Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-02-12

teenth ward, Milwaukee.
-AtSt. Paul's Episcopal church next
Sunday Mrs. Bartlett, of Milwaukee,,
will make addresses, morning and
evening, at 1920 and 7:3O.
Fred Prenzlow, of Hustisford, was
married last Thursday to Miss Ida
Schoechert, daughter of Louis Schoe-
ebert, at the BRIDES home in Johnson
Creek.
At the sixth annual convention of
the Wisconsin Society of Veterinary
Graduates. held last week in Madison,
Dr. A. H. Hartwig, of this city, was
chosen a censor.
The Turner society had large
audience Saturday evening at Jefferson
to listen to their rendition of the Ger
man play, 'Er list Baron" and the
production was an enjoyable and sue
cessful one.
st. Bernard's Dramatic society will
present the play, shamrock and
Rose" at Concordia Opera house, Fri
day and Saturday evenings of this
week An interesting entertainment
is promised.
The district convention of the
South Central Wisconsin Christian En-
deavor societies will be held here in
April. Committees of the Congrega-
tional and Moravian local branches
are arranging the details.
Jacob Ditschler announces himself
candidate for the office of city treas
urer at the ensuing spring election,
subject to the pleasure of the Repub-
lican convention. He made gallant
run for the Office two years ago.
-Schempf's Cash store has as an at
traction this week "Chief," a Shetland
pony with a phenomenally long tail,
measuring fifteen feet. The pony is
quite novelty and we'll worth seeing.
The children are especially interested.
Sheriff Binte and two deputies have
sued Dodge county for 1852 Is, $133.51
and $146, respectively, amounts disal-
lowed by the county board on their
bills for the past year. The county has
retained Gen. E. S. Bragg, of Fond du
Lac, to assist the district attorney in
defending the suits.
The suit of J. w. Mccain and
Frank Mcclellan VS.. the city of Water
town, docke for the present term of
the Dodge county circuit court, will
not come to trial. Malone & Bach
huber, of Juneau, the plaintiff s attor-
neys, are DESTROYS that the case go over
to the next term. and consequently
served no notice of readiness for trial
on City Attorney Conway. The suit is
to recover the balance claimed to be
due the plaintiffs on their sewerage con-
tract with the city.
subscriptions to the amount Of
about $50 are in the hands of the local
committee soliciting aid for the suffer
ing Armenians. Last Thursday Mrs.
Parks and Mrs. Whyte, members of
the committee, collected $50 from BUSH
ness men, and smaller amounts have
been received from the public schools
The churches and colleges are also at
work. Contributions from the North
western university and St. Marks
Lutheran school are S245O and $9.1S,
respectively. W. J. Black, secretary
and treasurer of the committee, has
charge of the funds.
We had not the satisfaction until
recently of viewing the painting pur-
chased by L. II. Cordes, some weeks
ago, for his delightful home The pic
ture is called 'The Vale of Avoca'-
just at the juIcture of the three rivers,
Avon, Avonmore and Avoca, often
called "the meeting of the waters"
spot made memorable by the poet
Moore. The old, old, sweet song has
inspired the artists brush, and instr
gated a variety of designs and color,
some in the fresh green time of spring,
others in the moonlight; but the one
our townsmau has secured is in the
rich autumn shades. Still the atmos-
puOI1C O11SCG 10 uOG OSSIIOy GU ny Vic
brllliance of the foliage, and the archi-
lecture of the old castles have their
beauty enhanced by the charming con-
trast of trees and vines that cluster
about their walls. We find at the mar
gin of this painting the name A. V. Off.
The Waterworks Bonds.
We are pleased to note that Water
towns popular waterworks loan is
meeting in small way with as great
success as Uncle Sans loan. Our read
ers no doubt remember that the total is
sue is to be 800, 900, of which $40, 900 were
to be sold February and 81 900 March
l. The subscriptions now aggregate
$66. 900. The larger subscribers are:
The Globe Milling company, So 900; the