Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13

An increase in pension has been
granted to our townsman, George
Henze.
The adjourned term of the JEFF
ferson county circuit court will begin
November 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Hill
nave issued invitations for an ''at
homen next Friday evening.
On and after October II we will
sell goods for cash, at prices that are
right. BECKER & THAUER.
| Try Globe Milling Co.'S New
White Daisy. Gotten up expressly for
home patronage. Ask your grocer
for it.
PERFUMES! PERFUMES! PERFUMES!
! The latest odors at Gamm's drug store,
next to postoffice. Physicians pre-
scriptions a speciality.
Two hundred thousand brick for
the new high school at Waterloo are
being manufactured in the yards Of P.
G. Quentmeyer, this city.
Charles Jack, who has operated
a well-drilling outfit here for some
time, has purchased the Charles Hahn
farm in Concord and will again take
up agricultural pursuits.
Judge Bennett last week granted
Mary Gray divorce from her husband,
Colonel E. B. Gray, and $3.50 alimony
was directed to be paid. Gray is
department commander of the G. A. r.
The extended drought was broken
Sunday afternoon with a gentle rain
fall, which continued much of the
time until Monday forenoon. The
moisture is of much benefit to things
in general.
Everyone desires to keep in
formed on Yukon, the Klondyke and
Alaskan gold fields. Send 10 cents
for large Compendium of vast inform
alton and big color map to Hamilton
Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Krahn cele-
brated their twenty-ifth wedding an
niversary last Wednesday evening,
about fifty guests being entertained at
their home, 400 North Second street.
Dancing and other diversions were in
dulged in and supper was served.
The large peat marsh few miles
northwest of Johnson Creek has been
on fire for four weeks, burning many
acres to a six-foot depth, and defying
the efforts of large gang of men and
boys to extinguish it. Unless long
continued, heavy rain comes soon the
damage will be large.
The Racine Knitting works, which
looked over the field here, but sue
ceeded in making no satisfactory ar
rangements, has located branch fac
tory at Stevens Point and will give
employment to fifty hands. The citi-
zens of Stevens Point showed their
enterprise by giving the works bonus
of 81, 900 and building site.
Mary Roberts, claiming to live at
Springfield, Walworth county, was
arrested Monday evening in the
Fourth ward She was intoxicated,
in which condition she had been since
Sunday, when she arrived in town.
Yesterday she was brought before
Justice Stacy, plead guilty to a charge
Of vagrancy and was sent to Jefferson
jail for ten days.
The third attempt by Edward
Aldridge to reduce the Wisconsin CEN
fury record over the Milwaukee
Watertown course was made Satur-
day, but he failed to lower it. State
Centurion Marshall started Aldridge
from Grand avenue and Twentieth
street at 1882 o'clock He arrived at
Watertown four minutes ahead of
time. The return ride was a rough
one and g. strong wind prevailed.
| Milwaukee Sentinel.
The power of township insurance
companies to force the collection of as
sessments is to be tested in the James
vile courts. An insurance company
of the town of Harmony, Rock county,
has brought suit against couple OF
farmers to force them to pay an assess
ment of $25. The farmers claim that
they withdrew from the company be-
fore the assessment was levied.
Whichever way the case is decided,
it is understood that an appeal will be
carried to the supreme court. -Jeffer-
son Banner.