Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
County News.
JBYYBRsoE.

Last Monday large number of our pro
minent citizens with their wives met at Nc.
| kenney's store where, armed with basket.
| OF good thi gs to eat, and a full set of glass
ware, they formed procession and marched
to the residence Of Judge l. w. Bird, and
proceeded to take possession. The table was
| soon spread with feast fit for the gods, and
| sparkling in the midst was the set of crystal
10 commemorate the fifteenth weddings an
niversary Of the Judge aud his better half
The evening was pleasantly passed, and al
about half past ten o'clock the party separ
ated.
Col. Geo. Bird is very sick with typhoid
fever. His recovery is arden.ly hoped tor
by his many friends.
Mr.. Chas. S,oppepbach has been prostrat
ed by sickness for several days In toe
meantime his business is well looked after
by his wideawake sons, Frank and Emil.
About forty couple OF the elite of Fort At
kinson, accompanied by the Fort Atkinson
StrIng Band, visited Jefferson last Friday
evening, hired hall, and till the wee sma
hours aysnt the twael, battered the flnre
till the ceiling did shake The SAWYER
House furnished them glorious supper and
the fun was fast and furious. That's The
way to do it. When you want a good hail
to dance in, come to Jeffel son and Stoppep
Zach will furnish it, and the SAWYER Hous,
will give you feast fit for kings and
queens.-Bdnner.
FORT ATKINSON.
Cal Cheney of Watertown, Deputy Rev
nj - ,l,:z
this week looking after the retail dealers
OF cigars. BY the decision of the Revenue
Department all stamps ON cigar boxes
| must be wholly erased when the dealer
has sold The cigars or the box must be burn
ed. But few of our dealers had complied
with this decision supposing it was enough
TO matilate The stamp and All of them had
more or less boxes which the Collector burn
ed. Dealers must look out ne 1t time or they
will ge' caught fifty dollars worth.
The Methodist Sunday School Sleigh
rice 10 whitewater last Saturday was ~
very enjoyable affair. About 20 teams
were in the line. They were received by
the several members of the NJ +. Churc,.
III whitewater, who did all in their powe,
to render the occasion success. All o.
the members OF the school speak very Hight,
Of the trip.
The Annual Meeting of the Anti Hors,
Tibet Society WAS held ut the Green Noun.
tain House on Saturday last. The Treas
urers report Was cad, showing $l9S.27 OIL
hand. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: j. H. Davls, Presi
dent; E. Jacobs, Vice President; o. 5.
Cornish, Treasurer; D. W. Curtis, Sec
S. E. BRIGHT,
; S,:s. a S::s,::: Vigilance CON-
The e|sgent new mansion of s. S Curtis
was thrown open to the Universalist Socla-
be Thur>day night of last week. The com
pany which assembled were Hospitality re
ceived by Mr. and Mrs Curtis and enjoy ed
the occasion very much.
The examination of E. Fuller for The
burning OF Widow Aliens barn and o,be,
property, was held before Justice Brown
~ this city. Thursday of last week, anu
resulted In his being held to the Circu,
Court, under bail OF 5000.
II. ). Prltchsrd has associated with him
self Mr.. A, Dalton OF Chicago, and the old
Pritchard Brewery is ia full blast.
NO more mischiefous and misappisd
charity can be exercised than that Of giving
food TO tramps. We believe in being gener-
| GUS and Heaven knows we hate TO DENY
any person food that asks it. But SOM
what extensive experience with these gen
try compels US to say that a no more ras
cal'y and undesersing set of dead beats
! exist. During The year of 1871 Whit
acting AS President OF the village, 100 OF
these fellows applied to us for aid, and this
was only about one half the number tina,
came into town. We made a special effcr
to get work for all that would work, and
there were but two who accepted the pro-
tered employment Ono man came to u,
eight times in the course of the year. A
large proportion ofthem have been inmate.
OF jalls. houses of correction or ,risons. 70,
onenses OF various degrees of magnitude.
we believe that not one case in a hundred
Is deserving of the least charity Union.
lake MILLS.
On Sunday afternoon, Edgar D. Smith
and p. E. Hoag, of Waterloo, drove over to
the village for the purpose of making some
calls. They put their horse in the Lake
Side barn for time, then hitched up again
and the next thing known was that til.
horse was hitched to post in front of the
hotel, and allowed to stand there all night
K. Petrick, of Kroghvlle, ment with q
serious loss recently. He was in the barn
milking one of his cows with became un-
manageable and hooked another in a mos,
serious manner and then threw itself upon
the floor and broke her neck.
Drs Dubois and Mitchell, have entered
into co partnership, in the practice OF their
profession.
During the week of prayer great in teres'
has been manifested and the attendance 8,
the meetings has been gra:ifyirgly large
Spike.