Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

cleanest.
1.-THE Battle of Gettysburg" now on
exhibition in Chicago, will form Que Of
the attractions at the State fair next
month.
Posters are out announcing the 32nd
annual fair of the Jefferson County Ag-
ricultural Society, to be held at Jeffer-
son Sept. Z, 8, 9 and 10.
en-. T. NJ" will accept thanks for a
programme of the Twentieth National
Encampment 6, a. R. atSan Francisco,
beautiful specimen of colored Autograph
work.
Buy your Boiled Linseed Oil from
Straw & Murphy, who boil it themselves
and in this way only can it be guaranteed
as genuine. %
Henry Block delivers from his yard
in the Seventh ward, this week, the last
brick on his contract of 100000 for the
erection of the City Hall building at
Oconomowoc.
The earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul road for the first week
in August amounted to $421 900, an in
crease of $4,000 over the earnings of
The ono,o xyooL Loot S,oar
The Seventh District Lodge of /. Q.
G. T. will hold its second annual session
and fifth meeting at Oconomowoc on the
25th and Goth of August. Jefferson county
IS comprised within the Seventh district.
1t is reported that one of the candi-
dates for prominent position on the
Democratic ticket made boast here a
few days since, as recommend for him
self, that he was qualified to drink from
80 to 80 glasses of beer a day without
finching. The rest Of the boys might as
we'll stand aside.
Make no mistake, but remember
that Rsue & Dobbratz take the lead in
first class work and low prices. Al
"A representative of the Kalamazoo
Knitting Company has recently visited
Waterloo with the end in view of Floating
knitting factory there. Steps should be
taken to show up our inducements to the
company. WATERFOWL could certainly
discount Waterloo in the matter, and
here is just the place for the Kalamazoo
people TO set their stakes.
The barn and tobacco shed of Daniel
Damuth, two miles south of Fort Akin
son, were destroyed by fire Thursday
morning. The fire is credited to incen-
diary tramps. The loss is between So, 500
and 5000; the insurance about 81 900.
This is very severe loss to Mr.. Damuth,
and friends and neighbors express a
great deal of sympathy for him.
Il
in the office of S. B. Fuller. This giant
insect is to all appearance common
house fly, except being somewhat blacker.
1t measures q inches in length and is
about twenty times larger than the av
common fly. The same day
DIR. Werner captured similar one in his
office. They are probably visitors from
the south, and related perhaps to the Texas
gat fly.
Paint, Oil and Wall Paper at reduced
prices at Straw & Murphy's. Ceiling
papers in late designs. 38
Our former townsman, Col. Edmund
Jussen, the Consul general to Austria
Hungary, suggests to the State depart
ment at Washington system of super
vision to keep out anarchists from the
country. 1t gives all United States Con-
suls in their respective districts control
of emigration, and requires that any
emigrant who lands in the United States
shall present a certificate from the Unit
ed States Consul of the district from
which he emigrates.
Prof. Foster, the Iowa meteorologist,
predicted that one of the creates. periods
of 1886 would begin on August Is and
continue till the 9th, during which the
great drouth would be completely broken
by heavy rains, hail and tornadoes and
heavy gales. A tropical hurricane on the
southeast Atlantic coast between the 18th
and Goth, These storms will be general,
anG Iowa, Illinois, the New England
states, Eastern Canada and Labrador will
lie in the danger path. Vivid sun spots
from tie 18th to the oath and brilliant
auroras on the Goth and 29d are pre-
dicted.
-Four new Pullman sleeping cars
were last week added to,the equipment of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad. They are named respectively,
"Viroqua," "Faribault," stNecedah" and