Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
Palmyra has shipped O,OOO bushels
of cucumber this vear

allhyId HAS snlppeQ lU,UOO DuSnelS
of cucumbers this year.
st. Paul's parish guild meets Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. VIM. Lester.
The Wisconsin State Baptist asso-
citation will meet at Delevan, October
5th to 9th.
Rev. j. H. Frizzell of Brainard
Mimi, will preach in the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday.
j. F. McGolrick has 1000 tons of
coal for sale at his yards near the ST.
Paul depot. See his new "ad."
No such warm weather as expert
enced this week and last has ever been
known in this latitude in the month Of
September.
The old John Luber building, east
of Main street bridge, has been greatly
improved by bran-new front, put in
| by George B. Smith.
Steve Wollensack, of Watertown,
was awarded the first premium at the
state fair for best show of cheese by any
cooperative factory in the state.
Charles A. Gamm will remove his
stock of drugs to the store in the Cam
brian block now occupied by Mrs. Weis
when the latter moves into her new
building.
Married at the NJ. E. parsonage in
this city, by Rev. L. B. Bullock, Satur-
day, September 10, 1891, Charles H.
Dukelow and Miss Lena Nelson, both
| of Oconomowoc.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
company is to be commended for its
prompt action in placing a fagman at
| the Third street crossing. Barney Ke-
| hoe is the flagman.
Pensions have just been allowed to
soldiers of the following organizations:
Co. E, Goth Wis. Inf; Co. I, 18th Wis
Inf, and Co. K, 10th Me. Inf, through
agency of S. S. Woodland.
Should this weather continue much
longer there is considerable danger of
a water famine. Many wells and cis-
terms have given out already and farm
ers are apprehensive that stock will
suffer.
The speed programme arranged for
| the Jefferson County Fair, September
29th to October I'd, will be a great at
traction. The purses offered are large,
and some close and exciting contests
may be expected.
AT the state fair Mrs. Amelia E.
Bate, of Milwaukee, received thers$50
music box prize offered by A. w. Rich
& Co., for the naming of the most dis
tinguished citizen (deceased) of Wis
consin, together with short sketch Of
| his life.
The Waukesha Freeman has pur-
chased The Journal of that place, Mr..
Rust, the old Journal editor, remaining
for the present as an attache of The
Freeman office. Both have been good
papers, but doubtless The Freeman will
be able to fill all the requirements de-
manded from the two.
The premium list Of the Jefferson
County Fair for 1891 has been carefully
and thoroughly revised and corrected. {.
The wants of exhibitors have been care
fully studied and concessions made
wherever the exhibitor could be pros
pectively strengthened. The officers
of the fair are wide awake to the res
possibilities Of such an occasion, and
are diligently preparing for an exhibit
ton that will stand without an equal.
-"Down the Slope" comedy-drama,
rendered at Turner Opera house Thurs
day evening, did not possess sufficient
merits to call for very fattering no.
tice. The troupe came here all broken
up from lack of patronage, which ac-
counted, perhaps, for the want of life
or spirit evinced in the performance.
The company went to pieces after the
performance, and the members of the
troupe shifted for themselves next day
as best they could.
"A. H. Hartwig & Co. carried away
high honors on their horses at the State
Fair in Milwaukee last week, being
awarded the following premiums: First
premium for best 3-ye ear old Coach stall
lion; sweepstakes for best French
Coach, any age; grand sweepstakes for
best Coach stallion. any age or breed /;
sweepstakes for best Oldenburg stall
lion, any age; first premium for best
3-year-old draft stallion; special pre-
MUM for draft stallion, aged class.
One of the greatest elocutionary
contests ever held in this section will
take place on Thursday, Oct. l, during
the Jefferson County fair, for the Dem
crest Gold Medal. Following is the
list who will participate in the contest:
Lucy Rood, Hebron; Maude Helliker,
Lake Mills; Bertha Clement, Albion
Maude Montgomery, Hebron; Bell