Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-27

short time. Read bis "ad" in another
column.
All ladies interested in the work of
the Y. NJ. c. A. will please meet at the
rooms of the association Tuesday evening,
April 2.
The cutter ratified by Lott & Inger-
mann Saturday evening was drawn by
ticket number rs, the holder OF which
was A. Wegemann.
Miss Nina Mosher, former resident
of this city, died in Beaver Dam at the
no ne of her mother, Mrs Rosetta Mosher,
Tues lay, March 10, 1889, of consump-
tiol, aged 33 years. months and days.
A few more days only remain before
the new bridge will be finished and ready
for traffic 1t il the most artistic struct-
ure of the kind in the city. and presents
handsome appearance as one sees it
frem Main street bridge.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was stronger, closing at $500 for
No. 2 spring. $3.50 May and 8S14c July.
Flour was dull, but steady. Barley closed
at SIC, rye at 1870, corn at SIC and oats
at 2Sc Hogs were 5>010c lower, rang
ing at $4.7O(@475
in the assembly Mr.. Rings amend
ment TO the amendment of the bill max
ing appropriations for agricultural fairs
has passed. The amendment is to allow
agricultural fairs 4Osper cent on all pre-
miums paid by such societies, but limit
ing the amount of such premiums to 49,
O0O Mr. Rings amendment allows only
$500 OF speeding premiumsto be included
in the $4,000.
John Schoechert, ofthis city, was one
of nineteen young men, who volunteered
their services as missionaries of the Nor
avian church at Mission station, Nushu-
gak, Alaska, and Miss Carrie Dstterer,
daughter of Rev. M. Detterer, formerly
of this city, who responded to the call fOs
an assistant female missionary at Bethel
Moravian Mission station. Both were Or
dained for their work at Bethlehem, Penn,
Monday, March Is, and will sail from
San Francisco for their stations May 5.
The NJ. E Church Lecture-course
concert, at Concordia Opera house, last
Friday evening, was well attended, and
the large audience reports 6pe and en-
joyable entertainment. While all the
exercises were rendered in manner high
ly credtable to the company and pleasing
tn the audience, the solos Of Mrs. Blar-
kenburg, of Fond du Lac, and the solo
and recitations by Miss Howard, of Ocon-
omowoc, are spoken of as notably excel
lent, both exhibiting operate talent and
culture of superior order.
The last Milwaukee Sunday Tele-
graph has an interesting sketch of Fort
Atkinson, and a general resume of the
business interests of the place, from which
We take the following:
1.-The Cornish, Curtis and Green manu-
featuring company was established in
1865. They employ from 80 to rs men
and make all kinds of dairy goods They
have as invested capital 500, 900 and the
annual value OF their output il abol vt
100000 They have branch houses in
ST. Paul, Kansas City and Cedar Rap iis.
Fort Atkinson has two banks. The
First National organized 10 1868, was the
third bank in the state to organize under
the National banking law. The officers
OIL the bank are: President, ]. ID. Clapp;
vice president, G L. Cole; cashier, Con-
gressman L. 8. CaswelI; assistant cashier,
| l.. B. Caswell, Jr. The president and
cashier have beel with the hank since its
organization. The Citizens Bank was
established i'm 1884, with Hon. L B. Cas-
we'll as president, II. B. Williams vice
president, A A Caswell, cashier
! WESTWARD the Course of Empire
takes its Way" quoted from George
Berkeley, Bishop Of C!oyne, was made the
keynote of the last lecture in the Y. NJ.
| G. A. course delivered by Prof. A. O.
Wright, of Madison, last evening, Berk-
ley had been scoffed at bv many in his
day as an unsound and Impractical theor-
list, wild and chimerical in some of the
principles of philosophy he advanced but
how well the growth and progress made
by the United States has justified Berk-
ley's expression was presented in clear
and interesting manner by Prof. Wright.
The geographical position and vast coast
line of this country alone insure steady
increase in our population and 200, 0O0,-
900 was predicted century from now, at
which time Canada and Mexico will be
embraced within toe dominion of the
United States. The acquisition of Canada
itself would just about double our present
area, forming country of 100000
| sauare miles in extent But progress