr.. Thomas Baxter of the 3rd
ward and Mr. Thomas Shinn1ck of the town
OF Watertown were elected delegates to the
Democratic State Convention at Fond du-
Lac on Wednesday.
Mr.. William Brown, the father of the
late Thurlow W. Brown and of Miss Emma
Brown, of the Wisconsin Chief, Fort At
kinson died at that place On the 10th in
slant, at the age of SO years. Mr.. Brown
came West twenty-five years ago, from
Auburn, n. Y.
Mr.. Edward Griffith, of the town oil
Emmett, returned from Denver, Colorado,
Tuesday morning in quite impaired health,
the climate of that state having been of nc
benefit to him. Mr.. William Griffith &C.
companied bis brother and will visit for a
short time at his parents home.