Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

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body. Charley Hosley and Tom my we,
in wagon to which was attached tram
for carrying calves, when opposite Geor.
Fargo's the front wheel struck stun
" hich threw Tom under the hind whe.
which passed over his limbs, breaking then
| AS above mentioned. The little sufferer wa
| at once conveyed to his home and Dr. Mi
| chefs services called into reuuisition. O.
Sunday the fractured limbs were set an.
if nothing unforeseen happens, Tom vii
come out all right, altho' be will have
ong siege of it.-Spike
PALMYRA.
At the two evening school entertainment
held at the Congregational church on Tues
day and Wednesday evenings of last week
the sum Of 1853 .68 was received The amour
clear Of expenses will reach over the sum O
forty dollars.
The Village Election will take place OF
the first Tuesday in May
Mr.. George Foot started for Nebraska on
Tuesday.
Mr.. J. w. Congden of Milwaukee has
purchased onehalf of the farm formerly
owned by the late H. E. Coon. Conside:a-
ton So, 900.
Mr.. Z. Wilson has recently been putting
his cheese factory in apple pie order for The
coming season. He has put in a new and
first class boiler, and made general over
hauling, making everything convenient
about the premises. His factory is capable
of manufacturing the milk Of 400 cows.
Easter services were held at the Conerega
tional church on Sunday evening-Re7. R.
d. Stearns, of Whitewater, officiating. The
church was profusely decorated with flow
ers, which being tastefully arranged-pre-
sented TO the eye of the beholder beauti.
full symbol OF the resurrection.
correspondent writes to us from Jeffer
son that be sees it going the rounds in the
county papers and credited to the Enter
prise that Mr.. Paul Cartwright is supposed
to have been the first white child born in
the town of Sullivan, but carries the idea
that as far as he can learn that it was an
other person, one Sybil Tenny, daughter of
). ID. Jenny. She was the wife of A. J.
Vanderwater, of Jefferson, but is now de
ceased. From what we learned it was sun.
posed that Mr.. Cartwright vas the first.
but If it IS mistake, corrections like ad-
journments are always in order. Mr.. J.
will please send us the age of the one claim
ed TO be the first white child of the town of
Sullivan and obhge.- Enterprise.
FORT ATKINSON.
The mother of E. P Clark of Milton,
and the late Madame Benaparte were cou-
sins. The maiden Fame of Mrs. Clark was
Patterson.
The Barber Shops will keep closed doors
on Sunday after April goth. Do your own
shaving ye aggards, on Sunday morning
hereafter.
Mr.. Hilberts, Superintendent of the JET
ferson Wollen Minis, has sued that city in
the sum of 50, 600 for injuries to his foot
caused by detective sidewalk.
The Fort Atkinson Cornet Band has re-
ceived an invitation from Hon A Sam Ryon
Jr, President of the Wisconsin Editorial
Association, to accompany that body in it's
annual excursion, which will come off the
seventeenth of June next. This is a fin
compliment to our Band and ore thew most
highly appreciate. The boys are hard to
work at some fine new music and will do
themselves and their city an honor on that
occasion.
The statutes forbid any person in any
manner whatever, to catch fish in Lake
Ripley in Jefferson County except in the
months of June, July and August.
Orders for pressed hay, from the mining
regions of the north, are driving the Hay
Press to its utmost capacity.1
The High School opened on the 9Th inst.
with about hundred pupils.
Died in Fort Atkinson, Wis, Thursday.
morning, April 18th, 1879, Mrs. Hannah
May, aged 81 years and months.
Mrs. May was one of the earliest settlers
of this town. She was born in Dearfeld.
Oneida County, N. Y, May 10th 1897.
Married to Chester N. Y, Dec. "a, 1917.
July 1889, with her husband she came to
| this town, and settled on the farm now
owned by VIM. Benham, On The GAINESVILLE
road. Her husband built the first frame
house and barn ever erected in jefferson
County. For nearly forty years she has
lived with this people witnessing the mar
velous growth which has takens place, and
occupying an honored place in the respect
and affection of wide circle of friends and
neighbors. For years her home was the
resting place of the weary emigrant and no
one was ever turned from her hospitable
door, hungry. Judge Rankin, in speaking
| of her, said "She was emphatically the
mother Of US all IN our early struggles in
this town. Mrs. May was a woman of
much more than ordinary strength of mind
and character. She was the mother of FIVE
children, all of whom survive her except
| one daughter, the former wife of ! D. Clapp.
Chester May, Geo. W. c. May, ana Mrs. H
b. Caswell, wife of Hon. L. B. Caswell
For years she has been a great sufferer, but
has borne up under the ravages of disease
with wonderful persistence. But the worn
out machinery OF life at last stood still, and
she passed to her long rest peacefully and
gladly Union.
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