Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-09-06
WatertOWn Republican
WATERFOWL, WIS, SEPT. 6, 1893.

thlS week worthy OF attention.
Bishop Welles guild meets Satur,
day afternoon with Miss Jennie Kusel
"A patent on an extension table.
slide has recently been granted to ou1
townsman, Richard Rlaesius.
&C. 7. Lott is in the field with q
stock of luscious can oysters of the New
York Counts and best Standard varie.
ties.
The 0. d. Pease post, g. A. R., will
not be represented at the Grand army
encampment at indianapolis, held this
week.
Prof. Notz, of the Northwestern
university, preached Sunday at the
mission festival of the Lutheran church
of Fort Atkinson.
Monday was Labor day, and it was
partially observed here by some of the
factories shutting down and the banks
being closed to business.
The report is current that Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Winkenwerder, town of Wa
tertown, are to be congratulated over
the recent birth of a son.
IS. M. Eaton has placed an Aldine
fireplace in his new residence. 1t is
claimed for the Aldine that it Will heat
a large-sized room very comfortably
in weather % degrees below zero.
"A reduction of ten per cent. in the
wages of its employees was made by
the Northwestern Manufacturing COM
pany at Fort Atkinson, taking effect
the 4th inst Another Democratic vic
tory.
p. J. Zimmers, of Racine, has re-
ceived the appointment from the Board
of Education as teacher of the eighth
grade in the High school, at salary OF
$50 per school month. He succeeds
I Miss Alice Dervin, who takes position
in the Milwaukee schools.
Nicholas O'ConnelI, for some years
a resident of Redwood, and for time
engaged in trade here in the store OF
the late Edmund Sweeney, has taken
a clerkship with Wegemann & Strauss,
where he will be glad to have his
numerous friends call upon him.
james A. Kelley showed at the
! Concordia Opera house Sunday even
ing in ga German Soldier" to rather
small audience. The specialties intro
| duced formed the most interesting part
of the entertainment, the play and
players not being up to the average.
Sutherland & Ewald's big combina-
ton will present at Turner Opera
house, Friday evening, September S,
''The Streets ofNew York" The New
York World says:
The 'Streets Of New York" is un-
| doubtedlv the best American ..play
combining as it does, pathos, humol
and sensational effects.
The Misses Christine and Genie
Fuermann entertained large company
of their young friends at lawn party
Saturday afternoon and evening. A
general good time was enjoyed by the
juveniles and older ones, the youthful
hostesses contributing all that could
be desired to make the occasion one
Of pleasure ard happiness for their
friends
The present season of the Concor-
dia Opera house, under the manage
ment of A. n. Carnage, was opened
last Thursday evening with the melo-
drama, Hands Across the Sea-" a
large audience and strong play CAPT
tally acted being the potent factors OF
a most successful opening. The actors
were very capable and evenly-bal-
anced lot, and the work in their hands
was such as it is not always Water
towns wont to see. Especial credit is
due the work of Mack Charles and Miss
Nettie Bourne.
The last number of Harper's Week.
~ contains an illustration of the monu-
AhOhO CClSd Oli viz NClUy cOulS OdGG1S
field to commemorate the heroic deeds
of the First Minnesota Infantry regi
ment. Under an order from Gen
Hancock, the First Minnesota at Get
tysburg made the greatest charge Of
the entire war, so far as relates to the
proportion of the killed and wounded
to the number engaged. Out of 26I
men engaged in this desperate charge
215 were killed and wounded, forming
a percentage Of fatalities unparalleled
perhaps, in the entire range of his
tory. Two of our citizens, DaviC
Schwieger and E. L. Davis, as soldiers
in the First Minnesota, were engaged
in this charge, and were among the
forty-seven, who escaped injury. The