Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-21


The Sunday excursion train be-
tween Milwaukee and this city on the
St. Paul road commences running next
Sunday.
Among recent improvements on
Main street are the plate-glass fronts In
R. III. Brennecke's drug store and j. e..
Harrison's confectionery.
William Humphrey is driving now
adays splendid carriage team OF SIX
year-olds, late addition to his livery,
the united weight of the pair being
2,710 pounds.
L. Bruegger is engaged in the good
work undertaken by the city OF putting
UP the street signs, 80 that the waytar-
ing man may not err in finding loca-
ton. Now let us have the houses
Numbered.
The next visit here Of DR.. Coffee,
surgeon and specialist, will be on We'd
nesday, May 2Sth, at the Commercial
hotel, for only one day. Those requir-
ing his services will govern themselves
accordingly.
THURSDAY last the second baseball
nine of the Sacred Heart college played
the Juniors, the third nine OF the
Northwestern university. The game
resulted in victory for the North
western boys Score, II to Is.
The Right Rev. Kilian G. Flash, D.
D., bishop of La Crosse, administered
the sacred rite of confirmation to 104
persons, Thursday morning last, at st.
Henri's church, large congregation
being present to witness the impressive
ceremony.
With fine weather it may be ex-
pected that John Robinson's circus and
menagerie, which exhibit in this city
next Saturday will be attended by large
crowds. The show will pitch its tents
on the Dennis grounds in the Fifth
ward. The concern comes from Wau-
kesha here.
The Sacred Heart college baseball
nine played the Jefferson club last Sun
dav afternoon on the grounds of the
latter, the game resulting in the score
of 4 to in favor of the Sacred Heart
boys. The game was sharply contested,
as NAV be seen from the small and
close score.
We have received the full text of
the decision of the Supreme court of
Wisconsin relating to the reading of the
Bible in the public schools. Opinions
by Justices Lyon, Cassidy and Orion.
No dissenting opinion was filed or ex-
pressed. The circular will be found in
THE REPUBLICAN library and is accessi-
BILE to any one desiring to refer to it.
Mrs. Martha Wigginton, who with
her husband, the late DR.. John n. Wig
CLINTON, settled in Concord, this county,
in 1874, celebrated her S0th birthday at
her home in Oconomowoc, Friday last,
MAY Is, $780, At the reception on the
OCCASION her lHIS0 ChIIulO1I, III IL. W 3.
Wigginton, of Waukesha; j. M. Wiggin-
ton and Mrs. Martha Wallace, of Ocono-
mowoc, with their families were pre-
sent, along with number of friends,
to extend their congratulations.
Probably the grandest and most in
teresting gathering in this state this
season will be the meeting of the SUI
preme Council of the Royal Arcanum,
to be held in Milwaukee, June 4.
Thousands will be present from abroad,
and grand reception will be held in
Schlitz park on the evening of the 4th.
A large delegation from Unity council,
No. 230, of this city, and their friends,
have signifed their intention of being
present on the occasion. Those attend
ing are carried by the railroads at half
fare.
"A rope walker with the Spanish
cognomen of Granada ''lit'' in among
us Wednesday afternoon and strung his
rope from the Rack building across
Main street to the Schempf block. In
] the evening while making zone Of the
greatest efforts of his life" along the
rope, he lost his balance and fell In
his descent he struck the electric light
wires and alighted on the ground. His
fall was about 35 feet. He limped into
Eberle's drug store and it was found
that although considerably bruised and
shaken up, no bones were broken.
Restoratiyes were applied and the aerial
performer was made as comfortable as
possible Granada left for Jefferson
the next Gay.
The Milwaukee Journal in its issue
of Thursday last under the head of "a
lecture to a kicker" dishes up the fol
lowing, which will be highly appreciate
ed and read with much relish by many
in this city:
ssLevy, the cornet player, will not be
apt to visit Green Bay again in hurry
and if he does alight there lie will
either keep away from the Beaumont
house, or else will restrain his desire to
| put on airs and grumble. Harry Ber-
tram keeps the hotel, and prides him
self on its being second to nothing in
the state outside of the Plankinton. He