Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-30
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Pooler
Main street has been relieved of its
surplus dirt and the holes are being
filed with line stone from the sewers.
Rev. A. O. Wright, of Madison,
well known here, was last week elected
first secretary of the National Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections at
Nashville, Tenn.
is not the new ST. Paul depot ques-
ton about due for agitation again?
There is as yet no sign apparent OF Its
being b uilt this season. Perhaps the
hard times will prevent.
A crowd ofhorsemen attending the
Cook & Whitby circus at Louisville re-
Gently, declared the English Derby
races the most exciting they ever saw,
being absolutely true to life-some-
thing never attempted before under
canvas.
IS. j. Proper, of GAINESVILLE, and Miss
Helen Smith, of this city, were mar
ried at the BRIDES home on Western
avenue last Wednesday evening, Rev.
George c. Weiss officiating The
groom's mother and sister attended
the wedding.
-Messrs. Williams, Boughton, Por-
ter and Cheney will reach here Mon
day afternoon and will give their con-
cert at the Congregational church at
O'Clock in the evening. The admis-
sion will be only % cents and their
music will be of the usual high order.
DR. Theodore M. Riley, of the facul-
| ty of Nashotah house, and we'll known
in Episcopal church circles in this city,
has been elected to the position of adj
iutant professor of PASTORAL theology
in the General Theological seminary at
New York. He expects to take the
position next September.
Friday G. W Notbohm, Prof.
Ernst's candidate for postmaster at
| Oconomowoc, received his appoint
ment, as did P H. Bolger, editor of
The Democrat, at Waterloo. This lat
ter appointment means that Editor
Knowlton, of The Journal whose term
lacks a couple years of expiring, will
have to step out.
AT the evening service at st.
| Paul's church Sunday, Miss Bessie
Johnson rendered the sacred song for
soprano, 20 Lord, Our Burdens Bear"
set to one of Tosti's compositions, dur
| ing the ofertory, in very pleasing
manner, showing voice of unusual cul-
tivation, excellent range and fine quail
ity She has studied with the best in
structors in Chicago.
The noted temperance exponent,
Hon. Lou. ]. Beauchamp. who held
several meetings here the past week,
spoke Sunday evening to large union
meeting of Methodists, Moravians and
Congregationalists from the latter's
pulpit. The speakers effort was very
sincere and able one Sunday morn
ing Mr. Beauchamp occupied the pull
pit at the NJ. E. church. He went
from here to Columbus to conduct
meetings.
The furniture and household goods
belonging to Lawrence Barry, whose
wife died of smallpox at Clyman, re-
Gently, were shipped to this station on
the St. Paul road last week and laid
here for several days without being
taken away. Yesterday Agent Webb
sent the goods back from where they
| came-Deering, a suburb of Chicago
preferring not to take any chances on
freight which might be infected with
smallpox.
Regarding the recent decision of
the United States supreme court in the
Metcalf bond suit. personal friend in
Washington writes to US as follows:
Don't blame Colonel Bird. He talked
long and earnestly TO the court and
cited very many authorities. [ heard
every word he said No man could
have pleaded more ably than he did,
and you see how hard it was for the
court to decide. AS soon as [ can get
a copy of the ruling will send it to
you"
Sunday morning at St. Paul's
church was given up to the Memorial
day services, the 0. D. Pease post and
the Woman's Relief corps being in at
tendance and helping to swell the con-
gregation to unusual proportions. The
services throughout partook of a
patriotic nature, and the emblems of
the occasion were everywhere in evil
dence, the lecturn being draped with
the national colors and the rector and
choir wearing neat badges of the tri-
colored ribbon. The address of the
rector, Rev. DR.. Johnson, was an elo-
ouent and forcible effort, portraying
the hardships and the ultimate accom-
plishments of our great volunteer SER
vice and the lessons connected there
with both from a secular and religious
view The muSic bV the choir was an