Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-03

Joseph Reinehr, 1O4 South Second
street, at S4.75 per cord.
Miss Ella Winkenwerder enter
tanned the Hyacinth club Friday after
noon at her home, 4O5 North Washing
ton street.
Try Globe Milling Co.'s New
White Daisy. Gotten mp expressly for
home patronage. Ask your grocer
for it.
Rev L. NJ. Every delivered an in
teresting lecture at the NJ. E church
last evening on 1.-The Life and Times
of Gustavus Adolphus."
1t is quite noticeable AT theatres
here nowadays that the ladies are up
with the times in the way of removing
their headeear--a very appreciable
condition of affairs.
Assem- blyman Stone is member
of the special legislative committee APP
pointed to investigate the number OF
employees about the state capitol and
their salaries, with view to read
iustment of the same.
Mrs. Jesse Stone, of this city, is to
be one Of the patronesses of the junior
promenade, to be given February l9
in the u w. gymnasium at Madison.
This is the leading social function OF
the season in university circles.
The sale of the undivided one half
of the Jefferson Touring mill, owned
by the n Winterling estate, to David
Johnson has been confirmed by Judge
Grimm, the objections having been
withdrawn. The consideration was
$4,000.
"A former well-known Watertown
boy, Andrew McCabe, has been APP
pointed superintendent of Western
railway, with headquarters at Butte,
Mont. He was for several years super
intendent of the Northern Pacific at
jamestown, n. D.
The sixteenth anniversary of the
founding of the Young Peoples So
ciety of Christian EEdeavor was OBJ
served with proper exercises at the
Moravian church last evening. Rev.
William Strohmeyer, of Lake Mills,
delivered an English address.
Henry Moore, of Rome, this coun-
ty, who during the past two years has
been second assistant state engineer
in the capitol at Madison, was removed
Monday by J. w. Scott, superintendent
of public property, who appointed w
E. Hall, of Oconto, to the place.
Judge Dick has overruled the de-
fendant's demurrer in the case OF
Adeline Salick VS.. William @. Cody,
heard at Waukesha last week. The
case relates to a life insurance policy
held by the late DR.. Cody, and it will
no doubt be tried now on its merits.
1t is reported that as a result OF
partaking of some picked tongue
served at social gathering in one OF
our prominent German homes recent
lY, many of the guests were Frustrated
the following day by arrangement Of
the digestive organs. These good peo-
pie will no doubt hereafter be rather
suspicious of picked tongue.
The local fire companies will not
reap as great benefit from the annual
2 per cent fire tax paid by the
insurance companies doing business
here this year as in former years.
There has been a perceptible shrink
age in the premiums paid to the agents,
due partly to decrease in the rates
and partly to loss of business.
-Concordia Opera house presents an
entertainment this week of more than
average merit in vitascope exhibition
and feats of legerdemain, hypnotism
and mind-reading by Mons. Guibal, as
sisted by Mile. Ortiz. The vitascope
has never been seen here before and
its pictures are very interesting. The
prestidigitator performs some wonder
! full feats and the mind-reading sur
passes anything We have vet seen in
this line. The show is we'll worth a
visit. The concluding performance is
to- might.
-Oconomowoc people claim that
their home city is being outdone by
WATERFOWL and Hartford in the matter
of prices paid to farmers for their pro-
ducts, especially grain, and consequent
ly much trade reaches the two latter
places which rightfully belongs to
"Cooney." Without pretending to
know the facts in the case. we might
state that, touching upon this question,
we.heard merchants here not very long
ago complain that Watertown was be-
ing outdone by Oconomowoc in this
same matter, and there was talk then
of organizing among our business men
a grain buying concern to meet the
competition from other marketing
points and eventually forcing our grain
dealers to pay higher prices to the
farmers. But if The Oconomowoc Free
Press is rightly informed, matters are
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