Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-31


The home made mixed paint made
by Straw & Murphy is as good as it is
nossi,ie to make il 5*3
&C. R. & F. L. Williams have re-
sumed business in Plano Farming Ma
chinery and buggies at their former stand
liz the Schnasse building on Second St.
Tie drawing for the Singer sewing
machine at the grocery store OF ii. u.
James g. Co., came off Thursday evening.
Mrs. Fred Bertram held the lucky num-
Der, 275.
The patrons of the Ixonia Centre
cheese factory will be paid this season on
the basis of the average paid to the
patrons of the Concord, Roberts and
Summit factories.
Ceiling paper hanging at prices
which make whitewashing expensive at
Raue & Dobbratz. b
DIR. Barber has presented us with
several mammoth specimens of potatoes
sent him by his son-ih-law, j. K. Bu-
chanan, general passenger agent OF the
Sioux City 81 Pacific railway, from
ChadEon, Nebraska, where they were
grown. Some of the varieties will be
planted 10y farmers in this vicinity the
present season.
A lady commandment of St. Paufs
parish has pledged the pecessary amount
for the erection of memorial chapel to
be connected with the church for the use
of the congregation, the building TO cost
about $4,000. The work will be begun
at once, with the idea in view of having
the edi6ce consecrated in the early
summer.
-Raue & Dobbratz just received 5OO0
more rolls of new and cheap wall PAPER,
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Piper. Glib & Co. have closed
the sale of their water power at
Piperville 10 the Ixonia Water League
fer $4,000, and the work of removing the
dam will be commenced soon. This will
not only reclaim large amount OF land
now worthless but is expected to give an
additional supply of water to the power
in this city. The Piperville Gam was
built in 1874
The family OF John GormIey IN
Milford are sorely afflicted. Mr.. CORN
lev, .his Youngest child and Oldest son
are down sick, the latter in dying con
dition, while Mr.. Gormley's father, liv-
ing with bis son, and quite advanced in
wears, is not expected to live from day to
day. Surely that household are we'll en-
titled to sympathy.
silva, the author of ga Man of Des
tiny," again comes TO the surface, having
commenced a series of letters which APP
pear in the Saturday issues of the Chicago
Inter Ocean under the title, GA Child of
Luck" President Cleveland being again
under consideration. silva Yields the
same .caustic and pungeDt pen, and, not
understanding his criticisms Of Cleveland
cannot but be regarded as keen and
cutting, yet they are by no means unjust.
"A new and fine stock of window
shades at prices to suit everybody, just
arrived at Raue & Dobbratz. 5
!. The Milwaukee Sangerfest Souvenir
and Guide, being an accurate and COM
preheDsive guide to the city Of Milwau-
kee, will be Issued by Casper 4 Zahn
about four weeks before the meeting of
the oath Sengerfest of the North Amer
lean Sengerbund, at Milwaukee, July
21-25, 1886. The work will be OF in
tPrest to both visitors and citizens, and
will comprise history of the settlement,
development and present importance of
the great commercial city of Wisconsin.
10000 copies of the guide will be issued.
The Johnson's Greek correspondent
OF the Jefferson County Union visited
the Riverside farm of ex Governor Hoff.
man, of Illinois, and found the ex. official
busy in bis study. The governor gave
an interesting account of his early &C.
quaintance with General GRAFT, and said
he was the most modest young man he
ever saw. Grant was in the employ OF
Mr.. Hoffman as private secretary, and
the Governor has in bis possession the
pen with which he .signed Grants first
conmIssion, that of colonel of an Illinois
regiment.
Specially prepared floor paint, guar
anteed to dry hard and not tack at Raue
s. Dobbratz, Main ST., between Sd and
4th streets