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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
Sewerage in the Council.

AT the last meeting of the council a
remonstrance numerously signed was
presented against the letting of any
further sewerage contracts at the pre-
sent time, and referred to the commit
tee on sewerage. Orders for sewers to
be built on the following named streets
had previously passed the council, only
awaiting notice that bids would be re-
ceived for doing the work:
On Second street, from Bailey street to
Western avenue; oD Western avenue. from
Second to Richards avenue; on Main. from
Ninth to East avenue; on Cole, from Second
to Sixth; on Jones, from N Second to N.
Third; on N. Fourth, from Jones to Cole; on
N. Sixth, from Cady to Cole; on N Fifth from
Jones to Dodge; on College avenue from
Market to Twelfth; OH Ninth, from Market
to Dodge; Ion Eighth, from Main to Western
avenue; on Seventh, from Main to Western
avenue; on Wisconsin, from Eighth to Sev-
enth; on Sixth, from Main toWestern avenue;
on Division. from N. Second to Garfield; on
Emerald, from N. Second to N. Fourth; on
Green, from N. Second to N Fourth; on
Cleveland, from Division to N. Fourth; on
N. Fourth, from Division to n Fourth street
bridge; on N Fourth, from Cole to Division;
on N. Sixth, from Cole to Division; on Fourth,
from Dodge to Jefferson
What action may be finally taken re-
mains to be seen, but the council will
probably give due consideration to the
matter and respect the wishes Of the
taxpayers. The present contract will
exceed considerably the original esti-
mate as to cost, and this in connection
with the Metcalf judgment imposes
heavy load upon the people in the way
of taxation, which fact will doubtless
have its proper weight with the coun-
Gil.
1t is claimed that the expense Of the
contemplated sewers will fall entirely
on the owners Of lots abutting the same,
and be paid by the frontage tax This
view is not wholly correct, as the man
holes, costing $40 each, and the work
on street crossings, and all extras, must
be paid for out of the general fund.
Besides, we understand that on some
Of the streets embraced in the order, a
majority of lot owners are opposed, or
at least wish no further action taken
until a return of more prosperous
times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
BelIack-R

Prominent among five weddings on
Wednesday, the 9th inst, was the
marriage of DR.. B. F. Bellack, a physi-
clan who by his successful practice has
already won distinction, and Miss Les
sic P. Rockwell. daughter of the late
banker, L. r. Rockwell The wedding
was at the family residence on Lewis
street, in the evening. Rev. S. S.
Burleson, formerly rector of st. Paul's
Episcopal church, now in charge of the
Indian mission near Green Bay. per-
formed the ceremony. The bride was
given away by her brother, R. S. Rock
well. The spacious residence was
beautifully decorated with the bright
flowers and fresh foliage of June A
large number of the relatives and more
intimate friends of the couple wit
messed the ceremonies, and partook
of the elegant refreshments furnished
during the reception following. The
couple took the vestibule train west
ward at IL Pm. Columbus people will
enjoy their continued residence here.
-COlaLnbuS ReDubLcGn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
Welsh Road Creamery Fire.

Friday morning about o clock, W lille
the patrons were delivering their milk, (,
the Welsh Road creamery, located on
the farm of John Jones, in the town of
Emmett, some six miles northwest of
this city, caught fire and soon burned
to the ground. The creamery was
operated by our butter manufacturers,
G. May & Sons, who owned the ma
chlnery, watts, churns, ETC., contained
in the building. The latter was owned
by corporation of Welsh road farmers,
and Was formerly used as cheese fac
tory. Upon the contents of the cream
cry there was an insurance of $500 car
ried by the London, Liverpool and
Globe company, in the agen1y of Jaco-
bi q Blumenfeld. Arrangements will
be made by G. May & Sons to continue
their business in that section.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
More About the Sewers.

