Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-25

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The Interstate Agricultural and
Mechanical Exposition takes place at
Madison, Sept. 1918.
The finest line of camp chairs ever
seen in this city; call and examine before
buying elsewhere at John Keck d Sons.
Monday forenoon JOS. Yaeger, engl-
neer at Buchheit's elevator, fell In the
building and broke his arm. DIR. Spaldlng
was called and set the broken member.
The Northwestern University COM
mences her new school year on Wednes-
day. September 1st. As Prof. Ernst is
still in Germany, the new students must
apply to DR.. w. Notz..
Our citizens are presented with
fine opportunity Of taking trip to the
Dells through an excursion from here
September 8. For particulars see adver..
tisement in another column.
We publish communication thf
week bearing upon the importance o
having an experienced man in the office
of Clerk of the Court, which is well worth
the reading.
The Lake Mills base ball club played
the Duluth club at Lake Mills yesterday,
the game resulting in victory for
Duluth 4 to O. This was holding Duluth
down better than many of the friends of
Lake Mills expected. A party of base
ball admirers from here Witnessed the
game and were well pleased.
During the circus parade Saturday
forenoon thieves entered the residences OF
EJ. A. Chadwick. Third ward, and j.
Killiau, First ward, stealing from the
| former place ten dollar gold piece and
several articles of wearing apparel and
from the latter small amount of cloth :
| ing. No arrests were made.
Remember that John Keck & Sons
are still in the old place on Second street,
one block south of Main, and always
keep on hand a large stock Of furniture
of every description at the lowest prices.
| B. Miller died Sunday at his home, in
the Sixth ward, aged 81 years, of hem
orrhage His funeral was held yesterday
from Rev. J. H. Brockmann's church,
under the auspices of the Workmen's
society,
George Baker & Son, Of Hussisford,
shipped from here yesterday, via. the
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway,
% head of Devon cattle, and Is head OF
Spanish Merino sheep, for exhibition at the
Minnesota and Iowa State Fairs, and
the St. Louis Stock Show. They are fine
specimens of blooded stock.
Major A. J. Holmes, Republican,
was nominated last Friday for Congress
in the Tenth, Iowa, District. Counting
John A. Lovely this makes the second
Jefferson County boy nominated fol-
Congress last week, Major Holmes being
a former Palmyra boy.
| Buy your Boiled Linseed Oil from
Straw & Murphy, who boil it themselves
and in this way only can it be guaranteed
as genuine 70
Oh Friday last our former old towns
man, John A. Lovely, of Albert Lea,
Minnesota, was nominated for Congress
by the Republicans of the First Mime
sofa District on the 126th ballot. There
was strong fight made upon him by the
supporters of the sitting member, M
White, but by infusing his well-knowr
| gift and energy into the canvass Mr.
Lovely triumphed. and The REPUBLICAN,
cong-atulates him upon his success. The
district is Republican by oyer 5000 ma
| jority so that bis election is assured.
The Premium List of the Central
Fair, printed at The REPUBLICAN job
Office, is in the hands of the secretary
| 8. S. Woodland, ready for distribution
The list is well filled with Watertown adj
vertisers, and we think will prove val
liable advertising medium for the pat
rons. The mechanical part of the work
was done by Fl. J. Hoffman,, foreman Of
The REPUBLICAN, and is creditable to bis
good taste as printer. The Central Fail
Premium List shows that some printing
can be done in Watertown as well as in
Milwaukee or Chicago, hint that many
of our business men had better take te
themselves, while looking out for the in
terests of their own town.
The primaries held in Waukeshs
; thus far show that neither Bragg mol
Delaney can expect vote from thai
county in the convention.
Among the pleasant incidents con
nected with our saunterings with the
: editorial party last week was our meeting
former residents of WATERFOWL in nearly
every pl ace visited. and finding them all
doing well and respected and honored
members of the communities in which
, they live. At Marinette we found Fred
Baebenroth doing a fine business in books
J aud stationery with excellent prospects
ahead. A couple of other WATERFOWL
boys, P. Murphy and G. Veith, We die
not happen to see, but learned of theil
doing we'll. At Tshpeming, Michigan
James Ames is the able superintendent
of the Water Works. Here we also saw
the sJaedeke Brothers, who are doing &
Hourishing business in cigar manufacture
ing and Otto Eyer, superintendent of ar
| ortensiva iawaIrv store Unon reaching