Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-18
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
Hon. w. Parks, of Oconomowoc,
was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. d. S. Matthias, of Chicago, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. r.
Jones.
w. II. Woodard and j. w. Wright,
of Beloit college, were visitors in town
over Sunday.
Miss Emile Buchheit returned Mon
day from four months visit in Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa.
Mrs. i. Jacobs, of Horizon, and Mrs
j. Eddy, of Rock Island, III are guests
of Mrs. j. H. Sleeper.
John Robinson, Jr., of Milwaukee,
was a visitor over Sunday at his old
home in the Fourth ward.
A. w. Straw, of the firm of Straw &
Ellsworth, Milwaukee, was visitor at
the old Third ward homestead over
Sunday.
Charles Habhegger, pharmacist in
the Northern Hospital for the Insane
at Winnebago, spent the latter part of
last week at his home here.
Z. E. Emmerling is confined to his
home with sickness, and his position
in the Bank of Watertown is being
filled by Amos Baum, who looks quite
natural behind the counter.
The state law library at Madison
contains $4,000 volumes.
Patrick McGinnis, an old resident
of Concord, died last week, aged 50
years.
Vote for George J. Kispert, for
senator Of the 23d senatorial district.
Election Tuesday, May 24th, and don't
forget it.
Mrs. Lotz's flower stand next to
Strauss store is filled with a fine dis
play of plants and flowers, fresh every
morning from the green house.
Prof. R. D. Salisbury, of the State
university, will spend the summer con-
Quoting a geological survey in New
Jersey. He has refused the chair of
geology at Cornell and will remain with
our State university.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was weak, and prices declined
&c, closing at 794c cash or July, and
1850 September. Flour WAS unchanged
Barley closed at 542c, rye at 773c, corn
at 46c, and oats at 334c. Hogs were
steady at S4.5O@4.65.
The Edmund Sweeney estate mat
ter has been amicably settled between
D. Hall, administrator, and Mrs. DR..
M. O'Malley, of Milwaukee, the heir
to the estate. DR.. and Mrs. O'Malley
we're in the city yesterday on business
connected with the settlement.
Yesterday morning the circus train
of Ringling Bros, Of Baraboo, was
wrecked while passing culvert at Con-
cordia, Kas. Four showmen were
killed and five badly injured. About
twenty head of stock were drowned.
The recent heavy rains caused the cul-
vert to weaken.
AT the auction sale yesterday Mrs.
?. Malloy sold her three story brick
building on West Main street, to F. G.
Hartwig for $1.75O. Mr.. Hartwig was
also the purchaser of the lot in the
rear owned by Mrs. Malloy, for $3.50.
Comment is unnecessary as to the
cheapness Of this property.
"A stone saw, which does great
work, has been made by A. Roegner
and may be seen at the building stone
yard of Roegner & Block, north of the
Misegades' building on North West
Water street. 1t is powerful machine
and works with fine accuracy. It is
the first machine of the kind ever put
up in the city.
The bill of exceptions in the treas
ury case has been finally settled upon
SO far as ex-State Treasurer Harshaw is
concerned, and has been mailed to
Judge Newman. An appeal will i'm
mediately be taken and the case placed
on the supreme court calender. Both
the Harshaw and McFetridge cases will
come up for hearing in the supreme
court during the latter part of Septem-
ber.
The May party given by the Cam
brian club Monday evening, while not
largely attended, was a most pleasant
affair, and everybody seemed to greatly
enjoy the dancing. The enlivening
strains of the music and the select
character of the company did much
towards making the party one of the
most auspicious of it's kind in social
way ever held here. There were sew
eral present from out of town.
AS result of the recent confer
ence of the Lutheran ministers at Osh-
kosh, a society called the Associated
Missions of the Evangelical Lutheran
Churches Of Wisconsin has been incor-
porated. The association will be or
oopi1ad apd oOn6uofo6 CO for oo +oob