Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21


Cambridge.
Wanted to rent small house for a
family of two. III. FULKERsoN,
Express Office.
The Good Templars of this city hold
an open meeting Friday evening, Aug.
%, to which all interested are cordially
invited.
"A Poland-China SOW belonging to
George Baker, of Hustisford, had lit
ter last week of twenty pigs, eighteen
of them being now alive and thriving.
DIR. A. Blanchard Lynde, brother
of Mrs. J. 7. Croker, of Milwaukee, a
former resident here, died suddenly at
Duluth, Mimi, last Sunday, aged IS
years.
w. I'll. Rohr has received the ap-
pointment from the state superlntend-
ent of one of the visitors to the state
Normal school, at Milwaukee, COM
pliment we'll bestowed.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment this week Of GOeldner Bros, who
offer great inducements to all in want
of guns and revolvers. They have a
splendid stock at low figures.
AT the Riverside stock farm of Sam.
KuseI there was threshed 402 bushels
of barley in 2 hours and 81 minutes, in
Guiding time for oiling machinery. A
Gaar Scott machine was used.
Remember, Goeldner Bros. have
on exhibition an elegant gold watch,
which is to be given away to the holder
of the lucky number at the close of the
Master frankie Jones company's en-
gagement.
&c. S. Hawley's vocal and instru-
mental class will give recital at Con-
cordia Opera house Tuesday evening of
next week. The class will be assisted
on the occasion by the ladies' quartette
and Miss Lizzie Ruesch.
Our former old Emmett friend, Har-
vey C. Crandall, of Carthage, Mo-, wants
us to understand that he lives in live,
booming town, having sent us folder
finely illustrated with buildings in Car
thage and interesting notes on the ad-
vantages of the place.
The members of the 0. D. Pease
post, g. A. r., will start for the grand
encampment in Milwaukee Monday
afternoon next, by the :55 train. The
Waterloo post will arrive here in the
morning and will proceed with the 0.
D. Pease post to Milwaukee.
Cheerful Workers, '"The Mission
Band" of the Baptist church, will give
a missionary concert Saturday evening,
at the church. Recitations, dialogues
and singing Foreign nations in cos
tune. Admission 25 cents, children 10
cents. Commences at O clock.
Joseph Salick has raised the pres
ent season some of the yellow Ohio va
riety of potatoes in his garden, and their
popularity consists of not only yielding
under ground but also above ground,
on the stalks, as can be seen by speci-
mems. on exhibition in Mr.. Salick' S
store.
Samples of pearls being found in
Wisconsin rivers were shown Milwau-
kee jewelers., who say they are not
worth 10 cents a bushel, their shape
not being of the right kind, though
they are genuine pearls. The craze to
wade for CLAIMS seems to have spread
all over the state.
There are eight Grand Army Posts
in Dodge county as follows: No. 81,
John H. Ely, juneau: No. 43, Ray
mond, Mayville; No. 100, George H.
Stevens, Fox Lake; No ia, Hans Heg,
Waupun; No. III, George Hall, Beaver
Dam; No. 169, John Echternach, The
resa; No. 203, Chas. A. Blair, Lowell /;
No, 900, John Hanf, Horizon.
Among the heavy losers by the fire
at Spokane Falls, w. T., is Eugene
Pierce, formerly of Fort Atkinson, he
and his partner losing $4,000, upon
which there was an insurance of only
$23, 900. This latter sum substantially
represents their Indebtedness. He
came off with $40 in his pocket and his
wife had the same, which constitutes
their working capital.
There is talk of an enlargement be-
ing made to the Northwestern Univer-
sity that will double the present ca
pacity of the institution, the only thing
sanding IN the way of the project be-
ing the unsatisfactory condition of the
drainage in that part of the city. Could
the proper drainage be secured the new
buildings would be erected. 1t would
be worth while for the board of street
commissioners to look into this matter
and see what can be done to aid the
Northwestern in its contemplated
improvement.
Master frankie Jones will appear
at Turner Opera house for three nights,
commencing Thursday, August %, in a