Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-26
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Total valuation of property in Jeffer-
son County is returned as 50, 734,7ss.
Buffalo Robes cheap at Fred Bertram ;
from SIS to 81 q piece.
p. Kennedy has completed fine side
walk in front of his livery stable on First
street..
We wish the readers of the REPUBLICAN,
one and ALL both great and small, Happy
New Year.
"A theatrical performance in honor of
s'Little Christmas" takes place at Turner
Hall this Wednesday, evening.
Our mercantile frie nd, VIM A. Beaur-
hass, was married to Miss Maldaner, We'd
nesday, Dec. 10th.
Some idea of the mud hereabouts may
be had from the fact that the farmers are
sailing into town with four horses attached
to single.seated buggy.
December ploughing is now in vogue
in this vicinity and the farmers are hurry
ing along with this kind of work for fear Of
freeze up.
The State Dairymen's Association will
bod its annual convention at Whitewater
on the 23d and Gath of January next.
The examinations for the close of the
fall term at the Northwestern University
were held Thursday and Friday. The next
term begins Jan. 3.
A pauper recently ran away form the
jefferson County Poorhouse, which institu-
ton is said to contain about seventy in
mates, twenty-six of whom are incurably
insane.
Fort Atkinson people think they have
q clue to the murderer of the man found
dead recently in a small grove north of that
village, with his skull crushed in and body
partly Durntd.
The fair of the ladies of St. Bernard's
Catholic church which was advertised to
commence this wednesday, evening and
continue to New Year s evening, has been
Indefinitely postponed, the managers hav-
ing decided to wait until better weather.
The children and teachers connect ed
with the Congregational Sunday School
had an interesting and joyous time at their
Christmas festival Friday evening The
exercises passed off successfully and old and
young seemed to feel happy.
At the national dairymen's meeting in
Chicago. Hiram Smith, of Sheboygan coun-
ty, was elected President. The following
Wisconsin men were elected vice. presidents.
Hon. George Whedon, Seeboygan Falls,
Wis; W. c. White, Kenosha, Wis; Hon.
Charles Hazen, Ladoga, Wis.
The Yield per acre of the TT crop of
tobacco in the tobacco producing section of
Wisconsin is estimated at 800 to 1000
pounds The best yield reported to date is
the crop of R. Smith, of Milton, which
stripped out l 900 pounds per acre.
j. E. Hidden, of the town of Bris toll,
butchered FIVE pigs the other day, which
were q trife over eight months ole, and
weighed severally 304, 3l1, $40, $50, and
37S pounds-.an aggregate of l 1858 pounds
of dressed pork. They were cross be-
tween the Essex and Poland China.
AS comparatively few of the ladies in.
tending to receive New Years Calls have re.
sponied to our request of last week to hand
in their names to this Office for publication,
We omit publishing the list and consequent
II the callers must devise some other means
of ascertaining where the latch strings are
out the first day of the new year.
On one of those bright sunshining
days which we have had OF late a gentle
man meeting another on our streets said
that the day was beautiful, overhead; said
the other dryly-who has considerable
driving aboutto Go and was evidently dis
gusted with the condition of the roads
Eyes, but there is very title travel in that
direction"
We notice in the Ida (Iowa) Pioneer. of
Dec. goth, the marriage of Mr.. John Mott
and Miss Louisa Champlin. Mr.. Mott was
an old resident of Jefferson Co. and still has
many warm friends here who will gladly
join US in sending our sincere congratula-
lions 10 him and his bride May health,
wealth, happiness and love be their:porti on
forever.
IF. Miller Co. have q large force of
men al work building the new side track
which will connect their FIGURING MILLION
First street, 1st ward, with the Milwaukee
l. st. Paul depot. They expect to have the
track completed By Saturday evening. The
completion of the track will add largely to
the business interests of Mr.. F. Miller h Co.,
and indicates an enterprising spirit on their
part worthy to be followed by more of our
business men. Nr. T. Baxter is supervis.
ipS the work.