Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-12
WatertOWn Republican
WATERFOWL, WIS, July II, 1893.

"A. Quentmeyer has a new thin
summer clothing advertisement this
week.
st. Marks church congregation
hold their annual picnic this afternoon
on Concordia island.
%. j. Goeldner's new plate glass
front will greatly improve the appear
ance Of the Goeldner store building.
w. Buthorn, of the Junction house,
serves splendid lunch in his newly
erected lunch counter building just
west Of his hotel.
Robert Woelffer has in his posses
sion a petrified potato, found in the
Fifth ward 1t is good specimen of
petrifaction and has quite natural APP
pearance.
C. A. Kickeman has been appoint
ed postmaster at Helenville, vice J. S.
Haage, removed, and Robert Moore,
postmaster at Reeseville, vice P. Rein
hard, removed.
There are in the city of Watertown
1915 children between the ages of 4
and 20 years, according to this years
school census, recently taken. OF
these $40 are males and 1886 females.
The contract for furnishing books
for the school libraries in this state,
has been awarded to Des FORCES & Co.,
Milwaukee. Heretofore they have
been furnished by McClurg & Co.,
Chicago.
-Housekeepers' attention is called
to the samples now being distributed
by the WHITE STAR COMPRESSED YEAST
COMPANY. Be sure and try this. Will
do the same work as the soft yeast, but
will keep any length of time.
-Assemblyman Sampson, who owns
a good farm in Dodge county, but who
for all that has been anxious to get in
to Office in Washington, has passed the
required examination and expects to
be sworn in as chief of division in
the treasury department.
The monthly cattle fair yesterday
had an attendance hardly large enough
to entitle it to the name. This is as it
should be, for it meant that farmers
were busy in their fields, securing one
of the greatest crops of hay ever cut
in this section. The sales were mainly
horses, but comparatively few cattle
being brought in.
"A drove of bronchos stationed in a
yard back of Behl's livery stable, on
the river bauk, caused considerable
interest 10 spectators on Main street
bridge yesterday morning by disport-
ing themselves in the water. They
seemed to be excellent swimmers, and
measured the distance between the
two banks several times.
The Turkish commissioners to the
Worlds fair passed through Water
town one day last week on their way
to Madison to see the workings of the
w ISCOuSIH L 1SI 1llbI1ACiS anu VIZ" WIG
crops along the route. They stopped off
here for several hours and interviewed
some of our citizens. Although genu-
me Turks they spoke English and Ger
man fuently.
List ofletters remaining in the post
office at Watertown, July II, 1898:
Averil, George B.
Bankson, Mrs. J.W. (Kelly&Angell CO..
Condor, Miss Mamie Gibson, j. H.
Condor, Johu Mcnamara, j. H.
Davies, Mrs B. E. Sta ples, Miss Nell L.
Goodman, Chas. W. Sweet, John w. (2)
Grees, Miss Agnes Tytherling, T. G.
Kelly, John Z. Kelly & Angel CO..
Louis, George kelly & Angel Co..
]. I. MoAK. P. NJ.
During the severe thunder storm
early last Saturday morning an electric
current entered the office at Johnson's
Creek of the Geo. G. Mansfield COM
pany, wherein is located the telephone
station, by way of the telephone wires.
The switchboard was completely
burned out, and some small damage
done to the wood work in the Office.
What might have been serious con-
fagration was prevented by the prompt
action of the Mutual Hose company Of
that place.
-Burglaries have been numerous
here lately, the residences of Theo.
Prentiss, Andrew Hertel, Fred Gamm
and Geo. Hawkins being among those
visited by the thieves. Mr.. Hawkins
was the last TO fall under the ban Of
the midnight providers, choosing Satur-
day night for their lawless work, and
SO far as known getting only an over
coat for their pains. From the other
places nothing was obtained except a
pair of old shoes at Mr.. HertePs. 1t
would be well for everybody to adopt
precautionary measures in the way OF
fastening doors and windows. All the
houses mentioned were entered by
windows being pried up with a chisel.
While Milwaukee and Chicago
have been enjoying the sight Of cara
wells and the Viking, it was Water