Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
WatertOVn Republican
WATERFOWL, WIS, MAY "a, 1893.

See Q. j. Goeldner's new sad" of
sporting goods.
Foot ball is quite the clad" here
with both boys and girls.
Our old townsman, VIM. E. Jones,
celebrated his 6sth birthday, Saturday,
May 20.
Until further notice Sunday even
ing service at st. Paul's Episcopal
church will be held at o'clock.
Foliage is coming out finely, the
trees being nearly in full leaf at pre-
sent, not much, if any, behind last
year.
Friends here will be pleased to
learn that Mr.. and Mrs. p Scholer, of
Tomah, are the happy parents of son,
born Friday.
The Congregational church and
parsonage are undergoing replenish-
ing Of the exterior by Straw & Muir
phys painters.
The graduating class and the teach
ers of the High school were pleasantly
entertained at the home Of Prof. G. F.
Viebahn, last Friday evening.
We acknowledge the receipt of
the Fish and Game Laws of Wisconsin,
in pamphlet form, the compliments of
T. J. Cunningham, Secretary of State.
Mrs. Margaret Mccullough, widow
of Patrick Mccullough, died at her
home in the Fourth ward Monday, aged
4Syears. She had been for some time a
sufferer from consumption.
Last Sunday the new Clough &
Warren organ was used for the first
time in the services at the Congrega-
tional church and rendered perfect
satisfaction. It is a reed instrument
with qualifying tubes and pedal base
attachments. The organ was purchased
of W. D. Sproesser.
Saturday morning Walter Strong,
of Fort Atkinson, son of the late 0. D.
Strong, and student at the State uni
versity, was drowned with companion
David Smith, son of Rev. Geo. Smith,
residing near Whitewater, in Fourth
Lake, Madison. They were sailing
when the boat capsized.
List ofletters remaining in the post
office at Watertown, May "a, 1898:
Brandeville, VIM. Lowell, Chris.
Cole, Louis McCabe, j.
Federly, R. Neville, Miss Edna
Hackey, J. w. Wallgaher, j.
Hadley, Fred
Kreger, Miss (care of Mrs. Nobles)
]. I. MoAK, P. M.
Flora, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Breu, of the town of Watertown,
died Thursday, May Is, at the home of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Drummer, 407 Main street, of consump-
ton, aged years and months. The
funeral was held Sunday from st.
Johns Lutheran church. The sympa-
thy Of all is extended to the afflicted
parents.
Last Wednesday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Schallert, of Johnson's
Greek. celebrated the sixtieth anniver-
sary of their wedding day with be-
coming festivities, dancing being among
the enjoyments of the occasion. The
aged couple, husband and wife being
respectively IS and 81 years old, were
as gay and frisky as the youngest of the
party, the groom himself dancing with
each of his twenty grandchildren
present.
The fish law passed at the recent
session of the legislature prohibits the
fishing for or catching or killing by any
device of any kind of trout, black, mud,
green or Oswego bass, wall-eyed pike
during the spawning season of such
fish: Spawning season for trout being
from September 1st to May 1st next,
and for other varieties from January
1st to June LIST. Pickerel are not pro-
tected by the law except from capture
by the use of nets and seines.
One of our we'll known citizens,
while reveling in good cigar and en-
gagged in chatting with friends in the
St. Paul depot one morning last week,
unconsciously allowed the train for
Chicago to glide away without him.
His wife was safely aboard, bound for
the Worlds fair, and the train had
reached Ixonia before the gentleman
was aware of the separation. He fol-
lowed, however, on the 40 P. NJ. train
to see the Parks and other sights in
the Garden City.
The Roth Manufacturing company
has decided to build a pickle factory
on Seventh street in the Seventh ward.
Eighty acres of cucumbers have al
ready been pledged to supply the fac
tory. The Roth company will begin
supplying seed June 10, at S. Melzer's
seed store. It takes one and quarter
nounds of seed to plant an acre. and