Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Thauer
are rejoicing over the arrival of a 10
pound boy at their home Monday.
Try Globe Milling Co.'S New
White Daisy. Gotten up expressly for
home patronage. Ask your grocer
for it.
Sunday night a 10-pound girl
baby was born to J. E. Hurtubise and
wife, of Chicago. Mr.. H. is former
Watertown boy.
"A night-blooming cereus at the
home of E. A. Heck, 315 Ninth street,
blossomed Monday evening and at
tracted number of sight-seers.
The Lutheran joint synod of Wis
consin, Michigan, Minnesota, North
and South Dakota will begin to-mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock at st.
Marks church. A large attendance is
expected.
When you want any lumber
windows, doors, cedar posts, No. l
white pine sidewalk lumber, hard
wood flooring or anything in the lurn-
| Der line. call on Birmingham & Hixon,
Phone 40, 500 Main street. If
In the case of the state VS.. Otto
Bohlmann before Justice Henze Thurs
day last, preliminary examination was
waived and the defendant held to trial
in the circuit court, bail being fixed
at 1000, which was not furnished.
An appeal from Judge Grimm's
order, fixing the amount of counsel
fees in the Cole will case litigation
and directing that the same shall not
| be paid out Of the income, has been
taken to the circuit court by Harlow
Pease, attorney for the city.
Camp Kicker, the Watertown per-
| ennial fun-lOving establishment, is
again planted in Wilson's grove and
its cheerful denizens are in tune for all
the amusement the situation can af-
ford. May they catch many fish and
be happy.-Lake Mills Leader.
Harry Ellis, the veteran actor
who met tragic death in Chicago
Sunday morning, had appeared or, the
stage here with various troupes, his
last appearance being about year
ago with the Wood-Jersey company
He was quite favorite with Water
town audiences.
The board of public works Monday
evening decided to let the contract for
repaving and replanking Main street
bridge to Henry Willenbockel, his bid
per square yard figuring the lowest in
the aggregate. 1t amounts to about
$3.50. Other bidders were: John
Schatz, Kress & Mclaughlin, William
Riebe and E. Kunert Manufacturing
company.
The assessment rolls for 1897
show the total valuation of property
in the city as $1,857,977, divided
among the different wards as follows:
First, 1921, $40; Second, $402,8O2;
Third, 1921, 8O5; Fourth, $171, $50;
Fifth; $1O2, 700; Sixth, 1925, $50;
Seventh, $96,015. In 1896 the total
assessed valuation was 81, 867, 335, or
over SO, 900 greater than this year.
Superintendent G. Quentmeyer,
! of the Oak Hill Cemetery association,
desires the owners of lots in the ceme-
terry, and others who have the care
of such, to know that garbage boxes
have been placed in different parts of
the cemetery, near the water stations,
and it is requested that all waste mat
ter and refuse be consigned to these
boxes, so that the same may be pro-
perly disposed of. Due compliance
with this notice will tend to greater
neatness throughout this beautiful
"city of the dead"
Alfred Lester, son of our resi-
dents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lester,
has started for the Alaska gold fields
as prospector for DR.. n. E Valerius
and Louis Hook, of Chicago At
Seattle Mr.. Lester secured a COM
panion in an experienced miner and
together they will seek for the hidden
treasures. Mr.. Lester writes that they
will take horses and quantity Of
supplies to the KlOndike and there
dispose of what they do not need them
selves. It is their intention to do
most of their prospecting on the outer
regions of the gold country, where
other foet have not trod. No unnec-
essary lettering will be done in the
towns.