Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-27
st. Pauls parish guild meets Thurs

st. Paul's parish guild meets Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. II. I. Eberle.
Our readers will note q change in
the advertisement of the furniture house
of E. w. Schultz.
August ] the American Express
company expects to occupy the Nixon
building for its Office.
The Third warders are enthusiastic
in their praise of Com. Rack for the fine
work he is doing on the streets in that
portion of the city.
The board of review has been in ses-
sion in the city council looms since Mon
day morning, and will probably finish its
business and close this evening.
The Turner society are making some
improvements around their hall. A new
walk has been laid to the entrance and
the old fence in front is replaced with one
more unique in appearance.
"A large portion of the inside pages OF
this weeks REPUBLICAN Is devoted to the
proceedings of the Republican National
convention, including the full text of the
excellent platform, which all should read
The acoustic properties of the Con-
cordia Opera house were thoroughly test
ed Saturday evening, and found as per-
feet as can be made, sound reaching to
every part Of the house clear and distinct.
The Concordia society has induced
the noted pianist; W. Ell. Sherwood, to give
an entertainment in this city Friday.
July 6, and their effort should be well
sustained. It will be a treat not often
placed before our citizens.
MIR. and Mrs. Fl. A. Grant, of Pent-
water, Michigan, are in the city on the
sad mission of laying to rest in Oak Hill
cemetery the remains of May P. STALL
man, Mrs. Grants daughter, who died
January. 9th, last, at Pentwater.
Robert Riley, of Beaver Dam, died
Monday of apoplexy. He had been the
superintendent of the Beaver Dam Wooden
Manufacturing company since it started.
He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in
1921, and settled in Beaver Dam in 1856.
One enthusiastic Democrat yesterday
declared it to be bis unanimous opinion
that the Republicans would withdraw
Harrison and Morton by the end of six
months, but who they would then sob
stitute for their candidates he did Tot
state.
More than a week ago Cal Cheney
named the presidential ticket, Harrison
and Morton, and Herman Strauss shirt
sleeve testifies to this with an "H" and
an" marked there by Cal. Herman wrote
down ticket somewhere else, but it was
not the one nominated.
Monday morning Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
S. Schempf received intelligence from
Cleveland, Ohio, that their daught er,
Mrs. II. L. Schorndorfer, was not expect
ed to live, and they left on the 1870 A.
NJ. train accompanied by their daughters
Mrs. D. 81. Beurhaus and Miss Elma, to
be at her bedside.
The breadstuffs markets yesterday
were stronger, and wheat advanced 40
lie, closing at771ac for No. 2spring, 771ac
August, and 1870 September. Flour
was dull but steady. Barley closed at
SIC, rye at SIC, corn at 46c, and oats at
$500. Hogs were 5>@10c higher, rang
ing at $5.4O95.65.
The BARRIERS of Watertown have tax
en- a commendable stand in favor of the
observance of Sunday, and should be
sustained by the public in their deter
mination to Close their shops Sundays,
on and after July /. Other lines of bust
ness here should follow this example, and
the community should sustain the effort.
The proceedings of the National Re
publican convention in Chicago were tax.