Editor Republican Much has been.
said about the sewers now being
builta and their great expense,
but the agitation should not cease.
1t was estimated that $4,000 would
cover the cost, but the figures are.
$4,000 too low. When done it is
feared the sewers will be a practical
failure. Some streets have six inch
pipes, and others eight and ten inch,
which appear ridiculously small and
inadequate for the service expected.
The size of pipe required for a drain
from single lot is six inches; then
what farce 10 lay so small one the
length of a whole street. The specifi-
cations, which are made part of the.
contract, require that each pipe shall
be laid on firm bed" This has not
been done at all times. For long dis
tances on some of the streets the
pipes have been laid in mud and quick
sand. They have not been cemented
nor the filling properly tamped as per
contract. This is known to many
persons who have seen it, some of
whom have protested to members Of
the council and board Of public works,
concerning these serious defects. The
people feel that they want no more
present. Let US count the cost of what
is already under way and find out
whether it is not as many think, money
wasted. Don't pile taxes up so high
that it will be impossible, or even diff
fcult to pay them. No matter whether
tax comes as general or special, it
is tax all the same and the burden
imposed is equally hard. Extensive
improvements costing SO much should
not be made in one year. They should
come gradually so that our citizens are
not ground to death by taxation. Let
the utility of the sewers now under.
contract be tested first and then if they
are all right 90 ahead when the times
are better. We can get along as we
are for one, two or three years longer.
If the sewers are worthless and the sys-
tenn under which they are built is
wrong, then We certainly want no more
of them. This is the sensible view to
take of the matter in the opinion Of
MANY TAXPAYERS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
The Circus.

The Cook & Whitby circus was pat
ronized oy large crowds both afternoon
and evening Monday. While there
were no very startling acts with the
exception of the wonderful feats of the
flying trapeze artists and the pro-
gramme was of no great length, the
show on the whole was a clean one.
the performances were good and up to
the standard, and some frst-class
people were enlisted The hippodrome
races were particularly good and above
the average. The menagerie contained
some fine and well-kept specimens of
the animal kingdom, while the horses
showed careful handling and the best
of breed. An excellent showing of
bright and new circus paraphernalia
was made IN the morning parade, and
several open dens Of wild animals were
displayed. The organization was bv
no means one of great magnitude, still
we think the general expectations of
patrons we're realized.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
+ eStivaI and Bazar.

The ladies' guild of St Paul's church
will give their annual festival and bazar
tomorrow Thursday evening, June
IA, at the lower hall of Concordia Opera
house. Refreshments consisting of
strawberries, ice cream and cake will
be served, and the ladies Will endeavor
to satisfy the whims and fancies of in
tending purchasers with handsome
array of useful and ornamental speci-
mems of their handiwork Means of
entertainment will be provided, and
on the whole an evening of delightful
enjoyment is assured to all patrons,
whom the ladies hope will be very
numerous. A general and cordial
invitation is extended. The Bishop
Welles guild will assist Tickets are 25
cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
MvrOn w. Reed RESIGNS

The following dispatch will be of in
terest to many in this city, where Rev.
Mr.. Reed is well known as former re-
sident and teacher:
DENVER, Col, June 6.-The Rev.
Myron Reed, pastor of the First Con-
gregational church, has been summon
ed by the Board of Trustees of that
church to explain his expression OF
sympathy for the strikers at Cripple
Greek and condemnation of the deputy
sheritfs. The sociological sentiment
to which Mr.. Reed has given utterance
In his sermons of late has displeased
many members of his congregation
and about half the audience walked
out on Sunday to show their disappro-
val of his remarks.
Tonight the Rev. Mr.. Reed re-
signed. The step is taken because OF
exception taken to some of his remarks
made in the pulpit last Sunday even.
ing, in which he criticised the Cripple
Greek mine owners Mr.. Reed is a
prominent member of the G.. A. R.
and four years ago ran for congress or
the Democratic ticket
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
Congressional Convention August |.

