Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-01-20
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VIM. Trachte announces the ar.
rival OF new goods at his establish
ment. See the "ad"
The earnings Of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul road for the second
week of January were $55l ,238, an in
crease, compared with last year, Of
Sill sos.
List ofletters remaining in the post
office at Watertown, January 20, 1892:
Cunningham, Mrs. Ed Rise, Dennis
Rollins, Perry & Go. Willis, Fred.
j. L. MoAK, P. II.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was unsettled, opening lower,
but recovering the decline, and closing
at S6&c for May and 834c cash or Janu-
ary. Flour was steady and in fair de-
mand. Barley closed at 56c, rye at S3c,
corn at SIZE and oats at 311c. Hogs ad-
vanced 5@10c. ranging at So .85@4.35.
The Nonpareil club entertainment
at Turner Opera house, SATURDAY. even
ing next, promises to be the great event
of the season here in the amusement
line, The masquerade will be some
thing unusually fine, and an interesting
programme consisting of songs, dances
and tableauX will be given, in which
the celebrated Derry twin sisters and
others will take part. The club deserve
! large patronage on the occasion.
The factory which is building the
organ for st. Bernard s church has been
put back in the work on account of the
entire working force having been down
with the grip, and consequently unable
to fill the contract at the time agreed.
/ The necessary postponement of the
/ Sacred concert has been a great disar :
polntment to the congregation of st.
Bernard's, but it is hoped that the or
gan will now be soon in its place and
the concert follow in short time.
The Andrews Opera company was
wrecked in a bad railway accident
seven miles east of Brainerd. Mimi
last Friday. The company were all
asleep when the crash came. their
sleeper taking fire and the passengers
forced to rush into the air unclad with
the mercury 46 degrees below zero.
Two ladies of the troupe, Mrs. Ed. An
drews and Miss Lille Wallace, of Min
neapolis, were burned alive, and some
twenty-three others more or less in
jured. 1t will be remembered that the
Andrews company played an engage
ment at Turner Opera house in the
spring of 1889.
This office is in receipt of Postmas-
ter-General Wanamaker's second an
nual report. From it We learn that the
annual deficit is but little over six
million dollars. During the past year
thorough reorganization of the de-
partment has been made which has
added greatly to the usefulness of the
service. Promotions were made only
for merit. He recommends that the
government own the telegraph and
telephone lines and use them in con-
nectlon with the postofice for the rapid
transmission of intelligence. The rural
tree delivery system which has been
tried in forty-six villages in the past
year, has been financial success. and
he accordingly urges congress to in
crease the appropriation for the COM
ing year. He also argues very con-
vincingly in favor of the postal deposi-
tories for small savings, reiterating his
plan of last year. The report is an able
one and credit to Mr.. Wanamaker.
The Democratic Congressional
committee for the Second Congression-
al district met in Madison, January II,
pursuant to call. All members of the
committee were present, as follows:
Gen. A. @. Parkinson, of Columbia ;.W.
ii. Rogers and G. W. Bird, of Dane; B.
E. Sampson and NJ. E. Burke, of Dodge,
and w. H. Rogers, of Jefferson. Col.
6. W. Bird was elected chairman of
the committee unanimously The city
OF Watertown was designated as the
place for holding the next congression-
al convention for said district. The
question Of representation in the con-
vention was discussed, and it was unan-
lmously decided that each county
should have one delegate for each five
hundred votes, or major fraction there
OF, cast for the Democratic candidate
for president in the last presidential
election, being the same rule of repre-
sentation adopted for the last Demo
cratic State convention and recon-
mended by the State Central commit
tee.