Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-06


Don't forget the great sale OF winter
goods for the next 80 days at the Boston
Shoe Store,
"A special clearing sale of dry goods
is advertised by The Milwaukee Fair IN
another column.
Hugh Boyle, of the Fourth ward,
slipped and fell on the street Monday,
breaking one of bis wrists.
The earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul railway for 1885 show
an increase of nearly one million OF
dollars, as compared with The previous
year.
DIR. n. p. Valerius has written his
brother here Of his safe arrival at Liver
pool, England, December II, after a
passage across the Atlantic of Is days,
and that his horses are O. X. after the
trip.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was 1aa1c lower, closing at S214c
for No. 2 spring and SS35c seller May.
Flour was quiet and steady. Oats closed
at 2Sc, corn at 3614c, rye at CSC and
barley at sac. Hogs were dull at $3.50a
8 So for live and $3.50 for dressed.
The Northwestern Travelling Mems
association held Sits annual meeting in
Chicago last week. The association has a
membership of 1862, and within the past
year has paid 100000 in life insurance
benefits to the families of deceased mem.
bers.
Wishing to retire from business,
commencing January LIST, 1886, / will
offer my entire stock of goods for sale at
cost until all are sold Customers will
receive the benefit of this, as well as
being sold good on credit as heretofore
E. SWEENEY.
VIM. Gnewuch, clerk in the Water
town post Office, was married Sunday last
to Miss Hattie Riemann, Rev. J. H.
Brockmann performing the ceremony at
the residence of the brides parents in
the First ward The REPUBLICAN ex.
tends its congratulations to the happy
couple.
While w. P. Stearns, of Monroe,
this state, was smoking cigar Thursday,
a cartridge which had been placed in it
exploded, painfully injuring Mr.. Stearns.
The cigar had been made at Cincinnati,
and the impression prevails that one of
the workmen in the factory placed the
explosive in the tweed"
-Watertown Jail Report for Deem
Der, 1885: Arrested for being drunk 10,
cf which were committed to jail for s
days each; assault and battery, tramps
committed. 3; for burglaries, 2; for selling
liquor without license, 1; for vagrancy l /;
tramps applying for lodging, 119; most
at any one time N jail, 20.
CHAS. F. ZAUTNER.
City Marshal.
Dr.. A. Solliday, Christ. Becker and
G. H. Hahn having become sureties for
VIM. G. Cody for his appearance before
the Jefferson County Circuit Court to
answer to the suit for alleged slauder, ne
was released from Jefferson Jail last
Thursday and is now free man. The
amount OF his bail is SIS, 600, one-half the
original sum.
The following named patents were
granted to Wisconsin inventors:
D j. Barnes, Fort Atkinson. cattle
stanchion; J II. Brown, Bay View, roll
for reducing Old rails; w. T. Casg-ain,
Milwaukee, hood or cap for piles; J. B.
Erwin, Milwaukee, air compressor; ]
HoveY and G. Marsh, Rosendale, bob
sleigh; T. J Neacy, Milwaukee, saw-mill
set works; 81 E. Miller, Milwaukee, blind
retaining wav>strip for windows; F. A.
Walsh, sheet-metal cans 1.-TWO patents.)
The year 1886 was begun in the
First ward with a veritable baby boom.
The first to prove up in the case are Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. L. Norris, who present
for record 91s-pound daughter, born
bright and early Saturday morning, JAM
uary 2, followed in the afternoon of the
same day by DR.. and Mrs VIM. T
Whyte with sweet little heiress, the
young lady bringing the beam down to
81 pounds.
The November statistics of the Jeffer-
son county asylum for chronic insane are
given us by A. o. Wright, secretary of
the state board of charities, as follows:
Capacity, 20; inmates, male, "a; female,
Sc; Il whose labor equals ordinary; Is
half or more of ordinary; 70 less than
ordinary: The statistics for the Dodge
county asylum are as follows: Capacity
90; inmates, male, so; female, 48; ordin
arv labor inmates. 6: half 81. less than