Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-09

The Ladies Social Society of the NJ.
Church will meet at the residence of
rs. Joseph Giles this evening.
The fiend who promulgated the
les beginning ooh, the snow, the
,autiful snow,' has died Of remorse.
The ladies Aid Society and the St.
gnes Guild of St. Paul's church meet
thursday evening with Mrs. NJ. E. Par
3r.
Coal in Milwaukee is $500 per
N and wood 5000 per cord with both
cost impossible to get. Dealers are
Hing coal at 81 90 for two bushels.
General Garfield is the twentieth
resident 9th United States. His term
) the twenty-fourth.
T. d. Kanouse being bound
Madison, was prevented from deliver
ng his lecture on prohibition at the
congregational church that had been an
bounced for last Sunday evening.
The services at St. Paurs church
7ere conducted last Sunday by Rev.
larry Thompson who was prevented by
he blockade to the railroads from leaving
u Cedar Rapids last week as he had
anticipated.
James Bolles suffered a stroke of
analysis on the right side yesterday fore
Don. At first his case was considered
ute critical, but to-day his condition is
approved and hopes are entertained of
7coyery.
We have received a fine colored
thograph portrait of Adam Forepaugh,
sgreat Snowman, executed by the
lmous artist, Matt Morgan. The like
ess is so striking and true that any one
Tho has ever seen Mr.. Forepaugh would
ecognize it at once.
Prominent dry-goods firms in New
rork city state that business has been
xcellent the first two months of the
ear, although its volume and the prices
otained had not been so great as in Jan
ary and February, 1880. In prices
ere has been falling off of 10 or II
er cent since year ago, but the mar
n of profit remaining is satisfactory.
From the proceedings Of the meet
tg of the c. W. A. & NJ. A. it will be
en- that the society have decided to hold
leir next fair September 10, 20, q, %
%. The following week the state
If takes place at La Crosse and in &C
rdance with the rule they have estab-
he'd the fair Of the Jefferson county
cultural Society will occur the week
4 Ehe State fair.
A short time since Messrs. Form
ook & Company of this city shipped
me of their Boss one piece sections to
party ordering in London, England.
he goods were duly received and gave
uch good satisfaction that an acknowl-
lgment of their receipt was accom-
anied by another order for sections and
ZEE hives. This shows how some goods
Manufactured in this country take lnthe
lother country.
Cattle-raisers of the great West are
unanimous il the belief that the sever
of the Winter has had a disastrous
feet from the Rio Grande river to the
:ritish boundary. Some Nebraska
erdsmen predict loss of 20 to 80 per
ant., with still greater damage unless
acre should soon be a marked rise in
uperature. About 10000 Texas cat
re wintering in Indian Territory.
The list submitted shows that very
w banks in New York City, and those
lie lesser ones, have occasioned all the
lie and cry, and embryo panic which
Is resulted. Out of the forty-seven ma
nal banks in that city just nine in all
We made deposits to surrender circula-
n. These nine banks surrendered So,
i,75O; and they had total cirulation
1864, 500, out of $1S, 259, 500 report
IN the 18th inst. by the forty-seven
onal banks. Only three of those sur
lering their circulation had capital
yer 100000.