Congressional Convention August ! i.
Saturday the Democratic congress
sional committee of the Second district
met at the City hall to transact pre-
liminary business connected with the
coming convention. The following
members of the committee were pre-
sent: r. G. Falconer, of Portage, chair
man; G. G. Eaton, of Columbus; w. H.
Rogers, Of Fort Atkinson; M. A. Jacobs,
of Beaver Dam The only absentee
was W. II. Rogers, of Madison. 1t
was decided to hold the convention in
this city on Wednesday, August l.
This early meeting is considered un-
favorable to Barwig's chances for re-
nomination, as it is not thought con-
gress will have adjourned by that time,
and he may in consequence be de-
tanned on busin ess at Washington, thus
preventing him from taking active part
in the fight which is promised. There
is considerable feeling apparent on the
surface against the congressman, and it
is said he will not even be able to con-
troll his own county delegation. We
understand that another candidate NAV
come to the front shortly in the person
of Hon. Burr w. Jones, of Madison.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
Bill for Government Building.

A Washington dispatch to The Chi
cago Tribune says:
Another public building bill was put
upon the house calendar to-day with
favorable report, the lucky city this
time being Watertown, Wis Author
ity was conferred upon the secretary
OF the treasury to cause to be erected a
substantial and commodious building
with fireproof vaults for the use and
accommodation of the postoffice and
Tor other government uses at Water
town. The site, and building, when
completed, shall not exceed $50, 900,
and the site purchased shall leave the
building unexposed to danger by fire
by open space of at least forty feet, in
Guiding streets and alleys.
Congressman Barwig has done wisely
in acting upon THE REPUBLICANS sug-
gestion made several weeks ago to look
after our bill for government build
ing if he expected any aid in this
quarter towards a furtherance of his
congressional aspirations. FNo public
building, no delegates" was the notice
served upon him by The REPUBLICAN.
We apprehend, however, that the
building will be long time material
izing in view of the fact that congress
has already appropriated over ninety
millions of dollars for similar purposes
elsewhere, and that no work is being
prosecuted in that direction on account
of the financial condition of the treas
ury. which is growing worse and worse
every day. Our bill, it will be noticed,
is only in it's incipient stages, having
just been placed upon the house calen-
darx which means that it's passage is a
long ways off. However, it must be
admitted that Mr.. Barwig has scored
poiit in the game be is playing against
Messrs. Rogers, Kirkland and Bush
neil
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
Don't Neglect Your Eyes

The Hirschber3I % Optical Co., of 629 Olive
street St. Louis, Mo, and 80 E. 14th street,
New York, have completed arrangements to
have Prof. Hirschberg stay with their agent,
w. D. Sproesser, Of WatertOwn, and examine
eyes of all who are in need of glasses. This
will be a rare opportunity for all who are
suffering from defective vision to have their
eyes scientifically examined and corrected.
The Professor comes here wholly in the in
stop with W. D. Sprosser, May %, "a, % and
26, where may be found a full line of HI.
Hirschberg's Mont Changeable Spectacies and
Eyeglasses.
All oculists and physicians everywhere pro-
nOunce in their favor, and all who use them
are only too gald to testify to their clearness,
durability, comfort and ease they give to the
eyes, even at the most difficult work. Consul
tatiOn free.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
SChmutZler & HeiSman
HOUSE PAINTERS,
GRAINERS and
PAPERHANGERS,

Orders left at 512 Cady street will re-
ceive prompt attention. The best quail
ity of material used, and all work guar
anteed to give satisfaction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
Drowned.

Sunday afternoon Hans, the 6-year-
old son of Adam Horn, who has some
thing Of reputation about town, was
drowned in the river at the rear of the
A. Fuermann Brewing company's
plant. The boy was fishing with some
companions and accidentally fell over
the wall into the deep water. He
was drowned before assistance could
be rendered The body was recovered
at once. Hans was one of large fam
lily of children often seen on our
StrantC
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
IMPORTANT TO PROSPECTIVE PIANO
PURCHASERS.

T. G. Smith, the manufacturer of
the old reliable Bradbury piano, has
made us a special price on few of
those famous instruments in order
to introduce them in this vicinity and
those who desire a frst-class piano
can purchase one on very easy
terms and SIS less than they can buy
any of the standard makes. Call at
our store and examine them.
37W8 DONNER BROS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
WANTED.

