Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-04
Hon. J. D. Bullock is building fine

church, will enter upon his pastoral du-
ties Sunday, May 10Th.
The Watertown Elevator Company
have rented the store Oh the corner OF
Main and Third streets and will occupy
it next week as Flour, Feed and Com
mission store.
The Bank of Watertown is greatly
improved in appearance by the touches
Of the painters brush. The building looks
as bright and new as when first erected.
We have great pleasure in announc-
ing that the postponed concert of the
Chicago Musical club will take place at
Turner Hall, Saturday evening, May 2lst.
-Silas Sleeper is getting material on
on the ground for the erection of dwell
ling on his lot on Clyman street, adJoln-
ing Dr. Wigginton's. He intends to put
up about $4,000 house.
w. Firehammer, aged about so years,
living on the Frank farm in the town OF
Concord, died last Saturday after brief
illness, leaving a wife aud three children.
The deceased had been resident of JEFF
ferson county fifteen years.
Bear in mind that the Fish Bros.
& Co.'S Racine Wagons, Buggies and
Phaetons are the best you can buy, and
that Herman III. Walter, on Third street,
half block north of Main, is the sole
agent for Dodge and Jefferson counties.
See his advertisement 20
Last week Charles 3. Wilkins sold
his farm of 1929 acres, three miles east
of the city, in the town of Watertown, to
Christian May, for the sum of So, 400.
Some eighty acres of the land is timbered
which Mr. May will proceed to cut for
material for his stave and barrel factory
ia the Sixth ward.
The Northwestern Seagenfest will
hold its annual session at Madison, July
Sth, 9th and 10th, Nineteen societies,
numbering 500 singers, have already
signifed their intention to be present,
and others will doubtless join them.
Concordia society from this city will at
tend.
The drug business of r. H. Burke on
the West Side has been purchased by
Cody & Johnson and the stock removed
to the store just vacated by Mess~s. G. &
H. T. Eberle the old stand of Edward
johnson. 1t looks quite like old times to
see, ''Doc'' Johnson dispense medicine
again behind the counter.
A battalion of the state militia
comprising the Watertown Rifles, Lake
City Guards, Madison, Governors Guard,
Madison, and Guppy Guard, Portage, was
organized last week by electing G. P.
Chapman, of Madison, major and DR.. w.
G. Spaulding, of this city, sturgeon. The
Doctor will feel at home dealing out
''dope'' to the boys at surgeons call.
Some idea may be obtained of the
extent of the business done by Wiggen-
horn Brothers, Cigar Manufacturers of
this city, when we state that the stamps
purchased by the firm for the month of
March amounted to $1050 and the num-
Der of cigars sold 10000. The Wiggen-
horn Brothers cigars have reputation
for excellence that extends far and wide.
G. & 81. T. Eberle have removed
from the West side into the Schubert
store between Second and Third streets,
where they will carry on their drug bust
ness in future The old friends and GUS
toners of the firm will find the Messrs.
Eberle in convenient quarters, and well
located for the wants of their trade.
AT La Crosse, Thursday, April 2Sth,
the nuptials were celebrated of A. J.
| COliuCCtCu Will tuS OulCdSO3 MIL
| waukee & St. Paul Railway in this city,
and Miss Lizzie Miller, at the residence Of
the brides parents, Rev. George Reinsch
performing the marriage ceremony. The
happy couple have settled down to the
enjoyments of welded life at their home
in the First ward.
The melancholy days have come
tho saddest Of the year; the husband wears
an injured look-ho1se cleaning time il
here. The wife goes madly tearing
round with scrubbing brush and broom
the dull and sombre thud of mops is
heard in every room. Now with wilo
and frightened glare-a glare devoid O.
hope. the. husband tumbles down the
stairs upon cake of soap; or, with an awk
ward, clumsy flop, and with smothered
wall, he trips DER some protruding NOR
and sits down in pail.
CHARLES BENIN and F. Huebschman