Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-04-11
st. Paul's parish guild meets at the

st. Paul's parish guild meets at the
rectory tomorrow afternoon.
The first meeting of the new com
mon council takes place on next Tues
day evening, April II.
The Democratic city ticket was
elected at Fort Atkinson yesterday
with the exception Of police justice.
The Watertown Stone company
will furnish the stone in the new resi-
dences of M. J. Woodland and G.. A.
Gamm.
New "ads' this week: Schempf
Bros, Watertown Shoe company, R.
Achtenhagen, J. Keck & Son, W. A.
Beurhaus.
The vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal
church has extended call to Rev. DR..
Johnson, who is temporarily at Beaver
Dam, to become rector here. A favor
able answer is expected in the near
future.
The alarm of fire last Thursday
afternoon was caused by blaze in a
small shed on the place of Henry
Arndt, directly opposite from the
Phoenix engine house. The Phoenix
boys soon had stream on the fire and
it was extinguished in short order.
The old common council finished
up the years business last evening,
canvassed the municipal election vote,
and then adjourned sine die. The
mayor and Several of the aldermen
made speeches at the close, and the
council passed vote Of thanks to the
mayor for his efficiency and courtesy
as presiding officer.
The Young Mems Bowling club
will give social hop at Turner Opera
house, next Monday evening, for
which $50 invitations have been issued.
All who enjoy pleasant evening of
dancing should not fail to respond to
the invitation, as the young men never
neglect to entertain their guestsin first
class style. The tickets are Is cents.
The evangelistic meetings conduct
ed by the Cheney Boswell force at
the Congregational church, were con-
Guided last Wednesday evening. Much
interest was manifested throughout
the engagement, the attendance being
at all times large, and the earnest
efforts of the evangelists could not
fail to be conducive to the accomplish
ment of great deal of good.
The friends of Dr. and Mrs. Jewell
will be glad to hear that they are get
ting comfortably settled liz their new
home, and that they are in many ways
most agreeably surprised in it. St.
Johns people have made generous i'm
provements in the rectory, " hich, when
completed, will render it exceedingly
pleasant and comfortable, the guilds
and the vestry vieing with each other
in the good work On Thursday even
ing the congregation are to give DR.. and
Mrs. Jewell a reception at the house of
Chas. L. Dering, which promises to be
an enjoyable occasion.
Another destructive fire, bringing
with it a terrible fatality, befell Mil
waukee Monday morning. The David
son theatre building, one of the finest
play houses in the country, caught fire
on the sixth floor, and while working
on the top of the building about tx enty
fremen were preclpitated to the
ground floor by the giving way of the
roof The auditorium and stage of the
theatre were soon q smoking mass of
ruins, under which the unfortunate
firemen were buried. Some of the
men were rescued, but nine were
either killed outright or burned to
death. The pecuniary loss was great,
but it bears no comparison to that of
the lives of the noble fremen. 1t was
the worst calamity which has occurred
in Milwaukee since the noted Newhall
disaster.