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

dence has occurred in the families
two editors, Judge Conklin, of Water
town, OAK, and his son Frank, of Clark,
OAK. Both of the above named were
residents of Waterloo number of
years ago, and well known by large
number in this vicinity. The wife of
the former died Thursday night, April
Is, and that of the latter on the night
following. Three years ago the judges
first wife died on a certain day and the
sons wife died on the next one. The
judge is so very sick that he has been
confined to his bed for more than two
weeks, and consequently was unable to
attend his wife's funeral He is not yet
out of danger Wafeyzo0 7ournaA
The Aztalan factory paid dividend
OF o6 cents per hundred pounds for
March milk.
Herr Meyer, the largest ivory i'm
porter III the world, and brother-in-law
of Hon. Carl Schurz, died Friday at
Kiel, Germany.
The Rock River Cheese company.
at Hebron, last week commenced bugi
ness Tor the season. The milk receipts
already amount to about 5000 pounds
day.
Mrs. Alice J. Shaw, the whistlino
prima donna, will soon sail for Europe
and spend two years on the continent.
When she returns she hopes to be able
to whistle In French, German, Italian
and Spanish
The Wittke creamery at Beaver
Dam is now well established. Last sea-
son four teams collected the cream from
the milk of 800 COWS. This season he
expects to require ten teams, and col
lect cream from the milk of 2, 500 COWS.
g. A. Yandry, of Cold Spring, de-
l1vered his '8S crop of tobacco at Fort
Atkinson for Ohio buyers. He receiv-
ed s. cents pound for wrappers and
binders and cents for filters. The
product OF an acre and half was 1850
pounds, bringing him about 5000.
Prof. Fred Ashton, musical leader
of the Capital Comedy company, and
Miss Keturah Hitchcock, of Chicago.
were married Thursday evening, on the
stage of the new opera house at Water
loo, during performance of the COM
pany Mrs. Ashton has Joined the
company and will play piano accompan-
lments to her husbands violin music.
| One of the most remarkable feats
in modern journalism was achieved by
Mrs. Isabella B. Barrows, of Boston.
She wrote averbatim report of speech
made in German by Carl Schurz, which
she turned into English while her pen
was flying across her paper in steno-
| graphic characters. To write steno-
graphically and translate from German
into English simultaneously was a re-
markable piece of short hand report
ing.
-Adjt.-Gen. G. w. Burchard has for
mally assumed the duties of state pen
sion agent, in accordance with the act
OF the last legislature. All interested
In pension matters can feel assured that
with AdJt.-Gen. Burchard they will re-
ceive full attention and be managed
with satisfaction to all concerned. The
pension agency adds considerable busi-
ness to the duties of the adjutant-gen-
erals office. The transactions of the
| department amount to about $500, 900 a
month
| The assessment now in progress is
affected by two important laws passed
by the last legislature Heretofore
wearing apparel, family portraits, libra
rles, kitchen furniture and growing
crops have been exempt from taxation.
but under the new law all the property
enumerated above will be assessed, on
ly $500 worth of furniture, wearing ap-
parel, ETC., to be exempt in each house
| hold. Another new law provides that
If taxpayer is detected in making a
false statement regarding his posses
sions to the assessor, he shall forfeit $40
for every $100 withheld from the assess
or's knowledge. Business men will be
compelled to make sworn statement
regarding the amount of mortgages,
notes, bonds and securities which they
hold, and an assessor who fails to en-
force this requirement may be fined
$lOO.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To THE EDIToR:-Please inform your
readers that / have positive remedy
for the above named disease BY its
timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. / shall
be glad to send two bottles of my reme-