An agent to sell the easiest plan of
accident insurance extant to-day. Sal
ary or commission will be paid. A
good chance to make money. Address
j. j. MACDONALD, State Agent
81 University Building,
Milwaukee. Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
TAKE NOTICE,

All persons indebted to the
firm of d. w. Schwab & Co. will
please settle their accounts be-
fore July 1, 1894, or the same
will be placed in the hands of a
collector.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-11-09
RUSSIAN ROYALTY.
An Empress Who Took Part in Some
Singular Performances.

An Empress Who Took Part in Some
Singular Performances.
In the Memoirs of Jacob Ivanovitch
De Sanglen," there are some interest
ing particulars about Russian royal
ties. Jacob De Sanglen was employed
in the Russian police service, and in
1911 and 1912, as chief of the chancel-
lery of the minister of police he was
personally attached to Alexander I.
Before her death, Sanglen had seen
Empress Catherine several times. He
relates that she abolished all ceremony
during the evening receptions she used
to give at the Hermitage" and some
times ordered a game of cutting
faces in which she herself had great
ability, making comic grilnaces, or rap
idly raising and sinking her left ear,
which she could move almost like an
animal. In the year 1912 Narbonne
was sent by Napoleon to Wilma, os-
tensibly to welcome Emperor Alex
ander, but really to spy on the Rus
sian army. But the Russian police
We're ordered to cause Narbonne's car
riage to be led SO that its occupant saw
nothing of the arrangement of the
army, and the servants placed in at
tendance on Narbonne were all officers
invited to the royal box in a theater,
but the emperor was not there, being
engaged personally in examining Mar
bonne's papers, for the Russians had
made Narbonne's French adjutant
tipsy, and while he was in this state
stole Narbonne's portfolio and opened
it in the presence of the emperor. The
instructions from Napoleon found
among them were copied. Napoleon
had requested to be informed of all
things concerning the Russian gen.
erals, the friends male and female) of
the emperor of Russia, of the latter's
state of mind, etc, and whether it
would be possible to enter into secret
relations with Alexander's surround
ings. De Sanglen had promised Alex
ander L. never to publish, as. long as
he lived, anything about his connection
with him (the emperor). He therefore
kept all his notes, which were volumin-
Gus, secret, and they were first pub
lished in 1882
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-11-09
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for


In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
Wasco County.
Joseph May, plaintiff, vs.. J. 7. Delk, Sarah E.
Delk and H. Fleckenstein and s. julius MAYER,
partners doing business under the firm name
of Fleckenstein Il Mayer, defendants
To ]. T. Delk and Sarah E. Delk, OF the de-
State of Oregon. you and each of you are hereby
fled against you in the above entitled suit on or
before Monday, the 18th day of February 1885,
that being the first day of the next regular term
of said Circuit Court following the expiration of
the time prescribed in the order heretofore made
for the publication of said summo ons; and if you
or either of you fail SO to appear and answer
said complaint, judgment for want thereof will
be taken against you, and the plaintiff will ap-
ply to the Court for the relief prayed for in his
said bill of complaint, to-wit; For decree or
dering foreclosure OF the mortgage of plaintiff
described and mentioned in plaintiffs COM
plant, and that the premises mentioned therein,
to-wit: fractional block 1S. in Hood River
manner provided by law; that from the proceeds
of such sale the plaintiff have and recover the
sum of $763.67, and interest thereon at the rate
of ten per cent. per annum siuce the 4th day of
january, 1898; and the further sum of 500 reas-
and disbursements of this suit, including sub
sequent and accruing costs and expenses of sale;
right, title and interest of the defendants or of
any or either of them, and of any or all persons
or any Of them, be foreclosed and forever barred
of the equity of redemption; that plaintiff be al
at his option; that the purchaser thereof have
the immediate possession of the same; that
Delk and Sarah E. Delk for any sum that may
remain unpaid on said note after the foreclo-
sure and sale of said premises; and for such
further and other relief as to the court may
seem to be just and equitable
The service of this summons is made upon
you by publication,thereof in The Dalles CHRoN-
ICLE, a newspaper OF general circulation, pub
Oregon, by order of Hon. W. L. Bradshaw,
judge OF the said court; which order was duly
made at chambers in Dalles City, Oregon, on the
9Th day of November, 1894.
H. H. RIDDELL,
nov7-dec19 Attorney for Plaintiff
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-11-09
q HYBkID sa.sK NOTE.
It Is Ten or Twenty, According to which
Side You Look at 1t.

