Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-04
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city.
The college year commences to-day
at the College of Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart.
The public schools reopened Mon
day with an average attendance IN the
several departments.
Last Thursday the Northwestern
university began its school year with
good attendance of students.
Ten potatoes weighing Y pounds,
is fair average Of crop of those sue
culent tubers raised by Sam Kussel on
his Riverside stock farm.
-Justus Lauterbach and Ferdinand
Buechele have purchased Of John
Lembcke, his house and lol on Sixth
street. Consideration, 81, 400
Residents of the Second ward are
comp tanning that their fruit gardens are
being pillaged nightly, the offenders
caring little whether they damage trees
or not.
Friday evening about fifteen couples
of young people participated IN dane
ing party at Temperance hall. Har-
deges orchestra furnished music for the
occasion.
The Watertown Cornet band held
one of their enjoyable picnics on Con
cordia island last Sunday, which was
patronized by fairly large crowd of
pleasure seekers.
Last Thursday a daughter was born
to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kerr, 304 West
Main street. 1t kept Hugh busy all
the rest of the week receiving congrat-
ulations and passing around the cigars
Host Mannegold, of the CONNER
cial, has engaged E. Galbrath as chef,
formerly of Hotel Athearn, Oshkosh,
and Grand hotel, Mackinac Isle, who
will have charge of the culinary de-
partment.
-Tramps are becoming an unknown
quantity in this section, only three
arrests having been made during Au-
gust. Evidently the stone pile is COM
ing to the front as a preventative for
the tramp nuisance.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Liebermann
entertained a number of friends Thurs
day evening at their home, 213 Fourth
street. Whist and other games were
the order, three tables being occupied.
Light refreshments were served.
The store building, 200 West Main
street, is being refitted and decorated
for occupancy as piano and organ
emporium. 4 firm composed ofgentle-
men of this city will shortly occupy
it with large line OF the above goods.
An evangelistic tent meeting under
the leadership of Evangelist A. E. Bur-
rows, of Evanston. H., will be held on
the corner of Sixth and Main streets
for one week, commencing Friday
evening The singer, Chas. E. Walker,
of Elgin, H., will assist in the SER
vices, which will be held afternoon and
evening, 500 and 7:30 O'Clock daily.
The case of Hartwig VS.. Kulke, to
recover on an account for veterinary
services, came off before a jury in
Justice Henze's court Friday and a
Judgment for $500 was returned for
the plaintiff. Wiemau & Buchheit APP
peared for the plaintiff and G. H.
Gardner acted in the same capacity
for the defendant The case will prob
ably be taken to the Circuit court by
appeal.
The rehearsals of the Musical
Society Concordia were recumed at the
Opera house Monday evening under
the direction of VIM. Forane. The
evening was devoted almost exclusive
ly to social enjoyment, dancing being
the chief attraction, until one O'Clock.
Those present report an evening Of
pleasant festivities and the members of
the society are elated over the favor
a BILE auspices under which the season
opens.
The Val. Blatz Brewing company,
of Milwaukee, secured the services Of
JAS. Roy, of this city, to make and fit
ffty-six horseshoes for their fancy
Clvdesdale and Percheron horses,
which they intend exhibiting at the
State fair Mr.. Roy made the shoes
in his shop on the west side, from
measurements furnished him, and he
will 60 to Milwaukee next week to put
them on. During his absence COM
petent blacksmith will be left in charge
of his shop.
The farmers in this section have
about finished threshing their grain,
and report satisfactory crops. Barley
and oats have yielded tremendously,
but winter and spring wheat did not do
as well, in most cases being only half an
average crop, but as the acreage of oats
and barley is far in excess of wheat,
the farmers are more than happy with
the abundant yield of these cereals
The cutting of corn has commenced,
and despite the severe drought, the
yield will compare favorably with pre-
ceding wears.
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