Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-09-15

R. P. Koenig & Coz Minnesota
Queen" is the best. Ask your grocer
for it. Only S1.45 a sack.
| On and after October II we will
sell goods for cash, at prices that are
right. BECKER u THAUER.
A new brick store building is in
course of erection by Nicholas O'Con-
nell east of his present location, 2l5
West Main street.
The Woman's Relief corps drove
to the home Of NJ. Preim, north of the
city, Saturday evening, and passed a
few hours very pleasantly.
Yesterdays monthly fair was a
busy one and there was considerable
trading done. 1t was one of the largest
attended fairs held in some time.
A horse belonging to Fred Koepke,
of the town of WatertOwn, had one OF
its legs cut off by mower which 1t
was hauling, recently. The animal
had to be killed.
"A number of the young friends of
Harold Rack surprised him at his
home on Washington street Friday
evening. The occasion was greatly
enjoyed by all present.
jefferson and Waupun will battle
for baseball supremacy at Juneau next
Sunday afternoon, purse Of Sl5O be-
ing hung up by NJ. Hartzheim, man
ager of the game. An excursion train
will he rim from Jefferson
The Ringing Bros. will not re-
move their headquarters from Bara
boo to Whitewater as has been an
nounced They have secured more
land in Baraboo and will begin the
! erection of three new buildings.
| Saturday evening the home of
William Triplett, town OF Emmett, was
the scene of a merry gathering of
young people, who rendered the Trip
lett family an agreeable surprise.
The time was enjoyed with dancing,
cards and other diversions.
/ The job of repaving Main street
bridge, performed by H. Willenbockel,
is, in the minds of unprecedented people,
very satisfactory. Objection was
raised to the putting in of split blocks,
which was not according to specifca-
tons, but on the whole the excellence
j of the work and of the material used
must be apparent.
At a recent meeting of the trus-
tees of the insane asylum, consisting
of P. G. Quentmeyer, E. Rankin and
a., Lot 10 Tnn
j. Spangler for the erection of brick
engine room at the county farm and
the building of several modern closets.
/ These improvements had become a
necessity and the work on the same
will commence at once Jefferson
Record.
When about to respond to the
| fire alarm Thursday evening one of
! the east side hose wagon horses ran
away, while the other left the engine
room without driver and made for
the fire, where it was stopped. In
making the exit the wagon collided
with the door casing, removing a por-
ton of it. The fremen claim the
trouble was caused by the presence
and efforts of outsiders in the engine
room.
"A literary organization, named
the Watertown club, has been formed
here, with the following officers:
President, Rev. H. S. Foster; vice
president, Rev. w. j. Houlihan;
secretary, G. t. Martenson; treasurer
Miss Margaret Corbett. The club
will take up the study of general
literature and Rev. Mr.. Foster has
been appointed Institutional leader for
! the first month The club met Mon
day evening with Mrs. Lila Parks,
Washington street.
The harvest moon is the full moon
nearest the autumnal equinox. The
moon may rise at times one hour and
seventeen minutes later each night
than the night before. At this time
it rises for a few nights only twenty
three minutes later so we have several
evenings of full moonlight. The moon
was full on the 10th and now we shall
have a chance to see the long moon
light nights of the harvest moon. The
October full moon, coming almost as
near the equinox, will be almost as
good specimen of the harvest moon.