Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-05
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Cottage prayer meetings are being
ED among the congregation of the Nj.
:. church the present week.
The Watertown Shakespearean Club
leets this evening with Miss Mary Chad
lex, when Richard III will be rendered
The ceremonies attendant upon the
installation of officers OF Watertown Lodge
No. 40 f. & A. NJ, were held last Thurs
lay evening.
D. NJ. Aspinwall, IF Pennington,
made the boys in the REPUBLICAN office
IN acceptable New Years gift in the shape
Of lot OF nice apples.
The Northwestern University opened
Tor the winter term yesterday with an
increased number of students in both the
male and female departments.
-Rev. Il. G. Bedford, the new pastor
OF the Congregational church, is conduct
ing series OF meetings appropriate to
the nrst week OF the new year, at his
church during the evenings of this week.
"A joint meeting of the Parish Aid
society and St. Agnes Guild of ST. Pauls
church Will be held Thursday evening at
the residence of Mis-. Henry S. Howell.
The committee has provided music for
entertainment of those present,
Daniel O'Brien, son of NJ. O'Brien,
Of the town of WATERFOWL, died of con-
sumption at the home of his parents,
Monday, January Sd, 1881, aged 25
years The funeral of the deceased was
held from ST. Demands Catholic church
this morning.
by reference to our new advertise
ments it will be seen that the store build
ing of Mrs. K. Schubert on Main street,
between Second and Third is offered for
sale. This is one of the best business
locations in the city. The drug stock of
Kate Schubert & Son in the same build
ug is also offered for sale.
A concert from the Chicago Musical
club to be given in this city within a few
weeks is on the tapis and our citizens
may as well prepare for rich treat in
the line OF vocal and instrumental music.
The club is composed of the following
prominent artists: Ii. Schoenfeld, Piano;
E. Heimendahl, Violin; I'll. Allen, Viola;
Ad. Liesegang, Violoncello.
The original "Uncle Tom has
home, at the age of 90, in Camden, Kent
county, Canada. He goes about lectur-
ing. His arms he cannot raise to his
head because they were crushed by rail
in the hands of his old master. One of
his grandsons is being educated at Ober-
lin for the ministry.
The eleventh Annual Report of the
Wisconsin Odd Fellows Mutual Life In
surance, made by j.. W Ostrander, Secre-
tary, shows that during the year there
have been admitted 1889 new members
in the company. That there have been
lost by death, suspensions and other
causes, 572, leaving gain in excess of
all losses of ST members
AS showing that some articles of Wa
eertown manufacture have reputation
that extends considerable distance and as
an evidence of how closely knit together
all parts of the world are becoming, we
would state that James Forncrook &
Company received an order from London,
England, last week for some of their
"Boss' One Piece Sections. The order
reached them in just Is days from the
time it was mailed in London which tells
the story of the great revolution that
steam has made in this age.
-Commissioner Raum's very Just and
sensible recommendation of the repeal of
the tax on bank deposits, capital and
check stamps met with instant approval
from the public, and has been presented
to Congress in the form of bill by Mr..
Morton. There is little DOUBT of its pas
sage. The check stamp is an especially
odious and unjust exaction, taxing per
son practically for taking money out of
one pocket and putting it into another.
Very little revenue has been gained from
this source and it is the prevailing i'm
Tession that it should have been repeal
long ago.
Justice Beckman's court in the Sixth
ward was occupied for several days last
week with the proceedings as ordered by
a resolution of the Board of Street Com
missioners against J. G.. Rothe, of the
town OF Emmett, through which it was
sought to compel the digging of canal
ON said Rothe's land, ostensibly for
public purposes, but as contended by
Mr.. Rothe's counsel for the benefit of
private parties. After considerably many
heated discussions pro and con on the
subject the proceedings against Mr..
Rothe were dropped and he holds his do
main intact. Harlow Pease conducted
he case for Mr.. Rothe, and Charles FL.
,aardner in hahalf of the BOARD