Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-01-19
Have you tried some of that home
ade sauerkraut at HeiSmann'S

made sauerkraut at Heismann's?
For stable bedding use baled shaw
ings. For sale by j. Weber & Son.
R. P. Koenig & Co.'s Minnesota
Queen" is the best. Ask your grocer
for it, Only ST 40 sack.
The annual ball of the Platt-
deutscher verein occurs next Saturday
evening at Turner Opera house.
The contract for the brick veneer
work on the cold storage building
has been let to l.. Kunitz and w.
Boettcher.
The farm of sixty-one acres on
the West road. belonging to the Plus
Zoelle estate, has been purchased by
Charles Engelhardt for Sc, 100.
Religious services are being held
every evening this week at the Ad
ventist church on Eighth street by S.
Sylvester Nokes, of Mendoza, Ill.
Congressman Sauerhering has
recommended the appointments Felix
Mathes as postmaster at Hustisford
and of M. E. Williams as postmaster
at Fox Lake.
The Woman's guild of ST. Paul's
Episcopal church meets at the home
of Mrs. James Marsden, North Wash
ington street, Thursday afternoon. A
large attendance is desired
The German Krieger verein has
organized a singing section. with the
following officers: Ernst Buending,
president; E. Roegner, secretary; w.
Neitzel, treasurer; A. Bierlein, COL
lector; John Rogler, director.
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the postoffice January 19:
Edmondson, ReV.w W. Nuebanr, Miss Amy
Kelly, Miss Ellen Smith, Rev. Mrs. Geo.
Kosdolf, Anton Volkman, j. F.
Lavich, Max
VIM. II. ROHR, P. M.
Two hand ball teams have been
organized at the Sacred Heart college,
one from among the boarders and the
other from among the day students.
A series of games has been arranged,
the first of which will be played in the
gymnasium tomorrow afternoon.
Last week Judge Grimm granted
a decree of absolute divorce to Richard
Hardege, of this city, from his wife,
Agnes Hardege. The latter made no
appearance. The custody of the
minor child was left with it's mother,
who is in Europe, for the present. or
until the court directs otherwise.
St Thomas court, No. 532,
Catholic Order of Foresters, elected
the following officers for the ensuing
term Friday evening: Chief ranger,
Peter Norton; vice chief ranger, I.
F. Prendergast; past chief ranger,
John Molzahn; recording secretary,
G. E. Prendergast; financial secretary,
W. E. Kelley; treasurer, John [. Ryan;
trustees, t. j. O'Meara, G. j. Salick,
John Blair; medical examiner, DIR. j.
A. Masterson.
Monday evening the following
officers of Watertown lodge, No. 81,
|. 0. D. F., were installed; R. J.
Rowlands, noble grand; j. M. Gorney,
F. Tercinski, treasurer; G. II. Koenig,
warden; FL. Wertheimer, conductor;
Fred Keck, inside guard; Ernst Quis,
outside guard; Louis Schmidt, r. S.
n. g.; Albert Liebermann, L. S. n.
c.; Otto j. Goeldner, r. S. V. g.;
Louis Wilkowski, L. S. Y. G.
The trustees Of the insane asylum,
Messrs. Quentmeyer, Reinel and Ran
kin, held their regular monthly meet
ing in this city last Friday and Satur-
day. Theregular routine business was
transacted. The new we'll is now 23O
feet deep, and the trustees are very
anxious to have it completed, as the
water in the old well is very low Mr..
Rankin qualified for the new term for
which he was elected, Upon the organ
ization 2. G. Quentmeyer was elected
president and w. H. Porter secretary
jefferson Banner.
in the county court last Wednes-
day the questions raised upon the con-
struction of the will of Mrs Elizabeth
Wegener, late of the town of Water
town, were argued. Mrs. Wegener
| bequeathed her real estate in trust for
| ten years, the income meanwhile to
| be paid to certain heirs, and at the
termination of the trust the property
| to go in fee to the Moravian mission
at Bethlehem, Pa. The devise to the
mission was proved to be ambiguous
and the court held it void under the
statute against perpetuity. Judgment
was rendered assigning the estate to
the heirs at law.