Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-03-01

-Kimball Hoyt, one of the oldest
residents of Wisconsin, died at his
home at Lake Mills, Monday, aged 81
years.
The M. E. church social will meet
with Miss Lizzie Davies, Friday even
ing of this week. A cordial invitation
extended.
The annual ball of Washington
lodge, I. o. O. F., took place Saturday
evening at Turner Opera house, and
was largely attended.
Joseph Salick has sold his dwelling
house property in the Sixth ward to
U. Habhegger for So, 900, reserving one
lot, 60 feet front on Green street, as a
site for dwelling.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was steadier, closing at 645c
cash, Csc May, and zoe July. Flour was
steady, but dull. Barley closed at &c,
rye at soc, corn at Soc and oats at SAC.
Hogs were 5@1oc higher, ranging at
s76O@$s.OO.
On Monday evening, February 20,
the members of the 0. X. club were
| handsomely entertained at the home
of Herbert Jones' After listening to
several we'll rendered piano selections
the light fantastic was tripped until the
"wee sma' hours" 1t was very
pleasant affair and all present enjoyed
magnificent evenings entertainment.
The lady members of the Monday
Night Bowling club are arranging to
give a dancing party Immediately after
Lent The date set is Friday, April 7,
at the Concordia Opera house. With
a display of their customary tact
and fine taste, it is needless to say that
the affair the young ladies have in
hand promises to be of most elabor-
ate order.
The Standard theatre was twice
crowded yesterday to witness "Jesse
James," thrilling melodrama which
has to do with the hazardous advent
ures Of the great outlaws life The
piece is full of exciting scenes and was
on the whole we'll acted and effectively
staged -WI1caukee Journal, Feb. 81.
At Turner Opera house, Saturday
evening, March 4th. Admission, IS,
so and IS cents.
That which is certain to attract the
attention of our readers, is the curtain
and drapery ''ad" of Emil Seibel &
Co. in another column. 1t bespeaks
for itself and reminds those in want of
curtains or draperies to call upon this
firm and look over their stock of beau
tiful goods in this line. The prices are
astonishingly low, quality and styles
being considered. Look over the lad"
The firm of Schiller & Quent-
meyer, merchant tailors, 217 Main
street, dissolved partnership on the
| Goth of this month, after which date
Charles G. Schiller assumed full con-
| troll and will continue to carry on the
business at the old stand. The reputa-
ton that the firm has won as first-class
merchant tailors is too well known to
repeat here, and it is but fair to state
| that Mr.. Schiller will, as it's successor,
maintain and continue to advance this
reputation. PIP
Democratic caucuses are called for
Thursday evening, March l6, 1898, at
O'Clock in the several wards of the
city of WATERFOWL for the following
| purposes: To nominate supervisors,
two aldermen and constable, and to
appoint two delegates to attend the
| Democratic city convention to be held
| on March IS, 1893, in the First, Third,
| Fifth and Seventh wards to nominate a
school commissioner, and the Third
ard Fourth wards to appoint two dele
gates each to attend the city conven-
ton for nominating justice Of the
peace. Caucuses will be held in the
usual places. The chairman of each
caucus can appoint two challengers for
! election day, said challengers being
entitled to place inside the railing at
the polling places.
Irving Bath, son of former we'll
| known resident of Columbus, Rev. L.
Bath, died at st. Louis Park Mimi, on
Tuesday, aged 40 years. Irving spent
his boyhood in Columbus. He, in COM
pany with brother, established The
Democrat at Portage, an offshoot at the
time of The Columbus Democrat. He
afterwards was connected with papers
at Millbank and Sioux Falls, and final
ly became editor Of The Mail, at the
place where he has died. Before he
left Wisconsin consumption had firm
hold on him, but it was of the "old-
fashioned kind" inherited from his
parents, and which has made grext
havoc in the Bath family Columbus
Republican.
Mr.. Bath was married in Beaver Dam
to Miss Emma Chatfeld, whose parents
were old residents of this city, and she
passed her childhood days here. Dur
ing the Taylor state administration Mr..