Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-05-26
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The Congregational church Sociable
will meet with Mrs Jesse Stone Thursday
evening.
Among the recent patents issued is
one to Crane, of Fort Atkinson, on Sew
ing Machine.
The Secretary Of State reports l6,529
COWS in Jefferson County and 1925 in
Dodge County.
Dealers in Illuminating oils will bear
in mind that on the Oath Of May the new
laws governing the sale of such oils took
effect.
The regular annual convention of
the Wisconsin Catholic Total Abstinence
Union will be held at Portage on the 10th
and 18th of June.
Second District Convention I. o. G.
T., is to be held with Spring Lake Lodge,
No 176 Palmyra, on Friday and Satur-
day, May 2Sth and Doth 1880.
Another special train of 800 Canadi-
an immigrants will be due to pass through
this city over the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul line, toward Manitoba to-
day.
In 1878 Dodge County made over
100000 pounds of butter. The same
year Jefferson County made over 800, 900
pounds of butter and three million pounds
of cheese.
The Oconomowoc Union and Supply
association, the grangers' store, under the
management of II Halfen, was opened
last Monday.
John w. Davis, of Dodge County,
has been appointed trustee of the Wis
consin Institution for the Education Of
the Blind, vice John Johnson, whose term
has expired.
Special orders have been issued by
the Governor, granting permission to the
First Regiment of the Illinois National
Guard to hold six days encampment at
Oconomowoc, commencing June 18th.
A den Of black snakes, species very
rare in this state, were discovered last
week, in the town of Deerfeld, Dane
county, and several Of them killed. The
largest measured eight and one-half feet.
The Jefferson County hop yards, have
made promising start and the plants are
budding in healthy condition. Very few
if any new yards have been set out this
spring, so that the acreage will be about
the same as last year.
A large circle of many colors around
The sun Friday morning attracted the at
tention of nearly everybody and the phe-
nomenon excited great interest. A semi
circle some distance from the circle, in
appearance like a rainbow, made the pic
ture still more strange.
The South Side Turner Society of
Milwaukee took an excursion to this city
Sunday last and united with their Water
town brethren in giving an exhibition of
gvmnastic exercises at Turner Park the
proceedings closing with a grand ball in
the evening at Turner Hall.
IS. J. Collins, formerly of La Crosse,
who has been train dispatcher for the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, for
the past few years, has been appointed
Assistant Superintendent of Prairie du
Chen Division, vice A. J. Earring, trans
ferred to the Chicago q Pacific Division.
"A bitten subscriber of The James
vile Recorder writes to that paper, warm
inc the people against man travelling as
agent of a hay fork, who is of doubtful
reputation and wishes to establish agents
through the country. There is a trick in
NV nfo
can be made by taking off one-third Of
one side.
The new printing company, whith
bought out the Milwaukee Banner und
Volksfreund, have chosen Edward AS
cherman, President. VIM. 7. McLaren,
Vice-President and Edward Niedecken,
Secretary and Treasurer. Itappears that
the old concern was badly in debt, and
the new proprietors have been collecting
and appropriating any back subscriptions
or other credits of the former proprietors,
which were turned over to them in their
purchase.
Mrs. Mack, convicted last year of
numbering her husband, near GAINESVILLE,
and sentenced to the state prison for life,
having had a new trial granted by an or
der Of the supreme court, was brought
into court Thursday, to hear the
proceedings on an application for
change of venue. She sat quietly and
with due composure within the rail, her
garb being the usual black worn by her,
and her face partly yelled. The place Of
trial was changed to he September term
of the Jefferson county circuit court.