Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-04

-Portiuncula services were held at
st. Demands church on Sunday and
Monday.
j. NJ. Gorney has the contract for
the mason work on the new school
house at Johnson Creek.
R. P. Koenig & Co.'s Minnesota
Queen" is the best. Ask your grocer
II it. Only S1.25 a sack.
The live pigeon shoot, announced
to take place at W. [. Sights last
Saturday, has been pos tponed two
weeks.
-Gamm's drug store, next to post
Office. Reliable medicines; prices
always the lowest; bring your pre-
scriptions.
John O'Brien, of 629 Twelfth
street, was kicked in the head by one
of his horses Thursday evening. A
painful but not serious wound was in
licted.
"A small wreck on the North
western road occurred yesterday morn
ing at Clyman, two freight cars-one
filed with barley-running off the
side-track and overturning.
When you want any lumber
windows, doors, cedar posts, No.
white pine sidewalk lumber, hard
wood flooring or anything in the lum-
Der line, call on Birmingham & Hixon,
Phone 40, 500 Main street If
Two Third street saloonkeepers
who had INDUCED in a istic en-
counter had their grievances aired
in Justice Henze's court Monday, but
upon advice Of the justice the matter
was amicably adjusted out of court
and the case dismissed.
While employed at threshing last
Friday on Lawrence Barry's farm, town
! of. Shields, Frank Stedrey, of this city,
was Frustrated by the suns rays and
remained unconscious six hours. DR..
Moulding was summoned and succeed
ed in bringing his patient around all
right.
The lot directly in the rear of j.
P. Herzog's property, and facing on
Jones street, has been sold to Mr..
Herzog by Mrs. A. j. Weis, Mrs.
Emile Bursinger and Mrs. II. Woller-
ing for 81, 200. The purchaser will
convert the lot into stable yard for
farmers teams.
Colonel D. d. Scott has on exhi-
bition at his restaurant the handsome
sword presented to him by the non
commissioned officers and privates of
| the Seventeenth Wisconsin Volunteer
infantry, with which regiment he be-
gan service as captain and was
mustered out as ieutenant-cOlonel
! The gift was made June %, 1865, a
! few days Lefore the regiment dis
| banded.
Owing to lack of proper appre-
citation in the way of patronage,
Manager Thomas has given up the
I project OF weekly band concerts at
Washington park. He complains
in not very complimentary terms of
some despicably small people who
frequent his pleasure grounds. The
scarcity Of manhood that exists in the
makeup of a few individuals is always
the wonder of their fellows.
The eclipse of the sun Thursday
morning was visible during the time
announced, from 7:45 to 9:45, and
was viewed by many through pieces
of smoked glass. But very small
portion of the SUMS disc was obscured
by the moon, and hardly at any time
did the sun show signs, through the
usual volume of light being dimin-
ished, that phenomenon was il
progress.
The Oconomowoc Alaskan Gold
Mining company is the name of an
organization for which articles OF
association have been drawn up by
Attorney Fleming. The capital stock
is So, 900, fifty shares of 800 each.
1t is the intention of the company to
bear the expense of a few men to GO
to the Klondyke region in search OF
gold. Attorney Fleming, who has
been to Alaska, advises the men to &C
there now; winter at Sitka and pro-
coed to the KIondyke in the spring.
His advice viii probably be followed
by the men. No names have as yet
been made public. = Oconomowoc
Free Press.