Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-02-10
Bishop Welles' guild will meet

man, JO0n Z. DOrut0ld.
The Sons of Hermann will dedicate
their new hall, over the commission
store of F. Miller & Co.. this evening.
The cattle fair yesterday was well
attended. The transactions were prin-
cipally in the sale of horses, very few
neat cattle being offered.
VIM. c. Raue has five men at work
doing the frescoing of the new German
Evangelical church at Lake Mills.
Watertown workmanship is very jnstly
in demand in the towns around us.
For the gear 1891, 1,O38, $50 actual
pounds OF creamery butter and 1866
cases of eggs were shipped from John
sons Greek. This is good showing
for our little neighbor. The butter was
shipped by three firms.
The meat market of Ed. Steinberg,
on the west side, was broken into last
Wednesday night and the thieves ap-
propriated number of hams and
shoulders and quite an amount of sum-
mer sausage, involving considerable
loss to Mr.. Steinberg. No trace of the
thieves has been obtained so far.
"A conference of High school prin-
clpals, called by L. II. Clark, state in
spector of High schools, was held here
Saturday, holding sessions at the High
school building and the Commercial
hotel. [. G. Chamberlain, president
of the State university, and twenty
High school principals were in attend
ance.
The removal of the office of the
Odd Fellows Insurance company from
Jefferson to Milwaukee, which has
been determined upon by the order.
Will necessitate a loss to Jefferson
county of Hon. James w. Ostrander,
the secretary of the company, a matter
of regret to Jefferson county people in
general.
-THE REPUBLICAN was mistaken in
It's item last week regarding the dona-
ton of the the stained glass windows
for the new Beloit college chapel by
classifying Mr.. and Mrs Marshall ].
Woodard among five donors of the win
dows, when the fact is Mr.. and Mrs.
WOodard we're the sole donors, the
other donors mentioned having contri-
buted to other parts of the building.
We have received copy of the IL
lustrated edition of The Jefferson Ban
ner, containing well-written descrlp-
ton of the city, with it's advantages
and progress. The cuts of the public
buildings, prominent residences and
manufacturing establishments form an
interesting feature of the edition. 1t
was compiled by Mr.. Lord, a gentle
man well known here in this line of
work, having supervised a similar edi-
ton of Watertown for The Gazette.
Postmaster J. T. Moak entertained
a large company of his gentleman
friends at cards at his residence last
Thursday evening. It goes without
saying that all were agreeably and
royalty entertained under'the hospita-
BILE supervisionsof the host, who, as is
we'll known, is no novice in this line,
but always up to the demands of such
happy occasions. What with exciting
games and lavish store of fine refresh
ments a.delightful evening was passed.
Among those present were ex-Gov.
W. D. Heard and Hon. L. B. CasweIl.
OF Fort Atkinson, and Hon. G.. W.
Hazelton, of Milwaukee.
-Johnson's Creek will ere long.
Ph@nix-like, rise from it's ashes, prep
arations for rebuilding the burned
portion of the village being already un-
der way. II. Callert having purchased
the Mansfield lot, will build on the site
fine brick two-story store building,
and tie G. c. Mansfield company, ad-
joining on the south, will erect an office
building equal in all respects to the
office destroyed. Betcher & Stueber
will rebuild their saloon and restaur-
ant Buildings, also of brick. Water
works are in contemplation, to be run
from the steam pump in the Mansfield
factory building. A four-inch pipe will
run from it around town, with a hy-
drant at every block.
The congregational church lecture
course was auspiciously opened last
Saturday evening by Rev. A. O.
Wright, large and intelligent audi
ences being present to listen to "The
Orient before Cyrus" The lecturer
crowded great many historical facts
and IDEAS into small space, giving his
auditors much to digest and think
over. In covering the time compre-
hended in the lecture great research
was displayed and no little thumbing
over OF books relating to a very
ancient period in the worlds history.
judging from the preliminary effort a
most interesting and entertaining
course is in store for all who attend.
The second lecture, "The Orient since