Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Excursion to Milwaukee.

From August 7th to 18th, inclusive,
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company will sell excursion tickets to
Milwaukee and return, at rate of one
and one-third fares for the round trip.
on account of the Bezirks funniest.
For tickets and full information apply
to agents Chicago & Northwestern rail
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| The Monona Lakeside assembly
closed its proceedings Friday last. No
more successful and interesting pro-
gramme was ever presented by the
| management than that which the visit
or at Lakeside enjoyed this year. The
encampment has not been financially
as successful as it ought to have been,
but the directors are already laying
plans for an outing season next year
that shall eclipse any previous years.
The enterprise has become firmly es-
tablished in its popularity with the
| public. The visitors from the East say
that the Lakeside assembly grounds
are far ahead of those on Chautauuua
lake, New York, for beauty of surround
ings.
"A new scheme for Good Tenplar
work in the state has been inaugurated
by the filing of articles Of incorporation
OF the Good Templar training school,
to be located at Mukwonago. It is or
ganized by Messrs. Maqueen, Wells,
Frazer and Willis H. Clark, district
lecturer Of the order. The capital is
$1,000 divided into 1000 shares at $500
each. The plan is to organize sum-
raer school for temperance workers on
Crooked Lake, near Mukwonago, and
make it resort for members of the
order and others. The object is to
arouse more enthusiasm throughout
the state and make the order of Good
Templars one of more Importance.
The Dodge County Democratic con-
vention for the election of twelve dele
gates to the Democratic State conven-
ton at Milwaukee and also twelve del
egates to the Second District Congress
sional convention at juneau, will be
held at Juneau, Tuesday, August 19.
The Fifth ward of this city elects three
delegates to the convention; the Sixth
ward, five; Emmett, four; Clyman, four;
Shields, three; Hustisford, six; Leb-
anon, five.
The Jefferson Banner, in it's last
issue, says the great Guernsey stock
farm, owned and conducted by G.. E.
Gordon, in the township of Koshko-
nong, has collapsed; that Sheriff Hib-
bard served attachments on the proper
ty last Monday. Who the attachments
were in favor of, and the amount, it
did not learn. There seemed to be
considerable excitement over the fail
ure in that vicinity.
Examination will be held by J.T.
Flavin, superintendent of schools in
Dodge county, as follows: At Waupun,
Aug. Is and 19; at Fox Lake, Aug. 20
and 2l; at Beaver Dam, Aug. % and %;
at Horizon, Aug. 25 and 26; at May
vile, Aug. 81 and %; at Juneau, Aug.
~ and ~; at Reeseville, Sept. and 2;
at Neosho, Sept. and 6.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was again buoyant and 1c high
er, closing at 91ac for No. spring, cash
or August, and 914c September. Flour
was steady and in fair demand. Bar
ley closed at 56c, rye at SIC, corn at
4Sfc and oats ct 363c. Hogs were SC
higher, ranging at $3.6O@3.70.
The spire of the cathedral of Ulm,
all edifice of which the cornerstone
was laid in 1877, has just been COM
pleted. Its height is $50 feet, the loft
lest spire in the world.
The Fisher & Aikens circus got
stranded at Baraboo last week, being
unable to pay railroad transportation
any further.