Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
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inc of the Jefferson County Board of SUI
pervisors, which appear this week in the
REPUBLICAN, are quite interesting to the
average taxpayer and well deserving of
a perusal by everybody.
Keep this in your memoryI A COM
plete Dramatic Company and superb
Company appear in the great
drama, "The Hidden Hand One
continues to laugh the entire evening.
We know you'll be there! At Turner
Hall on Saturday evening, March Is.
We are in receipt of an invitation to
attend musical, literary and Edramatic
entertainment in celebration of St. Pat
rick's Day to be given at Turner Hall
next Monday evening, March 18th, by
the st. Patrick's Literary and Debating
Society of the Sacred Heart College.
The great Cotton-Picking scene, in
"The Hidden Hand" faithfully repre-
senting the slaves at work on the old
plantation olio, songs, dances. choruses,
etc., is alone worth more than the price of
admission charged, at Turner Hall on
Saturday evening, March Is,
Monday night was cold, clustering
and wintry, but before daylight we were
entertained with pelting rain and sleet
and sharp thunder storm that awakened
recollectio2s OF last summers storms and
cyclones. Verify we do live in climate
of changeable atmospheric conditions.
The name Of William Schultz APP
pears among the list of candidates for
city treasurer. Mr.. Scaulte has filled
this Office with credit for three terms ard
there is no reason why he could not dis
charge its duties again in capable man
ner and for the best interests of the city.
The chicken coops of CALVIN Cheen-
ey and "Dud" Fitzgerald in the First
ward, were cleaned out of their poultry
stock Saturday night by thieves who left
nothing to bo remembered by but the
heads of the fowls. Fricasseed chicken
must be the order of diet in some families
these days.
The April number of the Manhattan
will be gallery of portraits of Edwin
Booth, presenting him in two scenes Of
"Hamlet;" in two scenes of "Richelieu:"
as Iago, Othello and Lear, the last named
being engraved from picture by Jeryis
McEntee. The frontispiece will be a
hali-leDgth of Booth, engraved by Vel
ten
The Concordia society are wrestling
with the question of the erection Of an
opera house but are somewhat divided in
opinion as to a desirable site for one
Some favor the ground between the Bank
of Watertown and Evans Livery Stable
for its location, while others prefer the
site occupied by the Beurhaus and Heep
buildings on Second street, south Of.
Main.
Hon. w. s. Greene has berome a
partner of Cornish & Curtis in their ex-
tensive business at Fort Atkinson. This
news will be hailed with great satisfac-
ton by the numerous friends of Mr.
Greene, as it indicates determination on
his part to still continue Jefferson county
as bis home. The firm of Cornish &
Curtis, already strong one, is still further
strengthened by the accession of Mr..
Greene. We trust abundant success may
attend this new business combination.
The United Statas authorities a
Boston did well to stop the gliding of the
new nickels by the manufacturers Of
cheap jeweIry. The Director IF the
Mint shouldn never have scent piece
to be mace which so closely resembles a
IS gold piece They are Of exactly the
same circumference, and by milling and
gliding The nickel.could easily be palmed
off as a gold piece, especially the first
issue which did not have the word
'cents" upon it, The old scent coin
was satisfactory and ought to have been
perpetuated without alteration.
The fan drill performed by twenty
young ladies was a feature of church
entertainment in Brooklyn. They went
through these movements: Entrance
march, present your fans, the audacious
firt, shoulder your fans, handle your
fans, carry your fans, unfurl your fans,
furl your fans, futter your fans, charge
your fans. the majectic wave, discharge
your fans, the scornful wave. shoulder
your fans, the coquetish futter, ground
your fans, the bashful futter, attack, the
angry futter, retreat, the merry futter,
triumph, surrender, the invitation futter,
recover your fans, the repellant futter,