Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-05-08
-"White Fawn" flour, per 40=lb.
ack, csc, delivered to any part OF

city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schempf cele-
brate their twenty fifth wedding ami,
versary this evening at their home
702 Sixth street.
Attention is called to the new
bicycle lad" of Joseph Salick & Son,
The wheel they handle is dandy aud
takes back seat for none Of the other
makes. 1t is 21-pound roadster, fully
guaranteed.
Charles A. Skinner, of the law firm
Of Skinner & Thauer, passed the exam
ination of the state board last week
and was admitted to the bar. Out OF
forty-tour candidates only fourteen
were successful.
-Adolph Kipke, of the town of Wa
tertown, and Miss Eda Tourman, OF
the town of Milford, will be united in
marriage at Emanuel church to-mor-
row morning. Rev. H. Hoerig will per
form the ceremony.
The summer kitchen on the prem
Uses of John F. Bramer, 100 North
Tenth street, caught fire last Friday
afternoon and the department was
called out The blaze was extinguished
with hardly any damage.
Frank Thacker, a skilled tuba play
err. has been engaged by the Water
town band for the summer season. He
is brother of the leader, Prof. W. B.
Thacker, and has been with the Josh
Spruceby band until now.
The laws of Wisconsin enacted by
the legislature of 1895 are reproduced
in complete form on supplement is
sued with this weeks REPUBLICAN. A
general index is a handy accompani-
ment of the laws, and the supplement
is altogether worthy of preservation
and suitable for future reference.
The marriage of Charles E. Witt
chow, of the Fifth ward, and Miss Jo-
hanna Ziemer, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Ziemer, town of Emmett, took
place last Saturday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock, in St. Marks Lutheran church,
Rev. J. H. Brockmann officiating. The
groom is employed by D. &. F. Kusel
as a tinsmith.
"A petition was presented to
the common council last evening
setting forth that the fremont house
on the west side is a nuisance and
menace to adjacent property, and
praying for its removal or that some
means be taken to render it more safe.
The petition was referred to the Judi
ciary committee.
"A hack from Behl's livery convey
ing two couples to the dance last even
ing was driven into sewer hole on
North Third street and swamped. The
young ladies were carefully lifted from
their precarious condition and their
the mud, to the direful injury of their
patent feathers.
During the thunder storm which
occurred yesterday during the noon
hour, lightning struck the building at
800 Church street, occupied by Prof. II.
J.Vesey as a residence, tearing off some
of the shingles and damaging the
chimney and plastering. The profess
sor and family were stunned by the
force of the electric current, but soon
recovered from the shock.
Assistant Postmaster Dervin in
forms US that the old shoe alluded to in
an item from a Florida paper printed
last week was sent on it's journeyings
from the Watertown postoffice on
Christmas day, 1891, and is to be re-
turned here by Christmas of this year.
Mr.. Dervin has numerous newspaper
clippings from different parts of the
country relating to the shoe. He is
confident it will return here on time.
Frank Peterson, employed as fore
man by William Gorder, had an I'M
pleasant experience Monday afternoon
subsequent to one of the heavy
showers. He was engaged with a
gang of workmen laying a sewer
drain at J. w. Wiggenhorn's resi-
dence, on Clyman street, when the
sides of the ditch caved in, covering
Mr.. Peterson up to his neck. Luckily
he was in an upright position, and af-
ter half-hour's work by his comrades
he was extricated without any harm
being done. Had he been STOPPING
serious if not fatal injury would no
doubt have resulted. Another work