Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-08-12
HOME MATTERS.

House to rent. Enquire at 4l9
North Washington street.
The best gloves for threshing, at
Achtenhagen & Heilman's.
The Coffee club had a pleasant days
outing at Lake Mills Friday.
-"White Daisy" flour, per 40-lb.
sack, $I.oo, delivered to any part of
city
City Attorney Thauer has been
elected president of the Board of Pub
lie Works.
"A picnic of citizens of Milwaukee
who formerly lived here was held Sun
day at Lake park.
R. P. Koenig & Co.'s minnesota
Queen" is the best. Ask your grocer
for it. Only 100 cents a sack.
-"Canp Kicker" VIII pitch its tents
at Lake Mills next Saturday and its
members will enjoy an outing Of several
weeks.
Friends here of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
| G.. Bolles, of Brooklyn, n. Y, will be
interested to know that daughter was
born to them last Saturday.
The picnic of the VI. E. Sunday
school will be held tomorrow in An
drae's woods, two miles east of the
city. Conveyances will leave the
church at 9 A. NJ.
John G.. Bachhuber, of the law firm
of Malone & Bachhuber, Juneau, an
nounces himself as a candidate for the
nomination of railroad commissioner
| on the Democratic state ticket.
Saturday a young son, their first
| born, arrived at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P McGolrick. Jim shows more
than his usual convivial1ty as he an
nounces that the boy weighs IA poun DIS.
The new depot of the Chicago, Mil
.aukee & st. Paul railway looms up
now in handsome proportions. 1t is
expected it will be finished by Septem-
Der 10. About S15,0 600 will be expended
on the improvement.
Yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock
lightning struck the barn on the koh-
loft farm, about three miles southeast
of the city. The building and a large
amount of straw and grain we're COM
| pletely destroyed.
An ice cream social and supper will
be given by the ladies of the Reformed
| church at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Achtenhagen, 2l4 Cole street,
Thursday, August 20. An invitation is
extended to all to be present.
The past week has witnessed the
| hottest spell of weather known to the
''oIdest inhabitant" Every day the
mercury has reached from 80 to 100 de-
grees in the shade, but, notwithstand
ing this intense heat, hardly any pros
trations have been recorded.
While Mrs. Fred Grossert was
pumping water from cistern on her
premises, 2l9 North Fourth street, Sun
day morning, during the storm, she
was stunned by bolt of lightning and
completely Frustrated for the time be
| ing. No serious results followed, how
ever.
+ "A night blooming cerus With TWEEN
ty blossoms formed an interesting
sight at the residence of E. A. Heck
Friday evening. Another fine specl-
men of this rarely bIossoming plant
was in full bloom Saturday night at the
residence of G. J. Wenck. The latter
| had thirteen flowers.
Friday evening Miss Selma Schempf
gave tea at her home, 403 Second
street, in honor Of Miss Daisy Rose, of
Benton Harbor, Mich. The guests in
cluded the Misses Kusel, Chapman,
| Rack, Evans, Schwieger, Sproesser,
Jennie Sproesser, Sleeper, Josie Buch-
heit. Bird Habhegger, Mathes, of Mil
waukee, and Marshall, of La Crosse.
! An excursion to the Dtlls Of the
Wisconsin was INDUCED in by the L..
T. S. club one day last week. The fol-
lowing ladies composed the party:
! Mesdames William Schlueter, Ed waTd
Specht, William Quentmeyer, Ernst
/ huuSIL. NtOiS6 1tIZts w liildIl I1SIiLO,
E. Labb and w. Wink euwerder, of Chi
cago; the Misses Emma Koerner. Anna
Cordes and Martha Kruger.
"A teachers institute will be held at
jefferson, August II to 81, with Prof.
A. ]. Hutton, of the Whitewater Nor
NAL, and Miss Carrie j. Smith, of the
River Falls Normal, as conductors.
President Salisbury, of the Whitewater
Normal. and State Superintendent
Emery have promised to be present on
one of the days and to address the
teachers and their friends on some
school topic of general interest.
During Friday night an attempt
was made to enter William Bittner's
meat ma ct, ostensibly to burglarize
it. A man was seen tumbling about
the lock of the front door, but the sup
position prevailed that it was Mr.. Bit
ner himself. so he was not apprehend-