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

James Forncrook, of this city, Monday
IS. Hanson sold his house and LOT
in the Fourth ward to Mrs. G. Willitz.
Consideration, 81 $50.
Yesterday a workman at the lime
kilns of Bornshein & Tetzlof named
A. Bratzmann, was kicked in the face
by horse and severely injured.
The rains of Saturday and Sunday
nights in this vicinity were much need
ed and will do something toward saw
ing at.least portion of the potato crop.
-Canniff Bros, proprietors of the
Spring Lake stock farm, at Rolling
Prairie, sold to VIM. Harrison, of Jul
neau, 3-months-old, pure-bred, Po-
land China boar pig.
John Whittet, of Busseyville, this
county, has been appointed by Gov.
Hoard one of the delegates from Wis
consin to National Farmers congress at
Council Bluffs, Ia, August 26th-29th-
The household of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
L. Cummings, of Chicago, are rejoicing
over the birth of dainty little Miss,
and their many friends here join with
the overjoyed parents jn their happi-
ness
MIR. Exner, father of Gustav Exner,
died at Neenah Sunday, aged Is years,
of heart disease. Deceased was a
former resident of Sugar Island, north
east of the city from whence he remov-
ed two years ago.
| Alex. R. Moore suffered a stroke of
paralysis recently and he is since con-
fined to his home IN the Seventh ward
in very helpless condition. At his
age, SO years, there can be little en-
enlargement for his recovery.
We publish a communication this
week on "Our Sunday Laws" in which
the subject is treated in broad and
liberal sense. 1t will be found of in
terest even to those who may differ
with the position taken by the writer.
George P. Gates, while engaging in
a playful scuffle Tuesday morning,
sprained his knee joint, also ankle
joint, and broke the fibula. DR.. w. G..
Spalding attended to him and made
his condition as comfortable as possible
Monday morning the shoe factory
had narrow escape from fire, caused
! by the spontaneous combustion of some
waste and other debris in the coal
house. The fire was fortunately smoth-
cred before getting under much head
way and no doubt serious loss averIed.
Bert Atwood, of Chicago, who is
here visiting at Mrs. John Richards J,
fell from his bicycle in the yard of c.
Jones' residence, Thursday, and threw
his elbow out Of joint, very painful
accident Bert rode from Chicago here
on his bicycle, being quite an expert as
a wheelsman, and this is the first mis-
hap of the kind he has met with.
Under the recent decision of the
supreme court of the UnitekStates the
big brewers of Chicago, st. Louis and
Milwaukee have combined to fight the
license law as applied to them, and
which compels them to pay tax in
the city where beer is made and where
ever it is sold. They will make a test
case to settle the question. The A.
Fuermann Brewing company, of this
city, is also one of the parties in this
controversy.
The representation in the Demo
cratic County convention at Jefferson,
August %, to elect delegates to the State
convention and also to the Congression-
al convention, is as follows: Aztalan,
4; Cold Spring, l; Concord, 4; Farming
ton, 6; Hebron, 2; Ixonia, 4; town of
Jefferson, 6; city of Jefferson, LIST ward
/ 2; I'd ward, 3; Sd ward, 3; Koshkonong,
4; city of Fort Atkinson, LIST ward, l I'd
ward, l; Sd ward, 3; town of Lake Mills,
2; village Of Lake Mills, L; Milford, g.;
Oakland, 2; town of Palmyra, |; village
of Palmyra, /; Sullivan, 3; Sumner, l !;
town of Waterloo, 3; village Of Water
loo, 2; town of WATERFOWL, 6; city of
WATERFOWL, LIST ward, 5; I'd ward, 5; Sd
ward, 3; 4th ward, 2; 7th ward, 2.
There is prospect for large crop
of candidates for positions on the Dem
ocratic county ticket this fall. William
Wurtzler for sheriff, n B. Moran for
district attorney, and William Bieber
i for clerk of the courts, are among those
talked of from this city. Pat O'Brien,
! of Cold Spring, is a candidate for treas
urer. M. L. Piper, of Pennington, and
d. H. Brown, of Jefferson, are candi-
dates for clerk of the courts. Senator
W. S. Greene, of Fort Atkinson, will
doubtless be his own successor as state
senator if he chooses to be. Jefferson
county with the west half of Waukesha
county constitutes one senatorial dis
trict The Waukesha county portion
is about evenly divided politically, SO
that the district will have the same
Democratic majority as before the re-
apportionment.
PERSONAL.
Miss Tibbits, of Muskegon, is visiting
her cousin, Mrs. n. Humphrey.
DIR. E. H. Pease, of Cleveland, Ohio,