Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-10-18

day afternoon with Mrs. F. M. New
ton, Emmett street.
-Schempf Bros. and A. Quentmeyer
have new announcements in their adj
vertising spaces this week. Look them
over.
The M. E. Church social will be
held Friday evening at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hill, North
Washinton street.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was steadier, closing at 602c fol
December and 5Sc cash. Flour was
dull and unchanged. Barley closed al
SAC, rye at Acc, corn at Sic and oats al
2S4c. Hogs we're steady but dull al
$5.9O@$6.5O.
The Young Mems Bowling club
have issued invitations for their open
ing dancing party on Friday, October
27, at Concordia Opera house. The
clubs parties last season met with fine
success, and their present endeavors
are therefore anticipated with much
pleasure by the dancing set.
When the Watertown Shoe com.
pany's retail store is removed to the
new location in Coles block, Novem,
ber1, William Gorder will continue the
business at the old stand, COS Main
street, with complete stock of foot,
wear of the WateItown manufacture
as we'll as other leading makes. Mr.
Gorder has an advertisement in this
issue.
-Edouard Remenyi, the renowned
violin virtuosa, assisted by his daugh,
ter, Miss A. Remenyi, and Sig. Riva de
Berni, will give a grand concert at Con
cordia Opera house, Friday evening,
November 3, under the auspices of the
Northwestern University band. This
is one Of the greatest musical attrac-
tons ever presented to the citizens OF
Watertown.
While at the Worlds fair two
daughters of Mrs. John Howard, OF
Waupun, were surprised to find in the
English exhibit of work done in the
first infant training schools several
samples marked Mary Ann Tasker, the
maiden name of their mother. The
dates were noted and also the names
of others in that class, which proved
beyond question that the work was
Mrs. Howard s when she was child
Milwaukee insurance men have
succeeded in establishing to their salts
faction that at least one of the recent
fires was of incendiary origin. Mrs
Ida Willems yesterday made deposit
ton charging her husband, Peter
Willems, his sister, Miss Annie Will
lens, and his mother, Mrs. Christine
Willems, with conspiring to defraud
the Manchester Insurance company by
setting fire to the house at No. 222 Fifth
street on August 5.
1.-THE Silver King" with Carl A
Haswin and Frances r. Haswin in the
leading roles, was presented to poor
audience at Con cordia Opera House
Monday evening. The play was wei
rendered, the general average of the
company being excellent, and the fine
special scenery used added much tC
the attractiveness Of the drama. There
should have been much larger at.
tendance, but the mistake was made
as in many cases before of not prop
erly advertising the appearance of the
company.
Rev John G. Faville, of Appleton
and a former Lake Mills boy, told the
Worlds Evangelical congress in Chica
go, last Wednesday, how he had in
creased his evening congregation from
200 to more than 700, revived interest
in the morning service and given new
life to the whole church organization
His success was due, be affirmed, te
simple rules, viz: (1.) good church
music; (2.) printed programmes of the
service; g. good ushers and bright
reception committee; a. a short ser
mon of from Is to 20 minutes.