Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-08-23
WdtertOWn Republican
WATERTowN, WIS, AUG. %, 1898.


Henry Schulz is erecting fine two
story residence on the lot east of St.
| Paul's Lutheran church, Sixth street.
The largest pane of plate glass in
the city has been placed in the millin-
cry store of Miss F. Schiebel, 413 Main
| street.
The season of the Concordia Opera
house will open Thursday evening,
August 81, with Hands Across the
Sea" as the attraction.
Joseph Deitz, an old resident of the
town of Watertown, died of peritonitis
Wednesday of last week, aged SO years.
Deceased was native of Germany
and had resided in this vicinity over
thirty years.
John NJ. Hagerty, whose home is
in the Seventh ward, was one of the
brakemen of the wrecked train on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
road, near Dubuque, Ia, last Thursday,
and received a fracture of the right
arm
About seventy head of bronchos
were disposed of at an auction sale
held here Saturday. The animals were
sold rather cheap, prices ranging from
So to SIC.
The children of st. Paul's Episco-
pal church Sunday school will hold
their annual picnic at the Faith Home
grounds in the Fifth ward tomorrow
afternoon. The children will assemble
at the chapel before leaving for the
grounds.
Lake Mills, with its charming lake
and excellent picnic grounds, has be-
come very popular RESORT for Water
town people. Every pleasant Sunday
the banks of the lake are filled with
visitors from this city, an especially
large delegation enjoying the day there
last Sunday.
The premium list ofthe thirty-ninth
annual meeting of the Jefferson county
fair, to be held September 26-29, 1898,
is being distributed by the secretary.
1t is from The Jefferson Banner office.
If any reliance can be placed on pre-
parations, the fair this year will be the
! best of the series. Arrangements have
been made for trials of speed by good
/ horses, and there are other attractions
! which 60 to form fine exhibit.
| The Jefferson county sea serpent
| has again been heard from. This time
child claims to have been fright
ened away from beautiful little lake
in the town of Oakland by it's untimely
appearance. Many think the whole
matter hoax conjured up and perpe-
trated to prevent visitors to this lake
from going thither. the only way be-
ing over farmers fields, thereby
tramping the crops to an injurious ex-
tent.
w. D. Sproesser has something to
say this week in double column "ad"
in THE REPUBLICAN,, about the Ernest
Gabler & Bro. piano. The durability
of this instrument is unquestioned,
which is the very strongest point that
can be made in favor of any instrument,
retaining its splendid tone, as can be
| proved, for fully twenty five years.
The Gabler piano has been sold to
prominent parties here, list of whom
is given, which is another evidence of
its popularity. Read the ADVERTISE
ment.
Freight train No 81 on the La
Crosse division of the st. Paul road,
John Murphy, conductor, was wrecked
near Wyocena, about nine miles from
Portage, early Sunday morning. The
wreck was caused by the train break
ing and the rear section colliding with
the front section. Fifteen cars were
thrown from the track. The wreck
made it necessary for the Fast Mail
train to go around on the Northern
division, consequently the Sunday
morning mail here was received sever
al hours late.
The second game of ball between
the Delafeld and Concord teams was
played at the Watertown park last Sum
day. The Concords were again the
victors by a score of to 4. A notice
able feature of the game was the almost
total absence of players from either
| Concord or Delafeld, the teams being
composed for the most part of Ocono-
mowoc and Watertown players. Smith
and Keel for Concord, Oestreicher and
Edwards for Delafeld, formed the bat
teries, and both performed excellent
work. George B. Smith, of this city,
umpired the game.