Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06

as an Inspector of sewer material To-
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Feisst are re
joiciug over the recent arrival at theil
home of a bright little baby girl.
The ladies of the Congregations
church will give a strawberry anc
ice-cream festival at the church parlors
Thursday evening. June q.
"A. c. Judd now has charge of the
delivery for the United States Express
company, having retired for the sum
mer from his position as a road mes
senger.
The survivors of the Twenty ninth
Wisconsin regiment will hold a reunion
in this city on Thursday, June q. An
interesting meeting is looked for by
the old soldiers.
What is the matter with our bicycle
boys having road race, or something
of the sort, on the Fourth ? No doubt
considerable interest could be aroused
over such an event,
"A cablegram received here Satur.
day from w. d. Sproesser conveyed
the intelligence of the safe arrival al
Antwerp of himself and daughter
They are now doing" the international
exposition together with Joseph Ter.
brueggen.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was strong, closing at 52Sc cash
545c July and 56Bc September. Flour
was steady and in fair demand. Barley
closed at 53c, rye at soc, corn at 394C
and oats at 4O3c. Hogs were 5@10c
higher, ranging at 81 50@4.75.
Some eight or ten coaches were
filled by excursionists toJanesville Sun
day on the occasion of the Plattdeut
schen Verein's annual outing. A most
pleasant time is reported and the socie'
ty made a large profit on its venture
Music was furnished by the Jefferson
band on the trip.
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fakir with no regard for the CORE ctness
of grammar, held crowd spell-bounC
for several hours on the postoffice cor
ner, and by his convincing talk engi
neered an immense sale of his mysteri
Gus publication. He captured about ST
from the suckers, who have not all got
off the earth yet.
"A lively runaway on Main street
caused some excitement Saturday even
ing. A horse driven by E. ] Free.
man, buttermaker at G.. May & Sons
Welsh road creamery. was the disturb
ing spirit, its fright being caused by
the Shaft of the buggy breaking. Mr.
| Freeman was thrown forcibly to the
ground and received severe shaking
up and some bruises on his face, bu
nothing of serious nature resulted
A young lady companion of Mr.. Free
man escaped injury.
Henry Ohm died at his home or
Second street, Thursday, May 81, after
long disability. He was Y years old
and a native of Hanover, Germany
He came to this country in I847, sett-
. ling on a farm about four miles south
of this city, and for many years was
proprietor of the well known saw mill
/ where the postoffice of Ohm's Mill is
now located. A few years since he re
moved to this city, making his home
with his sons. Fred and Ernst Ohm.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon
with large attendance and the body
buried in the cemetery near his old
home.
"A game between the MadisOns and
the A. Quentmeyers is announced for
next Sunday at the Watertown baseball
park. Both teams are strong and in
| frst-class shape; consequently a close
and exciting contest may be expected.
Let there be large turnout, thus giy-
! ing the boys encouragement in their
endeavors to provide good baseball at
fractions. The batting order of the
| home team will be as follows: Rudell,
short stop; Edwards, second base; 0.
Roessler, right field; Keel, catcher; A.
Roessler, third base; F. Smith, center
field; j. Smith, pitcher; Steinberg, first
base; Oestreicher, left field.
The Schaffer family Of acrobats,
seven III number, are appearing at the
Exposition Music hall, Milwaukee.
Their stay there expires on Saturday,
June g. They are easily the foremost
acrobats in the world and their aston
ishing feats are the talk of the Cream
City as well as every place in which
they have appeared. The Schafers
it will be remembered by those who
visited the Worlds fair, were the big
attraction with Imre Kiralfy's specta.
Gle America" at the Auditorium
Owing to an earlier closing of the season
than is usual, the management of the
Milwaukee hall arranged for two
weeks engagement with these wonder
full people and visitors there should