Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-31

Thursday afternoon with Mrs. a.
Baum.
Marshal Kerr has been laid up
since Saturday with severe attack of
the grip.
&C. G. Howard, resident of Pal
myra for over half a century, died
Tuesday. aged SO years.
Quite number of young people
from this city attended the Plough
mans club dance at Redwood Mon
day night.
Next Sunday evening Rev. G. G.
Weiss will speak on TertulIian's re-
ply to the attacks upon Christianity in
his day, at the Congregational church.
All are invited.
The Young Mems Bowling club ex-
pect hearty response to their invita-
tons for the ante-Lent hop next Mon
day evening. A fine time is promised.
Music by Hardege's orchestra.
The organization of q chorus class
among our unsteady inclined people
is on the tapis. A meeting is appoint
ed to be held Friday evening at lower
Concordia Opera house, when definite
conclusions will be arrived at.
Patrick Whalen, of Milford, was
adjudged insane yesterday by Judge
Colonius upon the medical testimony
of Drs. Moulding and Field and will be
taken to the Northern Hospital for the
Insane. Whalen is 80 years old.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was unsettled, and closed 4@3c
lower, at Solo cash and 614c May. Flour
was dull, but steady. Barley closed at
sic, rye at 464c, corn at 35c and oats at
3O3c. Hogs were 591Oc lower. ranging
at $5O0@5.3O. Cattle declined 1O@25c.
New York was heard from yester-
day in a significant way, theeWilson
bill being condemned at the polls.
cancies for congressman in the Four
teenth and Fifteenth districts which
lie in New York city. Quigg, Republi-
can, was elected in the Fourteenth by
9O3 votes, and in the Fifteenth Strauss,
Democrat, is elected by majority of
4,45l against S,S25 last year. The
Fourteenth was Ii 1863 Democratic last
year.
"A new meat market will be opened
on or about February 1, in the store in
ChappelPs building at the east end of
Main street bridge, lately occupied by
the Stoppenbach market. 1t will be the
aim of the firm to keep the best meats
that can be procured in the market.
Their beef will be purchased from the
well-krown Nelson, Morris & Co., of
Chicago, and all other varieties of meats
equally as good will be sold. This
firm will ask, as they deserve, share
of the public patronage.
Members of the Oconomowoc
Ladies' Relief corps. to the number
of some thirty, visited their sisters of
Watertown Relief corps last Friday af-
ternoon, Luncheon was served in the
G. A. r. hall, sentiments exchanged
and many suggestions discussed "for
the good of the order" The visitors
returned on the O'Clock train well
pleased with the result of their visit.
Among the visitors were Past Depart
ment President, Mrs. l.. G. Williams !;
Past Department Secretary, Mrs. G. l..
Edwards and Mrs. Dudley Hadley.
Among those at Washington watch
ing the progress of events in barley in
connection with the Wilson bill is
Louis J. Merkel, Watertown boy,
president of the Kraus- Merkel Mailing
company, Milwaukee. The Wiscon-
sin Democrats in the house have been
somewhat worried since Saturday
night when the Ways and Means COM
mittee reported the barley and malt
amendment, increasing the tariff on
barley. because the adjournment fol-
lowing made it impossible for the
house in committee of the whole to
vote upon it, and there will not be an
other opportunity to do SO.