Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-06

day evening with Mrs. I'll. T. Eberle.
The M, E. Church sociable meets
Saturday evening with Mrs. W. I'll. Nor
ton.
Secretary Payne, of the Republican
State Central Committee, predicts
Republican majority of 10000 in Wis
consin this fall.
The programme for the two remain-
ing days of the Monona Lake Assembly
is,as follows: Thursday, Temperance Day;
Friday, National Day.
The heavy rains last week tore down
the wall of the entrance to the basement
of the Kruger building on Main street,
occupied by Brown Brothers & Dobbratz.
Thomas Coonan, formerly of Jetfer
son, and always red-hot democrat, is
captain of Blaine and Logan mounted
club at Superior City, where he resides.
The Cleveland and Hendricks Club,
at their meeting Monday evening, decid-
ed to rent the hall in the Randall build
ing for the use of the organization during
the campaign.
s Thomas Clarity, ST., one of the old
est settlers of this vicinity. died at the
residence of his son, Thomas Clarity,
Jr., in the town of Watertown, last
Thursday night at the age of SO years.
The barn of Edward Piper in Leb-
anon was discovered on fire Friday even
ing last, but by the help of the neigh~
bors the flames wore extinguished before
much damage was done. The origin of
the fire is mystery.
The spring wheat harvest is quite
we'll advanced in this locality and the
crop is yielding we'll with fine quality
of berry. In some fields the harvesting
is done with difficulty owing to the
grain being lodged. Considerable of the
barley is discolored but there is full
average yield. Corp has improved very
much since the late rains and hot wealth
err, Potatoes give good promise now.
On the first page will be found the
advertisement of B. H. Van Raub, pro-
prietor of the Don Carlos Ranch, Leon
Springs, Texas, the only ranch it is
claimed on the globe where spotted and
fancy colored ponies, are bred exclusively.
Those in want of ponies of whatever
breed for general use or for ladies or
children to drive twill do well to CORE
spond with the Don Carlos Ranch. Read
the advertisement.
Burglars entered the Commercial
Hotel last night and stole from the bed
room of J. W. Wicks. travelling man
from Jackson, Michigan, his silver watch /
and several mileage tickets. Mr.. w
saw his visitor and chased him out of the
room and down stairs. In his flight the
robber dropped his hat which Mr.. Wicks
picked up and it has been identified by
M. B. Schwab as one purchased at his
establishment by stranger yesterday.
Rev. r. G. Bedford has made a
newspaper venture at Montgomery, Ala
bama, having purchased an interest in
the Weekly Citizen, of that place. The
Citizen is under the editorial management
of Rey. Mr.. Bedford ana is the only
Republican paper published at Mont>
gomery. It's purpose is evidently to See
that the negro population is given fair
play. With the other friends of the
editor here we wish the Weekly Citizen
success and prosperity.
On July s, suspicion in regard to a
mysterious disappearance of a child Of
M. Stagge, of Fort Atkinson, led the
city authorities to investigate, and found
the child buried in the garden. A
coroner's jury was called, the stomach
taken out and sent to Chicago for analy-
sis and returned last Saturday with an
affidavit signed by leading chemist,
Walters. Hayes. of Rush Medical Col
lege, stating that sufficient arsenic was
found to cause death, whereupon Mr..
and Mrs. Stagge were committed to the
county Jail to await their trial on August
IL.
The democrats hold their county
convention at Jefferson on Saturday,
August 80, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for the various coanty offices
and to elect two delegates to represent
the senatorial district in the state con-
vention at Madison, September 10.
Adolphus Blair for the Office of treasurer
seems to have supplante1 all the other
candidates mentioned from here, which
is in accordance with the programme of
the Jefferson ring. Watertown can ex-
pect to be served with only one Office but
Jefferson with less than one.half of the