Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Notwithstanding the present break

| REPUBLICAN Is out on time THIS week.
The prayer meeting tonight (Wed
nesday) at the Congregational church
will commence at o'clock instead o.
half past seven.
Everything points to full house tc
hear Mrs. Scott Siddons tonight al
Turner Hall. All the reserved seats are
sold, but SEINE good seats are left.
The St. Ausgarius' Swedish congre-
CATION at Eau Claire have requested the
bishop of the Episcopal church to take
their church under his supervision.
Paul Schoechert of Milwaukee, and
Miss Adena Raasch were married Thurs
day, February %, 1888, at the home of
the brides parents in the Sixth ward.
The next meeting of the Saturday
club will be held March 3 at the home of
Mrs. Stone. Subject, can afternoon with
the Brownings." Quotations from Robt.
Browning.
Single tickets for the first lecture in
the Y. NJ. G. A. course by Prof. j. w.
StearDs, Friday evening, can be procured
at the postoffice or at the rooms. Price
| 20 cents.
M. A. Seward, one of the oldest
residents of the town of Aztalan, died
yesterday after brief illness. He was
prominent member of the Lake Mills
Congregational church.
The annual meeting of the Central
Wisconsin Agricultural society for the
election Of officers will be held at the Of
fee of w. D. Stacy Monday, March 5,
1888, at 1880 Pm. S. 5. WooDARD,
Secretary.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was about &c lower, closing at
7Shc for May. Flour was was dull and
unchanged. Barley closed at 1890, rye
at 5sc, corn at Acc, and oats at 33c.
Hogs were steady at S. 90(95 40.
/. Luther and P. Lord last Thursday
evening on account of fancled abrldge-
ment of their rights in the saloon OF b.
Rendle threw a beer keg through the
window. The case was settled by the
payment of SO to Rendle and the costs
to Justice Haliger.
The advertisement OF the new r.
Kunert Manufacturing company Will be
found ia our column of business cards
this week. The company manufactures
all kinds of machinery, including boilers
and engines, and attendsto repairs prompt
". The work of the company can be re-
lied upon as being first-class.
CITY Treasurer r. A. Block has closed
his books and made his returns. The en-
tire delinquent tax for the city is 1854 SO
! divided among the several wards as fol-
lows: First, SPITE; Second, 1898;
Third, 1874; Fourth 5000; Fifth,
$16l4: Sixth, -$10S6; Seventh, 1902.
Treasurer Block states that this is closer
collection than ever made before.
AS many farmers are getting in their
supplies of ice, Hoard's Dairyman sug-
gests that they follow the practice OF
brewers in setting all cakes ON edge IN
stead of laying them down on fat This
mode will allow the drip to run off with
out honey-combing and destroying what
lies below. Ice will last almost twice as
long when it is put up in this way.
Our correspondent at Juneau say:
the person wandering about Clyman and
taken up for vagrant, and subsequently
proved to be insane, it is supposed is
George Gilman, son of our former tow g.
N an, Edward Gilman, now living at Den
yer. Col. Henry Gilman, of Sun Prairie
COUSIN of the unfortunate man, writes us
that he has apprised the family at Den
yer of the sad circumstances.
-Rey. w. 81. Clark, of GAINESVILLE, dis
trict lecturer for the seventh district, ]. O.
t G.. T., will deliver a lecture on the cause
; of temperance at the M. E. church, Satur
day and Sunday evenings next. He viii
also re-organize the Juvenile Temple In
connection with the order. ALI children
desiring to join are requested to meet s.
. the Good Temrlars' ball, over Schempf''
store, on Saturday afternoon, at o'clock
Stock continues to be taken by on
citizens for the new fine furniture factory
but there is still room for others to come
!. | into the project. About SIS, 900 of stool
is now subscribed and wbeE 5000 il
taken arrangements will be made to com
msnce work. 1t should not be necessary
, to urge upon our citizens to contribute Il
the success of this manufacturing enter
: prise, which is just the thing needed here
and will no doubt pay we'll to the in
vestOrs.
PERSONAL.
| Mrs. VIM. Taylor, of Milwaukee, i