Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-23

night, was postponed one week on aC-
count of the unfavorable weather, and
will take place at the Opera house to-
morrow evening, the idea of having it
on the island being abandoned.
Hon. Lou. J. Beauchamp, the great
temperance orator, will be in our city
this week. He will speak at the M.
! E. church, May "a and %, and at the
! Congregational church May 26, q and
o. Mr.. Beauchamp is the most bril-
American platform to-day and all who
can avail themselves of the opportun-
ity ought to go to hear him. The
meetings will begin at o'clock, and
no admission will be charged
Last evening q reception was
rendered Rev. DR.. Johnson by. the
ladies' guild of ST. Paul's church at
the residence of Edward Rack and
Mrs. II. II. Gallup, on Washington
street. An informal invitation called
together q large company of the mem
| bers Of the congregation and their
friends to meet, socially, the new
rector, and the occasion was truly
one Of much pleasure and agree
the evening the ladies of the guild
served ice-cream and cake.
There are no new Developments IN
| the Metcalf bond case and the city has
| taken no steps whatever in the matter
as vet. Not word, we understand,
has been heard by the authorities from
the city's attorney, George W. Bird,
nor has a copy of the decision been re-
ceived from the court. From opinions
of different officials it would seem to be
their idea that the promptest and east
est way to rid the city of the debt is to
place the amount of the Judgment
some $50, 000-in the tax-roll, where it
could be gradually worked off in a few
years.
THE Fast MaiP' which appears at
Concordia Opera house next Tuesday
evening, May %, is the most sue
cessful railroad and scenic melodrama
on the road this season. L. J Carter,
the author and manager, has contrived
osweave into consistent story nearly
all the good points of the sensational
drama. The climax of each act is
strong enough to sustain a whole play,
yet so we'll graded are the features of
the piece that one views with lncreas
ing interest through the five acts, the
murderand clever trick with the grand
fathers clock in the first act; the Mis-
sissippi river steamer, its engine room
showing practical furnace, and the
explosion with complete change of
scene behind curtain of rising
SMOKE" behind which is seen the
wreck, as the curtain falls on the Sec
ond act; the "life-size'' freight train,
with its realistic engine and sixteen
box cars, with their familiar lettering,
followed, at the close of the third act,
by 'The Fast Mall" the dago dive of
the fourth act, and the thrilling Incl
dents and hair-breadth escapes which
take place there; and then tie "fulI
front view of Niagara Falls, as seen
fromsthe centre of suspension BRIDGE"
upon which the final curtain descends.
BY decision of the supreme court
in her railway bond suits Watertown
city may again indulge in the luxury Of
permanent municipal officers. But
Watertown is so hopelesslv Democratic
that she will doubtless prosper better
to continue as she has done since 1870,
without any city government.-Md
Journal
The Journal is no better posted than
its Milwaukee namesake, which last
week made a similar blunder as to our
not having enjoyed for some time ''the
luxury of permanent municipal Off
GERS" But our Madison contemporary
is not so far out of the way in it's color
ing of the situation, politically. 1t is
singular fact that the step leading up to
the adverse decision mentioned was
first taken by Democratic common
council. After having for seventeen
years fought successfully in the courts
the Shylocks who were demanding
their pound of flesh, Democrat, not
satisfied with leaving well enough |
alone, introduced in the board reso-
luton to abandon our ground and play
a game which turned out to be one of
''Heads lose, tails you win" The at
torney who made the final argument in
the case and was in at the death is
Democrat. The judge who handed |
down the decision is Democrat. And |
so it is that Democrats have given it to
US sin the neck" all around, which is
not so bad after all as are the bitter
doses given the people by the Demo
Gratis in Washington.
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