Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-08-09
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attention Republicans,

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Tt must be borne in mind by the Re
publicans of the First Assembly district
of Jefferson county that the convention
for the election Of two delegates to re-
present the district in the Congressional
Convention at Geneva Lake, will be held
at the REPUBLICAN Office, in this city,
next Saturday afternoon at 2 o e49Gk,voE
st. Paurs Parish Guild meets Thurs
day evening with Mrs NJ. E. Parker
Headquarters for the best Machine
Oils at Straw aud Murphy's. 42w2
AT Milwaukee there is a great NOR
tally among the children under 2 years
of age, chiefly from commissions and chol-
era infantum.
There will be services at the Congre-
gational church next Sunday, Rev. H. G.
Granger, of haywood, Illinois, occupying
the pulpit morning and evening.
The earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukre & St. Paul road for July were
S466, 900, decrease of $27, 900 as COM
pared with the cores ponding month last
year.
Rev. Hugh Miller. Thompson, for
merly of Nashota, and now one ofthe most
prominent ministers of the Episcopal
Church in New Orleans, has finally de-
cided not to accept the call of st. Pauls
Church, Rochester, n. Y, his parish re-
fusing to allow him to leave them.
During a severe5thunder-storm Mon
day afternoon the barn of Robert Gamer
on, in the town of Ashippun, Dodge coun-
ty, was struck by lightning and burned,
together with large amount of hay and
a number of calves, swine and other live
stock. Loss about $500. Partially in
sured in the town Insurance company.
Friday last the examination of the
normal class, of the Monona Lake Assem-
bly,, was held, So members entering for
examination. This number finally
dropped down to %. The applicant had
to answer Sc questions out of so. Nine
teen were successful and among them
was Miss Nettie Hall, of this city.
The body of Thomas E. May, broth
er of John B. May, of this city, who was
lost off the steamer Sheboygan in Lake
Michigan on the 18th of July, was found
on the beach at Kenosha last Wednesday
morning The body was recogniza bic
only by papers found upon his person.
The remains were taken to Chicago where
the funeral was held under the au-
spices of the Typographical Union.
Monday last there arrived on the af
ternoon train from Milwaukee a young
German emigrant and his wife, having
with them, laid away IN pine box, the
dead body of their little child that had
died while on their journey between Chi
cage and this city. They were coming
here to meet friends and we suppose the
remains of their precious one found de-
cent burial among us. This is very
touching and sad incident, and is another
reminder Of how little we know of the
distress and suffering all about rs.
Minneapolis is immense, and will
have big fair beginning September 4th
but she has to look to WATERFOWL, all
the same, for the boss ticket seller on the
occasion, our townsman; William F.
Sommerfeld, having been secured for
this purpose at salary of $1,000 per day.
Mr.. Sommerfeld's long experience with
2. 7 Barnum has we'll fitted him for this
kind of work and the rapidity with which
he makes change and handles tickets is
quite extensively known.