Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
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Weekly Inter Ocean at seventy-fve cents
year
The prize dance at Moore's hail.
Reesevile, advertised for Dec. 81, has
been postponed to Saturday evening,
Jan. 7.
Preaching service by the pastor Will
be held at the NJ E church tomorrow
Thursday evening. Topic -"tam'iy
Religion"
Week of Prayer is being observed
with interest in the Congregational
church. Meetings are being held every
evening this week.
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be supplied with The Weekly Milwaukee
Sentinel at seventy-fve cents year by
applying at this office.
DIR. Storrs, specialist, inventor and
patentee of the Air Cushion Pad, will be
in our city for a few days. See notice in
advertisement columns.
The annual meeting of the Water
town fire department for the election OF
officers, will be held at the city hall next
Monday evening, January 9.
Morning topic at NJ. E. church next
Sunday, christian Loyalty" Evening,
ssThe Wedding Garment" Sermonette to
bows and girls in morning service. All
invited
CHALLENGE.-BertSch eller, the wres-
tier. arrived in town last evening and Is
sues a challenge to wrestle Charles Moth,
Greek. Roman or catch-as-catch-can In
this CITY. at Turner Hall some evening
next week.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way company have decided to erect new
lepot in Milwaukee on the site OF the
present one at the foot OF Wisconsin street.
W. Bishop, of Lake Mills, and Miss
Bessie Ray, of Palmyra, were among the
attendants at the grand ball of the Loco
motive Engineers at Waukesha Friday
evening last.
Saturday morning the passenger
train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, No. 8, due here at 3:l2
AM, ran into s, freight train at Sherman
Vile Illinois. One of the engines haul
ing the passenger train was turned COM
pletely on the track. The fireman, Ed.
Smith, of Milwaukee, was killed, and Engi-
neer J. q. Little, also of Milwaukee, was
severely injured. The accident was caused
by the binding snow storm raging at the
time. The train arrived here seven hours
late.
d s. Matthias, son-in-law of our
townsman Richard Jones. was promoted
January /, to the position of general.
manager Of the South Chicago Rolling
Mills, a lucrative and very responsible
position.
Judge Gibson, of the Fond du Lac
circuit has fixed tomorrow, January 3,
for the hearing of motion for new trial
IN the Sass Dodge county murder case.
District Attorney Gardner will appear for
the state and Geo. W. Sloan, OF Juneau,
for the prisoner.
The prospectus of The American
Agricultu1ist, admitted by all to be the
leading agricultural publication in the
country, will be found in our advertising
columns this week. The premiums, Christ
before plate and Christ on Calvary, are
splendid pictures.
The Columbus Republican says:
Prof. J. NJ. Turner came home fron Ash
land on Saturday last in very bad coD-
dition. He had resigned his position as
teacher a few days before the close of his
engagement and is suffering from dis
ease of the lungs.
Rev. Father O'Keefe has resigned
his position as assistant pastor OF st. Ber-
nard's church and last week took his de-
parture for Houston, Texas, where he ilI
continue in church work. Father
O'Keefe's health is somewhat impaired
and he hopes that his condition will be
improved in southern climate. He will
be succeeded here by Rev. Father Meag-
her. of Notre Dame.
Our townsman of the 30s, John w.
Cole, celebrated his 73rd birthday We'd
nesday, December %, 1887, and yester-
day, January 3, 1888. was the 6fty-frst
anniversary of his arrival in WATERFOWL.
Before coming here Mr.. Cole lived one
year in Milwaukee With the exception
of Milo Jones, of Fort Atkinson, Mr.. Cole
ks the first white man now living that
settled In Jefferson county. Mr.. Jones
ante-dates Mr.. Cole two years.
"A farmers institute, under the di-
rection of Superintendent Morrison, will
he held at Beaver Dam, Thursday and