Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-17

tfal L air offers Il lne OIL Oh altIaCuohs
next week.
The excursion to Kilhourn City and
the Dells, to have taken place last Sunday,
was postponed, on account of the high
stage of water in the Wisconsin River,
to next Sunday, September 2lst. See
advertisement
1t is reported that the Democrats in.
tend nominating Charles r. Field for
Member of Assembly. This would be
better work in the direction of nomina-
tons than the democracy are in the habit
of doing, and except in political sense
there could be no fault found with the
proposition.
The management of the Central
Fair haye through the offer of liberal
purses secured some of the finest trotting
stock in the state for entry upon the
Driving Park Course next week, To
the lovers of the turf fine programme
has been arranged for each day.
The corn in this section is now safe
from all visitations of frost and consid-
cradle portion of the crop is already cut.
The quality is excellent and the yield is
the largest known in ten years. The
bountiiul corn crop crowns the year with
the most abundant harvest since 1860.
The following patents were granted
last week to Wisconsin inventors: O. B.
Ronscn, GAINESVILLE, artificial leg; J. B.
Erwin, Milwaukee, water-meter; j, F.
Kansler, Sheboygan, apparatus for pre-
serving beer; e. Shaw, Milwaukee, trim
ming knife for sewing machines; W. G..
Wolfgram, Sharon, storm and screen
door.
"A marriage causing considerable
comment in Watertown on account of
the high connection of the groom, is that
of DR.. R. T. Bishop, of Lake Mills, to
Miss Nellie Huber, of the Second ward,
the event occurring last Wednesday.
Dr. Bishops father was for twelve years
president of the New York & New Haven
railway.
The name of II. F. Wieman, of the
town of Watertown, is mentioned in con-
nection with the nomination for the Office
of Superintendent of Schools by the Re-
publican county convention next Satur-
day His fitness for the position cannot
be questioned and if a popular candidate
is wanted the convention can do no bet
ter.
The Philharmonic Band returned
from the Band Convention held at Col
umbus last Wednesday evening with their
lappels decorated with red ribbons en-
blematic OF their having obtained the first
prize for playing. Our boys naturally
feel proud of the success they obtained
over six competing bands The Philhar-
monies keep well up in the musical
scale
DIR H. NJ Starklof, of St. Louis,
President of the North American Turner
Bund, which has a membership of 172,
600, and Judge Louis Gottschalk, of St.
Louis, former partner of Carl Schurz,
and one of the foremost German orators
OF the country, are about TO take the
stump for Blaine and.Logan in WiscoD.
sin and Ohio. Judge Gottschalk speaks
at Schlitz Park, Milwaukee, next Satur-
day evening.
Some time since the Rev. O. L.
Williams, who was here from the old
country, gave his cousin, Robert Jones,
his address in Wales, spelled in genuine
Cambrian style,ssas follows:
Rev. O. T. WILLIAMS,
Dolgelley, near
LlanfairpwIl2 gylltysiliogogerbwllog-
ogog, North Wales.
1t is not necessary to state that Mr..
Jones in writing to Rev. Mr.. Williams
does not use the small size envelopes.
The Democratic convention for the
second district meets to-day in Beaver
Dam, and the result is awaited with
much interest. According to the latest
advices the frst.vote withstand as follows:
Delaney 10, Bragg 9. Sumner 4, Sawyer
B. 1t is expected that ultimately each
of the first named will gain votes,
while the fifth delegate from Washington
county is pledged to vote for neither
Bragg nor Delaney. Dodge county, if
obliged to leave Delaney, will still insist
upon Dodge county man. and cast their
votes for Judge Elwell, of Beaver Dam,
1t is also reported that movement is on
foot to bring forward some prominent
Democrat from outside of the district.
The play of Rim Van Wrinkle was