Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-03-09
Mrs. D. Platz entertained the

For stable bedding use baled shaw
ings. For sale by j. Weber & Son.
Mrs. A. P. Boardman entertains
the Inter Nos Whist club this after
noon.
Lawrence Krahmer, brother of our
townsman, Herman Krahmer, died at
GAINESVILLE, March 2.
The Waterfowl Cold Storage
company has secured Fred Harsh, of
Lake Mills, to take charge of it's
plant.
Joseph Walters has sold his farm
in the town of Watertown to Charles
Wolff for So, 400 and will move into
the city.
Giant Timardean Pansy, Nam
moth Verbena, stock seeds, instead of
Is to 25 cents, at cents package, at
S. Melzer's Seed House. I'D
David Schwieger is now engaged
by the j. |. Case Thresher company,
of Racine, in travelling capacity,
with a good salary attached.
A company of little folk was
pleasantly entertained Saturday after
noon by Miss Ella Koenig in observ-
ance Of her fourteenth birthday.
The Republican caucus of the
Sixth ward, called for March 10, s P.
NJ, will be held in the rooms above j.
Ditschler's saloon, 700 North Fourth
| street.
The nuptials of former Congress
man L. B. Caswell and Miss Anna
Rogers, both of Fort Atkinson, will
take place shortly. The prospective
bride is the eldest daughter of the late
Rev. B. F. Rogers.
What folly for flower growers
to send their money for % to 80 kerr
nels of pansy, verbena or stock seeds
to outside dealers, when they can get
from 800 to 400 seeds of better quail
ity at S. Melzer's Seed House.
F. A. Volkmann, of the town of
Watertown, has limited amount of
| Silver Mine oats for sale for seed.
This variety is early and enormously
productive. The United States agri-
cultural department highly compi
ments it as the best variety known.
The following officers of the Platt-
deutscher verein were elected for the
ensuing year Thursday evening:
President, Charles Klemann; vice
president, II. Schlieve; secretary,
John j. Brusenbach; treasurer, Will
liam Schulz; trustee for three years,
Ferdinand Behlke.
Members Of the Concordia society
and few invited guests enjoyed a So
cial at the opera house Sunday evening.
Informal and varied means of enter
tainment were supplied, including a
| program of vocal and instrumental
music, cards, dancing, etc. Supper
was served in the lower hall.
Herman CRUDE was pleasantly
surprised at his home, 513 Fourth
street, Thursday evening last, by a
party Of neighbors and friends called
together by Mrs. CRUDE to observe the
natal anniversary of her better half. -
Social diversions were INDUCED in and
| bOunteOus refreshments were served,
the occasion in every way being one
of enjoyment,
"A decision in the suit brought by
Mrs. Adeline Salick and c. A. Skinner,
the latter as administrator, against
William q. Cody was handed down in
the circuit court at Madison Thursday
and was in favor of the defendant.
The plaintiffs desired to nave the as
slgnment Of IIrs. Salick's interest in
a 81, 900 life insurance policy held by
the late DR.. James Cody set aside.
At the meeting of the Good Temp
lars Tuesday night, the Washington
anniversary was made feature of the
evening. Mrs. William Wurtzler read
from a paper of contemporaneous date
an obituary of George Washington.
The copy is well preserved and very
highly priced by the family. There
are probably very few papers now in
existence which were printed at that
tlme.-OcOnomOwoc Republican.
One night last week the we'll
drilling outfit belonging to A. S.
Owen, of this city, was pretty thor
oughly demolished by unknown mis-
creants on the farm of William Suhr.
near Hustisford, where Mr.. Owen was
engaged in drilling a we'll. The ropes
OF the machine were cut, the drills let
down in the well and wedged in with
Wrenches, hammers, bars, etc., so
they could not be extricated, the iron
castings were smashed and the wood
work chopped into splinters; in fact,
the outfit is a total wreck No clue
to the perpetrators has been discov-
cred.
The Ebenezer correspondent of
The Fort Atkinson Union says: ga
daring robbery was committed last
Sunday at the home of John Rettie.
While Mr.. Rettig and family were at
church, a thief entered the house.
gaining entrance by the cellar, and
carried off a considerable amount of
clothes, provisions, etc. The thief
was tracked by Mr.. Rettig and son to
vacant barn owned by August Stark,
where he had found a hiding place.
Mr.. Rettig entered the barn, and at
the point of rifle compelled the Gull