Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29


ing.
"A happy New Years ball takes place
at Moore's Hall. Reeseville, Saturday
evening, January /.
The notice of City Treasurer Rueb-
hansen for the annual collection of taxes
will be found in our columns this week.
The terms for service of Clydesdales
of DR.. n. P. Valerius & Co. are reduced
for this coming season. See their adver-
tisement in this ISSUE
1t was somewhat remarkable that
one-third of the choruses in the concert
last evening was composed of sisters,
there being five of them
-rhe country roads being somewhat
rough, the amount of snow at present is
hardly sufficient for good sleighing, al
though sleighs are more 10 use than
wheeled vehicles just now.
Don't go to Milwaukee or Chicago
for your furniture, when you can tind as
good an assortment and at prices 25 per
cent. lower, at Schultz's New Furniture
Store. 10
The firm of L. Harris & Sons, pro-
prietors of The Fair, Milwaukee, made
voluntary assignment Monday for the
benefit of their creditors. The assignee
is George Tracy.
During the past year Aaron Blan-
chard shipped eighty-one carloads of stock
from Oconomowcc. He paid $34, 1913 0S
to the farmers of that vicinity. The
Oconomowoc Free Press says the ship
ments of stock from that place during the
year aggregated 200 carloads, and that
the buyers distributed fully $780, 900
among the farmers of that vicinity.
Go to H. James & Co. for the incest
line of rasins in the city at bottom figures.
Progressive euchre fourisbed to
happy degree at the residence OF Mr.. and
Mrs. G. I'll. Gardiner Saturday evening,
where spots counted in a lively manner,
resulting in giving first prizes to w, F.
Vcss and Miss Sue S. Cady; second to
Geo. w. Webb and Mrs. J. I'll. Stahl;
while John Throne and Mrs. Webb were
the BOBBY victors
The Roberts cheese factory, on the
town line between Ixonia and Oconomo
voc, paid its patrons this season IS cents
hundred for milk. This is an excep-
tionally good showing, and reflects credit
upon Mr. Roberts in obtaining the highest
market price for cheese, for which his
patrons reap the benefit .-Oconomowoc
Free Press
H. James & Co. have the finest line
of candies and canned fruits in the city.
Sold cheaper than the cheapest.
William j. Dexter, who died at
Wauwatosa last week, was for thirty
years cashier of the Bank of Fox Lake
He had gone to Wauwatosa for medical
trea ment, and though for some weeks his
disease was apparently abating, he was
stricken with paralysis and died al once,
in the SD year of his age. He began
his career in the banking business at
Providence, K. l., and came to Fox Lake
in 1857.
The man who puts ten dollar adj
vertisement in his paper, fattering him
self that he is liberal advertiser, will
be surprised to learn that yearly adver-
tisment OF one column in length in the
Chicago Tribune costs the advertiser
$4,000. The New York Herald receives
for the lowest price column $50 $50 and
for its highest $34S,0O0 The New York
Tribune FOR its lowest, % 654 aud for its
highest $50. 648, and these papers it ia
stated are never at loss tor advertise
ments to fill their columns.
-Oor't forget where 10 60 for bargains
for the holidays in all kinds of furniture.
Better prepared than ever to meet the
demands of everybody. Schultz's New
Furniture Store 10
Lest Friday night, as advertised,
Prof HanlZ, of WATERFOWL, and DIR.
Stearns, of Madison, addressed 40 audi
ence of teachers and citizens on educa
tionsl topics. Prof. Han,z's lecture on
''Educution: It's Results and Aims" was
raplete with though. aud noble senti-
mont. The speaker deplored the small
time allotted to education, and spoke with
sorrow of the rapidity with with which
an American boy becomes man, re-
ferr;ng in eloquentlanguage to the GUS
toms of the ancien;s as opposed to these
of moderns in that respect.--Jeferson
Banner.
Best brands of Thurston, Russell &
Co.'s oysters put up aud sold at Fl. James