Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-13


1t gives satisfaction Globe Mill
ing Co.'S fresh ground Buckweat
Flour, only p cents per pound.
R. P. Koenig & Co.'s minnesota
Queen" is the best. Ask your grocer
for it. Only S1.3O sack.
"A series of six dancing socials to be
given at Concordia Opera house by Paul
Thom will begin Friday evening next.
Dancing from s to II. Good music
provided.
The Lutheran Central conference
will hold a meeting in this city next
Wednesday. Rev. j. H. Brock mann,
of st, Marks church, will preside and
a large attendance of delegates is ex-
pected.
The annual election of officers of
the Concordia Musical society occurred
last Friday evening, with the following
result: President, G. R. Blumenfeld;
Yice-president, F. q. Keck; secretary,
DR. O. E. Meyer; treasurer, William
Sproesser.
An incipient blaze, caused by a
lighted candle on a Christmas tree at
the residence of c. A. Gamm, 413 North
Washington street, Monday morning,
was discovered just in time to avert
to some curtains, the carpet and the
ceiling.
"A children's costume party and
concert has been arranged by Prof.
Hensler, of Milwaukee, and the Wat
ertown Turn Verein for Sunday after
noon, January "a, at Turner Opera
house. Music by Prof Hensler's iuve
nile band. Admission, children, Is
cents; adults, % cents. Ball in the
evening, Everybody invited.
The annual meeting of the Cigar
makers Benevolent association was
held last evening and the following Of
fcers elected: President, Ferd A.
Krueger; vice president, Theodore
Koepp; recording secretary, Henry
Moser; financial secretary, John
Weigei; treasurer, Gust. Exner; trus-
tee for three years. Emil Creuz.
Rev. William Woodmansee, secre-
tary of the Wisconsin Children's Home
society, spent the first OF the week In
the city in the interest of the society s
work, which is TO locate destitute
children who are worthy and then
find desirable homes for them. Mr..
Woodmansee is laboring zealously in
this meritorious cause and his efforts
are meeting with good success. Sun
day he assisted in the services at the
Congregational church and made adj
dresses explaining his mission. He
commended Watertown for having
thus far ably assisted the society.
While here Mr. Woodmansee was the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. W. F. Whyte.
Ernst Buending, young Water
town man who has been in Jail here for
the last few days, charged with con-
tempt of court, was released by Judge
Dick yesterday on writ of habeas
corpus. Buending is the defendant in
an action commenced by his wife for a
divorce, and failed to comply with the
order of court commissioner, requir-
ing him to pay alimony and suit
money. Judge Dick held that the de-
fendant should not have been commit
ted until it was clearly proven that he
: was able to pay the alimony and re-
: made out before the missioner
Juneau Independent.
Papers have been filed in the
Dodge county court in an action com
|, menced by Wilhelmine Kindt, through
Malone & Bachhuber, her attorneys
against Carl Christian, Phil Dougherty
and Julius Graunke. The defendant
Dougherty was deputy sheriff for the
Fifth and Sixth wards of this city, the
defendant Graunke a justice of the
peace for the same district, and Chris.
tian is a farmer of Lebanon. The
complaint alleges that con May
1896, in the town of Lebanon, the
defendants with force and arms unlaw
fully and naliciously made an assault
upon the plaintiff and forced her along
the public streets of said town and i'm
prisoned and detained her without any
legal right" She asks for $1,000
damages.
The case of Augusta Yahr agains
Joseph A. Salick and wife was called
for trial Monday afternoon and was no
concluded until about Tuesday noon
Harlow Pease appeared for the plain
tiff and Colonel g. w. Bird for the de
PENDANT 1t was an action brought by
Yahr to set aside the deed of certain
realty in the city of Watertown. which
deed was held by the defendant Salick
and claimed by the plaintiff to have
been fraudulently obtained. The yer
dict of the court was that plaintiff wa
entitled to relief sought, and the deco
,ros cot ,cida Yahr was directad IA