Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-13
WatertOVn Republican
WATERFOWL, Wis, DEC. Is, 1898.

day afternoon with Mrs. A. V. Off.
Six funerals in one day is the re
ported record here for last Thursday
DR. Raymond J. Wenker, the new
: dentist, has a business card in this is
sue.
Several Watertownites attended
the teachers institute at Jefferson last
Friday AID Saturday.
w. @ Raue, Mrs G. I. Lott, the
Emmerling Grocery house and
Schempf Bros have new ads in this
issue.
Mrs David Jones, daughter OF
Daniel Edwards. died at her home in
Emmett this morning of pneumonia,
aged % years.
Might Policeman Gingles reports
having bad lively set-to with tramps
on the west side Friday night, but he
came out of the scrimmage without be-
ing hurt
The rumor, published last week,
that Andrew Cummings, of Chicago,
had purchased the Dennis residence,
was a false one. The property is still on
the market.
The prospectus of the Eclectic
Magazine will be found in another col
umn. The Eclectic is fifty years old
and holds the supremacy in its field of
foreign literature.
Miss Dora Laub died at the home
of her mother, 415 North Fourth street,
last Wednesday, of tuberculosis of the
throat, aged "a years. Her funeral was
held Saturday morning from ST. Henri's
Catholic church.
The contract for the steam-heating
system in st. Johns Lutheran church
has been let to the E. Kunert Manu-
featuring company for 1878. The same
company will also place the new gas
fixtures in the church.
The new officers of the Young
Mems Bowling club, elected last We'd
nesday evening. are: E. P. Boyne,
president; Charles Schiebel, vice-presi-
dent; Albert Menk, secretary; William
Sproesser, scoring secretary; William
Kelley, treasurer.
Mrs. Anna Hose died at the resi-
dence Of her daughter, Mrs. William
Raabe, Seventh ward, Sunday, Decem-
Der 10, of general debility. She was
born in Germany in 1905 The funeral
took place Yesterday afternoon from
the German Reformed church.
AT the last meeting of the Catholic
Knights of this city the following off,
cars were chosen: President, James
/ Prendergast; vice-president, w. J.
Toussaint; recording secretary, W. D.
Stacy; financial secretary, Charles
| Hahn; treasurer, Joseph Brooks; trus-
tee for three years, Charles Salick
The contributions of clothing for
the Hurley mining sufferers, made at
the solicitation of Mayor Voss. have
reached very generous proportions and
speak well for the charitableness ofour
citizens. The shipment will be made
to Hurley this afternoon. Janitor
Emerson at the city hall has had charge
of the donations.
Gen. Otto TT. Falk, of Milwaukee,
has agreed with Gov. Peck to accept
the position of djutant-general Of the
state in place OfGen. Joe Doe, called to
assume the high duties of assistant
secretary of war at Washington This
of course takes out of the race for ad-
Ijutant-general Senator Solliday, whose
name had been mentioned in connec-
ton with the office.
This is frst-class poultry weather,
and large quantities of the dressed
fowls are being marketed A rich com
modify IN this line for the farmer here
abouts is the stuffed or fattened goose,
which brings high price, and is much
sought after in the Eastern markets.
WATERFOWL geese have a national repu-
tation, being one of the market QUOTA
tons in the larger cities.
Captain Jack Crawford, the So
called "poet-scoUt," entertained fair
sized audience at Turner Opera house,
i Monday evening, under the auspices
Of the &, A. R. post and corps. The
captain told number of interesting
"reminiscences of his eventful life on
| the frontier and elsewhere, and also
recited several Of his poems in his own
peculiar style. The audience appeared
to be we'll pleased with the entertain
ment. A social dance was given at the
close.
The annual entertainment of the
Clover club of the Congregational
church was given last Thursday evening
at lower Turner hall, and was fairly
well attended, considering the blizzard
like condition of the weather. The
supper, of course, attained the usual
high order of excellence, for which the
| ladies of this organization have long
been noted, and the bazaar booths
were well stocked with pretty wares
which were quite generally disposed
of. The profits of the evening, while
not SO large as in former years, still