Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-07-06

The Harmonic society of st.
Marks Lutheran church held picnic
in Alwardt's grove, north OF the city,
on the Fourth.
--Gamm's drug store, next to post
Office. Headquarters for pure drugs
and medicines. Genuine Paris green
on sale. Farmers trade solicited.
The Second and Third Wisconsin
regiments left Chickamauga Park yes
terday and are now at Charleston, 5.
c., where they will embark for Cuba.
Bargains in secondhand square
or upright pianos. For sale or to
rent. w. d. SPROEsSER Co.,
213 Main street.
"A tony new delivery wagon, with
an advertisement of ''Klondike Fizz,"
the latest drink, on it's sides, is now
sported by the Badger State Bottling
company.
The ten-year-old son of Henry
Vogel, of the Second ward, was taken
to the home for the feeble-minded at
Chippewa Falls this morning by
Sheriff Roach.
The Cecilian choir of ST. Demands
church has been invited to sing during
the session of the Columbian Catholic
summer school at Madison, which
opened last evening.
The board of review, composed
of Mayor Mulberger, City Clerk Bic
Der, Assessors Wenck and Gloger, and
Aldermen Mayer, Wertheimer and
Edwards, is now in session at the city
hall
The following officers of the
Watertown High School Alumni asso-
citation were elected last evening:
President, Miss Agnes Chapman; first
vice-president, Ned Rack; second
vice-president, Miss Lydia Broenni-
man; secretary, Miss Pearl Eaton;
treasurer, Byron Kabet.
The Fourth passed very quietly
here, there being no public celebra-
ton. Many of our people took in the
attractions offered by neighboring
places. In the afternoon the Sinnis-
sippi band played in the city park and
the day wound up with liberal dis
play of fireworks by private parties
and ball at Turner Opera house.
While exploding powder in brass
gun shells Monday afternoon, George,
the 14-year-old son of Charles Fischer,
was struck in the face by premature
discharge and severely injured. A
badly swollen and burned face is the
result, but it is not thought his eye
sight is impaired. 1t was narrow
escape from something more serious
for the lad.
Miss Ernestina StOebe died Mon
day, at hospital in Chicago, from
the effects of an operation performed
| a few days previously. She had been
i'll for some time and an operation was
decided upon as a last resort to restore
| her health. Deceased was a daugh-
| ter Of Fred Stoebe and wife, of 1927
| Prospect street, and was SO years old.
Her remains were brought here last
night.
W. j. Foy, proprietor of the Com
| mercial hotel at WatertOwn, while an
CLING on Rock lake Wednesday, hooked
pickerel SO large that in his efforts
to land the monster his fine steel pole
was broken and the fish got away
when within II to 10 feet from the
boat. Mr.. Toy said he would not
have been more chagrined had he
lost $40. There are big ones in Rock
lake sure.-Lake Mills Leader.
Monday evening the contribution
boxes in st. Bernard's church were
| robbed of their contents Several
fellows were seen to enter the church
about 1880 through the front doors,
the church not having been closed for
| the night yet at that time, but no at
tentlOn was given them, as they were
supposed to be merely visitors. The
| police later made eight arrests of
strangers suspected of the crime, but
none could be identified,
As the pupils of our high school
will have an unusually long vacation
this summer, they will do well to de-
vote some of their leisure to study
and profitable reading. Those that
/ WISH W I0C0lNG ulfSCGlOQS IN Unolf
studies may meet me and other teach
ers at the high school next Tuesday,
July II, as follows: Eighth grade
pupils, at s A. NJ; ninth grade pupils,
at 10 A. NJ; tenth grade pupils, at 2
P. NJ; eleventh grade pupils, at P. N.
@. F. VIEBAHN, Principal.
The Phoenix Volunteer Fire COM
pany, No. 2, has disposed of its sprink-
ling cart, three horses, wagons, sled,
harness, ETC., to William Speer, who
will attend to the street sprinkling and
team work heretofore performed by
the Phoenix boys. The company has
made the necessary arrangements for
hauling the west side fire apparatus to
fires, and alarms will be responded to
with the same promptness and eff
! cheney as ever. A team of horses will
be kept as usual in the engine house.
The following item, relating to
the founding of St. Paul's Episcopal
church, was published in The Wa
tertown Chronicle and reproduced by
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