Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-05-04

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tate of the late Mrs. M. Kelly.
Louis Charboneau, son Of our towns
man, l.. Charboneau, was among the
volunteers who joined the Portage
militia. He has passed a number of
years in Cuba and is familiar with the
country.
The store building at 800 West
Main street, occupied as a commission
house by Hugh l.. Kerr, has been pur-
chased by that gentleman from the
heirs of the late Charles Prentiss, of
Cleveland, O. Consideration, So, 500.
Charles Reul and Otto jain, both
of Jefferson, were among the recruits
enlisted with the Fort Atkinson militia
company last week. The former is a
brother of Mrs. Nicholas Thauer and
the latter brother Of Mrs Ed. Stein
berg.
The friends here of Thomas j..
Fleming will be pleased to know that
he has become associated with j. E.
Briggs in the general agency of this
state for the New York Life Insurance
company. The agency's headquar-
tiers are in Milwaukee.
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the postoffice May 81
Christopp Bros. Johnson, A. A.
Drought, Richard Kalk, L. C.
Gritzmacher, Tillie Myrick, Myra L.
GibOny, Jack Richards, w. ID.
Harnden, Sarah Sampkins, Il. Z.
w. +. GRUETZMACHER, I. M.
The reading by Prof. q. M.
Richie at the Congregational church
next Thursday night is under the
auspices of the Y. P. S. G. E. The
entertainment will be sure to please
all. The admission is only % cents
for adults and l5 cents for children.
Theodore Schnitzler, of this city,
was recently advanced to the position
of state agent for the Phenix Fire
Insurance company, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, which had been held by ex-Mayor
George Banta, of Menasha. Mr.. Schnitz-
Ter was special agent for the company
several years.
"A certain indication of business
prosperity comes from the Blaesius
Table Slide company. On the lSt of
May the company made an increase in
the wages of all its employees of from
10 to % per cent The advance is no
doubt very welcome to the wOrkmen,
and we are glad to note it.
On May 10 Griffith w. Evans
will open grocery and crockery store
in the new Leschinger building at
is an energetic and reliable young
man and is deserving of success in his
business venture. We bespeak for him
share Of the public's patronage.
The new term of office Of city Of
fcials elected by the common council
began May l. The only changes were
in the positions Of city attorney and
engineer of the Silsby steamer. In
the former Harlow Pease succeeded
E. F. Wieman, while in the latter
August Neitzel is David EmersOn'>
successor.
Prof. G. NJ. Richie, the elocution
ist, will give an entertainment at the
Congregational church next Thursday
evening" Mr.. Richie is an elocution
ist of ability and Judging from hi:
well selected program he will be sure
to please. He will be assisted by
William Sproesser and Mrs. G. c.
Weiss in vocal numbers.
The case of Arther Maldaner o.
this city, against George w. Smith
of Burnett, has been appealed to the
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to recover the amount of mortgage
one of the transactions Of the late
w. I. Rambusch- but the Dodge
county circuit court held that the
amount had been paid to Rambusch
and therefore the MORTGAGE could
not recover.
Youthful patriotism seems ram
pant in the city and is evidenced al,
most daily. A company Of enthusiast
tic First ward lads, equipped with
wooden guns and headed by a drum
J corps, has made several demonstra-
tions during the past week by march
ing through the streets. We're they
old enough it is very likely that they
would respond to their countrys cal
with alacrity.
Prof G. M. Richie, the elocu-
ZIONIST, comes so we'll recommended
that no one need fear that his read
ings will not please. He gives a pro
gram of great variety and will be sure
to satisfy all. His reading is under
the auspices of the 7. P. S. G. E. oil
the Congregational church. There
will be plenty of good seats, and to,
gether with the vocal numbers, Mr..
Richie will give our people first
class entertainment.
Upon invitation a number OF
friends, including the newspaper frater
nifty, of the well-knOwn liquorhouse O.
J. j. Toussaint & Sons attended a wine
test at their establishment Saturday
afternoon. The beverage under discus
sion was the celebrated Roxheimer, o.
: which a large importation of the vim
tage of '95 was recently received. Al
} were agreed that no finer brand o.
wine of it's kind than Roxheimel
could be desired, and its great popu
| larity is therefore we'll deserved. The