Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-11-22
WatertOVn Republican
WATERFOWL, WIS, Nov. %, 1893.

st Paul's parish guild meets Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. John Slight.
Adam Michels, an old resident of
the Sixth ward, died Friday, at the
advanced age Of 81 years.
Thursday of next week has been
set apart by the governor to be OBJ
served as Thanksgiving Day.
According to Assignee Mathews
report the assets of James Morgan q
Co., Milwaukee, are $4,000 over all liza
bilities
-Forncrock & Keyes have just COM
pleted an addition to their honey sec
ton and box factory which doubles
their manufacturing capacity.
C. c.. Schiller In his new cad" of
fers to give away $50 and invites parties
to his store to get Yale lock key. The
advertisement speaks for itself.
The first fall of snow occurred yes
terday morning, giving matters decid-
edly wintry aspect. It soon turned
warmer and the walking became quite
slushy.
Burgess & Russell's "Muldoon's
Picnic" was given at Concordia Opera
house last evening to a very meagre
audience. The piece was poorly pre-
scented.
The Clover club of the Congrega-
tional church will hold their annual
bazaar and supper Thursday evening,
December 7, at the lower hall of Tur
ner Opera house.
The saloon and stable property be-
longing to Captain Charles Otto, locat-
ed at the corner of North First and
Madison streets, has been sold for
SIS, 900 to G. H. Pieritz, who takes pos
session May l, next.
Miss Hattie E. May, daughter Of
our former residents, Mr.. aud Mrs.
John B. May, of Milwaukee, and Benno
w. Sebald were married recently and
will be at home after December l at As
Twenty-ninth street, Milwaukee.
Rack & Jones are now occupying
their handsome store in the postotice
block. The three floors of the building
are fitted up for their business and the
premises are provided with every con-
venience with a view to the sale Of
goods and the demands of their Gus
toners.
Last Friday one of the dray wagons
belonging to William Blair was run
into by some freight cars at the North
western depot and completely demol
ished. A farmers team which became
frightened backed into the dray.
thereby forcing it onto the tracks and
causing the accident.
The meeting of Eastern Star chap
tiers, called by the grand worthy matron
at Oconomowoc, for the 23rd inst, is
changed to Friday, November "a.
There will be an informal meeting and
reception from till $50 P. NJ. Supper
at at Jones house, and in the evening
the Columbus chapter will exemplify
the work of initiation. Members of
WatertOwn chapter desiring to attend
will please notice the change Of date.
Last Thursday evening at lower
Concordia Opera house the supper un-
der the auspices of the Women's Relief
corps took place. and in all its appoint
i l. t. &c
dom one sits down to better prepared
or more appetizing spread than that
which the ladies served, and the many
praises heard on all sides could not fail
to be highly gratifying to the members
of the corps. The receipts amounted
to some $50.
Democrat though be is, Charley
Parks likes a joke, even if it is at the
expense of his party, and has given
lost. His firm is sending requests to
postmasters throughout the country to
forward lists of bee-keepers in their
respective localities, and the other day
the mail brought the following reply
from an Iowa official who evidently had
not recovered from the showing under
his party received in that state: g.,
Iowa, Nov. 13.-All gone Republican.
No bees. No nothing" Charley thinks
under the circumstances the writer's
disgust at the situation was perfectly
natural from Democratic standpoint