Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-09-26
LOCAL BREVlTlES.

spoke on missionary work at the Lutn-
eran church at Columbus Sunday.
w I. Dervin, assistant postmaster,
has purchased Oswald Kramer's resi-
dence on Seventh street. Price 81 800.
Postmaster Rohr is now giving the
business men FIVE deliveries of mail
every week day through the carriers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Skinner
are happy over the arrival of bright
little girl at their home last Friday
morning.
The state fair at Milwaukee last
week was attended by number of our
citizel.s-Dot, however, as many as in
former years.
We go to press this week several
hours later than usual, the delay hav-
ing been occasloned by lack of help
and some unlocked for work.
The case of VIM g. Cody VS.. John
c. Halliger. Edward Johnson, F. c..
Werner and VIM. F. Whyte will be
tried by Judge Siebecker at efferson in
October.
The Watertown band will furnish
the music at the county fair next week
for Wednesday, the Fort Atkinson
band for Thursday, and the Lake Mills
band for Friday.
Mrs. B. Burdick will sell at auc-
ton on Der farm in the town of Wafer
town Monday morning, October Is, a
portion of her stock, including cows,
sheep, pigs and one bull.
R. H. Johnson, son of the Rev. DR..
and Mrs. Johnson, is training for a
place on the rush line of the State uni
versity football team, and will prob
ably be assigned to one of the ends.
The ladies' missionary society of
the Congregational church begin their
seasons work this afternoon at the
church parlors. Definite plans will be
laid and the meetings continued each
Wednesday.
If Won want an evening of enjoy
ment 60 to the Turner Opera house
Friday evening and listen to the beau
tiful ballads as interpreted by Pete
Baker and his company of comedians
and vocalists.
Prof O. N. Hanscom will give an
illustrated lecture on Yellowstone
National park at Concordia Opera
house, Tuesday evening. October 2.
Sixty colored views, with stereOpticon
and calcium light effects, are shown.
Two stories and the basement of
the Wiggenhorn-Kuse building are up
and the structure begins to show its
massive and handsome proportions.
When completed it will stand without
a superior in the city as a business
block.
In response to an appeal for aid,
O. G.. Hahn is gathering box of old
wearing apparel from our citizens to
be sent to colony of Pennsylvania
miners now living near Wausau. Mr..
Hahn will be glad to receive any con-
tributions.
The Congregational church ladies
will give tea party, Thursday event
ing of this week, at the church parlors.
A special effort is being made to have
the gathering particularly social and
pleasant, and a general invitation is
extended. Supper will bc served from
to 9 O'Clock, the charge being2 5 cents.
To-day, September 26, 1894, Louis
W. Kruger, landlord of the WiscOn-
sin house, reaches his 50th birthday. He
had intended appropriately celebrat-
ing the event, but an auctioneer's sale
calls him into the country. Mr.. Krue-
ger cane to Watertown from New
York state forty years ago. AS an
auctioneer be has no superior in this
section.
While here recently Milton Blanch-
ard, of Minneapolis, came into posses
sion of a silver teaspoon that had been
unearthed in DR.. w. F. Whyte's yard,
where Mr.. BIS father resided years
ago. Mr.. B. thinks the spoon was in
the ground some thirty years. 1t
certainly is an antique piece, for it was
made as long ago as when Milwaukee
was spelled Gle" instead of zee" on the
last syllable. The following was letter