Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-11
HOME MATTERS.
st. Paurs Parish guild meets at the

parsonage Thursday afternoon.
"A girl baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Kokta, Seventh ward, Friday last.
There are nineteen cases of typhoid
and scarlet fever reported in the vicinity
of Horizon.
in connection with THE REPUBLICAN
we are prepared to furnish The chicago
Weekly Inter Ocean at seventy-five cents
year
An epidemic of measles is raging IN
Palmyra Over forty cases are repor'eu'
and the schools. closed for the holidays,
will not open for fortnight longer
Farmers institutes will be held In
Jefferson county IS follows: Palmyra
March s and 9; Fort Atkinson, March 10
and Is, and WATERFOWL. March 10 and 10.
The Philharmonic society have Oh
ganized series of concerts to be gwen
during the winter in surrounding towns.
They open at Beaver Dam, Monday,
January Is.
The Sunday afternoon meeting OF
the Y. NJ. G. A. was led by Rev. E. d.
Farnham, of the NJ. E. church, who spoke
in general terms of the work done by the
Y. NJ. @. A.
We are in receipt of the card of the
Cavalier County bank of Langdon, OAK,
of which cur former townsman, w. j.
Mooney, is president. The institution
has 9 capital of $4,000.
"A certificate of incorporation for a
state bank at Amigo was forwarded from
here last Friday. ID. Jones, A. Baum,
A. Solllday, S. S. Cady and M. j. Wood
ard are the stockholders. The capital
stock is $4,000.
Superintendent Sheridan will hold a
teachers meeting al Lake Mills, January
q, FOR the teachers engaged in the towns
of West Jefferson, Sumner, Oakland, Az
ITALIAN. Lake Mills, Milford and Waterloo.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway company has been sued in the
district court at Mason City, Iowa, by
Mrs. W. E. Brannigan for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries which resulted in the
death of her husband.
The State Poultry association has is
sued the premium list for the fifth annual
exhibition, which will be held at Fond
du Lac, February 7,S, 9 and 10, 1888.
The special premiums offered number
$50, and reach cash value Of 81 ,475.
The officers of Jefferson Lodge. No.
90. I. @. O. F.. were installed Thursday
evening by D. D G. NJ, Fred NJ. Girls
void. of Lake Mills. There were twenty
three visitors present from Lake Mills
nd Waterloo. After the installation
opper was served at the St. Charles
hotel.
Sioux Falls Oak. Press says: "The
team of ponies that the late Dean Hoyt,
of Yankton, drove for twenty-five years
while making his circuits to the different
parishes in South Dakota, are still in the
service, and the Rev Frederick Gardiner
recently drove them. They are now 20
years DID,
Christian Anderson, in the northeast
ern parS of Ashippun, is the owner of
COW that has given birth to five calves in
side of two years She had twins on the
goth day Of March, 1886, and gave birth
to another March 2, 1887, and had twins
again on last Christmas day. The five
calves are all heifers.
There are altogether too many cases
of sleighs driving at rapid pace through
the streets without bells being attached
20 the horses to apprise people of the APP
proach of the teams, and several persons
lately have narrowly escaped being run
over. There is an ordinance that forbids
persons driving sleighs through the streets
without bells, and the marshal should
look sharp that it is enforced.
Secretary w. E. Lewis, of The Wis
consin Y. NJ G. A, reports thirty-four
associations in place of twenty-eight
year ago. The joint membership Is 3,o42,
compared with 2,247 year ago. Twenty
six men are employed in the work in the
state. and there are five vacancies. He
also notes an increase in the number of
association reading rooms in the state
from seventeen to twenty-five; OF llorarles
from twelve to nineteen; an increase OF
net property on buildings from 100000
to $135, 900; an increase in the local sup
port from $22,9l7 to $50, 288.
The catalogue of Beloit college for
1888 is on our table. The institution
&c in a very aourishing condition. Its
faculty numbers fifteen gentlemen in