Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-11

The Jefferson County Board of
Supervisors organized yesterday at
Jefferson.
Many old soldiers, who contracted
chronic diarrhea while in the service,
have since been permanently cured of
it by Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrh@a Remedy. For sale by John
Molzahn
List of letters remaining in the post
office at ..Watertown, Nov. II, 1891:
Anderson, Chas. Maxfeld, A. J.
COnana, John McCar thy, T. A.
Hastings, Will Smith, Jeen B.
J. L. MoAK, P. M.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was 1@12c lower, closing at
9O&c cash, 914c Decem Der and oslo May.
| Flour was steady and active. Barley
closed at 604c, rye at 943c and oats at
332c. Hogs were and 1Oc higher,
ranging at So 25@3.9O.
Arrangements have been made by
Mr.. McFetridge with the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad, whereby the
| company agrees to build branch line
| to the new State Fair site, and everv
| obstacle to it's purchase by the state
seems removed. The buildings on the
old grounds are being torn down and
removed to the new purchase, the con-
tractor taking down the buildings and
piling the lumber on the new site for
So per 81 900 feet.
"A state Sunday school convention
is to be held at GAINESVILLE, beginning
Tuesday, November II, and will con-
tinue three days. The convention is
| nterdenominational, and as it is the
first one of Importance ever held in the
state, important results are expected
from it. Each Sunday school will be
entitled to one delegate. Among those
who will take part are B. F. Jacobs,
Chicago; Revs. M. G. Hodge, D. D.,
w. F. Brown, d. D., and S. P, Wilder,
Janesville; Mrs. e. NJ Brewster, Bara-
boo; Miss Ida Bradshaw, Milwaukee,
and many other prominent Sunday
school workers in the state.
Last Sundays Sentinel gives
sketches of the Milwaukee correspond
ents of the Chicago papers. The Times
correspondent is thus referred to:
George 2. Mathes, the correspondent
of The Chicago Times, is known as the
| tall Sycamore of the profession. He is
very largely developed lenghtwise, and
can eat soup off of the head of almost
any other newspaper man in town. He
was once hotel keeper, but that was
long time ago. His literary turn changed
him into the newspaper business, and
| he began metropolitan newspaper work
in Chicago. For many years he has
| been the Milwaukee correspondent of
| The Chicago Times, except for a few
| months when he was city editor of The
! Sentinel. Among the newspaper boys
| he is sometimes known as ''The Com
modore," from the fact the he has
written number of sketches of naval
| life and sea fights. His great hobby is
canoeing, and he can Sit down and
talk fora week on stretch about every
river and creek in the state. He has
! fioated down many of them in his ca
noe, and has risked his life shooting
| rapids just for the novelty of the thing
He Is an authority on canoes and owns
a very pretty one. As newspaper
correspondent he is hard worker and
| few of the guild keep longer hours or
work harder than he. He is an occa-
sional contributor to the Eastern maga-
zines and weeklies and his stories and
sketches are always in demand. He,
too, is married and lives with his wife
and daughter in pleasant home on
Biddle street.