Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-10

city.
The West Road cheese factory
town of Watertown, paid dividend OF
6O3 cents for June milk.
Prot. Thacker has number Of jul
| venile pupils in band music and there
is talk of organizing Junior band.
Henry j. Heilman has purchased a
partnership interest in the dry goods
business of r. Achtenhagen, 201 Main
| street.
William Loeff1er, former resident
Of this city, has been appointed post
master at Barkriver. Mich, at salary
of $500.
The Evangelical Protestant church
| will hold its annual picnic this after
noon on Concordia island, with music
| by the Cornet band.
The G. G. Mansfield com panl, of
Johnson Creek, has sold its creamery
in Milford to II. Teich, Of the town of
WATERFOWL, who will hereafter operate
it.
In the Waukesha road race on the
Fourth, Alfred Brown, of this city,
came in tenth among some seventy
five cyclists. He had a Commute
handicap.
The burning of small out building
near Concordia island called out the
fire department yesterday afternoon,
but the fremen were not required to
work on it.
Joshua Norman has sold his farm,
consisting of 1l49 acres, in the town of
Ixonia, to Ludwig Learmann. of Ixonia,
for $lO,25O. The purchaser takes pos
session next October.
The Ladies' Aid society of them.
E. church will serve ice-cream and
cake at the parsonage Friday evening,
July II. Price, Is cents. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
Arrangements are being made by
the local Modern Woodmen lodge for
the presentation of play depicting
the purposes of their organization by
travelling company in October.
Sunday afternoon at Jefferson the
Jefferson ball team defeated nine from
this city by score of Is to 4. Seven
innings were played. Keel. Oestreich-
er and Steiuherg, of the old S. & Q.'s,
played with our team.
Martin Curley, formerly one of our
venerable citizens, but who has been
an inmate of the Dodge county poor
house at Juneau for several months
past, was recently stricken with paral-
ysis and is at present in critical con-
| dition.
The repairs on the dam were fin
: ished last Friday afternoon and the
water in the river is again in normal
condition. Owing to the fact that no
plans were furnished by the fish war
den, there was no fshway placed in
the dam.
&C. 6. Griggs died suddenly at his
home in Hubbleton Monday night.
He was born in Connecticut in 1925 and
settled III 1916 at Hubbleton, where he
has run tavern for many years. Mr..
Griggs was twice married and was the
father of nine children.
The following made a run to Rich
wood and return on their wheels Fri
day evening: Misses Matte Menden-
hall, Laura Skinner, Lydia Pease and
Belle Hamilton, of Clinton; Messrs. A.
C. Stanton. John Chapman, Oscar
Never, Ned Brickell and Dannie
Throne
"A petition is being circulated and
numerously signed by townspeople and
farmers directly affected praying the
postmaster general to give Milford a
mail route from this city, instead of
from Jefferson as is at present the case.
By this arrangement Milford would en-
Joy daily service.
Lake Mills was a favorite rem
devious for Watertown people last
Sunday, more than the ordinary num-
Der going to the lake. The Weber
family with its several branches formed
one contingent of about two score.
while another large party was COM
posed of the families of H. j. Strauss,
Jacob JOSH, j. H. Wells, A. J. Weiss
and Albert Fuermann. The hard
storm drove many of the picnickers
home before evening.