Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-08-12
Home Matters.


Thanks to Mrs. Geo Hall for hand
me boquet this morning.
The public schools open for the fall
nd winter term Monday, August 81.
The regular monthly cattle fair yes
erdav, combined with the circus, made
lively on the streets all day.
At the recent session of the grand
'odge of the Harugari held at Racine,
Wn. Buending, of this city, was elected
grand overseer.
A business meeting of the Epworth
league will be held at the residence OF
Stephen Malloney, South Third street,
next Friday evening.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will give an ice cream entertain
tainment at the church parlors, Thurs
dav evening of this week, to which all
are invited.
The earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul road for the month
of July we're 81, 309, SOL. against s., 49,
O67 for the same period last year, an
increase of s16O,4S4.
Coy. Peck has already received an
application for pardon for Rose Zol-
.doske, the Richland Center murderess.
The application has not, however, been
made in regular form.
As an example of the heavy yield
of winter wheat in this section, H E..
Humphrey, of Ixonia, last week
threshed 1868 bushels from nine acres,
"a little over 404 bushels per acre.
Cardinal Gibbons will deliver to
Archbishop Katzer the pallium. the
special insignia of his high office sent
him by Pope Leo. The ceremony takes
place in St. Johns cathedral, Milwau-
kee
The White Star line steamer Ma
iestic arrived last Wednesday morning
in New York from Queenstown, break
ing the ocean racing record, making
the trip in FIVE days, eighteen hours
and eight minutes.
The number of pupils enrolled in
the public schools of Wisconsin is $50,
.342, and the amount of expenditures
for their maintenance is 1911 1856.
The per capita of pupils enrolled in
Wisconsin is 1859, and the total ex-
penditures per capita is 1920.
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landlord of the Grand hotel of this city
since the 1st of last August, has
severed his connection with the house
and will leave at once with his family
for GAINESVILLE, to continue the manage
ment and control of the Park hotel
Beloi Free Press.
The law passed by the last legisla-
ture compelling building and loan asso-
Citations of other states which do bust
ness in this state to deposit 100000
cash with the state treasurer in order
to protect Wisconsin stockholders, will
shut out every association that has
done business in this state.
Albert Barth, aged 20; his sister
Emma, aged II; Martha Kindling, aged
Is, and Clara Siegler, aged IL, all be-
longing to prominent Milwaukee fami-
lies, were drowned in Pewaukee lake,
Sunday, by the capsizing of a sail boat.
Lora Barth was one of the party, but
was rescued. The Barth girls visited
friends in this city two years ago.
Time was when Main street was
kept scrupulously clean during the
summer season, giving tidy appear
ance to the thoroughfare and health
full bearing to the atmosphere. But
wherein lies the trouble about the
change shat has come over this pleas
ant condition of things, and whose
fault is it that Main street does not
have its regular Saturday cleaning. as
heretofore?
Prof. George Hendrickson, of Col
orado college, who has been elected
professor of Latin in the university in
place of Prof. Bennett, is in the city.
He is making arrangements to occupy
the house formerly occupied by Prof.
Bennett, on Langdon street At pres
ent he and his family are stopping with
Charles Z. Bross. Mrs. Hendrickson
is well known by many Madison peo-
pie, and is a daughter of Merchant
Cook, of White water. Madison Journal