Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-27

meet on Thursday evening, at the resi-
dence of Mrs. d. O. Bradbury. A part
of the time will be devoted to literary ex-
ercises and music.
Imported English Lawn Grass. All
kinds of best garden seeds in bulk.
27w3 S. MEIER, Third Street.
The Congregational Church have
Just issued a new catalogue of books in
their Sunday School Library. The library
contains some 400 volumes.
Main Street, and some of the steeets
interesting, have had the winters
ter's rubbish cleaned off from them, in some
places, howevee, the scraping being done
too close to the road bed, bringing
many of the stones to the surface and
making rough wheeling for the balance
of the season.
WIN. M. Sommerfeld has succeeded
Mr.. Mix, in the management OF the ii. q
d. r. r. business at this point. MIR. >. is
pleasant gentleman and thoroughly un-
derstands his business. Wewish him sue
cess.-Chaska minnesota Herald.
And now the devoted housewife ap-
pears on the scene, armed with hoe and
rake, and prepares the soil for the onion
and flower beds, having an eye to utility
and strength as well as to beauty and
fragrance.
With the thermometer 81 degrees in
the shade people cease to trouble them
selves so much as tn tho prices of coal
and wood, and the condition of the supply.
NJ yIe Rundlett, pupil of the
Ladies' Department of the Northwestern
University, has passed a creditable exam
nation at Fort Atkinson, and intends to
commence her duties as teacher at Piper
vile, next week.
After all, from present indications,
it would appear that this season will not
be much behind last year. To be sure,
last spring wheat was got into the ground
earlier, but long cold spell followed and
grain was long time coming up, and
then remained at stand-still on account
of the continued backwardness. Within
the past few days vegetation has come for
ward rapidly, and the 1st of May is like
ly to find farming matters in nearly as ia
yorable a condition as at the correspond
ing period last year.
The Secret Service Division of the
Treasury Department has information
that a new counterfeit $40 gold piece has
appeared in San Francisco. 1t is made
principally of base metal, but is very
heavily plated with gold. 1t resists the
acid tests. 1t has to be cut pretty deep
before the true nature of the coin is dis
covered. 1t is not as heavy as the genu-
inc, nor has it the ring OF gold, but
many people of San Fancisco and the vi
cinity have been taken in by it.
The May number Of the Nursery, a
monthly magazine for youngest readers,
is received. This is the one hundred and
seventy-third number of the publication.
Each number appears to be better than
the preceding one and the one for May is
brim full of choice reading and most ex-
cellent illustrations for the improvement
and amusement of the little ones. Pub
lished by the Nursery Company, Sc
Bromfeld street, Boston. $3.50 a year.
The following item, from the last
| financial circular of Henry Clews & Com
pany, Bankers, of New York, who are
among the most reliable and substantial
financiers of the country, is in sense
highly applicable to Watertown
Southern State stocks have received a
very decided accession of strength from
| the action of Tennessee in acknowledging
the entire principal and over due interest
of its debt. This holds up precedent to
other states similarly situated, which, in
view of their growing prosperity and the
more settled feeling in their politics, is
calculated to induce a treer disposition
to recognize their now discredited obliga-
lions. What the public expect in this
way may be.inferred from the recent activ-
ity and the advance in prices of class OF
secondary state stocks which had become
almost unsaleable and worthless.