Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25

See railroad directory for severa
new trains on the st. Paul road.
The Board of Review meets in thu
city council rooms Monday next to re
main in session three days.
We have entered an era of intens'
heat, thermometers indicating iron
90 to 90 in the shadefo r severaldayi
past.
Examinations take place in The
High school tomorrow afternoon
Friday afternoon the annual picnic
OF the school children will be held or
Concordia Island.
Prof. E. E. Craig made a beauti.
full balloon ascension from Concordla
island Sunday afternoon. He de-
scended from a great height with the
parachute, alighting at the Bohemian
garden.
Miss Margaret /. Potter, OF this
city. was among the graduates OF the
State university, Madison, this year,
and at the class day exercises of the in
stitution Monday she delivered the
essay, "Class of '9O."
AT the meeting last week of the
Episcopal church council in Milwau-
kee, our townsman, Daniel Jones, was
appointed by the bishop on the new
committee on the endowment fund and
reelected n of the trustees of the
funds and property.
Edward Wieman, town of Water
town, English course; Rudolph IL.
Mueller, of Milford, modern classical
course; Royal B. Hart, of Fort Atkin-
SON, English course; Anthony B. Rogan,
Ashippun, college of law, are among
the graduates of the State university
this year.
After having made the rounds of
Hustisford, Mayville, Horizon, etc.,
William F. Voss and Charles Gardner,
of WATERFOWL, spent a few hours in Ju-
neau last Sunday. They were on a
tour of inspection of the political field;
Mr.. Voss being a candidate for state
senator and Mr.. Gardner for district
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Telephone.
The Rev. L. N. Wheeler, D. D., of
Fort Atkinson, has been elected super
intendent of the work of the American
Bible society in China, with headquar-
tiers at Shanghai. He will probably sail
in September, leaving his family at
Fort Atkinson for a year or more DR..
Wheeler is the founder of the Method
list press in China, and of two Method
list missions in that country.
The members of the Board of Street
Commissioners returned Monday even
ing from a tour of inspecting water
works. They visited Portage, Wausau
and Merrill to look over the water
works at these points. They were well
pleased with the systems seen and
would doubtless like to see Watertown
as we'll fixed in respect to a supply OF
water as any of the places named.
There will be a grand display OF
fireworks in connection with the cele.
bration of the Fourth at Madison, adj
vertised in another column. No ex-
pense has been spared in providing fo1
this part of the celebration, and the
pyrotechnic exhibition will be one of
the finest ever seen in this part of the
state. The grand chorus and cavalcade
of horrors are also a greatfeature of the
celebration.
Tuesday, June 18th, the fifth we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Al.
Blanchard, of North Geneva, was cele-
brated at their home, and attended by
friends and neighbors. A very pleas
ant time is reported by all, and the
many useful presents show the sincere
feeling of respect for the young couple.
Among those from abroad were Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Wigginton and daugh-
ter, and Mrs. F. Cramer and son, OF
OconomOWOc.
Among the cases handed down Sat
urday from the Supreme court at Madi-
son was that of F. V. Piper, VS.. the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway,
which is recorded as follows:
In the case of Francis V. Piper, vs..
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Railroad company, a train ran into the
plaintiff at a crossing mile from
Watertown. The train was running
within the city limits at too high speed
and did not whistle nor ring the bell.
The question of whether the plaintiff
was guilty OF contributory negligence
came up to the Supreme court, and it
sustains the verdict of the lower court,
giving the plaintiff 81, 800 damages.
The opinion was delivered by Judge
Cassidy. E.. P. Smith, of Omaha, Neb.,
and F. B. futile, of this city, were Mr..
Piper's attorneys.
Monday was an exciting day in Ju-
neau with its bank closed and the
Blaesius Manufacturing company shut
down. The condition of the bank &C
cording to the latest advices appears to
be this: Deposits, $4,000; cash on