Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-28

| bat the disease is not running IN as VIZ
ulent form as last year.
The annual ball of the Cigarmak
| ers' Benevolent association took place
Saturday night, at the Turner Oper;
house. The affair was largely attended
and an enjoyable time is reported by
all present.
Saturday evening, February 18th, il
the date for the grand masquerade bal
of the Turner society at the Turner
Opera house. Look out for a brilliant
affair, elaborate and grotesque cos
tunes and beautiful tableaux anC
scenes.
An appointment of interest and
pleasure to our townsman, Hon. Daniel
Hall, is one made Friday by President
Harrison, thatof his cousin, Col. Daniel
w. Flagler, to the position of chief Of
ordnance at Washington, vice Benet
retired.
Ex-Governor Hoard's return from
his Eastern lecture tour to hls,home IN
Fort Atkinson, was signalized by turn
out of the Hoard Rifles and other de-
mOnstrations of respect The governor
has several engagements for lectures
in the East next month
Two tramps were sent upfor thirty
days, ten days solitary confinement,
by Justice Halliger, for stealing two
caps from the front of VIM. HI. Rohr's
store Friday evening. One of the caps
was sold to Hartig & Manz's fireman
and the other thrown over fence
Ole Iverson, one of the earliest set
tiers of the town of Ixonia, died on
Saturday last, at the age of about 70
years. He leaves wife, but no chill
dren. Mr.. Iverson had been a success
full farmer and retired on a competency
some little time o.-OcononlooUOc Free
Press.
The Arizona Joe "Black Hawk"
performance at Concordia Opera house,
Thursday evening, was fairly attended
and was rendered in manner that
gave satisfaction to the audience. Ari-
iona Joe made some wonderful shots
and is possessed of considerable merit
as an actor.
Quite few farmers and others are
talking up the feasibility of starting up
a mandatory in this city for making
sugar from sugar beets. There is large
mandatory of this kind at Kewaunee,
which promises large returns to the
beet raisers of the vicinity, and the
project might be tried here with great
success.
H. c. Hansborough, the newly
elected Republican United States SEN
a resident of Baraboop where he con-
Quoted The Baraboo Bulletin. 1t may
be of interest to Watertown people
to learn that Senator H. G.. Hansbo-
rough was one of the compilers of the
History of Jefferson county, published
in 1879, and il this capacity was fire.
quent visitor to our city.
The last Juneau Telephone, answer
ing The REPUBLIgAN's article on the
Dodge county Peck deal, filings the word
sRhodents" at us in an overwhelming
manner. Please interpret, Brother
Kelly. Probably some reference to
the Colossus of Rhodes, which would
be somewhat Anticipated as figure OF
speech in explaining the status of the
Dodge county delegates in the late
Democratic state convention.
The state board of charities and
reform have issued the fourth biennial
report, and also general report cover
ing in brief the work of the board dur
ing its whole period of twenty years,
The board claim to have accomplished
great good in the methods of caring fol-
the insane, of treating criminals, and
in the suppression of pauperism. Sep
TENDER 80, 1890, there were l 500 insane
| III Vic tNO oudUO uO0 plIdIS duu {, Ito IL
the twenty county hospitals. There
are poorhouses in forty-one counties,
with l, 734 inmates.
The Jefferson county farmers as
semhled at the institute last week a
Lake Mills, don't want the farmers in
stitutes discontinued, as will be seer
from one of the following resolutions
adopted:
Resolved, That we regard the farm
ers' institutes cheap. efficient anC
practical method, not only of teaching
but promoting the farming interests O
| this state, and believe, their continu
ance conducive to the highest interest
of agriculture
ResolUed, That the weed law of thi
state should only apply to Canada this
tie, SOW thistle, oxeyed daisy and bur
/ dock.
"A bill has been introduced in tn
senate by Senator Voss curtailing tn
! powers of the Board of Street Commits
sioners in the matter Of granting fran
chises. The course of the presen
Board of Street Commissioners to tn
minds of maj ority of our citizens, doe
not justify such legislative action, am
! until some overt act is committed h,