Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
Home Matters.

Extra copies of TEE REPUBLICANS of
this week can be had by applying at
this office.
-Robt. T. Lewis is she newly appoint
ed postmaster at FoxIake, vice Martin
Stapleton removed.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Hagen, OF the
Seventh ward had their first son. Born
to them yesterday.
Geo. w. Webb Has purchased the
j.. Moulding house ON Clyman street,
where he has residedforseveraI years.
Price, 81 ,400.
II. d. Kanouse, ofWoonsocket, OAK,
and a former resident of this city, has
been appointed warden OF, the South
Dakota Penitentiarg, at Sioux Falls
-Main street is getting leveIad with
crushed granite stone from. the Port
land quarry-a verygood jobthat needs
to be followed up onasome other streets.
Remember Wenck's dancing soci-
able at the C~oncoraia Operakouse, Sat
urday evening, April 81. Everybody
invited land a pleasant time guaranteed.
The farce, GA Pair of Kids" could
not fail to attract a good share of public
favor to Hooleys.-Chicago Tribune,
March 20, 1887.
At Turner Opera house, May l.
Beach & Bowers Minstrels showed
to a fair-sized audience at Concorda
Opera house Monday evening. The
entertainment was satisfactory, someof
the features being very fine.
Right Rev. G. F. Knight, Bishop of
the diocese of Milwaukee, will make
his first visitation to st. Paul's Episeo-
pal church Friday evening, April 26,
Every lady interested in the well
fare of the Y. M. G. A. is requested to
meet at the rooms of the association
next Monday evening at s o'clock, to
complete arrangements for the sociable
to be given May 9.
The most joyful news THE REPUR-
LICAN ever published is the account
given on the I'd page of the rescue ofthe
steamer Danmark's passengers and
crew numbering 700 souls, by the
steamer Missouri in the Atlantic ocean.
-Ferd. Wetter, an old resident of the
Second ward, died of asthma, Sunday,
April q, aged So years. Deceased was
a carpenter by trade. He leaves a wife
and several children. His funeral was
morning.
-Appropos to the favorable decision
on the bonds, a Watertown Business
mems association might be formed to
direct matters looking to a booming of
the city and setting forth our claims as
a manufacturing center. Watertown
offers inducements second to no
other place in 1.-THE state, andthey should
be presented abroad.
John Dillon will appear at Concor-
dia Opera house in a play entitled
"Sky Scraper' next Friday evening,
April 26, in which he takes the laugha-
BILE Irish character of Dennis O'Dowd.
The play itself is a farce-comedy of a
high order, not only as to its dialogue
and situations, but it has a number OF
decidedly interesting and always dis
comical creations that defes all rules
Of criticism, but you will laugh.
Ezra F. Kendall, the eccentric
comedian, began a weeks engagement
at Hooley's last night, appearing in his
comedy burlesque of"A Pair of Kids"
He was greeted with a very large house,
and the several taking acts and songs
of the piece were received with great
applause. He is as comical as ever,
and the members of his supporting
company are above the average. The
piece has been seen in Chicago before,
and promises to prove as attractive as
during the past Chicago
Telegram, March IA, 1887.
At Turner Opera house May l..
Matters are running at a lively gait
in the factory of the Watertown Shoe
company and everything indicates that
there is an abundance of orders to fill.
The goods turned out from this estab-
lishment are popular wherever sold,
being of the best materials and first
class both in style and finish. The pay
roll amounts to a considerable sum. OF
the help employed a large proportion
is female. 1t is greatly TO the interest
of WATERFOWL that her Shoe company
should flourish. The concerni is at pre-
sent under the direct management of
VIM. Gorder and Samuel Hall.
The reading Of John I. Kelly, OF
Milwaukee, at Concordia Opera house
last evening was attended by a large
and a~ppreciative audience. AS in his
speakings so in his reading did Mr.. Kelly
displav 6na emotional mowers Tn the