Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08

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The annual meeting of the director
of the Watertown Shoe company vii
be held May IL.
The many friends of DR.. M. n. Bar
Der will be glad to learn that he is able
to attend his office again after his late
serious illness.
Monday, H. Drager, of the Seventh
ward, employed in the rolling mill al
the Junction, had the fingers of the left
hand badly crushed by an iron rail fall.
ing upon his hand.
Rack & Jones have rented the
middle store in John w. Coles block,
occupied by Schempf & Dobbratz' shoe
store, and will occupy it in connection
with their present business.
Mrs. J. III. Sleeper has bought the
southwest quarter of the Schultz block
on Fifth street, First ward, of L. Beese
for 5000, and is preparing to erect upon
it a handsome brick residence for a
home.
Rev. T. NJ. Riley, of Nashotah
seminary, conducted the services at st.
Paul's Episcopal church Sunday last,
preaching two excellent sermons. He
will occupy the pulpit at st. Paul's
church next Sunday also.
"A. J. Whiting, a popular teacher in
the WATERFOWL High school for several
years past, has placed his resignation
in the hands of the Board of Education.
Should Mr.. Whiting determine to re-
move from our midst the regret would
| be generalin the community in the loss
of a citizen of his character and inhu-
ence.
1t may not be generally known, but
the teachers of the state are indebted
to Senator Greene, of this county, for
the passage of the ex~cellentlaw provid-
ing for the Wisconsin summer school for
teachers. 1t was unfavorably reported
on by the committee, but Senator
Greene rallied to it's support some OF
the prominent educators of the state
and through his influence it passed
both the senate and assembly.
The Watertown Base Ball ~associa-
ton has rented the Dennis grounds
in the Fifth ward, and the work of fit
ting them up for the seasons playing
has commenced. The ground will be
leveled and a grand stand erected, and
later on a substantial fence will be built.
Watertown will present a strong nine
that may safely challenge any nine in
the county. There are interestingtimes
ahead for the lovers of base ball here
this summer.
The only circus coming to Water
town this year. The Ringing Bros. &
Van Amburgh's United Circus, Museum
and Menagerie will exhibit at Water
town, Tuesday, May IA. Owing to ar
engagements made by the Showmen's
League of America this will be the only
large show that will visit this county
this year, Among their features are a
complete troupe of royal japanese per
formers and the Van Amburgh & Ring
ling Bros. herd of performing ele-
plants, including Babylon, the largest
elephant in the world.
We are in receipt of the proceed
ings of the thirty-sixth annual meeting
of the State Historical society of Wis
c~onsin, with the annual report of the
executive committee and the annual
address by T. j. Turner, OF Portage, on
"The Character and Influence of the
Fur Trade in wisconsin," very inter
esting in its details of early Wisconsin
history. Our Historical society makes
a fine report, showing it to be in a most
fourishing condition, and in many re-
spects par excellence the Historical So
ciety of this country. We will just re-
fer to one feature of especial interest to
newspaper men, and that's the strength
of the society in bound newspapers. 1t
has 5,557 volumes, reaching back to
1850, in an almost unbroken succession
of years, while scattering volumes cover
the century previous. Fifty-seven OF
these newspaper files were published
previous to and during the American
War of the Revolution.
%. d. Pease post, at Watertown, eel
ebrated the centennial in fine style.
The large, handsome Opera house was
filed with an audience numbering any
where from 1,5OO to 1000. The exer-
cises began soon after s o'clock, and
the speaking and singing did not close
until about IL. Delegations were pres
ent from Milwaukee, Juneau, Waterloo
and elsewhere. Speeches were made
by Department Commander Weissert
Col. E. B. Gray, the adjutant general
Col. JsA. Watrous and Maj. Charles III
! Gardner, the latter having served or
the opposing side during the war. Maj
Gardner is a thoroughly reconstructed
rebel. He thinks as much of the Amer
lean flag as his patriotic Yankee soldier
neighbor does, and his children are