Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-21

$40 and upwards gets you an all
wool suit, made to order at Becker q
Thauer's. Fit and workmanship
guaranteed.
The Congregational Y. P. S. G.
E. gave a reception il the church
parlors last evening to the teachers
and students of the Bible institute.
According to an esteemed con-
temporary, noted German emperor
lived to be 851 years old. The little
types indeed play havoc occasionally.
Miss Laura Skinner, 81 Milwau-
kee street, entertained a party Of
young ladies at tea Saturday after
noon in honor of her guest, Miss May
Campbell, of Lombard, Ill.
Another interesting announce
ment in w. A. Christians space this
week. Don't fail to read it. You may
obtain a Twentieth Century bicycle
lamp, valued at Sc, if you are good
guesser.
1t is said that Fred Ryder, the
genial bookkeeper for Woodland &
Stone company, is now firm believer
in the art of mind-reading. He had
its mysteries wildly portrayed at a
recent social gathering.
A very successful open-air relig-
ious meeting was held Sunday even
ing at Maple park. The attendance
mum bered about 800. These meetings
will be continued through July and
August, weather permitting.
The excursion of the South Side
Turner society, of Milwaukee, last
Sunday, was not a bowling success,
only about a half-hu ndred people
arriving. A picnic was held in the
afternoon on Concordia island the
Sinnissippi band furnishing the music.
We understand the attendance was
very meagre.
1t seems that accidents from
mowers must be recorded every sea-
son. Last Thursday Charles Schultz,
a farmer living four miles north of
Reeseville, had his left leg caught in
one of these machines, infiicting so
serious a wound that amputatiOn was
necessary. Mr.. Schultz's condition
is reported as precarious.
The Local Board of Underwriters,
who organized in May under the new
state law and who promulgated new
tariff of insurance rates for this city,
under date of June IA, 1897, which
materially reduced the schedule main
tanned by the district compact, has
again reduced the rates, under date
of July 20, 1897. A reduction of 5
cents is made all along the line on
dwellings and one of 10 cents on brick
mercantile buildings. On churches and
schools there is reduction of 10 cents.
There are also some reductions made
on special risks.
The usual large number of our
people Sundayed at Lake Mills and
enjoyed the hospitality of the several
Watertown camps. The following are
among those whom George Weber and
wife entertained in royal style: Gus
May and family, Ed May and family,
Thomas Mathews and family, Albert
Kruger and family, John Smith and
family, Henry Lemmerhirt and family,
Herman Kuehn and family, @. j.
Nichols and wife, VIM. H. Rohr,
George Henke, Alfred Baumann,
Adolph Baumann, G. Fuermann, Henry
Fuermann, Jacob Eiffier, Arthur Burs-
niger, Joseph Reinehr, Henry Gran
see.
The following is taken from an
article in The Sunday Sentinel on the
Second regiment encampment: ''Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Solliday saw his first
military service in the civil war with
Co. A, One Hundred and Fourteenth
Ohio volunteers. In 1868 he located
at WatertOwn and in 1882 entered the
National guard as captain OF the Wa
tertown Rifles, now disbanded. In
1858 he received "a commission as reg
mental adjutant, and in 1898 was
appointed battalion major. In 1895 he
was commissioned Northumberland
of the Second infantry. Colonel Solli-
day represents the Twenty-thlrd dis
trict in the state senate, where ne has
been of great service to the National
guard. He is the father of the law to
prevent malicious prosecution of
national guardsmen for the perform
ance of their military duty"
In honor of their patron saint,
the congregation of St. Henry's Cath
Ole church held appropriate services
last Thursday Assisting the pastor,
Rev. Henry Kampschroer, were the
following out-of-town priests: Rev.
Joseph B. Wiedemann, Sank City;
Rev. A. B. Salick, Milwaukee; Rev.
Joseph Rooster, New Berlin; Rev.
John Friedel and Rev. Father Heimert,
Jefferson; Rev. A. Kuehne, Sun
Prairie; Rev. F. X. Hess, Waterloo.
High Mass was celebrated at A. NJ,
by ST. Henry's society
in body, and Solemn High Mass at
10 A. M. At the latter service Rev.
Father Hess preached an able and in
teresting sermon and in the course of
his remarks eulogized St. Henry in
o1oo,op+ 4orr,oC The church A0ifiC2