Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-09

"A gypsy wagon looking radiant and
comfortable from the glow of fire and
lamplight passed trough the streets Mon
day night.
&C. Mayer has commenced the work
of newly seating the Congregational
Church. When completed this will be
fine improvement to the church.
The appearance of things about the
city would seem to make it necessary to
call the attention of the public to the ordi.
nance forbidding the throwing of ashes
on the streets.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was again weak and 1aa24c lower,
closing at $3.50 for No. 2 spring, 941sc
seller February, 9514c March and 1.01L
May. Oats closed at $3.50, corn at SIC,
rye at &c, and barley at &c. Hogs
were lower, ranging at $5a5.70.-Senti",
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The large chorus class Of young la
dies and gentlemen who have,been re-
ceiving instructions from Prof. G. S.
Hawley for some months past, will par
ticipate in chorus concert at Turner
Hall, Wednesday evening, January %.
The entertainment will be under the
direction of Prof. Rawley with a vasied
and interesting programme.
The egg product of the United States
stands second in value only to corn and
wheat, and often surpasses the latter.
During the last fiscal year, for, instance,
the corn crop was worth $3.50, 743, 400,
the wheat crop $484,675,779, and the
egg crop $475, $50, $50. The hen, in her
relation to our domestic economy, is
thus entitled to more respect than has
commonly been paid to her.
Robert B. johnson, son of the late
DR.. James johnson, and nephew OF DR..
Edward johnson, of this city, died last
Thursday at his home in Milwaukee, of
typhoid fever, in the 34th year of his age.
Deceased was for a time city editor of the
Sentinel and also published treatise on
Growing in America About a year
since Mr.. Johnson became a member of
the Milwaukee bar. He has left host
of friends who deeply mourn his untime-
ly death.
The list of eligible bachelors of Chi.
cage, published in the Inter Ocean, is
reminder of the long list of those mem
bers of the male persuasion residing in
WATERFOWL who'have thus far resisted all
advances from Cupid's wiles. Our bach.
elor census is regarded as relatively too
large for the best interests and happiness
of the community. The bachelor pha-
lanx should be broken at once. Leap
year is good time to inaugurate move
ment of this kind.
The residents of school district No.
in Hustisford met with serious loss
by the destruction of their brick school
house by fire last Sunday evening, be-
tween 6 and o'clock Inasmuch as
there had been no school in the building
for about two weeks the origin of the
fire remains mystery. Some surmise
that tramps sheltering in the building
may have caused the fire 1t is not
known that another place can be OBJ
tanned for the school and it may have to
De given up until a new school house is
built. The school was taught by Miss
Krause, of Horizon.
In the case of John Hoppe VS.. c..
III. & 81. Paul r. r. Co., the cause of
action being the killing of a child of
plaintiff near Watertown, by having been
run over by a train belonging to defend
ant R. r. Co., the motion to set aside the
verdict of the jury rendered at the De.
cember term awarding $1,000 damages,
was argued at length by Burton Hanson,
of Milwaukee, ably assisted by J. J.
Dick, of Beaver Dam, for defendant, and
by Harlow Pease, of WATERFOWL, for
plaintiff. The case is under advisement
by the Court. Telephone.
Professor Lewis Swift, Director of
the Warner Observatory at Rochester, N.
Y, has discovered the Pons comet, which
had single tail in 1872 and has dou~
bic one now, the longer seven and the
shorter three DEGREES. It is undergoing
changes as it approaches the sun. Tt can
be seen with the naked eye early in the
evening. Professor Swift asserts that the
recent red sunsets were que to extrane-
BUS matter which comes into our atmos-
ohere and reflects the red rays of the sun.
What the matter is it is impossible to
'ay, but he says the red sunsets are not