Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-09-11


Episcopal church will meet at the par
sonage Thursday afternoon.
This vicinity was visited with a
slight frost last Thursday night, the first
of the season, but no damage was done
to vegetation.
Quite revival in bridge building
has occurred here with the c., NJ. q st.
p. R. r. within few weeks past. Some
thirty carpe nters are employed in the
work at the Junction.
Otto Walters informs us that the
challenge published last week In The
REPUBLICAN, from r. Schott, is mislead-
ing, as he (Walters) has withdrawn
from the public as wrestler.
Sundays Sentinel contains list OF
Wisconsin's clerkships in Washington,
and we find the following credited to
jefferson county: Treasury depart
ment-Frank A. Mute, salary ST, 200.
War department John A. Evans,
salary 81 200; George E. Giles, salary
81 200.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Miller celebrated
their silver wedding anniversary Fri
day last, Sept. 6, the happy event call
ing together a number of their imme-
date relatives at their home in the
First ward The happy couple were
made the recipients of many valuable
and choice wedding gifts.
The electric light building is fast
nearing completion, and is now receiv-
! ing the machinery preparatory to get
ting into running order. Thompson,
J Houston & Co., of Chicago, have been let
! the contract for laying the wires, setting
the poles and other work necessary in
/ furnishing the light to the city.
The formal opening of the Jeffer-
son county fair, at Jefferson, occurs to-
day. There is a good display of all
kinds on the grounds, and everything
| betokens successful exhibition. To-
morrow baseball game and trials OF
speed with horses will take place. Fri
day, the last day, two balloon ascen-
sions with parachute descents will be
made.
The Board of Street Commissioners
have taken no decided action as yet
upon the question of organizing paid
fire department, the meeting held
Thursday evening to confer on the sub
iect being of an informal character.
There is a probability that the Acme
Hose company will be re-organized,
and the differences that now exist
healed over.
The Harmonic Either club was
greeted with q large house at its con-
! cert Saturday evening at Turner Opera
house. Everybody present was de-
| lighted with the music, and true artistic
merit was displayed by many of the
players. The members Of the club were
entitled to the patronage they received.
! The ball at the close of the concert was
greatly enjoyed by a large number of
| dancers. We hope the club will be
heard from again.
Friday afternoon Albert Groth, a
young man, resident of the Seventh
ward, and employed on the electric
light plant building, was struck on the
| head with piece of brick which fell
from the scaffold of the chimney, some
, so feet high, rendering him unconscious
for a time, but fortunately inficting no
other injury than that of severe scalp
wound, it being almost miraculous,
however, that his skull was not frac-
tured. He has recovered sufficiently
to be around again soon.
Some fine Improvements .are going
forward in the city park, in the First
ward. Two walks running diagonally
through it are being laid down, crushed
granite from the Portland quarry being
used in their construction. At the
proper season the making of several
flower. beds is in contemplation, and
other improvements, which will add to
the beauty of the grounds. Taken al
together it is a most commendable
piece of work, and alderman Huber is
to be commended for the interest and
pains he has manifested in it.
The impudence of some snakes is
J getting to be almost intolerable. So
| thought number of the passengers on
| the vestibule train on the St. Paul road
| bound west some nights ago, when one
Of the reptiles was discovered winding
] it's way through the sleeper, and travers-
ing towards the end of the car to avoid
| the crowded condition of its quarters
It's snakeship was allowed full sway to
it's movements, no one evidently caring
to 'Etackle" it, and the snake escaped
! through the vestibule as sound as when
it entered the train, although apparent
ly little ruffied as it made it's egress
! over very loud scream uttered by a
Minnesota-bound Watertown young
lady, who suddenly saw the snake