Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
-JameslReilly at Concordia Opera

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Don't miss Reilly's great yodling.
ConcordiaOpera house, Friday evening.
The price of The Chicago Inter
Ocean for its week day editions .has
been reduced to two cents.
The Northwestern Railway COM
pany has a gang of men making repairs
on the bridges along the line.
-Chas. A. Gamm occupies the store
next to the postoffice, vacated by Mrs.
G. Weiss, with his drug stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Killian, of
the Seventh ward, are the happy par
ents of baby girl, born Thursday.
The Anchor Hose Company No.
will give Grand Ball at Turner Opera
| house Saturday evening, Nov 7. Tick
cts so cents. Supper 35 cents.
The funeral of NJ F. Kraft, of Con-
cord, was held last Wednesday. Mr..
Kraft came to Jefferson county in 1858.
He died at the age of 80 years.
Mr.. and Mrs John F. Schwarz, of
the First ward, among our oldest Ger
man residents, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary, Thursday last.
The City Roller mills, Koenig Bros,
proprietors, commenced running last
week for the first time since the new
machinery and improvements we're
put in.
The New York Press issued as a
supplement to it's edition of Sunday,
October1l, a fine engraving of }. Sloat
Fassett, the Republican aud winning
candidate for governor of New York.
-Theold clock of St. Henri's church ,
faithful time register for the past
twenty five years, has been placed in
the new tower and again shows the
minutes and hours of the day as they
roll by.
Safe blowers attempted to enter
Greenwood Bros bank at Lake Mills,
Friday night, but aroused the watch
man, who fired shot through the win
dow at them They fled without get
ting any booty.
Probably the last game of ball of
! the season was played at the ball park
Sunday afternoon, the Sacred Heart
college team and the Schiller & Quent-
meyers being the contestants. The
score was II to in favor of the S. &
Q's.
The Jefferson County Agricultural
society will make fine showing finan-
| cially this year. The receipts of the
| fair will just about pay all expenses,
leaving the state aid, 40 per cent. of
the premiums paid, as surplus in the
treasury.
The O. D. Pease post, No. "a, will
hold campfire and dance on the even
ing of Thanksgiving, at Turner Opera
house. Rev. w. Corby, provincial of
Notre Dame, and ex-Gov. w. D. Hoard
are expected to be among the speakers
on the occasion.
-Allemania encampment, No. 90, /.
O. O. F., attended the funeral of their
late brother, Frederick Violin, at
Oconomowoc, last Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Violin was a former resident of
this city He died of dropsy Friday
in his Goth year.
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Harkness is compiling a list of all the
creameries and cheese factories in the
state of Wisconsin. The list is nearly
completed, and it will show that there
are about 25O creameries and between
300 and l 400 cheese factories.
Lake Mills putting in water-works that
they have decided to put in a plant
there. Good for Watertown. Other
places should follow our example also.
-Lake Mills Leader.
This news is little premature. The
arrangements for putting in water
works are not quite completed as yet.
That popular fad, the collection of
souvenir spoons, becomes greater every
day. The newest thing out is cheer
spoon," and it comes from Milwaukee
It is of an elaborate and beautiful de-
sign, and is one of the most artistic
spoons ever made, being in every way
symbolical of the great beer industry
of Milwaukee.
Miss Julia E. Harger will reopen
her art class in Mrs Weiss new build
ing, second floor, on Tuesday of next
week. Lessons will be given on Tues
day, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
of each week, between the hours of 6
and 4, in oil and water-colored paint
ing, crayon, India ink, penciling and
etching, with decorative work of al
kinds.
| The regular monthly cattle fair yes.
terday was largely attended and the
streets were crowded with people all
day. A large number of horses were
for sale and there was considerable
traffic in young pigs, which went al
rather low figures. Comparatively few