Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-18

the Watertown Elevator company.
Rev. F. C. Jewell, Of Jacksonville
Ind, has accepted the call from Zior
Episcopal church, Ocouomowoc, ano
will take charge of his new pastora
duties about July Is.
The barn of Mrs. E. Jacobowski
near the Northwestern depot burned
Monday night Loss about $75. In
sured for $50. It is supposed that the
fire caught from tramps smoking.
We have been reluctant to let the
st. Paul officials go to Chicago, but since
seeing their portraits in The Chicago
Herald we are quite resigned. If they
look like these pictures, they ought to
live in Chicago.-Sentinel.
Several new trains have been
placed for the summer on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway, and
there is change in the running time
of others. all of which are noted in The
REPUBLICAN Railroad directory.
The Oconomowoc baseball team
played with the H. w. Vogels Sunday
afternoon on the grounds in the Fifth
ward, and got away with our boys by
the unequal score of % to IL. 1t must
have been an "off" day with the
Vogels.
The exercises of the eighteenth
q lnual commencement of Sacred Heart
college will take place Friday of this
week, June goth, at Concordia Opera
house, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. An interest
ing programme has been arranged for
the occasion.
"A man named VIM. Wright, of Mil
waukee, running what is known as a
"skin" game with three nut shells and
ball, on Concordia Island Sunday,
was arrested by Officer Gingles. He
was taken before Justice Stacy Monday
and fined So and costs.
Towns around us are making pre-
partitions for celebrating the Fourth of
July, while Watertown thus far has
done nothing looking towards such an
end. Is our city less patriotic than her
sister places, or is the day unworthy of
our notice? Let us unite and do some
thing to honor Americas great ami
versary.
The graduating exercises, class of
1890, of the Fort Atkinson High school,
were held at the City hall, Fort Atkin-
son, Thursday afternoon, June 18th.
Among the twenty-one graduates was
Miss Jennette Piper, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. F. V. Piper, of Pipersville,
who was allotted the prominent part of
delivering the salutatory on the happy
occasion.
The renowned Prof. E. E. Craig
will make one of his marvellous balloon
ascensions from Concordia Island next
Sunday afternoon From the height of
5000 feet the eronaut leaps to the earth
and by the aid of a parachute lands in
seventy seconds, forming most thrill
ing and wonderfully daring spectacle.
Read the last number of The North
American Review.
The Milwaukee district German M !.
E. church camp-meeting commences
on the Prentiss place, in the Third
ward, tomorrow evening. The exer-
cises will be opened by Rev. G. G.
Schulz, of Chicago. Among other min
listers from abroad expected to be pres
ent during the meeting is Rev. Prof. F.
Hirsch. of Galena, Ill. The camp
meeting closes Tuesday of next week.
The excursion to this city, Sunday,
of the Milwaukee Concordia Musical
society, accompanied by the Clauder
band, was success, train of seven
coaches we'll filed arriving shortly af-
ter 10 o'clock A. NJ. With the advancing
hours the weather grew pleasanter and
the afternoon was passed on Concordia
island in the midst of sunshine. The
most of the excursionists returned by
the train which left here at 10 P. NJ.
The officers of the Wisconsin Press
association have been obliged to delay
the outing to the Yellowstone park for
one week. By a misunderstanding
they were given the same dates with
another excursion party and both can
not be satisfactorily handled in the
park, together with the transient bust
ness. The association will now meet
at Superior, July 20 and 80, and make
the trip as planned, only one week
later. President Price was in ST. Paul,
Wednesday, to perfect arrangements
with the Northern Pacific Railroad
company. Indications favor fine out
ing.
State Veterinary Atkinson was in
the city Friday on business connected
with his office. He found that the case
ofglanders reported t. him in the Third
ward was not a clear case of the dis
ease and it was recommended that the
animal be watched closely, awaiting
further developments. Several cases
of lump jaw in cattle reported to him
by Health Officer F. G. Werner, proved
TO be affected as surmised and orders