Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-25

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home on West Main street.
R. P. Koenig & Co.'s Minnesota
Queen" is the best. Ask your grocer
for it. Only S13O sack.
$3.50 and upwards gets you an all
wool suit made to order at Becker &
Thauer's. Fit and workmanship guar
anteed
Try Globe Milling Co.'s New
White Daisy. Gotten up expressly
for home patronage. Ask your
grocer for it.
The next meeting of Paul Thom's
senior dancing school will be held at
Concordia Opera house, Tuesday even
ing, December l.
The complete proceedings of the
recent session of the Jefferson county
board of supervisors are gwen to our
readers in supplementform this week.
Rev, Harry Foster, of Stoughton,
has acce pied the call to the rectorship
of ST. Paul's Episcopal church aud will
begin his duties the first Sunday in
December
This week will witness a force of
about fifty men employed at logging in
the old Walsh woods by Mulberger &
Bullock. Mr. Bullock's house on the
premises is nearly ready for occupancy.
Union Thanksgiving services Of the
Congregational and Methodist Episco-
pal churches will be held in the Con-
gregational church tomorrow morn
ing at 1890 O'Clock. Rev J. T. Stretton
will preach.
H. Daub handled the first lot of
stuffed geese III market this season last
Saturday, buying from a Pennington
raiser and consigning to st. Louis
and they weighed 800 pounds.
The Dodge county board of super
visors elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: Solomon Rudolph,
superintendent of insane asylum and
poor house; George Wagner, janitor of
court house; 7. A. McCollow, purchas-
ing agent.
Saturday evening at $50 the over
turning of lantern started a small
blaze in Murphy & Dobbratz's ware
house on North Water street. The fire
department was promptly on hand
and extinguished the flames, after 81
loss of about $50 had been entailed.
1t was expected that decision in
the Cole will case would be handed
down by the supreme court yesterday,
but none is given in the published re-
ports. The case being very com
plicated and important one, the court
probably requires more than the or
binary time
On Wednesday evening next,
December 2, at Corby hall, the Peer
less Comedy company of Sacred Heart
college will give their annual enter
tainment, which will consist of 'For-
get Me-Nots," curtain raiser; "Vaca-
tion," two act comedy, and Bogus
Talking Machine" a farce in one act.
On Monday Station Agent Webb
and the passenger Office force took
possession of their elegant quarters in
the new depot of the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul railway. The freight
clerks will continue to hold forth in the
old freight Office, which, however, is to
be greatly improved in appearance and
conveniences.
The work of replacing the dilap-
idated Rough and Ready dam with a
has been finished and a very service
able structure is now in position 1t is
built of stone and heavy timber, is 248
feet long and 81 feet high, and the
ends are of solid masonry. The dam
renders an ample reservoir and the
water-power provided equals about IS
horsepower. Fred Gohres was the
efficient contractor.
The reduced rates granted by the
railroad lines from all points in Wis
consin to the mass meeting in Milwau-
kee to discuss plans for the Wisconsin
Semi Centennial exposition are ex-
pected to attract many residents of IN
terror cities of the state, This meeting
will be held on Wednesday. December
2, and extensive arrangements are in
progress for it. The subject of the
benefits of expositions to the cities and
states in which they are held will be
| fully discussed by orators of ability.
One of the best entertain ments in
the theatrical line given here recently
was the presentation of Donald Robert
sons adaptation of Dumas great novel,
"The Man in the Iron Mask" at Con-
cordia Opera house last Thursday
evening. The author appeared in the
dual role of King Louis XIV. and his
twin brother CASTOR, giving superb
portrayal of it. He was efficiently sup
ported by the balance Of the company,
especially Miss Douglas. Mr.. Robert
sons death scene in the last act showed
extraordinary histrionic ability, and
in this scene Miss Douglas work was
not far behind the stars. There was q