Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-14

Morning topic at NJ. E. church next
Sunday, "Paul's Liberty in Doctrine. "
No evening service.
"A daughter born yesterday morn
ing, brightens the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Whiting.
Thomas A. Edison has been ap-
pointed grand officer of the Order OF
the Crown of Italy, by King Humbert,
Rev. F. S. Jewell, of st. Paul's
church, will preach next Sunday morn
ing on the subject of Christian Tolera-
ton.
One of the Indians of Forepaugh's
Wild West show was seriously crippled
by the cars as the show was nearing
Hudson.
The search for pearls has spread to
Evansville, where Aliens creek is be-
ing raked, with success in many in
stances.
The Commercial hotel proprietors
are making the necessary changes for
placing a billiard room and bar in the
basement.
The annual regatta of the Ocono-
mowoc yacht club will be sailed over
tle triangular course Saturday next,
Aug. II, starting at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The excursion to the Dells this
morning was composed ef nine coaches
when passing here and all the cars
were so we'll filled that many people
were obliged to stand.
BY the derailment of Chicago &
Northwestern freight train yesterday
at Goose Lake, Conductor Fogarty, OF
Escanaba, received very serious injuries
about the head and limbs.
The marriage of Otto Noack and
Miss Ida Gingles, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Gingles, takes place this
evening at the home of the bride par
ents in the Fourth ward, Rev. j. M.
Campbell to officiate.
Bonner Bros, of Fond du Lac
have purchased the west Al feet of the
fremont house lot, fronting on West
avenue, with the intention OF erecting
upon it a photograph gallery building,
two stories in height, the foundation of
which it is expected will be built this
fall
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was steady, closing at 75c for No.
spring, cash or September, 74zc Au-
gust and 764c December. Flour was
dull and 1O@15c lower. September
barley closed at Soc, rye at 43c, corn at
36c and oats at 244c. Hogs were dull at
$4.10@430.
Surveyor Jones, of Fort Atkinson,
has been trying his lines and compass
over matter in controversy between
A. Kramp and A. Wegemann, the for
mer claiming that Mr.. Wegemann's
building on Main street, occupied by
William Krebs' grocery store, en-
croaches on his lot to the extent of
about three feet.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will give tea party at the home
of Mrs. c.. A. Sprague on Thursday
evening of this week. Supper, % cents;
served from to o clock. Miss Birdie
Gibbons will favor the company with
some of her fine recitations. Good
music and other contributions of like
nature will render the evenings enter
tainment unusually attractive.
The Acme Fire company were
powerless to perform any service at the
fire Saturday night because their engi-
neer was absent from town. The risk
that property holders run in case fire
breaks out because of an inefficiency Of
this kind in the fire department is Sc
rious matter to consider, and steps
should be taken at once to appoint
some competent person to act as engi-
neer of the Ahrens engine during the
absence at any time of the regularly
| appointed engineer.
The pearl-fshing excitement has
broken out here and Rock river will be
subjected to "raking' of its bed
John Seager is the first to obtain clan
| pearl from a bivalve he found at the
mouth of Crangle's creek. The speci
men is about half the size of small
pea, and of pure white color. Max
Blumenfeld and Frank May succeeded
in finding eight or ten pearls at the
same place. They are small, but very
pure specimens, as can readily be seer
when a magnifying glass is used upo1
| them.
The performance of the Haverly
Cleveland Minstrels at Concordis
Opera house, Wednesday evening last
gave fine satisfaction to the audience
present, which was not as large al
might have been expected, although
| the house was fair in size. The rich
| drapery in the scenes and the bril-
liant costumes of the troupe were con
spicuous and marked features of the