Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-10-16

-"White Daisy" flour, per 4o=lb.
sack, $500, delivered to any part of
city
Not much grain has been marketed
here as yet, the farmers holding off
for better prices.
Booths celebrated Oval brand of
oysters by the can or in bulk, at
THE COOLEY GROCERY HOUSE.
Quite a number Of Watertown peo-
pie Will attend M~ilwaukee's semi, e
tennial celebration to-day and to-mor-
row.
The Ahreps fire engine has re-
ceived a new set of valves, put in by
the Kunert Manufacturing company.
A satisfactory test was made Monday
morning.
AS an advertising sheet, last weeks
Columbus Democrat was q hummer.
Editor Eaton seems to have a faculty
of teaching his merchants the value of
using printers ink.
The Young Mems Bowling club
will give its first dancing party Of the
season at Concordia Opera house, Fri
day night, October %. Music by Har-
dege's sextette. Tickets 81.
"A reading circle was recently or
ganized among the congregation of St.
Demands church, with about fifty
MEMBERS and Differed as follows: Pres
ident, Rev. Father Toohey; v~ice-pres-
ident, Miss Mary CIangle; secretary,
Miss Hattie Smith; treasurer, Miss
Agnes Malloy.
Last week the tonnage plan" of
running freight trains on this division
Of the St. Paul~road was adopted.
Previous TO that time the number of
cars governed the size of the freight
trains, but 0 the weight of the train
is the governing factor. The maxi
mum weight is $50 tons.
! Fire DESTROYED the brick school
house IN what is known as the Barrett
district last Thursday morning. The
school is located about two miles east
of the city, just south of the st. Paul
railway. Miss Lydia Sleeper was the
teacher, The confagration occurred
before the morning session had begun,
and is supposed to have caught in some
manner from the fire in the stove.
Nothing but the brick walls were left.
"A Grand Island, Neb., paper gives
an account of the sudden death of W.
L. Willard, of that city. He was a
nephew of II. b. Willard. of this city,
and a son of Rev. VIM. Willard, a
pioneer preacher in this county. He
spent a part of his boyhood days in
Aztalan and W~atertown, and will doubt
less be remembered by some of the
7 old settlers in the vicinity of those
towns. He was a man greatly respect
ed by those who were acquainted with
! him.-Fort atkinson Union.
Prof. Strassman, the noted special
list IN diseases of the eye and ear, has
made arrangements to practice here,
and his first visit will occur next week,
headquarters being at the Commercial
hotel. Having practiced in Southern
Wisconsin for the past dozen years,
Prof. Strassman Is thoroughly known
and be has been very successful in
treating his patients. He possesses the
best of references. All interested in
this noted specialists work should read
his large advertisements in this issue.
-Compston's Dramatic Players
opened a weeks engagement Monday
evening at Turner Opera house in the
sensational ~nelO-drama, "Greater New
York" The prices of admission are
the popular rates-10, 20 and 80 cents
and no doubt good business Will be
the rule throughout the week. The
company has some good talent among
it's members, and is we'll capable Of
pleasing it's audiences. Mr.. DoWd and
Miss May are especially earnest in
their efforts and succeed in doing well.
Last evening Dangers OF a Great City"
WAS presented.
j ustlce Stacy's our was occupied
Friday by town Of Ixonia farmers
who gave evidence in the action of the
Ixon1a Mutual Fire Insurance company
against Walter Stone to recover 500
damages. On August 81, last, Stone
was employed with his traction engine
and separator in threshing grain on
the farm of Fremont Lounsbury, in
Ixonia, and after the work was done a
fire started in a straw stack, consume
ing a quantity of hay and fodder which
was covered by insurance in the plain
tiff company, the loss being settled at
$50. It is alleged that Stones engine
had no spark-arrester attached to it,
and it is supposed the fire originated
from sparks thus emitted. On the
ground of this alleged negligence the
company brought suit against Mr..
Stone to make good their loss. G. II.
Gardner appeared for the plaintiff and