Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-08

The Congregational church prayer
meeting will be held tonight at the
house of John Ford.
Another "open winter" demonstra-
ton was made last night, the mercury
falling to % degrees below zero.
Washington lodge, ]. o. Q. F., will
celebrate Washlngton's birthday with a
ball at Turner hall on the evening of
Feb %.
&C. r. and F. L. Williams have re-
moved their agricultural implement store
to the Zautner building on Fifth street,
next to the Wisconsin house
The following cases from this city
are on the calendar of the present term
of the circuit court: Phil. Heinrichs ct.
al. VS.. Joseph Kohl; Fl. A. Block VS..
Herman Bublitz.
The lecture by Rev. g. w. Pepper,
of Ashland. Ohio, upon "The Ireland of
today" at Turner Hall this evening will
be mastery effort, and the eloquent
speaker should be greeted with crowded
house.
The Turner society in the near future
contemplate making some changes to
their hall. which will add to its appear
aDce and convenience The front will be
remodeled with two stairways leading to
the main hall. and a furnace will be
placed in the lower ball to heat the front
part of the building. The Improvements
under consideration will probably cost
from 5000 to 500.
Lincoln lodge No. 20, Knights of
Pythas, give a reception at their cas-
tie hall Friday evening next. Dane
ing takes place in the hall, and
will commence about 9 o'clock. The
supper will be served at Hotel Garni.
The Knights are preparing for very
happy and pleasant time for themselves
and their guests.
The WATERFOWL passenger train COM
ing out of Madison Saturday morning,
when near the Northwestern crossing,
discovered the body of man on the
track. The remains were placed aboard
and carried to Burke station. 1t was
subsequently ascertained that the body
was that of a young man named Geo.
Holzwath, 1Syears old, living near Burke,
who conductor Fitzgerald remembered
having boarded the train at that station the
previous evening bound for Madison, and
the suppostion is that he fell from the
platform and was run over and killed.
The ladies of ST. Paurs church gave
very enjoyable entertainment in lower
Turner hall, last Wednesday evening.
The programme consisted of Sunfower
concert and the Peaked family, both OF
which satisfied the aim of the originators
to please the audience, and were new to
Watertown people One feature of the
evening was the candy booth, which was
well patronized and added $l3 to the
principal fund, which amounted to about
$50.
In explanation of the article last
week in the Bub case we desire to say
that we meant to do none of the physi-
clans interested in the matter any in
Justice, and whatever we stated was
based entirely on reports current on the
streets and from hearsay which, as We have
often discovered before, is rather an un-
reliable source, although it happens ire
quently that the common rumor is the
only fountain of supply at hand for news
"A meeting of the Y N. G.. A. was
held Monday evening. The following
papers we're ordered for the use of the
rooms: Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, Chi
cago Daily News, Harper's Weekly, Har
pers Magazine. After bearing the re
ports of the Lecture committee, the fol
lowing was adopted: Chat the associa
F.! ton will have course of lectures, con
sisting of not less than six, two of which
will be from abroad and the others of ou
own city" The tickets will be sold a
! so cents for the course The local speak
ers will be Prof c. F. Viebahn, Rev. j
NJ. Campbell, Prof. Hantz, Dr.. w. F
/ WHITE and Hon. Carl Field. The speak
ers from abroad will be Prof. Stearns, o
Madison, and Hon. F. L. ellison, ex
speaker of the assembly, of Milwaukee
he following committee of arrangement
was appointed: Dr. w: F. Whyte, Rev
j. M. Campbell and Oscar Kurzweg.
PERSONAL.