Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-02

The Milwaukee wheat market
Yesterday opened stronger, but later
declined &c, and closed at 555c cash or
May and 5Ssc July. Flour was dull
/ and unchanged. Barley closed at 553c,
rye at SOC, corn at SOC and oats at 353c.
Hogs advanced &c, ranging at $o.O0@
5.25.
The United States Supreme court
at Washington was to have rendered
decision in the bond case Of Metcalf
against the city of Watertown on Mon
| dav, but failed to do SO. A decision
will probably be handed down May ID,
when the court again meets. So says
the Washington correspondent of The
Sentinel.
Many of the residence streets in
Madison have been narrowed down to
forty or fifty feet in width, leaving the
remainder for sidewalks and boule-
Yards, and giving the streets much
handsomer appearance than formerly.
There is less road bed to keep in re-
pair by the city authorities, which is
an advantage also. Some of the streets
here might be made narrower without
detriment to the public interest, and
the city would be the gamer, as re-
CARDS expense, besides adding to the
beauty of the town. Will not some
alderman act upon the suggestion and
bring about the passage of the neces-
Il i
Improvement?
The entertainment being arranged
by Mrs Young and her class for May
Is at Concordia Opera house, promises
to have an interest Of unusual degree.
plete in every detail, will enlist the
services ofseveral ofour popular young
misses in the elocutionary recital and
the tableaux mouvants, and the mus
ical numbers will be provided by Mrs.
George Haviland, of Oconomowoc,
Miss Ruth Blair and Edward L.
Schempf, with Mrs. George W. Green
as pianiste. Efforts are also being
made to secure Miss Mollie Evans, the
Milwaukee contralto, for a number.
The affair is in charge of the ladies'
guild of st. Pauls church.
Saturday our local baseball players
gathered together their forces, assisted
by the Roessler boys, of Jefferson,
and Edwards, of Delafeld, and went
to Madison to play the State universe
ty team. Considering that it was their
first game this season, the boys did
surprisingly we'll, but were defeated
in hOtly contested game by score
of to g. Smith and Keel formed the
battery Sunday the Madison city
team was tackled, but with no better
success, the score standing 9 to 5 in
favor of Madison. Oestreicher did the
pitching and Keel again caught While
at present there appers to be lack of
baseball interest in Watertown, the
boys hope by good playing to revive
the same and arrange for some strong
teams to appear here during the sum-
mer.
Paul Thom's dancing school So
ciable, on Friday evening of this week,
at Concordia Opera house, is being
anxiously anticipated by the young
people as we'll as by not few older
ones. Mr.. Thorn has arranged for a
most pleasant time, and has drilled his
scholars in a number of exhibition
movements, including the May pole
dance, the "Chautauqua" and Grand
mas Minuet," the latter being unique
little dance and recitation by one
of the young misses. The class will
have the floor to themselves from s to
10 o'clock, Miss Minnie Sproesser pre-
siding at the piano, after which gen
eral hop will be INDUCED in, Hardege's
orchestra of five pieces being engaged
for the music The success of the af-
fair is already assured by the large
sale of tickets.