It Is q Ten or Twenty, According to Which
Side You Look at 1t.
There was received at the treasury
department some time ago one of the
most peculiar bank notes ever seen. 1t
was a twenty-dollar note or ten-dol-
lar note, just according to which side
was up, for, by some remarkable mis-
take, the one side was printed with
the figures and devices of a twenty
dollar bill, while the other had all the
figures and devices of ten. The note
was returned to the treasury by the
cashier of the First Washington ma
tional bank of New Jersey, who sent
it with rather sarcastic note, intimat-
ing that his bank was not going into
the freak business, and added that as
the treasury had counted that bill for
twenty dollars he would trouble them
to send him an ordinary twenty-dollar
note. The affair created a sensation,
for no one had seen such wonderful
note before. The matter was referred
to the department for issue, from which
the note had been sent out to the Jer-
sey City bank. The mistake was
promptly corrected and an investiga-
ton was begun.
The investigation was prosecuted
with vigor, says the Baltimore News,
and Gen. Meredith, then chief of the
bureau of engraving and printing,
found the cause of the trouble. 1t
seems that the four notes printed on a
sheet, are not all of one denomination
There are always three of one kind and
the fourth of another; thus, in this
case, three tens and twenty 1t was
an easy task to learn just when this
bundle had been printed and by which
plate printers. They were examined,
and it was developed that one sheet of
four notes, after having been printed
on one side, had fallen off the bundle
to the floor. The assistant who picked
it up, by some unfortunate oversight
turned the sheet upside down when she
placed it on the bundle.
This sheet was printed on the second
side with a twenty-face on the reverse
of ten and one of the three ten-faces
on the reverse of the one twenty of the
steel. Hence there were two 1920" in
the lot. Thus the mistake was cor
rected. But no good explanation was
offered, or can be offered, why these
two bills, passing through a score of
hands, each one of whom is supposed
to examine every bill most carefully,
should not have been discovered. Every
person in the bureau who handles a
note is held responsible in the strictest
way, and it is almost incredible that
none of these people should have dis
covered the mistake. In the depart
ment of issue are not less than six
counters, whose business it has been
for years to count the notes before issu-
ing them to the banks. They are con-
sidered the most expert counters in the
world, and yet all six of these wonder
full experts allowed such bill to pass
through their hands. No trace has yet
been found of the second hybrid, so
that it must be wandering around the
country
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-11-09
Irlsh Bulls i'm Germany,

Herr Szafranslzi, a German journalist,
has published under the title of ''Hu-
mors of the Reichstag" few utterances
of German deputies. Here are some of
them: Herr Won Ludwig: ''The people,
the masses, know well enough that it
is extremely difficult to become rich sud-
denly by honest toll, excepting always
in the case of inheritance or marriage -
Herr Liebknecht: "Yes, I should say
the case is tragic, if it were not so sad .
Herr Riel1ert, haunting the ministry:
fsUpon the ministerial benches we hear
nothing, nothing but profound silence. "
Baron de Nordeck de Rabenan, speak
ing of the taxes on wine: ''If 1 were to
define bottled wines, should say that
all wines that are in bottle are bottled
wines" Herr Westphal: ''To squeeze
the juice out of lemon, and then give
it kick-no, it is not too much" Herr
Won Schalscha: IF you were to take
twenty members of this chamber, I do
not think you could fix the limits of
immortality" DR.. Greve: "Is there a
more burning question than that of
cremation?"