Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-03
A child of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Han

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house and lot on Eighth street, to ii. w
Flint, for $1,000
Mrs. A. Baum last week purchase
| the Mrs. Mcmahon lot, south OF Z. Il
Parks residence, as sight for home
The First district members of the
Democratic State Central COMMITTEES
are O. S. Cornish, of Fort Atkinson
and J. E. Dodge, of Racine.
The fall term of the public schools
except the grades in the High schoo
building, opened Monday. The High
school grades will open next Monday
Prof. O. E. Wells, Democratic can
didate for superintendent of public IN
struction, has accepted the principal
ship of the Manitowoc High school.
The anti-Bennett Law state central
committee is composed of fifteen mem
bers, among them being Prof. A. +
Ernst and Prof. F. W. Notz, of this city.
and Rev. III. A. Alwardt, of Lebanon.
Mrs. Norman Humphrey has been
appointed by State Superintendent
Thayer, member of the board of visi-
tors for the present year to the State
Normal school at River Falls, where
she formerly taught.
Some days since the second eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jones
was taken down with diphtheria while
visiting in Milwaukee with her mother.
The little one, although quite sick, was
improving at the last advices.
The old Mrs. Sarah Bingham home
stead on Sixth street, the grounds oc'
cupying half block, was sold to Fred
Hoffman, at the auction sale Monday
for 50, SS5, higher price than like pro.
perry was ever known to be sold for in
this city before.
According to the census Wisconsin
has made % per cent. decrease of hei
debt in ten years, the largest of any OF
the Western states. Twenty-six of hel
sixty-eignt counties are given as free
from debt Dodge county is one of the
counties out of debt.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was stronger, closing at &c fo.
No. 2 spring, cash or September, anC
LOO December. Flour was steady. Bar
ley closed at 644c, rye at &c, corn a
Acc and oats at SEC. Hogs were higher
ranging at S3.90@4.25.
During the past week original pen
sion has been granted Mrs. F. Wilson
widow of Geo. Wilson, Burnett June
ton, and Christian F. Strauss, of the
town of Watertown; increase of pen
sion granted to VIM F. Martsch, of this
city, through the agency of S. S. Wood
ard.
In 1860 George w. Peck, mayor o
Milwaukee and Democratic candidate
! for governor, was resident of Water
town, supervising the publication o
THE REPUBLICAN as foreman of the of
fee, in fact THE REPUBLICANS first fore
man. George could not help being ;
| pretty good sort of "a fellow having The
early training We have outlined.
Next Sunday afternoon, Septembel
7th, at 2:30 O'Clock, the Golden Eagles
of Milwaukee, recently reorganizeC
most of the players playing ball il
in Northern Michigan, and the H. w
| Vogels will cross bats at the Baseball
park. A good game may be expected
Admission, % cents; ladies, 10 cents.
There is at least one nomination
made on the Democratic state tickle
inconsistent with the position of th'
| Democratic party on the Bennett law
that of O. E. Wells for superintendent
of public instruction. Two years ag(
Mr.. Wells, in the meeting of the State
| Teachers association, read a paper il
favor of eliminating the study of Ger
man and French in the public schools
of the state.
One of the delegates to the late
! Democratic county convention appoint
ed on the committee on credential
had to decline serving on said commit
tee because unable either to read O.
write in the English language, and it i
further stated that he was born in JEFF
ferson county, at any rate born in th'
United States A little Of the Bennett
law might have been used to this per
sons advantage in years gone by.
Charles Barwig was renominateC
for congress, at the Second distric
J Democratic convention held at Juneau
Yesterday. The informal ballot stood
Barwig, %; Ryan, 7. Charles Barwig
of Mayville, was born in Hesse-Darm
stadt, Germany, March 10, 1887. HI
immigrated to this country with hi
parents in 1916, locating at Milwaukee
| graduated from the Spencerian Bust
ness College in 1857, and located a
Mayville in 1865.
We recently learned of watch il
the possession Of an uncle of Max Har
vey, that assuredly is out of the ordi
nary line. When the owner desires t.
| learn the time of day he simply presse
| on a snrinp and the hour and minute