Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-20
A merry Christmas" to all the

The public schools are dismissed for
the holidays on Friday.
Two inches of snow fell on Saturday
night rendering the nearest approach to
sleighing we have enjoyed.
-Wenzel Czech is lying very low at his
residence in the Second ward with an at
tack of bleeding at the lungs.
Benjamin, son of Mr. aud Mrs. Jo-
seph Salick, is quite low from an attack
of typhoid fever at the residence of his
parents in the Sixth ward. The young
man came home sick from Rockford, H.
linois, come weeks ago.
Every one will find it interesting to
examine the thousads of articles display
ed in the Holiday Department at James
Norgsns, Milwaukee, He is offering
great bargains in dress goods, dolmans,
&c. The Mccall Bazaar Patterns are sold
at his house. 9w2
The Congregational Church tea par
ty will be given by Mrs. D. Hall and
Mrs. c. A. Spragus ut the residence of
Mrs. Sprague Thurday evening of next
week, December 28th. Supper served
from to s. Tickets Is cents All in
vited.
According to the census of 1880,
there were in that year 253, $40 manu-
featuring establishments in this country,
in which $3.50, 22S, SOC of capital was
invested, and over :, 800, 900 persons were
employed, to whom $947, 1864 were
paid in wages annually. The value of
the products of all these establishments |
aggregate $1,000, SCI, 700 year.
s 90 The Congregational Sunday School
enjoy their Christmas festivities At the |
Church next Saturday evening, at II |
o'clock. The beautiful Cantata of EN- |
manuel, by w. Howard Doane, will be |
rendered by the scholars, and at the close |
will come the distribution of presents |
from the well-laden Christmas tree, to |
many quite rs interesting a feature of the
entertainment as any.
1t having been stated chat Miss Anna
Dickinson, having lost all her money, had |
retired from the stage poor in purse and |
broken in spirit and resolves to never |
appear again on lecture platform or dram
ATTIC stage, that lady writes letter of de-
NAL. She has been in poor health, but
is not broken in spirit, and she will APP
pear both on lecture platform and the
stage.
The principle of perpetual motion
was never more puzzling to philosophers
than has been to Brook and Needham |
the fitting on the doors of the post Office |
this week set of double action, quickly |
spiral spring, rotary motion
hinges, the first of their kind here. But |
for twisted up looking things they work |
like charm and evidently worth twice
over all the trouble and time involved in
putting them in position.
Officers of Watertown Ledge No. 81
I. o. O. f., elected Saturday evening,
Dec 10th, 1882:
n. &C. Noack,
V. GA. Solliday,
R. Sc. w. Rundlett,
P S.-W. Humphrey,
Treas.-M. n. Barber.
Officers Of Watertown Chapter, No.
II, R. A. NJ, elected Tuesday evening,
December 10:
H.P.-N. G. Daniels,
K-J. Stone,
SIS. r. Sleeper,
Secy.-W. Humphrey,
Treas.-M. B. Schwab.
The concert given under the auspices
of Prof. r. Hardege and pupils, at Tur-
ner Hall, last Thursday evening, was
fine musical treat and well worthy of a
much larger patronage than it received.
The music, both vocal and instrumental,
was of high character, rejecting great
credit ON all who participated. We hope
on another occasion to see the efforts of
Prof. Hardege, his excellent orchestra and
their assistants, greeted with a house
worthy of their merits.
One of the results of the late war
between the great rival railway compa-
MES of the Northwest is the virtual alb
sorption of the Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis and Omaha line by the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway Company.
Mr.. Marvin Hughitt, the General Man
ager of the latter, and who is one of the
most successful railroad managers in the
world, becomes President of the absorbed
line, which will henceforth be run as a
part of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway Company's grand system of